Katatonia
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Katatonia is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström.<ref name=Metallian>Template:Cite web</ref> The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for their love of death metal. Increasing popularity led them to add more band members for live performances, though outside of the band's founders, the lineup was a constantly changing, revolving door of musicians throughout the 1990s, notably including Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth for a period. After two death/doom albums, Dance of December Souls (1993) and Brave Murder Day (1996), problems with Renkse's vocal cords coupled with new musical influences caused the band to stray away from the screamed vocals of death metal to a more traditional melodic form of progressive rock.
Katatonia released Discouraged Ones (1998) and Tonight's Decision (1999), before settling into a more stable quintet lineup for the remainder of the 2000s. The band proceeded to release four more albums with said lineup: Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001), Viva Emptiness (2003), The Great Cold Distance (2006) and Night Is the New Day (2009), with the band slowly moving away from their traditional metal sound while adding more progressive rock sounds and influences over time. While the background lineup changes continued into the 2010s, Renkse and Nyström persisted. The band continued on to release their ninth and tenth studio albums, respectively, Dead End Kings (2012) and The Fall of Hearts (2016).
After touring in support of The Fall of Hearts album throughout 2017, the band went into a semi-hiatus at the beginning of 2018. Katatonia returned in February 2019 with their eleventh studio album, City Burials (2020), proceeded by their twelfth studio album Sky Void of Stars (2023), and thirteenth studio album Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State (2025).
History
Formation and early years (1991–1997)
The band was formed in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström as a two-piece studio-based project.<ref name="allmusicbio">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Metallian/> Renkse would provide clean and screamed vocals and drums, while Nyström would provide bass and guitars.<ref name="allmusicbio" /> Renkse was the primary lyricist, while Nyström was the primary music composer.<ref name="KRetrospective" />
The duo had been working together in some capacity since 1987, but properly started making music in 1991, when work started on the first release, the demo titled Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival.<ref name="AMJEM">Template:Cite web</ref> The release, along with subsequent releases by the band, were of the death/doom metal sound, with the members being inspired and influenced by the rise of death metal becoming popular in Europe at the time.<ref name="KRetrospective">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="AMJEM" /> The release garnered the attention of a small music label, Vic Records, which re-released it as an EP in 1993, helping gain more exposure for the duo.<ref name="allmusicbio" />
The newfound popularity found them recruiting a bass guitarist, Guillaume Le Huche, so the trio could play live performances and return to the studio to record a debut full-length album. The resulting work, Dance of December Souls, was released in late 1993.<ref name="AMDODS">Template:Cite web</ref> The album's bleak melancholy and despair of their sound continued to give them the classification of death-doom.<ref name="Mblast">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="AMDODS" />
After touring in support of the album, the trio recorded an EP, For Funerals to Come..., which was released in early 1995.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, Le Huche left the band shortly after, and issues finding a replacement found the band break up for a year, while Renkse and Nystrom worked separately on their own projects.<ref name="allmusicbio" /> Of note, Renkse started up a new band, October Tide, with guitarist Fredrik Norrman.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After working some with Norrman on the project, Renkse decided to revive Katatonia with Norrman as the new third member.<ref name="allmusicbio" />
After the year off, the band regrouped in 1996 to record and release a second studio album, Brave Murder Day.<ref name="allmusicbio" /> In addition to Fredrik Norrman contributing guitars to the album, the band also recruited Renkse's friend, Mikael Åkerfeldt of the band Opeth, to perform the screamed vocals, as Renkse became unable to do them himself anymore due to medical issues.<ref name="Mblast" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The release, alongside the EP Sounds of Decay released with the same lineup the next year, were considered their last in the genre of doom/death metal, with the band starting to focus more on clean vocals in subsequent releases.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> To promote the album, the band recruited Mikael Oretoft to play bass and they embarked on their first European tour with progressive metal band In the Woods...<ref name="allmusicbio" /><ref name="KRetrospective" />
Move away from death metal (1998–1999)
While Renkse experimented with clean, melodic vocals over metal instrumentation as early as the 1994 recording of the track "Scarlet Heavens" (later released in very limited capacity on Katatonia/Primordial in 1996), the band did not feel ready to pursue that sort of sound at the time.<ref name="KRetrospective" /> However, after the band's 1997 releases, due to a desire to create more emotive and evolving music, the band decided to move in that direction.<ref name="KRetrospective" /> The first of said releases was an EP entitled Saw You Drown, released in early 1997, which also contained the first wide release of "Scarlet Heavens".<ref name="allmusic.com" /> Later in 1998, the band released their first full-album of this style, titled Discouraged Ones.<ref name="AMDO">Template:Cite web</ref> After the release, the band signed a multi-album record deal with Peaceville, which would mark the first time the band would work with a bigger label, and stay with them for the long-term.<ref name="allmusicbio" /> Additionally, Renkse wanted to focus further on dedicating himself to developing his clean vocals, leading him to no longer do any further drumming for the band.<ref name="KRetrospective" /> The band kept active, recording and releasing their fourth album, Tonight's Decision, in 1999.<ref name="AMTD">Template:Cite web</ref> The sessions were difficult, with the writing alone taking Renkse and Nystrom over seven months to complete.<ref name="KRetrospective" /> Once recording, they recruited Dan Swanö, who had helped assist the band in the past, as a sessions drummer.<ref name="allmusicbio" /> While the album contained no screamed vocals, the band still retained Åkerfeldt still assisted with vocal production on the album, as they had with Discouraged Ones.<ref name="KRetrospective" />
After the release of Tonight's Decision, the band, tired of continually searching for session musicians, finally decided to put together a stable, permanent lineup.<ref name="allmusicbio" /> Fredrick Norrman recruited his brother, Mattias Norrman, as a bassist and Daniel Liljekvist joined the band as the drummer.<ref name="KRetrospective" />
Stable lineup and international growth (2000–2009)
With the band finally achieving a stable lineup with Renkse, Nystrom, the Norrman brothers and Liljekvist, the band began work on their fifth album, the first of four albums the quintet would release over the course of the next decade. While personnel issues no longer plagued the band, recording sessions were still difficult, this time due to financial constraints, which limited how much time they could spend in the studio.<ref name="KRetrospective" /> The band worked on recording the album off and on from April to December 2000, and while the stopping and starting proved to be troublesome, it also kept them re-evaluating and reworking their material in the downtime, something they felt ultimately helped the shaping of the album.<ref name="KRetrospective" /> The resulting album, Last Fair Deal Gone Down was released in May 2001,<ref name="allmusic1">Template:Cite web</ref> and marked the band further distancing itself from traditional heavy metal music,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in favor of more of a hard rock sound.<ref name="allmusic1" /> The band decided to release the Teargas EP shortly prior to the album release, essentially as a single, containing the album track "Teargas" and two B-sides.<ref name="KRetrospective" /> Another EP of music from the same sessions, Tonight's Music, was also released shortly after the album.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band rounded out the year with a European tour with Åkerfeldt's band Opeth, with Renkse and Nystrom even providing guest vocals at some Opeth shows when Åkerfeldt was experiencing trouble with his vocal cords.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> By mid-2002, the band had started to write material for their sixth album,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and by October 2002, they had entered the studio to begin formal recording sessions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In April 2003, the band released the resulting album, Viva Emptiness.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The album was promoted by the release of the single "Ghost of the Sun" and the similarly named Ghost of the Spring tour.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The tour, which went through Europe with support act Daylight Dies,<ref name="blabbermouth1">Template:Cite web</ref> went as planned, though the band later had to cancel a June performance in Germany due to sickness,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and had July festival appearances cancelled due to issues beyond their control with third party organizers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Still, the album was a success, being their first to chart on any official charts, peaking at no. 17 on the Finnish charts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The band continued to spend much of 2003 and 2004 touring in support of the album.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band started writing for their seventh studio album as early as October 2004,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and spent six months of 2005 in the studio recording the album, while taking breaks for further touring.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band's only releases during the time period was two compilation album releases: Brave Yester Days, a collection of songs from their death metal era in the mid-1990s,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and The Black Sessions, a collection of songs from after they moved away from death metal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> While initially planning on releasing the album by the end of 2005,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> recording sessions went late into 2005, pushing its release into 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The album, entitled The Great Cold Distance, released in March 2006, along with the accompanying singles "My Twin"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and "Deliberation".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The band again turned to touring, most notably their live performance at Summer Breeze Open Air in 2006 being used for the release of a live album titled Live Consternation in 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Additionally, the band's first full North American tour, with Daylight Dies and Moonspell, ran through October and November 2006.<ref name="blabbermouth1" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band continued to tour into 2007, focusing on Europe in the first half of the year, and returning to North America, even Mexico, in the latter half of the year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
With focusing on touring in support of The Great Cold Distance for most of 2006 and 2007, the band turned their focus to working on a new album in early 2008.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> By mid-2008, the band had booked studio time twice, but cancelled both times, not satisfied with the material accumulated to record each time.<ref name="blab2008">Template:Cite web</ref> Writer's block, largely stemming from the band feeling pressure to release a follow-up that could measure up to The Great Cold Distance, was main reason for the slow progress, as the album had been their biggest success, critically and financially, at the time.<ref name="blab2008" /><ref name="blister1">Template:Cite web</ref> Renkse and Nystrom also had difficulty deciding in what direction the album's sound would move into, eventually deciding to move the band into a more progressive rock sound.<ref name="blister1" /> Progress continued to be slow, with the band continuing to write into 2009, but not entering the studio until mid-2009.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band continued to tour intermittently as well, including a short tour supporting Porcupine Tree in Europe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After over three and a half years, the band finally released their eighth studio album, in November 2009, under the title Night Is the New Day,<ref name="blabnorms">Template:Cite web</ref> including the single "Day and Then the Shade" a month prior.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The time spent on the album paid off, with it being generally well received by critics. PopMatters deemed the album the second best metal album of 2009.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Lineup changes, Dead End Kings and The Fall of Hearts (2010–2017)
Shortly after the release of Night is the New Day, the band's first lineup change in a decade occurred when both Norrman brothers amicably left the band, stating they wanted to focus on life at home rather than further touring cycles abroad.<ref name="blablineup">Template:Cite web</ref> They were replaced by longtime guitar tech Per Eriksson on guitar and Niklas Sandin on bass.<ref name="blablineup" /><ref name="blabnorms" /> In March 2010, the band also released another EP, featuring unreleased and alternate versions of songs from Night is the New Day, titled The Longest Year,<ref name="blabnorms" /> which were later included on the special edition reissue of the album in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band continued to tour extensively, including Sonisphere Festival in the UK, and another North American tour with Swallow the Sun in 2010,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and another North American tour with Opeth on their Heritage tour in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band wrapped up the year with a 20th Anniversary concert in December, with the band playing songs spanning their career, and having past members, including the Norrman brothers and Le Huche, rejoin the band to play on some songs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The band entered the studio to begin work on their ninth studio album on 30 January 2012.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The resulting album, Dead End Kings was released in August in Europe and North America. In support of the release, the band co-headlined the "Epic Kings Idols Tour" with The Devin Townsend Project, in North America in September,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> followed by the "Dead Ends of Europe Tour" with Alcest and Junius in November of the same year.<ref>Katatonia, Alcest, Junius tour (Europe) Template:Webarchive lambgoat.com. 3 July 2012. Retrieved on 20 August 2012.</ref> A music video for the single "Lethean", directed by Lasse Hoile, was released on 18 February 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In September 2013, the band also released Dethroned & Uncrowned, an album which featured more acoustic leaning re-workings of the songs from Dead End Kings.<ref name="DSMag">Template:Cite web</ref> It was jointly funded by the Burning Shed record label and a crowd sourcing effort on PledgeMusic, which accumulated 190% of the target goal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band embarked on an acoustic tour – "The Unplugged & Reworked Tour" in support of the album in 2014.<ref name="DSMag" /> Just prior to the touring, the band released another EP of b-sides, Kocytean for Record Store Day 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2014, Eriksson and Katatonia "mutually agreed to part ways" due to "a difference in views" and Eriksson's decision to live in Barcelona. Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief temporarily filled in Eriksson for the band's May tour,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while Tomas Åkvik filled in on guitar afterwards in mid-2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Longtime drummer Liljekvist also left the band in April 2014, on friendly terms, citing personal and financial reasons.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band released another live album, Sanctitude, on 31 March 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In November 2015, the band announced Daniel Moilanen as their new drummer and revealed that they were working on a new album to be released in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The album, The Fall of Hearts was released on 20 May 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The album, as well as featuring new drummer Daniel Moilanen, was also the first to feature new guitarist Roger Öjersson; who replaced Eriksson's position as second guitarist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Two singles were released in promotion of the album, "Old Heart Falls" and "Serein".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band continued touring in support of the album in 2017, including a North American tour that started in March.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
City Burials, Sky Void of Stars, and Nyström departure (2018–present)
The band announced they would enter a hiatus in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band cited Öjersson being hospitalized by a serious back injury at the end of 2017, and a number of other undisclosed issues, for the band needing to take some time off and "re-evaluate what the future holds for the band."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In February 2019, the band announced their return to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their 2009 album Night Is the New Day, with an anniversary tour and deluxe release of the album.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their eleventh studio album, City Burials, was released in April 2020; its first single was "Lacquer".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Unable to tour in support the album due to the oncoming of the COVID-19 pandemic, the band instead turned to releasing further music.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This included releasing a new live album Dead Air (2020), a compilation album Mnemosynean (2021) and a box set of the band's earliest material Melancholium (2022). and forging ahead into writing and recording a twelfth studio album.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The band released their twelfth studio album, Sky Void of Stars, on January 20, 2023, followed by a European and US tour.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On March 17, 2025, it was announced that Anders Nyström was departing the band due to "creative preferences and scheduling issues."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Within a month of Nyström's departure announcement, the band revealed their 13th studio album, Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State, would be released on June 6 via Napalm Records, and announced a new lineup consisting of Renkse, Sandin and Moilanen, alongside previous touring guitarists Sebastian Svalland (Pain) and Nico Elgstrand (ex-Entombed, Entombed A.D.), replacing the departing Nyström and Öjersson. In anticipation of the album, Katatonia released a music video for "Lilac".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Musical style and influences
The band is known for changing its sound over the course of its three-decade career. Nystrom summarized it in a 2006 interview:
Yeah sure, we see ourselves as a metal band, but without boundaries and limitations to our sound. We do not necessarily belong to a certain subgenre within metal. We're just playing dark and heavy music and keeping an open mind to evolve and being true to ourselves. I'm proud to say that I believe KATATONIA sounds like no other band. We have eloquently avoided the gothic metal genre most bands tend to fall in when changing their sound from doom/death metal to something more rocking and melodic. We're leaning towards more of a contemporary alternative sound, free of all cheese and clichés.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Similarly, Nystrom noted of the band's live performances:
Well, it must be hard sometimes for Jonas to sing his heart out with lyrics referring to personal dark and depressive matters and at the same time also be accused of being a reluctant frontman. I actually think much of the stuff he sings about doesn't go in hand with running around on stage, throwing horns, smiling and firing up the audience. We're not an energetic power metal band. I think the withdrawn and shy aura actually does more justice to the concept of our songs than going wild, but we have some songs mainly on the two last albums that don't really fall into the doom and gloom category, but are still dark. And there the more aggressive approach fits better.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Renkse stated that early inspirations for Katatonia included bands of the death metal variety, namely Morbid Angel, Entombed, Carnage, Autopsy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Paradise Lost; especially the latter's album Gothic. Moreover, Renkse has on multiple occasions cited the work of American progressive metal band Tool as an influence.<ref name="blabbermouth1" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nystrom has cited the work of Porcupine Tree as a large influence for the band in their post-death metal eras.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the 2011 Katatonia documentary Last Fair Day Gone Night, Nyström also credited alternative metal bands such as A Perfect Circle and Mudvayne with inspiring the heavy, single-string riff-oriented sound introduced on 2003's Viva Emptiness.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Their career, as a whole, has been summarized as being a metal band.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their early sound has been described as death-doom<ref name="Mblast" /><ref name="DSMag" /> and death metal,<ref name="allmusicbio" /> and later they incorporated other styles, such as progressive rock,<ref name="allmusicbio" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> progressive metal,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> doom metal,<ref name="allmusicbio" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> gothic rock,<ref name="allmusicbio" /> gothic metal<ref name="allmusic.com">Template:Cite web</ref> and post-metal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Comments from other musicians
Some artists and bands have cited Katatonia as an influence, among which are Agalloch,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nachtmystium,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Andy Schmidt of Disillusion,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Niklas Kvarforth of Shining,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Klimt 1918,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Marcela Bovio of Stream of Passion,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Daylight Dies,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nucleus Torn,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Khors,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Marjana Semkina of iamthemorning, Wet,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Vladimir Agafonkin of Obiymy Doshchu,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nahemah,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Forest Stream,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Forgotten Tomb,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Alex Vynogradoff of Kauan,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bilocate,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Maxime Côté of Catuvolcus,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nocturnal Depression,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Last Leaf Down,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Schizoid Lloyd,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Pallbearer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In addition, other artists have been quoted expressing admiration for their work including Mark Jansen of Epica,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Luc Lemay of Gorguts,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Jim Matheos of Fates Warning,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Esa Holopainen of Amorphis,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Band members
Current
| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:CSS image crop | Jonas Renkse | Template:Hlist | Template:Hlist | all releases |
| Template:CSS image crop | Niklas Sandin | 2009–present | bass | all releases from Dead End Kings (2012) onwards |
| Daniel Moilanen | 2015–present | drums | all releases from The Fall of Hearts (2016) onwards | |
| Template:CSS image crop | Nico Elgstrand | 2024–present | Template:Hlist | Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State (2025) |
| Template:CSS image crop | Sebastian Svalland |
Former
| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:CSS image crop | Anders Nyström | Template:Hlist | Template:Hlist | all releases from Dance of December Souls (1993) to Sky Void of Stars (2023) |
| Guillaume Le Huche | 1992–1994 | bass | Template:Flatlist | |
| Template:CSS image crop | Mikael Åkerfeldt | 1996–1997 | lead vocals | Template:Flatlist |
| Template:CSS image crop | Fredrik Norrman | 1996–2009 | Template:Hlist | all releases from Brave Murder Day (1996) to Night Is the New Day (2009), except Sounds of Decay (1997) |
| Mikael Oretoft | 1997–1998 | bass | Template:Flatlist | |
| Template:CSS image crop | Mattias Norrman | 1999–2009 | all releases from Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) to Night Is the New Day (2009) | |
| Template:CSS image crop | Daniel Liljekvist | 1999–2014 | drums | all releases from Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) to Dead End Kings (2013) |
| Template:CSS image crop | Per Eriksson | 2009–2014 | Template:Hlist | Template:Flatlist |
| Template:CSS image crop | Roger Öjersson | 2016–2024 | all releases from The Fall of Hearts (2016) to Sky Void of Stars (2023) |
Timeline
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Discography
- Dance of December Souls (1993)
- Brave Murder Day (1996)
- Discouraged Ones (1998)
- Tonight's Decision (1999)
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001)
- Viva Emptiness (2003)
- The Great Cold Distance (2006)
- Night Is the New Day (2009)
- Dead End Kings (2012)
- The Fall of Hearts (2016)
- City Burials (2020)
- Sky Void of Stars (2023)
- Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State (2025)
References
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