Opeth Shares Full Music Video For “Universal Truth” (English Version)


Opeth, who previously shared a short video teaser for the track ‘Ingen Sanning Är Allas (Universal Truth)’ from their latest album, In Cauda Venenum (Nuclear Blast Records), has shared the full video version of the English language version of the song. The video was created with acclaimed director Jess Cope (“Frankenweenie,” “Metallica: Here Comes Revenge”, Steven Wilson) and follows a melancholic and bitter man on the brink of self-destruction and insanity as he delves into a sinister alternate world as reality crumbles around him. Cope previously collaborated with Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on the music video for ‘Drag Ropes’ for his side project Storm Corrosion. You can watch the clip and check out Opeth’s full string of world tour dates, continuing next week in China, and into 2020 with a highly anticipated headline run of North America.

The official track “Universal Truth” (English Version) from OPETH’s thirteenth album, In Cauda Venenum, out now via Moderbolaget Records / Nuclear Blast. Order at http://opeth.com/stores. Subscribe to Opeth on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subs-opeth-yt / Subscribe to Nuclear Blast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/subs-nb-yt

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Video by Jess Cope (https://www.owlhousestudios.com/)

Recorded last year at Stockholm’s Park Studios, In Cauda Venenum will be released in two versions, in both Swedish and English languages.

Pick your version below:

English: http://geni.us/OpethInCaudaVenenumENG

Swedish: http://geni.us/OpethInCaudaVenenumSWE

In Cauda Venenum track listing:

1. Livet’s Trädgård / Garden Of Earthly Delights

2. Svekets Prins / Dignity

3. Hjärtat Vet Vad Handen Gör / Heart In Hand

4. De Närmast Sörjande / Next Of Kin

5. Minnets Yta / Lovelorn Crime

6. Charlatan

7. Ingen Sanning Är Allas / Universal Truth

8. Banemannen / The Garroter

9. Kontinuerlig Drift / Continuum

10. Allting Tar Slut / All Things Will Pass

 

‘Universal Truth (Ingen Sanning Är Allas)1 (Lyrics)

Sweat on the brow runs over faces made of snow

There comes a time in life when death may come too slow

Honesty in the necrology

The offspring smear your name in print

You have waited far too long

But Spring is set in bloom

You have conquered love inside

Yet sorrow is your doom

The debts are long since paid

Inheritance is set

Still agitation reels inside, lest you forget

At sunrise Friday morning

A haven for your sins

The written dedication

Etched into your skin

Time won’t heal the wounds you bare

Between old pride and desperate prayers

Time won’t heal any wounds you bare

A set few years of your life are stolen

Light cast on the obvious

Behold the white when it’s faded golden

A stranger‘s truth holds no water here

But soon we may have learned

Dead sympathy, an aversion proceeds

A voice lives in your chest

That comforts wary thoughts

Yet the brook is still too wide

To bridge the gap you’ve sought

You trade your vices every day religiously

A pack of vultures wait for everyone to see

You gave away too much, a harness on your kin

For any transgressions never mirrored mortal sin

Yet you are deserted

The day in zenith now

You made it through the night

Voice of perdition

Came and went far out of sight

Opeth Tour Dates:

Dec 2 – Shanghai, CH – Mao Livehouse

Dec 3 – Beijing, CH – Mao Livehouse

Dec 5 – Osaka, JP – Club Quattro

Dec 6 – Tokyo, JP – Zepp Tokyo

Dec 8 – Hong Kong, HK – Music Zone

Dec 10 – Adelaide, AUS – Thebarton Theatre

Dec 11 – Perth, AUS – Astor Theatre

Dec 13 – Melbourne, AUS – Palais Theatre

Dec 14 – Sydney, AUS – State Theatre

Dec 15 – Brisbane, AUS – The Tivoli

Jan 12 – Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene

Jan 13 – Stockholm, SE – Circus

Jan 15 – Helsinki, FI – Ice Hall

Main Support: Graveyard

Feb 13 – Cleveland, OH – The Agora Ballroom

Feb 14 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre

Feb 15 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre

Feb 17 – Worcester, MA – Palladium

Feb 18 – Montreal, QC – Mtelus

Feb 19 – Toronto, ON – Rebel

Feb 21 – New York, NY – Apollo Theater

Feb 22 – New York, NY – Apollo Theater

Feb 23 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore

Feb 25 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre

Feb 26 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium

Feb 28 – Houston, TX – House of Blues

Feb 29 – Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

Mar 1 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland

Mar 2 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom

Mar 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium