Well, they are playing within walking distance of me so I might go, but I hate that venue and Heritage is merely good so probably not.
You haven't seen the recent setlists? The Devil's Orchard and Häxprocess are the only Heritage songs they've played at the recent not unplugged gigs.
Yeah, I really don't like Katatonia. I swear most drone has more life to it than their music.
This this this, their vocalist has no life or passion to it
Whaaat...?!
I don't think Katatonia are any more repetitive than Opeth were at what is considered their "golden era" - lots of riffs on Still Life or BWP could easily switch places without ruining the flow of the songs.
Besides, Katatonia do have a lot of emotion in their music, just listen to Departer, Tonight's Music, Inheritance, The Racing Heart, Leech, Gone... I would consider all these songs emotional, and Jonas' vocals don't lack passion in them. His voice seems to divide opinions - I didn't like him at first, either, but nowadays he's one of my favorite singers.
I've seen them get played on the Opeth station on Pandora quite a lot, have had a few people recommend them to me when I was asking around about other bands that sound like Opeth, and finally caved in and listened to a full album of theirs last week. I was pretty badly disappointed by how drearily monotonous the vocals were and the music just felt like it had virtually no life to it. I hope I just picked a dud and am more than open to suggestions about where to start with them.
Which album did you listen to? Night is the New Day is a pretty diverse album IMO - maybe you should give it a try. Or maybe you could listen to that album you already heard again - Katatonia may seem monotonous at first, but their music has lots of subtleties that aren't easily noticed on the first few listens (and isn't this a prog forum?). Nothing stuck to my mind after hearing the new album, but now I think it has many catchy melodies and it ended up being my album of the year.
You spoiled Americans!
This is one of the best tour packages I could imagine and people are only complaining!