Surprised no thread about this concert next week. Anyone going?
https://www.dolans.ie/gigs-events-live-music-listings/2023/11/7/katatonia
https://www.songkick.com/concerts/41223927-katatonia-at-academy
Yup I'll be at the Limerick show. Haven't kept up on recent Katatonia at all mind, but love a lot of the older stuff.
They sound nothing like Brave Murder Day era now unfortunately. New album is fine. I'm not sure about a lot of their stuff but going to Dolans anyway.
Yeap heading to the Limerick show.
The new stuff is very different to the old and mid era stuff but still decent.
They usually do a good set list so hopefully some classics will be belted out.
No great expectations but heading along as working the odd day in Limerick anyway so making it my business to be about. I hope to be pleasantly surprised just the same!
Who's supporting?
Thats the job mr snare,pardon the pun :laugh:
Exploring Birdsong I think,not sure if theres any other bands.
Will be at the Limerick show too. Haven't been in to any of the last few albums but made a playlist a few weeks back of recent enough set lists and it's mostly great stuff
Was supposed to head to Dublin show but strep throat has taken hold over the weekend >:( forgot how painful this shite is!! Raging now I'll miss it as I've missed them before due to work emergency few years back
Any stage times for Dolans?
Anyone hit the Dublin show and was it any good?
7.30 and 9.00
Yeah was at Dublin, very heavy on later material. Think we got 4-5 from the new one, seemed to be a rake of songs from Dead end Kings too which was a crap record. I've seen them 10+ times including festivals etc and that was the dullest. Usually captivated at a Katatonia show, spent many songs chatting to people I hadn't seen in an age.
Also Anders missing as was previously announced but surprised to see them do it with one guitar
Jesus Xavier Christ, that honestly was one of the worst gigs of my 34 years experience of gigs. It was dull beyond belief and had absolutely nothing to redeem it.
I should have learnt my lesson after last seeing them at Vicar Street with Novembre and being distinctly unimpressed but that was a whole new low tonight.
It is unfortunately etched in my mind with the other 2 of the worst 3 gigs in my life - Paradise Lost's 2nd gig in Cork, and Anathema's 3rd gig in Cork.
I couldn't even muster the enthusiasm to clap once out of sympathy or basic manners. Tis a far cry from Katatonik :'(
The next gig can't come around fast enough to get this aural turd out of my ears. Tis a pity I can't make Elvana in Limerick or Cork this week.
Let's fucking go Decapitated, Inferi and Obscura
Why so dull?
For me it was the set choice, very very stale and I haven't really rated any of their post Cold Distance albums - it was a good long set of 20 songs but if I'm being honest only maybe 4-6 of the songs aired were from the era I care about. The fact Anders wasn't there really took from it too. There's nobody there from the classic line-up - it's all a bit sterile. The Norrman brothers weren't the best musicians in the world but they brought character to proceedings and they were involved with the project, with hired hands it just ain't the same.
Unlike Snare I loved that Shelter show all those years back, Katatonia were never a band that ran around the stage throwing shapes, wouldn't be appropriate. Compare that setlist to the current one......
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7
2001
Katatonia Setlist
at The Shelter, Dublin, Ireland
Tour: Last Fair Deal Gone Down Tour statistics Add setlist
Deadhouse
Teargas
Stalemate
March 4
Chrome
Tonight's Music
For My Demons
The Future of Speech
Sweet Nurse
I Am Nothing
Cold Ways
Murder
Mixed feelings on this one,they played a lot of the newer era stuff which was to be expected and I didn't mind as I like the latest album.Started off well but there was definitely a period during the middle of the set where it was a bit of a yawn fest with the lighter songs but picked up again towards the end.
They've got a decent back catalog of songs, pity they don't fit more of the classics into the set list more.
It's the Jonas show,roger did ok on guitars but he's no blackheim.
Caught a bit of them at Damnation, they did a Dead End Kings set which I always thought was bit of a nothing album so left after a few songs, along with a lot of the rest of the crowd
Second night was just dull and flat, really just came across like they weren't arsed being there
I enjoyed it alot. Like the new album. Agree that there were a couple of slower songs in thd middle that were a bit draggy. Finished strong tho. Good gig. Crowd seemed into it.
I enjoyed it too. Was expecting it to heavy on the more recent albums so no surprise there. There was a bit of plod in places bookended with some great tracks. The couple off Fall of Hearts were great and Evidence was a deadly closer. Great to have a proper long show too. 1 hour 40. Last few years most bands seem to only do the hour.
Quote from: Trev on November 08, 2023, 08:55:16 AMCaught a bit of them at Damnation, they did a Dead End Kings set which I always thought was bit of a nothing album so left after a few songs, along with a lot of the rest of the crowd
Second night was just dull and flat, really just came across like they weren't arsed being there
The were so poor, I was really looking forward to seeing them as I last saw them during the Brave Murder Day period, they only played 40 mins of their 55 minute set due to a delay caused by a technical problem, worst part was I missed the end of Sigh :(
Ah here Quirky that shelter show was class!
A band i loved from the mid 90s into the early 2000s,but the last 15 years have just been the same sound,not great.
I only ever saw them once, that co-headliner with In The Woods in Charlie's in the late '90s. They were class then to be fair, from what I remember.
One of my favourite ever gigs that one!
Quote from: Carnage on November 08, 2023, 08:18:49 PMI only ever saw them once, that co-headliner with In The Woods in Charlie's in the late '90s. They were class then to be fair, from what I remember.
I barely remember it, I was Not Sober. I remember thinking both bands were class, particularly Katatonia but that's about it. Was that the one where Renske was too pissed to play and ended up sleeping through it?
I was only 17, ,about 30 of us came up on a bus that was falling apart from Cork.The Renske bit rings a bell alright.
QuoteEvidence was a deadly closer
Great track but again didn't do anything for me on the night. When they go back to Cold Distance or Viva it's always the same tracks. Zero surprises, Zero Deep cuts.
Was my first time to see them so probably got a bit more out of it. Coupled with a few midweek pints and home by 11 sure I thought it was mighty
Ah I think the mood is critical here. I was with a few lads and they all enjoyed it.