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Sky Void Of Stars
''Sky Void of Stars'' is the twelfth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia. It was released on 20 January 2023 and was generally well received by critics. Background In April 2020, Katatonia released their eleventh studio album, ''City Burials''. The band had initially planned on touring in support of the album, but the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic halted all plans. Upon realizing that this was not a short-term issue, but something that was going to be completely halting their ability to tour, they instead turned to releasing further music. These plans including releasing a new live album '' Dead Air'' (2020), a compilation album '' Mnemosynean'' (2021), a box set '' Melancholium'' (2022), and forging ahead into writing and recording a twelfth studio album. Apple Music/iTunes ''Sky Void of Stars'' Interview with Jonas Renkse Writing and recording Work on the album started shortly after the April 2020 release of ''City Burials''. While most Katatonia albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
