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Katatonia
Katatonia are a Swedish heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for the band's love of death metal. Increasing popularity led them to add more band members for live performances, though outside of the band's founders, the lineup was a constantly changing, revolving door of musicians throughout the 1990s, notably including Mikael Åkerfeldt of the band Opeth for a period. After two death/doom albums, ''Dance of December Souls'' (1993) and ''Brave Murder Day'' (1996), problems with Renkse's vocal cords coupled with new musical influences led the band away from the screamed vocals of death metal to a more traditional, melodic form of heavy metal music. The band released two more albums, ''Discouraged Ones'' (1998) and ''Tonight's Decision'' (1999), before settling into a stable quintet lineup for all of the 2000s. The band released four more albums with said lineup: ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Öjersson
Katatonia are a Swedish heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for the band's love of death metal. Increasing popularity led them to add more band members for live performances, though outside of the band's founders, the lineup was a constantly changing, revolving door of musicians throughout the 1990s, notably including Mikael Åkerfeldt of the band Opeth for a period. After two death/doom albums, ''Dance of December Souls'' (1993) and ''Brave Murder Day'' (1996), problems with Renkse's vocal cords coupled with new musical influences led the band away from the screamed vocals of death metal to a more traditional, melodic form of heavy metal music. The band released two more albums, ''Discouraged Ones'' (1998) and ''Tonight's Decision'' (1999), before settling into a stable quintet lineup for all of the 2000s. The band released four more albums with said lineup: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Is The New Day
''Night Is the New Day'' is Katatonia's eighth full-length album. It was released 2 November 2009, in Europe and 10 November 2009, in North America through Peaceville Records. Thirteen tracks were recorded, eleven of which made it onto the record. The band describes the material as "Our most varied, diverse and possibly strongest shit all together on one and the same album". "Idle Blood" had the working title "Kozelek", named after Mark Kozelek, a member of Red House Painters, which is one of Katatonia's influences. This is the last Katatonia release with the Norrman brothers. Release and reception ''Night Is the New Day'' sold more than 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. "Day and Then the Shade" was the first single, released in late 2009. The promotional video for this song was directed by Lasse Hoile. Musical style ''Night Is the New Day'' shows Katatonia expanding their music palette. The album shows a slightly more progressive sound than ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Cold Distance
''The Great Cold Distance'' is the seventh full-length album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released on 13 March 2006. The album was recorded and mixed at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro between May and August 2005. Release The album was re-released on 12 March 2007 with two bonus tracks and with the entire album in 5.1 surround sound. There is also a special Swedish edition of the album, which came in a limited edition box with an exclusive Katatonia poster, a set of Katatonia postcards and an enhanced video of "My Twin". Music videos were also released for singles "Deliberation" and "July". Reception The album is listed at number 8 on ''PopMatters'' list of the Top Metal Albums of 2006. Track listing Personnel ;Katatonia * Jonas Renkse – vocals, additional guitar, keyboards, programming * Anders Nyström – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, programming * Fredrik Norrman – lead & rhythm guitar * Mattias Norrman – bass * Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discouraged Ones
''Discouraged Ones'' (stylized ''discøuraged ønes'') is the third full-length album by Katatonia, released on 27 April 1998. This is the only Katatonia album with bassist Micke Oretoft. It is also their last release with Jonas Renkse on drums; on future releases, he would focus on being the band's lead vocalist and contributing additional guitar work. According to Renkse, ''Discouraged Ones'' had sold roughly 20,000 copies as of 2001. Track listing Release history Personnel Katatonia * Jonas Renkse – drums, guitars, lead vocals * Anders Nyström – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals * Fred Norrman – guitars * Micke Oretoft – bass Additional personnel *Mikael Åkerfeldt – backing vocals, vocal production *Tomas Skogsberg – engineering, mixing *Fred Estby Fred Estby (born 14 March 1972) is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the Swedish death metal band Dismember. Before he played drums in the band Carnage. Estb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Fair Deal Gone Down (album)
''Last Fair Deal Gone Down'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released in 2001 by Peaceville Records. The release was the first of a series of four albums done by the band with a stable line up of Jonas Renkse, Anders Nyström, Fredrik Norrman, Mattias Norrman, and Daniel Liljekvist, after years of lineup and role changes with prior albums. Background After forming in the early 1990s, the band started off by released two albums of death/doom metal music with screamed vocals, ''Dance of December Souls'' and ''Brave Murder Day''. Strains and health issues with Jonas Renkse's vocal cords, coupled with a desire to branch out musically and creatively, lead the band to abandon the genre and pursue more melodic metal music with clean vocals, releasing two more albums, ''Discouraged Ones'' and ''Tonight's Decision''. The band, happy with the progress, sought out to create a more diverse and intricate work. With prior sessions being plagued by lineup c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave Murder Day
''Brave Murder Day'' is Katatonia's second full-length album, released on 1 August 1996 by Avantgarde Music. The album created a new guitar position with Fredrik Norrman's input and features growled vocals by Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth. The original version of the record was not mastered, but the 2006 Peaceville Records re-release finally released a mastered version of the album and included the ''Sounds of Decay'' EP as bonus tracks. The remastered edition also includes new liner notes by Anders Nyström. The previous Century Black reissue of the album included the four tracks from the band's '' For Funerals to Come...'' EP. A vinyl release was issued through the band's Northern Silence Productions. Track listing All lyrics written by Jonas Renkse, all music composed by Katatonia. Personnel The list of personnel involved in this album, as it appears in the booklet: ;Band * Mikael Åkerfeldt — lead vocals (except track 3) * Anders Nyström — bass * Fredrik Norrman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Ã…kerfeldt
Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (; born 17 April 1974)Mikael Åkerfeldt , Opeth – Official Website, Retrieved 3 June 2012 is a Swedish musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of band , and the former vocalist of supergroup . He was also guitarist for the "one-off" band [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Of December Souls
''Dance of December Souls'' is the first full-length album by Katatonia. It was released on CD in 1993 by No Fashion Records and LP by Helion Records, released in the US in 1999 by Century Black. In 2004, record label Black Lodge reissued the album with all new artwork, but the band has stated on its website that it does not support this release for personal reasons. In 2007, the album was reissued, this time under Peaceville UK with a blue version of the original cover and all five songs from the '' Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival'' EP appended as bonus tracks. In 2010, Svart Records released a double vinyl version, which also included all songs from the EP. This album is the first release with Guillaume Le Huche as the bassist; prior to it, Anders Nyström had been contributing all guitar and bass guitar. The sound mixes the band's later style of doom metal with genres such as death metal and black metal. Track listing * All music by Anders Nyström, all lyrics by Jon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodbath
Bloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup from Stockholm, formed in 1998. The band has released six full-length albums, two EPs and two DVDs depicting their performances at Wacken Open Air (in 2005) and Bloodstock Open Air (in 2010). The group consists of Martin Axenrot (ex-Opeth), Anders Nyström (Katatonia), Jonas Renkse (also Katatonia) and Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost). History The band named themselves after the song "Blood Bath" from the album '' To the Gory End'' by Cancer. The initial lineup consisted of Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) on vocals, Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale) on drums, Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (Katatonia, Diabolical Masquerade) on guitar, and Jonas Renkse (Katatonia, October Tide) on bass Bloodbath released the EP ''Breeding Death'' within a year of forming, followed two years later by their debut album ''Resurrection Through Carnage''. In 2004, Åkerfeldt left Bloodbath, wanting to free up more time for his primary band Opeth, with Peter Tà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Nyström
Anders Nyström (born 22 April 1975), also known as Blakkheim (or formerly Blackheim), is a Swedish musician. Biography Nyström founded the Swedish metal band Katatonia with singer Jonas Renkse in 1991. Nyström is involved in the songwriting, backing vocals, keyboards, programming, arrangements, art direction and production of Katatonia along with Renkse. He used to be a member of the metal band Bewitched from 1995 to 1997 and is still with Jonas Renkse on the death metal project Bloodbath. He has released four albums as the solo black metal act Diabolical Masquerade (1993–2004). Discography With Diabolical Masquerade * '' Ravendusk in My Heart'' CD 1996 * ''The Phantom Lodge'' CD 1997 * '' Nightwork'' CD 1999 * '' Death's Design'' CD 2001 With Katatonia * '' Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival'' (1992) (EP) * ''Dance of December Souls'' (1993) * '' For Funerals to Come...'' (1995) (EP) * ''Brave Murder Day'' (1996) * ''Sounds of Decay'' (1997) (EP) * ''Discouraged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October Tide
October Tide is a Swedish death/doom metal band that was created in 1994 by Katatonia vocalist Jonas Renkse and then-Katatonia guitarist Fred Norrman. Norrman revived the band after leaving Katatonia in 2009. History 1995–1999 October Tide's debut album, ''Rain Without End'', was recorded in 1995 and released on Vic Records in 1997. During this period October Tide maintained a low profile, deciding not to tour or give any interviews. October Tide's second album, '' Grey Dawn'', was released in 1999 by Avantgarde Music. The band enlisted Mårten Hansen of A Canorous Quintet to replace Renkse on vocals. The album was remastered and re-released by Peaceville Records in 2007. After the release of '' Grey Dawn'', October Tide disbanded. 2009–2011 After leaving Katatonia, Norrman reformed October Tide in early 2009. The new line-up didn't include founding member Jonas Renkse, but instead consisted of Norrman on guitars, Tobias Netzell on vocals, Robin Bergh on drums and Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Emptiness
''Viva Emptiness'' is the sixth album by Katatonia, released in 2003 by Peaceville Records. On the album's tenth anniversary in 2013, it was re-released, featuring a new mix, mastering and additional keyboard arrangements. Background The album marked the first time that the band chose to self-produce their next record, which Jonas Renkse later described as a "weird decision" and said that the experience was "a little bit difficult." Musical style Its main subjects are loneliness, social relations, crime, lying and depression. According to AllMusic, ''Viva Emptiness'' incorporates a mix of "dark gothic pop, crushing heavy rock, textured keyboards, lithe pop melodies, beautifully crafted songs with unique dynamics and sculpted sonic environments to surround them, and bleak, even morose subject matter." Release ''Viva Emptiness'' was released on 29 April 2003. The album was re-released in 2013. The re-release features new keyboard arrangements and was completely remixed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
