So what do all of you think of Katatonia?

[no country for old wainds]

Tonight's Decision is great.

 

[JesusChristPose]

I heard one of their songs on a compilation cd and it sounded good, so because of that and because Opeth is a fan of theirs, I decided to puchase a Katatonia cd...I cannot remember the name of it...it lies somewhere collecting dust. Maybe I will give it another chance. For some reason they sounded like Helmet to me.

 

[ezekiel]

didn't mikael do the vocals for katatonia during the Brave Murder days? (hehe)

 

[Hobo]

and you are wrong
October Tide is a project by Jonas and Fred. Anders project is Diabolical Masquerade

who said other?? me??
nooooooooo... i will NEVER admit it!!!!!

 

[opethpainter]

mmmh, i find TD darker than the other albums, and that's maybe i consider it one of their best efforts.

but, even if mikael sings on it, i canot understand why many people consider brave murder day a masterpiece. especially the 10 minutes of the first track, i find them sooooooo boring...

katatonia is good, but compared to opeth, well, that's another [higher] level of music quality.

 

[Manbient]

you think Brave is boring? shit... might be my faovirte Kata song even!

 

[Hatebreeder33]

old Katatonia is decent, but the new angsty shit sucks.

 

[Demonspell]

Originally posted by IanDork107
Sulphur on the Teargas EP totally blows me away...

Agreed, that song should have been on the album. Katatonia have amassed a large quantity of quality non-full length tracks...Scarlet Heavens, No Devotion, Help Me Disappear, Nowhere, etc.

 

[ezekiel]

i hate when bands do that. i also hate it when they release imports with 1 or 2 more songs on it.

 

[Opet]

Agreed as well. I always wished they had held off on releasing songs like that until they had enough to make a full-lengh.

deadgroom-
”Oh, and can't wait for the new album, really interested to see what this 'new direction' Anders mentioned is gonna be like. It's all been mixed, now we just get to wait impatiently for the release.”

New album? I heard chatter of that a while back, but haven’t checked since. This is good news. I wonder what’s in store. SWEET! The guy that introduced me to Katatonia sent me all of Last Fair Deal... through emails. He had a user name on AOL of October Tide. I never got to thank him for that. He sent me a few EP tracks too, like Sulfur. There’s something about the devastating tones and lyrics that I just can’t get enough of. What’s that make me, a depression nympho?

I never checked out October Tide until a few months back. I thought it sounded too similar to what Katatonia is, but I didn’t give more than a few tracks of listening.

 

[yourdeadgroom]

Oh, for those that don't know, the band are soon to release a compilation album of all their EP tracks and stuff aswell, so those that missed most of their EPS (like me ) will get to have a copy

 

[Opet]

OH BOY! I've never heard Help Me Disappear or Nowhere. What label is that going to be released under...do ya know?

 

[requiem]

Katatonia remain my favourite band. Personally I feel that 'Last Fair Deal Gone Down' is their greatest release to date. The meloncholy on that album is astounding... it resonates through the soul. Tracks like 'Teargas', 'Tonight's Music', 'The Future of Speech' and 'Chrome' break my heart.

'Tonight's Decision' and 'Brave Murder Day' are also classic albums. 'Discouraged Ones' I enjoy less, however it has its place in the canon.

 

[Demonspell]

Originally posted by Opet
OH BOY! I've never heard Help Me Disappear or Nowhere. What label is that going to be released under...do ya know?

Have no idea, but in the meanwhile I feature Nowhere at the link in my signature...

 

[yourdeadgroom]

Originally posted by Opet
What label is that going to be released under...do ya know?

Pretty sure it's their previous label (not Peaceville), which I think was Avantgarde.

 

[lumen]

Katatonia=yes (not Yes)

 

[‡Ärdor‡ Thë Dëströyer]

Katatonia was okay..I mean, they really weren't anything too special to me. *Shruggs*