Katatonia is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. 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).
Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts (2016) (FLAC 24Bit/48kHz)
1.Takeover 07:06
2.Serein 04:46
3.Old Heart Falls 04:22
4.Decima 04:46
5.Sanction 05:06
6.Residual 06:54
7.Serac 07:25
8.Last Song Before The Fade 05:01
9.Shifts 04:54
10.The Night Subscriber 06:10
11.Pale Flag 04:23
12.Passer 06:31
13.Wide Awake in Quietus 4:59
Katatonia, the Swedish purveyors of dark progressive rock/metal, released their 10th studio album, The Fall of Hearts in May 2016, through their long-time home of Peaceville Records.
The official follow-up to 2012’s acclaimed Dead End Kings was recorded at Stockholm’s Studio Gröndahl & Tri-lamb Studio, and was self-produced by Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse. Mixing and mastering duties were carried out by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Ishahn, Devin Townsend) at Fascination Street Studios, with Karl Daniel Lidén (Switchblade, The Ocean, Greenleaf) brought in as engineer.
Katatonia have spent the past four years since the release of Dead End Kings touring the world, as well as expanding their fanbase through two special albums on Kscope, the sister label of Peaceville. 2013 saw the release of Dethroned and Uncrowned which exploded the core of the songs on Dead End Kings creating new moods and textures. In 2015, they released the live acoustic album and concert film, Sanctitude. Both releases illustrate the band’s journey toward this, their current more progressive sound.
The Fall of Hearts is the first record to feature new drummer Daniel ’Mojjo’ Moilanen and with the addition of their recently recruited guitarist Roger Öjersson (Tiamat), who came in just in time to sprinkle some blistering solos on the album, Katatonia will continue to push their musical boundaries beyond their roots in the metal scene while drawing in new fans from across the musical spectrum and put them on par with peers such as Opeth and Anathema, cementing Katatonia’s place as one of the most revered and cherished of all bands in the world of modern heavy music.
The dramatic yet desolate artwork was created by long time designer and illustrator Travis Smith.
Praise for Dead End Kings:
‘Diehard fans will recognise Dead End Kings as the latest in a series of beautifully conceived and subtly inventive exercises in atmospheric heaviness. But there is a sharpness to the songwriting in evidence on the Swedes' ninth full-length recording that promises a bridging of the gap between metal and modern prog.’ – 4/5 - The Guardian
"This is further proof that Katatonia have the cojones and the class to plunge ever deeper into the heart of musical melancholy, dragging those of us who appreciate the restorative value of joy and sorrow along with them." – 9/10 - Metal Hammer
Released May 20, 2016
Katatonia
Jonas Renkse – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, art direction
Anders Nyström – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, art direction
Roger Öjersson – guitar solo (tracks 1, 7 and 12)
Niklas Sandin – bass
Daniel Moilanen – drums
Additional personnel
J P Asplund – additional percussion
Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
Daniel Liden – engineering
Travis Smith – artwork
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