if you like katatonia...

[Fenriz]

If you enjoy Katatonia, mainly older Katatonia then you should check out the band Rapture from Finland. Check out a review for their latest release at the following:

http://metalreview.com/dissect.asp?ID=283



Metal Review

 

[ColdDarkNord]

Fenriz, maybe you don't know, but Rapture its just a side project of Anders and Jonas. They have secret holiday cottage in the country in environs of helsenki, they always use it when they need to record something close to Brave Murder Days and stuff... They also have projects like Paragon of Beauty, Autumnblaze etc..

 

[the-lull]

That's right...
And did you know that Katatonia was in fact a side project of Robert Smith, who actually bought the name of Katatonia after Sounds of Decay to, I quote:"Do whatever I like in terms of melancholic and cold music".
He also admits that he had difficulties to change his voice on Discouraged Ones, but finally manage to get a brand new voice on the next albums.

 

[Cerulean]

Fenriz, was that post serious? If not: good. If yes: holy crap man
Cos I think everyone is well aware of it that Rapture is imitating the sound of Katatonia, so much even, that the Rapture guys got totally sick of the "you sound like Katatonia" comments that they tried to change their sound on the second cd. They failed though.
It's still great ofcourse...