Katatonia news

[Blizzard Beast]

Back gigging in may playing Night is the New Day in full.

[TomM]

Would love to see them again. Overdrive have said they're announcing a band doing three Irish dates in May. Really hoping it's them!!

[Paul keohane]

One band id love see do an old school set,even a mid period set would be unreal.A set made up of material from Discouraged ones to Viva Emptiness would do me.

[Shadowking]

Class , with only one date in the UK the chances of three shows here are unlikely

[Blizzard Beast]

One band id love see do an old school set,even a mid period set would be unreal.A set made up of material from Discouraged ones to Viva Emptiness would do me.

Didn't they do the mid period set in London,last fair deal gone night?A brilliant gig if you haven't seen it.

[CaptainFlint]

Shame it doesn't look like we'll be getting a date, Night is the New Day flows very well from track to track, should make for a great show. Have yet to see these guys live.

The vinyl 10th anniversary edition they're releasing looks pretty nice too

[Cryptic Stench]

. Have yet to see these guys live.

Tut tut, they've only been here 6 times! 

[CaptainFlint]

To be fair they only popped up on my radar in the last 6 months, looking forward to getting a chance to see how they come across live

Really enjoying the variety of different genres they've touched on, always nice to find a band that's not afraid to develop and evolve a bit!

[seanor]

I'm heading over to this with the missus, looking forward to it.

Handy the London gig is on a Saturday night

[Carnage]

From their Facebook:

"Anders Nyström and I are going our separate ways. A decision not taken lightly, but for everyone to thrive and move forward with their own creative preferences as well as personal schedules this has become the realistic option. Anders and I started the band in 1991 and his impact on the band's trademark sound is undeniable. As bleak as this sounds, and is, it's further evidence of life getting in the way of our preferred plans. I wish Anders all the best for the future."

Jonas Renkse

I wonder what that will mean for their sound going forward, will they become even more mainstream? I always got the impression that Renske was the one pushing them in that direction.

[Blizzard Beast]

No surprise but wonder why it took them so long to announce they had parted ways,Blackheim played an important part in the early years that gave Katatonia that unique sound and their best work.
The later Katatonia albums sounded more influenced by Renske.

[Trev]

First five is all I need with Katatonia, tried a good few of their later albums and they do nothing for me. One of the dullest live bands I've ever seen too

[Carnage]

I only saw them once, the double headliner with In The Woods in Charlie's about 30 years ago. They were fantastic on the night but I don't think Renkse even played, he was too pissed to go on or something to that effect. Did he sleep under the stage?

I was less than sober on the night myself so the details escape me but I remember them being mighty.

I haven't listened to them for years but that Cure sounding period was alright. Totally different prospect to the band as they were in their heyday, obviously.

[Pagan Saviour]

Haven't been interested in anything they've released in a long time now, think the last genuine one for me was Great Cold Distance. It was an amazing creative journey up until then. They're a crap live act, though I thought that was charming the first few times I seen them. The last time or two it became more irksome because the sets do be surprise free with feck all stuff from the albums I do enjoy.

[Don Gately]

Sky Void of Stars is a good album, I thought they were good in Dolans last time