Sweden
Doomdeath
Last update/review:
February 2, 2023
Katatonia
Katatonia have come a long way since the slow, sorrowful doomdeath
sounds of
Dance Of December Souls .
Like others in the doomdeath field, the progression has been toward
clean vocals and a less heavyhanded (though still metallic)
songwriting style, with the new material such as
Tonight's Decision and
Last Fair Deal Gone Down bordering
on alternative metal (albeit a darker, heavier version) at times.
What increasingly sets this band apart from others is the guitar
work, a melancholy yet quite tuneful style that is distinctive,
interesting, and unique.
Recent album: Sky Void Of Stars ,
released on January 20, 2023.
Discography
Studio
Live
Compilation
Jhva Elohim Meth ... The Revival
EP
1992
VIC
Midwinter Gates (Prologue)
Without God
Palace Of Frost
The Northern Silence
Crimson Tears (Epilogue)
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
1992 Readers' Album
#71
Dance Of December Souls
1993
No Fashion
Seven Dreaming Souls (intro)
Gateways Of Bereavement
In Silence Enshrined
Without God
Elohim Meth
Velvet Thorns (Of Drynhwyl)
Tomb Of Insomnia
Dancing December
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Israphel Wing/Le Huche
1993 Readers' Album
#21
For Funerals To Come
EP
1995
Avantgarde
Funeral Wedding
Shades Of Emerald Fields
For Funerals To Come...
Epistel (instr)
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Israphel Wing/Le Huche
1995 Readers' Album
#55
Brave Murder Day
1996
Avantgarde
Brave
Murder
Day
Rainroom
12
Endtime
Jonas Renkse
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
1996 Readers' Album
#32
Sounds Of Decay
EP
1997
Avantgarde
Nowhere
At last
Inside the fall
Jonas Renkse
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Saw You Drown
EP
1998
Avantgarde
Saw You Drown
Nerve
Quiet World
Scarlet Heavens
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Micke Oretoft
Discouraged Ones
1998
Century Media
I Break
Stalemate
Deadhouse
Relention
Cold Ways
Gone
Last Resort
Nerve
Saw You Drown
Distrust
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Micke Oretoft
1998 Readers' Album
#70
Tonight's Decision
1999
Peaceville
For My Demons
I Am Nothing
In Death, A Song
Had To (Leave)
This Punishment
Right Into The Bliss
No Good Can Come Of This
Strained
A Darkness Coming
Nightmares By The Sea
Black Session
No devotion
Fractured
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
1999 Readers' Album
#55
Teargas
EP
2001
Peaceville
Teargas
Sulfur
March 4
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Mattias Norrman
Daniel Liljekvist
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
2001
Peaceville
Dispossession
Chrome
We Must Bury You
Teargas
I Transpire
Tonight's Music
Clean Today
The Future Of Speech
Passing Bird
Sweet Nurse
Don't Tell A Soul
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Mattias Norrman
Daniel Liljekvist
Tonight's Music
EP
2001
Peaceville
Tonight's Music
Help Me Disappear
O How I Enjoy The Light
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Mattias Norrman
Daniel Liljekvist
Viva Emptiness
2003
Peaceville
Ghost Of The Sun
Sleeper
Criminals
A Premonition
Will I Arrive
Burn The Remembrance
Wealth
One Year From Now
Walking By A Wire
Complicity
Evidence
Omerta
Inside The City Of Glass
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Mattias Norrman
Daniel Liljekvist
2003 Readers' Album
#19
Brave Yester Days
COMPILATION
2004
Avantgarde
Midwinter Gates (Prologue)
Without God
Palace of Frost
The Northern Silence
Crimson Tears (Epilogue)
Gateways of Bereavement
Velvet Thorns (of Drynwhyl)
Black Erotica
Love of the Swan
Funeral Wedding
Shades of Emerald Fields
For Funerals to Come
Epistel
Murder
Rainroom
Nowhere
At Last
Inside the Fall
Untrue
Nerve
Saw You Drown
Quiet World
Scarlet Heavens
The Black Sessions
COMPILATION
2005
Peaceville
Teargas
Right Into the Bliss
Criminals
Help Me Disappear
Nerve
The Future Of Speech
Ghost of the Sun
I Am Nothing
Deadhouse
Passing Bird
Sleeper
Sulfur
No Devotion
Chrome
A Premonition
Dispossession
Cold Ways
Nightmares by the Sea
O How I Enjoy the Light (Palace cover)
Evidence
March 4
I Break
For My Demons
Omerta
Tonight's Music
Stalemate
Wait Outside
Fractured
Sweet Nurse
Black Session
Ghost of the Sun
Criminals
Teargas
I Break
I Am Nothing
Sweet Nurse
Tonight's Music
For My Demons
Chrome
Future of Speech
Complicity
Burn the Rememberance
Evidence
Deadhouse
Murder [view lyrics
The Great Cold Distance
2006
Peaceville
Leaders
Deliberation
Soil's Song
My Twin
Consternation
Follower
Rusted
Increase
July
In the White
The Itch
Journey Through Pressure
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Mattias Norrman
Daniel Liljekvist
2006 Readers' Album
#17
Live Consternation
LIVE
2007
Peaceville
Leaders
Wealth
Soil's Song
Had To (Leave)
Cold Ways
Right into the Bliss
Ghost of the Sun
Criminals
Deliberation
July
Evidence
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Mattias Norrman
Daniel Liljekvist
2007 Readers' Album
#31
Night Is The New Day
2009
Peaceville
Forsaker
The Longest Year
Idle Blood
Onward Into Battle
Liberation
The Promise Of Deceit
Nephilim
New Night
Inheritance
Day & Then The Shade
Departer
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Mattias Norrman
Daniel Liljekvist
2009 Readers' Album
#72
The Longest Year
EP
2010
Peaceville
The Longest Year
Sold Heart
Day and Then the Shade (Frank Default remix)
Idle Blood (Linje 14)
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Fredrik Norrman
Mattias Norrman
Daniel Liljekvist
Dead End Kings
2012
Peaceville
The Parting
The One You Are Looking for Is Not Here
Hypnone
The Racing Heart
Buildings
Leech
Ambitions
Undo You
Lethean
First Prayer
Dead Letters
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Per Eriksson
Niklas Sandin
Daniel Liljekvist
2012 Readers' Album
#28
Introducing Katatonia
COMPILATION
2013
Dead Letters
Nephilim
Idle Blood
Forsaker
July
Soil's Song
Evidence
Walking by a Wire
Criminals
Clean Today
Teargas
Dispossession
Right into the Bliss
In Death, a Song
Cold Ways
I Break
Murder
Without God
Last Fair Day Gone Night
LIVE
2013
Peaceville
Dispossession
Chrome
We Must Bury You
Teargas
I Transpire
Tonight's Music
Clean Today
The Future of Speech
Passing Bird
Sweet Nurse
Don't Tell a Soul
Brave
Nephilim
My Twin
I Break
Right into the Bliss
The Promise of Deceit
Wait Outside
The Longest Year
July
New Night
Dissolving Bonds
Forsaker
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Per Eriksson
Niklas Sandin
Daniel Liljekvist
Dethroned And Uncrowned
2013
Kscope
The Parting
The One You Are Looking For Is Not Here
Hypnone
The Racing Heart
Buildings
Leech
Ambitions
Undo You
Lethean
First Prayer
Dead Letters
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Per Eriksson
Niklas Sandin
Daniel Liljekvist
Kocytean
COMPILATION
2014
Peaceville
Unfurl
Sold Heart
Ashen
Second
Code Against the Code
The Act of Darkening
Sanctitude
LIVE
2015
Kscope
In the White
Ambitions
Teargas
Gone
A Darkness Coming
One Year from Now
The Racing Heart
Tonight's Music
Sleeper
Undo You
Lethean
Day
Idle Blood
Unfurl
Omerta
Evidence
The One You Are Looking for Is Not Here
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Bruce Soord
Niklas Sandin
J.P. Asplund
2015 Readers' Album
#25
The Fall Of Hearts
2016
Peaceville
Takeover
Serein
Old Heart Falls
Decima
Sanction
Residual
Serac
Last Song Before The Fade
Shifts
The Night Subscriber
Pale Flag
Passer
Vakaren [CD/DVD and deluxe edition bonus]
Sistere [LP and deluxe edition bonus]
Wide Awake In Quietus [digital and deluxe edition bonus]
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Roger Öjersson
Niklas Sandin
Daniel Moilanen
Proscenium
EP
2017
Peaceville
Last Song Before the Fade
Serein
Old Heart Falls
Journey Through Pressure
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Roger Öjersson
Niklas Sandin
Daniel Moilanen
The Great Cold Distance
LIVE
2017
Peaceville
Leaders
Deliberation
Soil's Song
My Twin
Consternation
Follower
Rusted
Increase
July
In the White
The Itch
Journey Through Pressure
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Roger Öjersson
Niklas Sandin
Daniel Moilanen
City Burials
2020
Peaceville
Heart Set to Divide
Behind the Blood
Lacquer
Rein
The Winter of Our Passing
Vanishers
City Glaciers
Flicker
Lachesis
Neo Epitaph
Untrodden
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Roger Öjersson
Niklas Sandin
Daniel Moilanen
Dead Air
LIVE
2020
Peaceville
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Roger Öjersson
Niklas Sandin
Daniel Moilanen
Mnemosynean
COMPILATION
2021
Peaceville
Vakaren
Sistere
Wide Awake in Quietus
Night Comes Down (Judas Priest cover)
Second
The Act of Darkening
Ashen
Sold Heart
Displaced
Dissolving Bonds
Unfurl
Code Against the Code
Wait Outside
Sulfur
March 4
O How I Enjoy the Light (Palace Music cover)
Help Me Disappear
Fractured
No Devotion
Quiet World
Scarlet Heavens
In the White (Urban Dub)
My Twin (Opium Dub)
Soil's Song (Krister Linder 2012 Remix)
Day and Then the Shade (Frank Default Remix)
Idle Blood (Linje 14)
Hypnone (Frank Default 'Hypnocadence' Mix)
Sky Void Of Stars
2023
Napalm
Austerity
Colossal Shade
Opaline
Birds
Drab Moon
Author
Impermanence
Sclera
Atrium
No Beacon to Illuminate Our Fall
Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Roger Öjersson
Niklas Sandin
Daniel Moilanen