2015’s “The Plague Within” was a pretty surprising Paradise Lost records, since it brought back some growls and extreme metal tendencies, and most of “Medusa” continues down that route. Their evolution since returning to a metal-based sound in 2007 has been interesting, and after doing it in a polished way Read more…
After a crazy Slovenian storm that cut short and almost cancelled the preceding Sanctuary gig, Katatonia finally came on stage. My mood was on top and I secured a great spot in front, right between Jonas Renkse and Roger Öjersson. Darkness set over Tolmin and my 12th Katatonia gig was Read more…
The Foreshadowing is a band that I’ve been quite obsessed with over the years. They’ve released four great records, making them a constant in my playlist rotation since around 2007. Metaldays 2017 finally gave me opportunity to see them live. The preparations for the gig was classic festival confusion, as Read more…
This article is a combination of my original “The Fall of Hearts” review, also available at rateyourmusic.com and Metal Archives, and my follow-up track by track analysis. Original Katatonia – “The Fall of Hearts” review I was perplexed the first time I heard this album. Katatonia has been favorite band Read more…
Another solid Slumber-related project Slumber’s 2004 death/doom metal masterpiece “Fallout” created quite a trail of bands, not only through its influence on other musicians. Most of the band members went on to form more or less similar sounding projects. It also seems that some of their collaborators started making music Read more…
The band has a discography filled with fantastic songs, and it’s a challenging task to find the most underrated Katatonia songs. Since I already made a list of the 5 best Katatonia bonus tracks, I will focus on the original tracks in this list. 5. Inheritance (“Night is the New Read more…
Katatonia has made a lot of fantastic bonus tracks over the years. This is my list of the 5 best Katatonia bonus tracks/b-sides. I’m probably going to get a bit of slack for not including “Unfurl”, and it was pretty close to making the list, along with gorgeous prog track Read more…
Lying Figures is a French death/doom metal band signed to Naturmacht Productions. “The Abstract Escape” is the awaited full length debut, featuring eight fresh songs of pure melancholy. The style is similar to their previous material: strikingly sorrowful death/doom highly influenced by Katatonia’s “Brave Murder Day” and “Sounds of Decay” Read more…
October Tide started out as a Katatonia side-project, and is regarded as an essential death/doom metal band. The band released two legendary albums, (“Rain Without End” and “Grey Dawn”) in the 90’s before disbanding. The band returned in 2010 in a new shape, more influenced by the modern metal scene. Read more…
Ranking the 20 best Anathema songs is a hard task for several reasons: they have a ridiculous amount of good songs, they have tried many musical styles and it’s also hard to compare fresh tunes to nostalgic memories. One thing I do know is that I prefer their lighter clean Read more…