''Tonight's Decision'' is the fourth full-length album by
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 ...
, released in 1999 by
Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records is a British independent heavy metal record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw (of the bands Instigators and Civilised Society) in Dewsbury, England in 1987, who was also a one-time drummer of Sore Throat. ...
. It was reissued in 2003 with two bonus tracks.
Background
Around this time, the band were being influenced less by metal and more by
alternative
Alternative or alternate may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki''
* ''The Alternative'' (film), a 1978 Australian television film
* ''The Alternative ...
, with Renkse citing
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...
, whose song "Nightmares by the Sea" was covered on this album, as well as
Radiohead as examples.
Renske's close friend,
Mikael Åkerfeldt
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, Op ...
of
Opeth, was present to help record, produce and work on ideas for vocal tracks.
Track listing
The standard edition and 2003 reissue each end with a different song, but on every version the final track ends with 25 to 30 seconds of silence and a hidden track, hence there are actually two official versions of "Black Session".
Personnel
Katatonia
*
Jonas Renkse
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* Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands
* Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States
* Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States
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* Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas
* Jonas, one of ...
– vocals
*
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 songwrit ...
– guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
* Fredrik Norrman – bass
*
Dan Swanö –
session drums
Additional personnel
*
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (; born 17 April 1974)[Mikael Åkerfeldt](_blank)
, Op ...
– additional vocal production
*
Travis Smith – artwork, design, layout
* Paul Loasby – management
* Mia Lorentzson – mastering
* Joakim Petterson – engineering
* Tomas Skogsberg – engineering
* Camilla Af Geijerstam – photography
* Martin Bencik – desert photography assistant
* Brad Gilson Jr. – photography
References
Katatonia albums
1999 albums
Albums with cover art by Travis Smith (artist)
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Alternative rock albums