Katatonia is my all-time favorite band. No band has ever impacted me more. I got into them back in 2007/08. I was working a shit job at a sandwich shop and would have Opeth radio on Pandora playing, and it kept playing songs from Viva Emptiness. I kept hearing songs that just made my ears perk up and it was always the same band, the same album, and 3 songs in particular: Ghost of the Sun, Criminals and Evidence. I went to the local record shop to buy the album, but they didn't have it. What they did have was The Black Sessions compilation which had songs from Discouraged Ones, Tonight's Decision, Last Fair Deal Gone Down and Viva Emptiness, plus a few B-Sides that weren't available on anything else. I ordered Viva Emptiness and their newest album, The Great Cold Distance from eBay. That was over 15 years ago and I don't think I've gone more than a week since without listening to their music. I take great pleasure in saying that even their newest album is some of their absolute best work. Viva Katatonia!
Katatonia is my all-time favorite band. No band has ever impacted me more. I got into them back in 2007/08. I was working a shit job at a sandwich shop and would have Opeth radio on Pandora playing, and it kept playing songs from Viva Emptiness. I kept hearing songs that just made my ears perk up and it was always the same band, the same album, and 3 songs in particular: Ghost of the Sun, Criminals and Evidence. I went to the local record shop to buy the album, but they didn't have it. What they did have was The Black Sessions compilation which had songs from Discouraged Ones, Tonight's Decision, Last Fair Deal Gone Down and Viva Emptiness, plus a few B-Sides that weren't available on anything else. I ordered Viva Emptiness and their newest album, The Great Cold Distance from eBay. That was over 15 years ago and I don't think I've gone more than a week since without listening to their music. I take great pleasure in saying that even their newest album is some of their absolute best work. Viva Katatonia!
Glad to hear you found them.
Katatonia. Always and Forever.
they never topped dance of december souls
And here I thought with the title I was about to revisit Coil, or Swans..
The different vocal style on Departer is due in part to guest vocalist Krister Linder
I like Katatonia
Katatonia is a very interesting band. It's like,"the band who inspired the bands you like to write music"
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully...
I see what you did there... ;)
Brave Murder Day is a perfect album
are they from deep africa?
check out Distant Dream they are great post rock band, mostly instrumental
blablabla band where?