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KATATONIA BIOGRAPHY
Hailing from Sweden, Katatonia was formed back in 1991, originally playing a mixture of death and doom metal with harsh vocals. After the release of "Dance of December Souls", the vocalist Jonas Renkse lost the ability to use harsh vocals due to medical problems and so the band invited Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth to record the harsh vocals on "Brave Murder Day". Jonas claimed in an interview for Mark of "The Metal Observer" that he "lost the ability to make the real Death Metal screams," so he has been forced to rely on clean to minimalistic death vocals.
"Discouraged Ones" was the first album to use Renkse's clean vocals exclusively and their next few albums exhibited a melancholic, gothic tinged rock sound. Their last two albums, "Viva Emptiness" and "The Great Cold Distance", have turned more aggressive and somewhat experimental.
Not to be confused with Catatonia, indie-rock band led by Cerys Matthews.
Members:
Jonas Renkse (other projects include Bloodbath and October Tide)
Anders Nystrom (other projects include Bloodbath, Bewitched, and Diabolical Masquerade)
Fred Norrman (also of October Tide, Uncanny and formerly of Subdive)
Mattias Norrman (also formerly of Subdive)
Daniel Liljekvist (also formerly of Subdive)
Discography
Jhva Elohim Meth [1992] | Demo
Jhva Elohim Meth... the Revival [1992] | EP
Hades/Katatonia Split [1992]
Dance of December Souls [1993] | Album
For Funerals To Come [1995] | EP
Primordial/Katatonia Split [1996] | EP
Brave Murder Day [1996] | Album
Sounds of Decay [1997] | EP
Saw You Drown [1998] | EP
Discouraged Ones [1998] Album
Tonight's Decision [1999] | Album
Teargas [2001] | EP
Last Fair Deal Gone Down [2001] | Album
Tonight's Music [2001] | EP
Ghost of the Sun [2003] | Single
Viva Emptiness [2003] | Album
Brave Yester Days [2004] | Compilation
The Black Sessions [2005] | Compilation
My Twin [2006] | EP
The Great Cold Distance [2006] | Album
Deliberation [2006] | EP
July [2007] | EP
The Great Cold Distance 5.1 Mix [2007] | Album
Live Consternation [2007] | Live Album
KATATONIA GENRES
Doom/Death Metal, Depressive Rock
KATATONIA LYRICAL THEMES
Depression, Death, Suicide, Crime
KATATONIA ORIGIN
Sweden (Avesta), formed in 1987
KATATONIA CURRENT RECORD LABEL
Peaceville Records
KATATONIA STATUS
Active
KATATONIA CURRENT LINE-UP
Jonas Renkse (Lord Seth) - vocals, programming (formerly also drums, guitars and keyboards) (Bloodbath (Swe), October Tide)
Anders Nyström (Blackheim) - guitars, programming, backing vocals (formerly also bass and keyboards) (Bloodbath (Swe), Diabolical Masquerade, ex-Bewitched (Swe))
Fredrik Norrman - guitars (formerly also bass) (Uncanny (Swe), October Tide, Fulmination)
Mattias Norrman - bass (Dellamorte, Moondark, Interment (Swe))
Daniel Liljekvist - drums, backing vocals (Komotio)
KATATONIA PREVIOUS LINE-UP
Mikael Åkerfeldt - vocals (Opeth, Bloodbath (Swe), Steel (Swe), Sörskogen)
Dan Swanö - drums, keyboards (Another Life, ex-Bloodbath (Swe), Brejn Dedd, Darkcide (Swe), Demiurg (Swe), Diabolical Masquerade, Edge of Sanity, Godsend (Nor), Incision (Swe), Infestdead, Karaboudjan, Maceration, Masticate, Nightingale, Odyssey (Swe), Overflash, Pan.Thy.Monium, Ribspreader, Route Nine, Star One, Steel (Swe), Total Terror, Unicorn (Swe), Sorskogen, Frameshift)
Israphel Wing (Guillaume Le Huche) - bass (Eyekon)
Mikael Oretoft - bass (Eyekon, In Grey (Guest), Mynjun)
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