Katatonia - Dead End Kings

[The Ozzman]

This might become the new Katatonia thread, but regardless, this album is fucking amazing. This is the album that should've been released after The Great Cold Distance.

This album is so fucking infectious it's amazing. It takes me back to when I would play TGCD on repeat in college. That album never left my CD player for about 3 months.

 

[matt schrauben]

Dead End Kings is fantastic and my favorite album from them thus far. TGCD was good but I did like Night is the new day better. And now I like Dead End Kings better.


Katatonia is good.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

It's good, but NITND is better.

 

[EspaDa]

Never liked Dead Letters though

 

[CF87]

I enjoy it.

 

[Lateralus14]

I heard about half of the first single and never tried the album. But thus far '92-'98 has been their best era by far so yeah I'm skeptical.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

NITND had the benefit of opening with that massive salvo of Forsaker. I like Dead End Kings as an album better overall, but damn. Forsaker.

 

[Dak]

I think they are both excellent, but I give the nod of "better album" to NITND.

 

[matt schrauben]

NITND had the benefit of opening with that massive salvo of Forsaker. I like Dead End Kings as an album better overall, but damn. Forsaker.

I concur with this entire statement.

 

[KafkaX]

Still need to listen to this guy, been slacking lately.

Ive enjoyed all their albums, so I wont be surprised if I dig this one as well.

My favorite album of theirs is still Discouraged Ones, though

 

[Nephilim96]

At first, I thought it was kinda dull, but it's grown on me. It's a good album.

I also agree with Ozzman about TGCD. A lot of people think its Katatonia's weakest album, but I love it. I thought Renkse sounded great.

 

[EffigyForgotten]

NITND had the benefit of opening with that massive salvo of Forsaker. I like Dead End Kings as an album better overall, but damn. Forsaker.

Exactly my opinion, and idle blood is a beaut of a song, but Dead End Kings is just better overall.

 

[Nephilim96]

My favorite album of theirs is still Discouraged Ones, though

I think all their albums are great.

 

[ArneZ]

Great fuckin album, but I think Night is the New Day was even better. Heavier, more depressing. Dead End Kings is more upbeat.

 

[The Ozzman]

At first, I thought it was kinda dull, but it's grown on me. It's a good album.

I also agree with Ozzman about TGCD. A lot of people think its Katatonia's weakest album, but I love it. I thought Renkse sounded great.

NITND is one of their weakest albums IMO. Man, I think the trifecta for this band was LFDGD, VE and TGCD. Those three albums are fucking outstanding.

I think TGCD was just an album about despair in general and that's probably why I like it so much. VE has been my favorite of theirs lately though.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Why don't they have a forum here? I vaguely remember them having a fairly active one a few years ago, but I haven't been around much the past 5 years and don't remember well.

 

[The Ozzman]

Maybe the forum got moved, but I used to go in there every once in a while.

 

[CF87]

I only liked old Katatonia at somepoint, but I heard 'I Break' from Discouraged Ones and it really hit me. Discouraged Ones is probably my favorite clean Katatonia album. It's pretty simplistic and stripped down compared to some of the newer albums, but the songs and great, the production is really cool too. Viva Emptiness is my least listened to Katatonia album. Not big on the production and a lot of the songs. I will probably give it another listen at somepoint just to make sure am not missing something