Katatonia is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 1988 by Jonas Renkse (formerly Lord Seth) and Anders Nyström (formerly Blakkheim). Katatonia is noted for the overall melancholy of its sound, often giving them the classification of doom metal or depressive rock.
Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival through Sounds of Decay feature mainly harsh vocals and can stylistically be considered doom/death. Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt performed the harsh vocals on Brave Murder Day and Sounds of Decay after regular Katatonia singer (and then drummer) Jonas Renkse became unable to scream properly.
With the Saw You Drown EP Katatonia moved to a lighter sound with clean vocals. Another shift was seen with Viva Emptiness in which the music became more vocal oriented than ever before.
Katatonia has released two compilations. Brave Yesterdays (the title is a play on their album Brave Murder Day) is a double-disc release including all cuts from EP's up to Saw You Drown, selected cuts from full-length albums Brave Murder Day and Dance of December Souls and two tracks from a compilation. The Black Sessions is a limited release that documents later releases and includes a live DVD.
Jonas Renkse (previously known as Lord Seth) Vocals (1988-)
Anders Nyström (previously known as Blackheim or Blakkheim) - Guitar (1991-)
Fred Norrman - Guitar (1994-)
Mattias Norrman - Bass (1999-)
Daniel Liljekvist - Drums (1999-)
Guillaume "Israphel" Le Huche - Bass
Mikael Oretoft - Bass
Mike Åkerfeldt - Vocals (session)
Dan Swanö - Drums (session)
Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival MCD (1992) | Vic Records
Dance of December Souls CD (1993) | No Fashion Records
For Funerals to Come MCD (1994) | Avantgarde Music
Brave Murder Day CD (1996) | Avantgarde Music
Sounds of Decay MCD (1997) | Avantgarde Music
Katatonia/Primordial 10" (199?) | Misantrophy Records vinyl, limited to 777 copies
Saw You Drown MCD (1998) | Avantgarde Music
Discouraged Ones & LP (1998) | Avantgarde Music
Tonight's Decision CD (1999) | Peaceville Records
Teargas EP (2001) | Peaceville Records
Last Fair Deal Gone Down CD (2001) | Peaceville Records
Tonight's Music EP (2001) | Peaceville Records
Viva Emptiness CD (2003) | Peaceville Records
Brave Yester Days 2CD (2004) | Avantgarde / Century Media
Brave Murder Day LP (2004) | Northern Silence Productions
The Black Sessions 2CD+DVD (2005) | Peaceville / Snapper
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Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival through Sounds of Decay feature mainly harsh vocals and can stylistically be considered doom/death. Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt performed the harsh vocals on Brave Murder Day and Sounds of Decay after regular Katatonia singer (and then drummer) Jonas Renkse became unable to scream properly.
With the Saw You Drown EP Katatonia moved to a lighter sound with clean vocals. Another shift was seen with Viva Emptiness in which the music became more vocal oriented than ever before.
Katatonia has released two compilations. Brave Yesterdays (the title is a play on their album Brave Murder Day) is a double-disc release including all cuts from EP's up to Saw You Drown, selected cuts from full-length albums Brave Murder Day and Dance of December Souls and two tracks from a compilation. The Black Sessions is a limited release that documents later releases and includes a live DVD.