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Avesta, Sweden (1987 – present)

Katatonia formed in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden and was brought together by long time friends, Anders Nyström (aka Blakkheim) and Jonas Renkse (aka Lord Seth). After more than a year of rehearsals and composing, the first real fruits of their labour came to light in mid 1992 with the release of the demo ‘Jhva Elohim Meth’, recorded at Sweden’s Gorysound Studio and produced by the multi-musician Dan Swanö. The demo sold out immediately, bringing Katatonia to the attention of Dutch label Vic Records, who went on to re-release the demo as a mini CD, titled ‘Jhva Elohim Meth – the Revival’. With the CD selling out fast and their reputation spreading like a wildfire through the underground, the duo knew they would need a fuller line-up to move the band up and forward. So, bassist Guillaume Le Huche (aka Israphel Wing) was enlisted to their ranks, enabling them to perform live in concert for the first time in their career.

‘Dance of December Souls’ | 1993

Things progressed at pace and at the end of 1992 the trio entered into a one-album deal with the now defunct Swedish label No Fashion records. April 1993 saw Katatonia re-enter Gorysound (now renamed Unisound) to record their first full-length album ‘Dance of December Souls’, produced by Katatonia and Dan Swanö.

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1	Forsaker full track	4,967
2	The Longest Year full track	4,779
3	Idle Blood full track	4,705
4	Onward Into Battle full track	4,420
5	Liberation full track	4,351
6	The Promise of Deceit full track	4,052
7	Nephilim full track	3,959
8	New Night full track	3,817
9	Inheritance full track	3,630
10	Departer full track	3,268
11	Day and Then the Shade full track	3,207
12	My Twin full track	2,703
13	Deliberation full track	2,065
14	July full track	1,951
15	Leaders full track	1,868

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schizoid_man77 wrote:
2 hours ago

Must say, I like Discouraged ones more than Great cold distance.

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Opeth_MAYH wrote:
3 hours ago

Why are the bonus tracks always the best songs on katatoina albums? silly band.

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peregrim wrote:
6 hours ago

I can't really explain why but every new opus of this band brings me into addiction. there are so many bands I love. but when katatonia release new stuff, then that's all I need to get through the days. everyone who feels similar - don't give a fuck about reviews whose writers just cannot feel the magic of this music because it's only a job for them. and all the negative voices about the album just show how important this band is to people and how difficult it is then to get personal demands fulfilled. I'm sorry for my bad english but I just want this band to get the appreciation they deserve.

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The_Night_Head wrote:
8 hours ago

"PopMatters, an international webzine that covers many aspects of POPULAR CULTURE, gave the new album 9/10". That confirms it, just like Metallica they've finally sold out. RIP Katatonia 1996-2006. You will be sorely missed.

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GoHangYourself wrote:
yesterday evening

Day and Then the Shade is my favourite

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Lolzpop wrote:
yesterday evening

I say, Departer!

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Neandertalaren wrote:
yesterday afternoon

I must say Forsaker is pretty good.

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j33433 wrote:
Thursday evening

Brave Murder Day > Night Is the New Day > all the rest

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sonathia wrote:
Thursday evening

@terminus84, I don't agree with you, older albums are way better than NITND. But Katatonia is still better than any other band.

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Scython wrote:
Thursday evening

Oh dear, the fail trolls are passing the Katatonia page. Everyone, take cover.

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boyled01 wrote:
Thursday afternoon

dude sounds like the singer from biffy clyro

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Crimson-Dawn wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Learn your emo.

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The_Night_Head wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Before I go an waste an hour of my life, is the new album a wonderfully wrought evocative masterpiece or is it a huge steaming pile of generic emo shite?

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The_Night_Head wrote:
Thursday afternoon

I've just heard Forsaker sounds like the horribly disfigured love child of Panic! at the Disco and Meshuggah :/

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PPetrus wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Lol :)... I love the top tracks and how they correspond with the tracks' order on the cd. Looks almost like more and more people turn off NITND after every next song. Departer over Day and Then the Shade may be explained that some people listened to the album backwards.

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schizoid_man77 wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Wait... But Bullet for my valentine DOES suck though.

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coleio wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Oh dear thaumo, looks like the game is up. He's summed up your miserable existence in one damning paragraph.

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Scython wrote:
Thursday morning

You certainly know your shit, TheFecundComing.

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TheFecundComing wrote:
Thursday morning

v Sure you do, if you care enough to A: look at my page to find faults to your disliking, and B: make it public on Katatonia's last.fm page of all places. So you're too intellectually and musically inept to hear the obvious musical prowess that, *gasp*, a METALCORE band of all things, possess. That's your deal. But to gripe about an individual's opinion of a band's new release simply because you don't like my other taste in music on the original band's page is downright asinine. You suck as a troll, and most likely have no life outside of the internet. Now, granted, I'm just going on assumptions as you can tell, but if you're going to get your shits and giggles from last.fm out of the millions of websites on the internet, at least have a logical, fallible backpedal before you start making an ass out of yourself behind your oh-so-infamous veil of anonymity.

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thaumo wrote:
Thursday morning

Do we care what you think when..."Oh, and one more thing: Bullet for My Valentine is a credible metalcore band. Anyone who disagrees is either mentally deficient or deaf." lol @ u

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Comment on Night is the New Day officially released in the U.S. by Nicolle

10 Nov 2009 | from katatonia.com

Just heard about this album and I have only listened to clips and I already love it. Great job on this one guys, hope you'll tour in the U.S b/c I will defiantly go to that show. …

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