Katatonia

Katatonia is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 1988 by Jonas Renkse (formerly Lord Seth) and Anders Nyström (formerly Blakkheim). Katatonia is noted for the overall melancholy of its sound, often giving them the classification of doom metal or depressive rock.

Related Topics:
Swedish - Heavy metal - 1988 - Doom metal - Rock

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Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival through Sounds of Decay feature mainly harsh vocals and can stylistically be considered doom/death. Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt performed the harsh vocals on Brave Murder Day and Sounds of Decay after regular Katatonia singer (and then drummer) Jonas Renkse became unable to scream properly.

Related Topics:
Doom/death - Opeth - Mikael Åkerfeldt

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With the Saw You Drown EP Katatonia moved to a lighter sound with clean vocals. Another shift was seen with Viva Emptiness in which the music became more vocal oriented than ever before.

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Katatonia has released two compilations. Brave Yesterdays (the title is a play on their album Brave Murder Day) is a double-disc release including all cuts from EP's up to Saw You Drown, selected cuts from full-length albums Brave Murder Day and Dance of December Souls and two tracks from a compilation. The Black Sessions is a limited release that documents later releases and includes a live DVD.

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