If Jonas suddenly left the band...
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Maynard is way overrated, just my opinion naturally. He would ruin Katatonia. If such a thing ever happened which i doubt will as i'm sure they'd rather call it a day than try to go on. But should it happen i would want an unknown to fill in because there would be no replacing Jonas.
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i think nobody should replace Jonas,i mean Jonas is Katatonia!without Jonas
it wouldnt be the same anymore....and james maynard..he has a great personality and he is a great artist...so i think he wouldnt fit in,in Katatonia.
it wouldnt be the same anymore....and james maynard..he has a great personality and he is a great artist...so i think he wouldnt fit in,in Katatonia.
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Maybe they could ask Mike Akerfeldt to do the vocals and then record a return-to-BMD album.
Seriously, though, I can't see the band going on without Jonas. Or without Anders for that matter.
Seriously, though, I can't see the band going on without Jonas. Or without Anders for that matter.
hehe, nope. Jonas *is* Katatonia. In my opinion Katatonia couldn't exist without him - I mean, Blakkheim is a damn important part of the band as well, since he composes most of the music - BUT - October Tide showed that Jonas can at least come close to the real Katatonia on his own (ok, together with Fred 
). I totally love Blakkheims solo-project as well, but it's totally different from everything that Katatonia represents.
). I totally love Blakkheims solo-project as well, but it's totally different from everything that Katatonia represents.
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Blakkheim + Renkse = Katatonia.
Other members are basically replacable, but without either of the above there would be no Katatonia, that's how I see it.
Other members are basically replacable, but without either of the above there would be no Katatonia, that's how I see it.
Erik
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That's why he made it a side project. Having Diabolical Masquerade doesn't mean he is less capable of composing Katatonia style music.Nico16 said:
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Jonas is god, noone can replace him, couse he is the best vocalist, nooneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Err, so I guess all you saying "Jonas' vocals are irreplaceable" must really hate Brave Murder Day & Sounds of Decay?
hehe, well come on...I wouldn't say that Jonas is god (to quote Katatonia: "your fucking god is dead and will forever be!"Jonas is god, noone can replace him, couse he is the best vocalist, nooneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
), nor would I say, that he's the best vocalist. But he's the only one who can write the kind of lyrics that Katatonia-fans learned to love since BMD and the only one who can create this special atmosphere with his vocals, like he does since Discouraged ones...good questionErr, so I guess all you saying "Jonas' vocals are irreplaceable" must really hate Brave Murder Day & Sounds of Decay?
I guess that's why people often refer to "old (pre-DO) Katatonia" and "new (post-SoD) Katatonia"
Erik
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Aren't people mostly saying "Jonas is irreplacable?" 'Cause that still holds true; he wrote the lyrics for those records (well, except for "At Last")gone said:Err, so I guess all you saying "Jonas' vocals are irreplaceable" must really hate Brave Murder Day & Sounds of Decay?
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Erik said:
Of course. My comment was meant to be a sort of a joke (admittedly, not a very good one). I'd say that Jonas' growled vocals are readily replaceable (vide BMD/Grey Dawn), but his clean vocals are so distinct and recognizable that most fans simply couldn't accept a different singer. And yes, I agree that Jonas' lyrics are probably his most significant contribution to the band; I'd be hard-pressed to name a metal band with better lyrics than Katatonia has.
Erik
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Yeah, you're probably right. Still, I enjoy the extreme emotion put into the vocals on "Dance of December Souls" (then there's stuff like "Hear the Violin / So sad and blackened / Like a Breeze / The songs of Drynhwyl..." from "Velvet Thorns" where he bites off more than he can chew, but I digress) and the uniqueness of those on "For Funerals to Come..." ("Shröud of feeelth embräce me / As the stätööö stäres so kåååld / Bläck blue eyes of möööurning / Cheeeld born to dööööie")gone said:
But yes, you're quite right.
On an unrelated note, WTF is Drynwhyl?
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