Preview two tracks from "The constant", the upcoming debut album from Swedish melancholy/melodic doom/metal act Aoria. The band features members from acts such as A Swarm of the Sun, October Tide and Katatonia and will definitely appeal to like-minded fans of such acts. Official release: October 10 via on LP/CD/digital.
2 minutes isn't much to go on when it comes to Switchblade, but that's all you get in this teaser for their upcoming album. The album will be self-titled as always and will feature guest spots from Per Wiberg (ex-Opeth, Candlemass) on organ plus vocals from Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), David Johansson (Kongh) and The Cuckoo (Terra Tenebrosa). Official release is September 21 via (Sweden) and (everywhere else).
"Dead letters" is the first preview track off the new Katatonia album "Dead end kings", due out August 27. Get a free download in exchange for an email address here.
Katatonia has confirmed that their new album "Dead end kings" will be released on August 27 via . Full details here.
Aversionline revisits Katatonia's classic album "Discouraged ones", heralding it as one of his all-time favorites: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2011/10/07/katatonia-discouraged-ones-cd-lp-2xlp/
While I'm slightly more partial to the follow-up "Tonight's decision", there's no denying that this is a stellar record.
Canadian metal site Hellbound talks to guitarist/songwriter Anders Nyström of Katatonia about the band's 20th anniversary and their upcoming tour with Opeth: http://www.hellbound.ca/2011/09/katatonia-twenty-years-down-the-road/
Katatonia will be doing a few separate headlining gigs in the US when they come over to tour with Opeth next month: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=16679
Lambgoat reports that Opeth will be doing a 7-week US tour this fall to support the release of their new album "Heritage" and will be bringing along fellow Swedes Katatonia for the trip: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=16324
Finnish vinyl fetishists will be releasing the LP version of Oranssi Pazuzu's excellent black-metal/dub record "Muukalainen puhuu" in the near future in a "delirious glow-in-the-dark gatefold" edition that will probably be well-worth the ridiculous import price. They're also putting out a 2xLP reissue of Katatonia's brilliant "Discouraged ones" album with the "Saw you drown" EP tacked on as a bonus. No exact release dates for either, but they say they are currently being manufactured and should be ready in a month or two. Beyond that, I'm most stoked to see that they'll be doing a CMX 4xLP box this spring as there's zero chance of me ever finding anything by that band here in the US.
Scandinavian doom acts Katatonia and Swallow the Sun will be doing a US tour together in September: http://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=14323
have announced the signing of Katatonia sideproject October Tide and will be releasing their new album this coming fall. The band's much-heralded 1997 album "Rain without end" was recently reissued by the label.
The nominees for the 2010 Manifest Awards, Sweden's alternative Grammy, have been announced:
Punk/Hardcore:
En Svensk Tiger - Versace style ()
Troublemakers - Made in Sweden ()
Tysta Mari - Sveriges Casino ()
The Clichés - Monkey see, monkey do ()
Dance:
Minilogue - Samlad årsproduktion
Samuel L Session - The man with the case ()
The Field - Yesterday and Today ()
Tomas Andersson - Stiff Disco ()
Jazz:
Bengt Berger - Beches Brew ()
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - The Half Naked Truth 1998-2008 ()
The Opposite - Intertwined ()
Plunge With Bobo Stenson - Origo ()
Rhythm:
Calle Real - Me Lo Gané ()
Jaqee - Kokoo Girl ()
Music is the weapon - Music is the weapon ()
Syster Sol - Dömd att bli bedömd ()
Rock:
Florence Valentin - Spring Ricco ()
Makeouts - In A Strange Land ()
Murder by guitar - Murder by guitar ()
Skriet - Skriet ()
Pop:
Anna Järvinen - Man var bland molnen ()
El Perro Del Mar - Love Is Not Pop ()
JJ - JJ n° 2 ()
Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen ()
Hårdrock/Metal:
Abandon - The Dead End ()
Candlemass - Death Magic Doom ()
Katatonia - Night Is The New Day ()
Tribulation - The Horror ()
Synth:
Arvid - Andetag ()
Dupont - Entering The Ice Age ()
Emmon - Closet Wanderings ()
Rupesh Cartel - Anchor Baby ()
Singer/songwriter:
Ane Brun - Live at Stockholm Concert Hall ()
David Åhlen - We Sprout In Thy Soil ()
Jonna Lee - This Is Jonna Lee ()
Kristofer Åström And The Rainaways - Sinkadus ()
Folk/ballad:
Taken By Trees - East of Eden ()
Miriam Aida - Letras au Brasil ()
Tore Berger - I huset långt på landet ()
Esbjörn Hazelius - Blunda och du ska få se ()
Hip-hop:
Mohammed Ali - Processen ()
Organismen - Om Gud vill och vädret tillåter ()
Promoe - Kråksången ()
Stor - Nya skolans ledare ()
Best live:
Frida Hyvönen ()
Jenny Wilson ()
Fever Ray ()
Florence Valentin ()
Best unsigned:
Den Svenska Björnstammen
Extended Heads
Fulmakten
Nora
Go here for more: http://www.manifestgalan.se/122.aspx
Here is Katatonia's new video for the song "Day and then the shade": http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100584079
PopMatters gives high marks to the new Katatonia record "Night is the new day": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/115841-katatonia-night-is-the-new-day/
Katatonia will be touring the UK in March 2010:
03/09 - Academy 3, Manchester
03/10 - Nottingham, Basement
03/11 - Garage, London
03/12 - Hammerfest II, Prestatyn
03/13 - Cardiff, Barfly
03/14 - Academy 3, Birmingham