Katatonia confirmed to SummerBreeze 09

[Elishia]

On BLabbermouth :

Sweden's KATATONIA has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

AMON AMARTH
BRAINSTORM
CALLEJON
CATARACT
CORVUS CORAX
EPICA
EVOCATION
HATE ETERNAL
J.B.O.
KATATONIA
KATRA
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
SCHANDMAUL
THE HAUNTED
UNHEILIG
VOLBEAT
WINTERSUN

Many more bands will be announced over the coming months.

KATATONIA is currently working on material for a new studio album, tentatively due in early 2009. Guitarist Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (also in BLOODBATH) recently stated about the upcoming CD, "Bits and pieces have been collected ever since 'The Great Cold Distance' came out. It's just that we’ve been trying too hard, been thinking too much about the sound and direction. How can we top this and how can we change that? We've been stumbling around off-road looking for the answers and it ended up being a long walk. We don't find it meaningful to trace your own footsteps back from where you came, but we rather find the first nearest exit to the same road up ahead where we're at to get back on the map again.

"I won't give away any hints just yet about how it will sound, but we hope to give you more light on the progress of this untitled embryo as we get closer. What's certain is that we’ve found a good equation to work with now and that my friends is that it's all about the eighth studio album."

A three-minute video interview with KATATONIA conducted by Metalhead TV in June 2008 at the Hellfest in Clisson, France can be viewed below. Performance footage of KATATONIA at Hellfest is available at MetalheadTV.com.

KATATONIA's live performance from 2006's Summer Breeze open-air festival in Germany was released as a double-disc live album/DVD, entitled "Live Consternation". The "super jewelcase" packaging features both the audio on CD and the show on DVD (including both 2.0 and 5.1 versions). The artwork was once again designed by Travis Smith and closes the visual concept for "The Great Cold Distance" phase.

 

[MadTinus]

Nice!

 

[Hypnos]

its beyond awesome! the news made my day. of course i will be there in the first row...looking forward to meet some friends from this forum --> Swany, Cis, ether, CliffBurton...

 

[hauntedinflames]

wintersun too? fuck I wanna go

 

[stefan86]

could be something go for. legion of the damned is rockin' + its in germany (cheap beer!)

 

[Silent paragon]

I want to go. Come on guys, US tour!

 

[Noituudenaika]

I want to go. Come on guys, US tour!

Australia tour!

 

[Silent paragon]

Australia tour!

That would be perfect, but I'm trying to be somewhat realistic.

Hay are you going to Satyricon?

 

[xsxixr xsxcxhxwxaxnxzxexlxoxt]

Summer breeze actually has the most bands I would be interested in seeing at the moment, I think I'll go to that one.

 

[Elishia]

Amorphis is now confirmed too !

 

[Noituudenaika]

That would be perfect, but I'm trying to be somewhat realistic.

Hay are you going to Satyricon?

Yeah, are you going to Cult of Luna? I have to convince someone to go with me to Satyricon, most people hate the new stuff that I know but I loved it when I saw them in Norway.

 

[xychmic]

I actually think I'm going, it's totally worth it

 

[stefan86]

Entombed and Misery Index. It's now 60-70% certain this will be my festival. Has anyone been to the last one? Is the area/people etc. good?

 

[MadTinus]

I have never been there, but I have only heard good stories about this festival. Several people I know have been there and it seems to be great, good atmosphere, nice area etc.

 

[einars]

(cheap beer!)

To hell with with ~60 for Ryanair and ~150 EUR for train and 2000 km of boredom, I'm coming anyway

 

[stefan86]

I have never been there, but I have only heard good stories about this festival. Several people I know have been there and it seems to be great, good atmosphere, nice area etc.

Okay, sweet. What I'm trying to avoid is whine I guess (annoying guards, treehuggers, alcohol limitations/checkouts etc.). But as the lineup is shaping it's prolly the one I'm going to.

 

[stefan86]

To hell with with ~60 for Ryanair and ~150 EUR for train and 2000 km of boredom, I'm coming anyway

You can start the party on the train Bring Skyforger with you!

 

[einars]

You can start the party on the train Bring Skyforger with you!

Will do!

 

[stefan86]

I just gotta do some mind control or something that brings Benighted to Summer Breeze

 

[TrickySkittles]

Man, I think I have a goal to save up for when I get out of school, the US never gets festivals this good, maybe some washed up trash metal bands and a motorskillless ozzy at best.

Europe here I come!