Author Topic: Katatonia (Read 83817 times)

abydos · « **on:** September 13, 2009, 11:20:40 AM »

The search engine isn't finding threads about the band... a shame. Anyway, they are fucking awesome and they've released a new track which sounds awesome.
For the mp3: https://www.burningshed.com/store/peaceville/freedownload/20/
or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRrVjjQg5o8 if you don't want it on your HDD. If this is any indication for the quality of the new album... I'm pumped!

veronica · « **Reply #1 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:08:06 PM »

Thanks man. We have three Katatonia cds, but the newest of those are from 2003, heh. You reminded me to check out their newer stuff before we see them (warming up for Porcupine Tree) in october.

Neccy60 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 13, 2009, 08:26:40 PM »

Discouraged Ones depresses me.

Ben_Jamin · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2009, 12:19:24 PM »

i find it unique in a way. Soil's Song.

carl320 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 14, 2009, 01:53:13 PM »

Quote from: Neccy60 on September 13, 2009, 08:26:40 PM

Discouraged Ones depresses me.

For some reason, this CD reminds me of The Cure.

I have DO, Last Fair Deal, Vive Emptiness and Great Cold Distance. I really like VE, but haven't quite gotten into the other albums.

Gwii · « **Reply #5 on:** November 08, 2009, 07:55:50 PM »

I was never a big Katatonia fan, but their new album is awesome! I recommend it to everyone here. If you like Opeth, you will probably like this. It's called Night is the New Day.

faemir · « **Reply #6 on:** November 24, 2009, 06:42:32 AM »

bump time!

I'm blown away by the new album. I was skeptical when Mikael Akerfeldt said that it's possibly the best 'heavy' album he's heard in the last decade, but WOW. By far their best album, it totally takes what Katatonia have done before, perfects that, and adds more!

All Opeth fans should get the new album now

(Did anyone else notice that on track 3 Jonas sounds almost identical to Akerfeldt

)

Blind_FaithX · « **Reply #7 on:** November 24, 2009, 10:10:21 AM »

Great band. I only own The Great Cold Distance but I enjoy it from time to time.

OsMosis2259 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 24, 2009, 11:14:55 AM »

Listening to the new album on myspace and its the first time I am listening to this band. Im liking it so far! I do have a question tho...

Am I the only one that thought it was Mikael Akerfeldt singing in Idle Blood?

skydivingninja · « **Reply #9 on:** November 24, 2009, 05:03:01 PM »

I only have Night is the New Day and its pretty awesome. Gonna have to give it a few more listens but its cool.

faemir · « **Reply #10 on:** November 24, 2009, 05:48:47 PM »

Quote from: OsMosis2259 on November 24, 2009, 11:14:55 AM

Listening to the new album on myspace and its the first time I am listening to this band. Im liking it so far! I do have a question tho...

Am I the only one that thought it was Mikael Akerfeldt singing in Idle Blood?

I said that in my post a bit up (didnt name the song though)

Jonas (singer) and Mikael are bestest buddiest for 18 years now, they give each other private listening parties

In fact, in Bloodbath (death metal supergroup) Jonas plays bass with Mikael on vocals.

Quote from: Blind_FaithX on November 24, 2009, 10:10:21 AM

Great band. I only own The Great Cold Distance but I enjoy it from time to time.

The new album is just like TGCD, but better in every single way.

Quote from: veronica on September 13, 2009, 01:08:06 PM

Thanks man. We have three Katatonia cds, but the newest of those are from 2003, heh. You reminded me to check out their newer stuff before we see them (warming up for Porcupine Tree) in october.

How was the gig?

veronica · « **Reply #11 on:** November 25, 2009, 12:25:28 AM »

It was really bad, actually

Just Katatonia, not PT of course. They just didn't do very well in a live setting, which is too bad...

faemir · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:09:18 AM »

no way!

But they sound so awesome on their live dvd

veronica · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2009, 10:18:53 AM »

Either they had a really bad day the day I saw them or they've fixed up the dvd

Zantera · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2009, 10:41:14 AM »

Quote from: veronica on November 25, 2009, 12:25:28 AM

It was really bad, actually Just Katatonia, not PT of course. They just didn't do very well in a live setting, which is too bad...

I agree with that.
I was a bit interested in Katatonia before, but a horrible gig, and i don't even consider listening to the new album now, which i did before the show.

faemir · « **Reply #15 on:** November 27, 2009, 10:05:56 AM »

Quote from: Zantera on November 25, 2009, 10:41:14 AM

Quote from: veronica on November 25, 2009, 12:25:28 AM
It was really bad, actually Just Katatonia, not PT of course. They just didn't do very well in a live setting, which is too bad...
I agree with that.
I was a bit interested in Katatonia before, but a horrible gig, and i don't even consider listening to the new album now, which i did before the show.

That makes no sense, everyone knows they are great on cd. Who cares about a bad live gig? doesn't stop the cd being awesome.

Quote from: veronica on November 25, 2009, 10:18:53 AM

Either they had a really bad day the day I saw them or they've fixed up the dvd

What was bad about them anyway, It can't have been Jonas' voice as that's always awesome. And most of the rest of the band are in Bloodbath with Akerfeldt too, and they were a blast live

Sounds like a bad night.

veronica · « **Reply #16 on:** November 27, 2009, 11:31:02 AM »

The vocalist is good in studio, but he's not controlled enough in a live setting it seems.
NOTHING happened on stage. They just...stood there- Ok, not everyone's a show man but come on. They sounded "off", like they were just a bit out of sync with each other all the time.

The sound wasn't the bestest either, but can hardly blame them for that

Luckily it wasn't a bad night, because after them it was Porcupine Tree, their sound guy did great and they were awesome

Zantera · « **Reply #17 on:** November 27, 2009, 11:51:57 AM »

Quote from: veronica on November 27, 2009, 11:31:02 AM

The vocalist is good in studio, but he's not controlled enough in a live setting it seems.
NOTHING happened on stage. They just...stood there- Ok, not everyone's a show man but come on. They sounded "off", like they were just a bit out of sync with each other all the time.

The sound wasn't the bestest either, but can hardly blame them for that

Luckily it wasn't a bad night, because after them it was Porcupine Tree, their sound guy did great and they were awesome

I agree a lot with that tbh.
To me, they just stood there.
The singer didn't move at all during the whole concert, and his vocals drowned in the rest of the sound.
And somehow, all of the songs they played sounded like the same, except for My Twin, which i could separate from the rest (since i've listened to that album several times).
Anyways, i dont think they're bad, but they doesn't feel interesting to me.
However, Åkerfeldt did give the new album lots of praise, but right now i'm not that into Metal, so i dont think this is the time to listen to it.

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 27, 2009, 04:27:35 PM »

The song in the OP is pretty awesome, might have to check this band out.

faemir · « **Reply #19 on:** November 27, 2009, 05:39:39 PM »

Quote from: Zantera on November 27, 2009, 11:51:57 AM

I agree a lot with that tbh.
To me, they just stood there.
The singer didn't move at all during the whole concert, and his vocals drowned in the rest of the sound.

Sounds like a bad sound for the night

Yeah, It doesn't surprise me Jonas not moving around much, he strikes me as more quiet kind of guy. But I've seen the DVD, and they don't stand utterly still. They still move around more than BTBAM though, and to be honest, there are some bands I go just for the experience and wouldn't care if they all sat on chairs, I just want the sound

trailer for the dvd here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkRpE4GyfIk

There's enough headbanging in there for me

TheOutlawXanadu · « **Reply #20 on:** December 01, 2009, 05:57:44 PM »

Listening now. "Idle Blood" is an early stand-out.

Zantera · « **Reply #21 on:** December 18, 2009, 02:51:28 PM »

I've listened to this album a lot the last few days after deciding that i should give it a try.
It's a great album, wouldn't go as far as saying "best of 2009", but it's probably in my top5.
Some of my reflections:

*Idle Blood - At first listen, i REALLY REALLY thought that this was Mikael Åkerfeldt from Opeth singing, and it still sounds like him. :-D
This song sounds like a mix of Porcupine Tree and Damnation-Opeth, but with a personal Katatonia-touch ofc.

*My favorite songs: Forsaker was the first song i fell in love with, but i'd say Onward Into Battle (i just love the chorus<3), The Promise of Deceit (lovely track), and Day and then the Shade.

I really like this album.

faemir · « **Reply #22 on:** December 19, 2009, 08:53:04 AM »

I think that Departer might just be my favourite Katatonia song ever, it's so chilling, I get shivers every time.

abydos · « **Reply #23 on:** December 19, 2009, 10:30:44 PM »

Yeah, makes me want to hear Linder on almost every other Katatonia song. He fits perfectly.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 19, 2009, 11:19:49 PM »

Your ghost in the LIIIIIMELIIIIIGHT!!

yeshaberto · « **Reply #25 on:** December 19, 2009, 11:25:26 PM »

first listen...awesome song! will look at some other stuff tomorrow
this is really good stuff

faemir · « **Reply #26 on:** December 20, 2009, 09:02:21 AM »

Quote from: yeshua4 on December 19, 2009, 11:25:26 PM

first listen...awesome song! will look at some other stuff tomorrow
this is really good stuff

Get their latest... 4 albums first

Volk9 · « **Reply #27 on:** December 20, 2009, 10:42:06 AM »

I have two of their albums. Their pretty good, but I dont listen to them often.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 20, 2009, 11:12:16 AM »

I only have their latest album but I am really blown away! A strong contender for the album of the year IMO.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #29 on:** December 20, 2009, 11:46:22 AM »

All this talk of them being somewhat dull live worries me.

Shall I bother going to see them or not?

abydos · « **Reply #30 on:** December 20, 2009, 12:33:01 PM »

If you like the songs - yes. check their live footage on youtube. It's more of atmospheric and less of a "show" from what I understand and this is right up my alley. I wouldn't miss them.

bodiesinflight · « **Reply #31 on:** December 20, 2009, 12:37:59 PM »

Ok cool. I did look at some live footage on YT but I don't think you can necessarily judge from live DVDs because some bands manage to look awesome on DVD but are terrible in the flesh.

I'll probably go, only £12 after all.

Perpetual Change · « **Reply #32 on:** December 20, 2009, 01:11:04 PM »

They're awesome.

WDADU · « **Reply #33 on:** December 20, 2009, 03:25:12 PM »

Night Is The New Day is an alright album. The first four songs are golden but from then on, the album loses its touch a little. Best song on the album in my opinion is "The Longest Year".

Their best album was The Great Cold Distance, which was the album that came out before Night Is The New Day. With the new album, it seemed like it was the structure of the songs were kinda repetitive, Jonas' vocal style was the same in every song, the verses were mellow with Danny on the ride, kick and snare with Blakkheim playing a mellow, clean riff and then a somewhat heavy and melodic chours.

It does, however, have some great parts in all of the songs. Worth a buy, but they've made better albums.

faemir · « **Reply #34 on:** December 20, 2009, 03:46:33 PM »

Loses it touch?

Are you sure we have the same album? I think the whole album is them finally getting the balance between heavy stuff and their prog tendencies sorted out, so it inches ahead of The Great Cold Distance.

Either way, just get one of the four latest and you won't go wrong.

News: Untethered Angel official video: https://youtu.be/gylxuO6dKOw

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