here it is folks: Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance

[Jon Snow]

Am I the only one that thinks this is generic rock? Nothing special to my ears.

Probably not. I'm sure others would agree with you but I'm not one of them.

 

[ViCyniC]

Am I the only one that thinks this is generic rock? Nothing special to my ears.

No. But for a general rock sound, the sampled song is pretty good. Nothing special, though. Don't know if the rest of the album will have something more to offer, but I'm damn curious.

 

[Evan84]

the release date's too far away

 

[shadowNINE]

Truly looking forward to this.

By the way...I do understand how a person could initially hear Katatonia as merely a dark rock band...but I can assure you that it is much more.

 

[Weeping_Funeral]

Some nice songs, but I don't like Katatonia. Except the "Dance Of December Souls".

 

[Caesar Metallius]

5 bucks says this will be better than Ghost Reveries.

Going to have to disagree there.

 

[FUBAR]

sounds ok, I love Katatonia. But it just sounds like them by numbers

 

[Risquit]

Sounds like a nice continuation from the beautiful VE. Those guitar stabs on the chorus were really cool.

 

[JaadCe]

My twins sample sound GREAT! Really looking forward to this one

 

[batmura]

Who did the cover art? Travis? Doesn't seem like him.

It's a fucking amazing cover. I love it. Even though I'm not a big post-Discouraged Ones fan, I wanna hear it now.

The old logo wouldn't have fit the art, IMO.

 

[affinityband]

I love Katatonia so much. And i also like this song, but it does seem almost linkin parkish....

 

[Kenneth R.]

linkin parkish....

you heard emo vox and turntable scratches in there somewhere?

 

[Hypnos]

Going to have to disagree there.

let's see:

Last Fair Deal Gone Down > Blackwater Park
Viva Emptiness > Deliverance & Damnation

...thus i follow The Great Cold Distance is going to be > Ghost Reveries.

that doesn't mean Opeth is bad or that i don't like them. the thing is, for me were the last Katatonia albums clearly better than the last Opeth ones

 

[affinityband]

you heard emo vox and turntable scratches in there somewhere?

Lol no, its just sooo polished and not so daring musically. But im only judging on this song obviously i havent heard the album yet.

 

[waz416c]

WOw.......Im a oroud owner of Viva Emptiness and LFDGW....adn tghis song is def. a good one....certainly in teh same tradition of other Katatonia songs....has that melodic feel and some heavy riffings here adn there.....aweoxme stuff.......cant wait...whens the album due..??...PEAC EOUT

 

[KRANG]

great song..

don't like to compare them to opeth though, and it's a stupid thing to do.

 

[steel102]

you heard emo vox

erm well I always thought Katatonia's music is very emotional?

 

[Demilich]

your avatar is my new god.

 

[OPETH_DT]

The logo will probably be on the cd artwork or behind it, but I agree. Cover artwork...plain lettering. Can't wait for the rest of this. It will definitely be a favorite of mine next year.

 

[xXBraveMurderDay]

Ahh I love all of their stuff... Last Fair Deal Gone down and Tonight's Music weren't so good... But they picked up with Viva Emptiness.. I hope the new one will be good too.

BRAVE MURDER DAY was FUCKING AWESOME !!!