Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse (formerly aka Lord Seth) and Anders Nystr�m (formerly aka Blakkheim). The early Katatonia albums are noted for the overall melancholy of their sound, often giving them the classification of doom metal. Katatonia's more recent albums have progressed to a wider sound, with modern overtones, dropped guitars, symphonic synths and arrangements, alternative sounds and generally heavier riffs.
Opeth's Mikael �kerfeldt performed the growling vocals on Brave Murder Day and Sounds of Decay after regular Katatonia singer (and then drummer) Jonas Renkse became unable to scream properly. During this time, the band decided to change their sound to a more soft sound with clean vocals beginning with 1998's Discouraged Ones. This shift in instrumental tone and vocal style was accompanied by an appreciable decrease in the length of the band's songs, with latter period songs typically lasting around four minutes.
Katatonia has released two compilations. Brave Yester Days (the title being a play on their album Brave Murder Day) is a double-disc release including all cuts from EPs 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.
1998. DISCOURAGED ONES
I Break
Stalemate
Deadhouse
Relention
Cold Ways
Gone
Last Resort
Nerve
Saw You Drown
Instrumental
Distrust
| Code: |
| http://rapidshare.com/files/174285045/Katatonia_-_Discouraged_Ones_1988.rar |
* * *
1999. TONIGHT'S DECISION
For My Demons
I Am Nothing
In Death, A Song
Had To (Leave)
This Punishment
Right Into The Bliss
No Good Can Come Of This
Strained
A Darkness Coming
Nightmares By The Sea
Black Session
No Devotion
Fractured
| Code: |
| http://rapidshare.com/files/174262321/Katatonia_-_Tonights_Decision_1999.rar |
* * *
2001. LAST FAIR DEAL GONE DOWN
Dispossession
Chrome
We Must Bury You
Teargas
I transpire
Tonight's Music
Clean Today
The Future Of Speech
Passing Bird
Sweet Nurse
Don't Tell A Soul
| Code: |
| http://rapidshare.com/files/174248151/Katatonia_-_Last_Fair_Deal_Gone_Down_2001.rar |
* * *
2003. VIVA EMPTINESS
Ghost Of The Sun
Sleeper
Criminals
A Premonition
Will I Arrive
Burn The Remembrance
Wealth
One Year From Now
Walking By A Wire
Complicity
Evidence
Omerta
Inside The City Of Glass
| Code: |
| http://rapidshare.com/files/174075693/Katatonia_-_Viva_Emptiness_2003.rar |
* * *
2006. THE GREAT COLD DISTANCE
Leaders
Deliberation
Soil's Song
My Twin
Consternation
Follower
Rusted
Increase
July
In The White
The Itch
Journey Through Pressure
| Code: |
| http://rapidshare.com/files/174083362/Katatonia_-_The_Great_Cold_Distance_2006.rar |
Link checked on Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:02 pm [WBB_Linkchecker_Bot]