Katatonia
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Barren Earth: Our Twilight EP [Reviews]The clean and death singing styles, which almost have a hushed quality to them, have been mixed in seamlessly by Dan Swano (Opeth, Katatonia), who never allows the vocals to take over the actual instrumentation. In terms of being... In this article: Kreator, Moonsorrow, Amorphis, Katatonia, Swallow the Sun, Finnish death metal, Melodic death metal, Sami Yli-Sirnio, Waltari, and Dan Swano |
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Ultimate Guitar | November 19, 2009
Katatonia Interviewed By The Fans [News]
Shortly over a week ago, Sweden s premiere progressive metal act, Katatonia, met up with Peaceville Records at their show in London, to sit down and answer fan-submitted questions. The questions ranged from inquiries about their latest...
In this article: Peaceville Records, MySpace, London, and Sweden
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Ultimate Guitar | November 13, 2009
Katatonia: 'Day And Then The Shade' Video [News]
Katatonia: 'Day And Then The Shade' Video, date: november 13, 2009 Sweden s ultimate progressive metal band, Katatonia, has posted a music video for "Day And Then The Shade", the first single off their latest release, Night Is The New...
In this article: MySpace, Porcupine Tree, Peaceville Records, Opeth, The Great Cold Distance, Sweden, and US
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PopMatters | November 11, 2009
Katatonia: Night is the New Day (Review)
...Great Cold Distance was an even bigger improvement on all fronts, and the subsequent live album/DVD Live Consternation showed just how far Katatonia had come, performances of such earlier tracks as "Cold Ways" and "Right Into the Bliss"...
In this article: Anders Nystrom, Opeth, The Great Cold Distance, Disintegration, Viva Emptiness, and Brave Murder Day
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Ultimate Guitar | November 11, 2009
Katatonia: 'Night Is The New Day' Now Availabl [News]
Katatonia: 'Night Is The New Day' Now Availabl, date: november 11, 2009 Sweden s definitive progressive metal outfit, Katatonia, has finally unleashed its eighth studio album, Night Is The New Day, in the US and Canada, courtesy of...
In this article: Decibel Magazine, Mikael Akerfeldt, Peaceville Records, Opeth, The Great Cold Distance, Europe, Sweden, and Canada
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Wikipedia | November 06, 2009
Katatonia
Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse (formerly aka Lord Seth) and Anders Nystrom (formerly aka Blakkheim). The early Katatonia albums are noted for the overall melancholy of their sound, often giving...
In this article: Jonas Renkse, October Tide, Brave Murder Day, Anders Nystrom, DVD, Bloodbath, and Mikael Akerfeldt
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Ultimate Guitar | November 05, 2009
Katatonia: Night Is The New Day [Reviews]
...2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: You d think after spending almost two decades channelling the densest of gloom Katatonia s bank of ideas might be running a bit dry that said of course, creative frustration alone could...
In this article: Jonas Renkse, The Great Cold Distance, Anders Nystrom, My Twin, and Teargas
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Jonas Renkse
Jonas Renkse (born may 19, 1975), is a founding member and the lead singer of the band Katatonia. In addition, he played the drums for the band from its founding in 1991 through the band's 1998 album Discouraged Ones. Early in his career...
In this article: Jonas Renkse, 01011001, The Ocean, October Tide, Precambrian, Bloodbath, Ayreon, Swallow the Sun, and Discouraged Ones
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Ultimate Guitar | November 02, 2009
Katatonia To Be Interviewed By Fans [News]
Katatonia s new album Night Is The New Day is released on Monday. The album has been attracting rave reviews and is eagerly awaited by the band s legions of fans around the globe. In the lead up to the album s release the band s MySpace,...
In this article: MySpace, Peaceville, and London
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Blogcritics | October 28, 2009
Music Review: The Gathering - West Pole
...a hold of some new music. There nestled The Gathering among the likes of Iced Earth, Moonspell, Arch Enemy, Rotting Christ, Emperor, Katatonia, and Nevermore. To say they stood out like a sore thumb with their lush melodic arrangements and...
In this article: The Gathering, Nevermore, Twitter, Rotting Christ, Moonspell, Century Media Records, Iced Earth, and Anneke van Giersbergen
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Wikipedia | October 27, 2009
Daylight Dies
...first full North American tour in support of Dismantling Devotion together with Portugal's Moonspell and Sweden's Katatonia. The band entered the studio in December 2007 to begin recording their third album Lost to the Living. Like...
In this article: Daylight Dies, Dismantling Devotion, Emperor, Lacuna Coil, No Reply, Tribunal Records, Darkane, and Soilwork
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This article is about the band Katatonia, not to be confused with the Welsh Pop-Rock band Catatonia. For the medical disease, see Catatonia.
Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse (formerly aka Lord Seth) and Anders Nyström (formerly aka Blakkheim). The early Katatonia albums are noted for the overall melancholy of their sound, often giving them the classification of doom metal. Katatonia's more recent albums have progressed to a wider sound, with modern overtones, dropped guitars, symphonic synths and arrangements, alternative sounds and generally heavier riffs.
Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt performed the growling vocals on Brave Murder Day and Sounds of Decay after regular Katatonia singer (and then drummer) Jonas Renkse became unable to scream properly. During this time, the band decided to change their sound to a more soft sound with clean vocals beginning with 1998's Discouraged Ones. This shift in instrumental tone and vocal style was accompanied by an appreciable decrease in the length of the band's songs, with latter period songs typically lasting around four minutes.
Katatonia has released two compilations. Brave Yester Days (the title being a play on their album Brave Murder Day) is a double-disc release including all cuts from EPs up to Saw You Drown, selected cuts from full-length albums Brave Murder Day and Dance of December Souls, and two tracks from a compilation. The Black Sessions is a limited release that documents later releases and includes a live DVD.
- Name:
- Katatonia
- Origin:
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Years Active:
- 1991–1994
- 1996-present
- Current members:
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- Jonas Renkse
- Anders Nyström
- Mattias Norrman
- Daniel Liljekvist
- Fred Norrman
- Former Members:
- See former members
- Associated With:
- Opeth, Bloodbath, Diabolical Masquerade, October Tide
- Genre:
- Doom metal
- Record Label:
- Peaceville, Avantgarde Music, No Fashion Records, Vic Records
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