Swedish grand masters of gloom Katatonia return with an early contender for album of the year lists with Sky Void of Stars, a stirring ode to those lost and astray. I have learnt that even though Katatonia have been around for three decades, every album seems to be another evolution and with album opener "Austerity" … Continue reading Album Review: Katatonia – Sky Void of Stars
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We all the string of plans that got cancelled at the beginning of the Covid outbreak - the holidays we didn’t take, the celebrations that couldn’t take place. For me, the first casualty was the Prognosis festival in Eindhoven - an emergent festival of all things prog, international borders everywhere shut down only days … Continue reading Festival Review: Prognosis Festival 2022, Eindhoven (Day 1)
Sólstafir and Katatonia will head out in January and February 2022 on a 31-date co-headline tour of the UK and Europe. The coming together of these two revered masters of melancholy seems only natural. For over a quarter of a century both artists have favoured the emotional connection that their music brings over all else. … Continue reading Sólstafir and Katatonia announce 2022 co-headliner
Night Is The New Day, arguably one of Katatonia’s most remarkable albums, is now 10 years old. It’s not often that album anniversaries are celebrated, and usually they are only celebrated by releasing a remastered version which sounds exactly like the original version. Katatonia did a re-release of the album with new artwork and extras … Continue reading Gig Review: Katatonia / Cellar Darling / Wheel – Islington Assembly Hall, London (25th May 2019)
Back out strolling through the hills again with Duke of Edinburgh today, so here's hoping the auto-post works... Desert - "Son Of A Star" Israeli Power Metallers Desert release their new and epic video "Son Of A Star". This video is the second clip released as a for the Never Regret album which was released last year. … Continue reading Sunday Video Roundup: Desert, Katatonia, You Me At Six, Wishing Well
Twenty five years as a band is definitely cause to celebrate and Katatonia will be doing just that with a show at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on October 21st. Fans will enjoy not one but two sets from the band. One set will see Katatonia perform their classic album The Great Cold Distance in its … Continue reading Katatonia announce anniversary London show