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Katatonia

Real Name:
Jonas Renkse, Anders Nyström, Fred Norrman, Mattias Norrman, Daniel Liljekvist
Profile:
Being one of Swedens leading Metal bands, Katatonia started out as a Black Metal band with Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (guitar) and Jonas "Lord Seth" Renkse (drums, vocals). They quickly recorded their first demo, "Jhva Elohim Meth", which was later released as an MCD. Shortly after the second demo, "Beyond The Stand Sky", was released and Guillaume "Israphel" Le Huche (bass) also joined the band. "Dance of December Souls", their first full-length album, was then released through No Fashion Records in 1993. The following year they recorded the EP "For Funerals to Come" which marked the beginning of their Doom Metal era. Shortly before the band disbanded Fred Norrman (guitar) joined the band.

The EP was then released through Avantgarde Music in 1995 and in 1996 the band reformed with members Anders Nyström, Jonas Renkse and Fred Norrman and "Brave Murder Day" was then released same year and featured Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt as vocalist. The following year Mikael Oretoft (bass) joined the band and the EP "Sounds of Decay" was released and in 1998 the final Avantgarde Music release, the EP "Saw You Drown", was released along with "Discouraged Ones" through Century Media Records. Shortly after Mikael Oretoft left the band. With this release the band moved into a more commercial direction.

"Tonight's Decision" was then recorded in 1999 and released in 2000. Daniel Liljekvist (drums) and Mattias Norrman (bass) then joined the band and . The EP "Teargas" was then released in 2001 along with the fifth album "Last Fair Deal Gone Down". "Viva Emptiness" followed in 2003 and the band then toured through Europe. The compilation album, "Brave Yester Years", was released in 2004.
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Releases:
Jhva Elohim Meth (Cass, EP, S/Sided)   Not On Label 1992
Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival (EP) (2 versions)   VIC Records ... 1992
Dance Of December Souls (Album) (8 versions)   No Fashion Records ... 1993
For Funerals To Come... (Maxi, MiniAlbum, EP) (3 versions)   Avantgarde Music ... 1995
Brave Murder Day (Album) (8 versions)   Avantgarde Music ... 1996
Scarlet Heavens / To Enter Pagan MCMXCVI (10", Single)   Misanthropy Records 1996
Discouraged Ones (Album) (5 versions)   Avantgarde Music ... 1997
Saw You Drown (EP) (2 versions)   Avantgarde Music ... 1997
Sounds Of Decay (CD, EP)   Avantgarde Music 1997
Tonight's Decision (Album) (6 versions)   Peaceville ... 1999
Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Album) (5 versions)   Peaceville 2001
Teargas EP (CD, EP)   Peaceville 2001
Tonight's Music (CD, Maxi)   Peaceville 2001
Ghost Of The Sun (CD, Smplr, Promo, Car)   Peaceville 2003
Viva Emptiness (Album) (4 versions)   Peaceville ... 2003
Brave Yester Days (Comp) (2 versions)   Avantgarde Music ... 2004
The Black Sessions (2xCD + DVD)   Peaceville 2005
Deliberation (CD, Enh, Maxi)   Peaceville 2006
My Twin (CD, Maxi, Dig)   Peaceville 2006
The Great Cold Distance (Album) (4 versions)   Peaceville ... 2006
Discouraged Ones / Brave Murder Day (2xCD)   Shock (2) 2007
July (CD, Enh, Maxi)   Peaceville 2007
Live Consternation (Album) (3 versions)   Peaceville ... 2007
Night Is The New Day (Album) (3 versions)   Peaceville 2009
Appears On:
Life Without Hope... Death Without Reason (CD) Brave Deathgasm Records 2005
The Pains Of Sleep (CD, EP, Enh) For Funerals To Come Serpent's Lair Productions 2005
Xasthur / Leviathan (CD) Palace Of Frost Battle Kommand Records 2005
Tracks Appear On:
Radium 226.05 Records Presents Extreme Close Up (CD, Comp, Promo) Without God Radium 226.05 1993
In Decay We Trust (CD) I Break Avantgarde Music 1997
Firestarter (CD, Comp) Murder Century Black 1998
Hard N' Heavy Vol. 17 (CD, Smplr) Right Into The Bliss Hard N' Heavy 1999
Statements Of Intent (CD, Comp) Nerve Wicked World 1999
Peaceville Classic Cuts (CD, Smplr) No Devotion Peaceville 2001
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. IX (CD, Smplr, Enh) Dispossession Sonic Seducer 2001
ZilloScope: New Signs & Sounds 06/01 (CD, Smplr) Disposession Zillo 2001
Beauty In Darkness Vol. 6 (CD) Tonight's Music Nuclear Blast 2002
Elegy Sampler 27 (CD, Smplr) Criminals Elegy 2003
Hard N' Heavy Vol. 56 (CD, Enh) Criminals Hard N' Heavy 2003
Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 26 (2xCD, Smplr) Criminals Sonic Seducer 2003
The Art Of Sysyphus Vol. 20 (CD, Comp) Criminals Sysyphus Records 2003
Elegy Sampler 40 (CD, Smplr) Soil's Song Elegy 2005
Legacy 01/06 (CD, Comp, Smplr) Soil's Song Legacy Magazine 2006
Loud, Proud, Punk & Metal (CD, Promo, Comp) Soil's Song Peaceville 2006
Peaceville - New Dark Classics (CD, Comp, Promo) Soil's Song Peaceville 2006
Peaceville - New Dark Classics (CD, Comp) July Peaceville 2007
21 Years Of Doom, Death & Darkness (2 versions) Dispossession Peaceville 2008
Dark Classics Volume 3 - Vile Offerings (CD, Comp, Promo) Murder Peaceville 2009
Legacy 05/09 (CD, Comp, Smplr) Forsaker Legacy Magazine 2009
Classics (2xCD, Album) Whithout God No Fashion Records  
From Within The Purgatory (2xCD, Album) At Last Extremity Records  
Unofficial Releases:
Katatonia (CD-ROM, Comp) Midwinter Gates (Prolo... Домашняя Коллекция 2002
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Katatonia For Funerals To Come