Katatonia
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Katatonia: 'Night Is The New Day' Now Availabl [News]
...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 Peaceville Records. The new record, which released...
In this article: Decibel Magazine, Mikael Akerfeldt, Peaceville Records, Opeth, The Great Cold Distance, Europe, Sweden, and Canada
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Katatonia: 'Day And Then The Shade' Video [News]
...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 Day, on their official MySpace page. The new video was...
In this article: MySpace, Porcupine Tree, Peaceville Records, Opeth, The Great Cold Distance, Sweden, and US
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Katatonia Interviewed By The Fans [News]
...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...
In this article: Peaceville Records, MySpace, London, and Sweden
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Katatonia: Special Pre-Order Offer [News]
Sweden s Progressive Metal powerhouse, Katatonia, has teamed up with Newbury Comics to offer fans the chance to receive a limited autographed CD booklet with a pre-order purchase of the band s eighth studio album, Night Is The New Day. The...
In this article: Decibel Magazine, Newbury Comics, Facebook, MySpace, Peaceville Records, The Great Cold Distance, Sweden, and US
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Katatonia Set To Release Eighth Studio Album [News]
...10th via Peaceville Records. The highly anticipated album, from one of Europe s premier Progressive bands, Night Is The New Day is the follow up to Katatonia s groundbreaking 2006 release, The Great Cold Distance. It is their eighth studio...
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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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