Katatonia formed in 1991, with the duo of Anders Nyström and Jonas P. Renkse , named Melancholium , which released their first demo entitled "Rehearsal" , in 1991. In 1992 changed its name to KATATONIA and recorded two more demos, "Rehearsal 92" and "Jhva Elohim Meth" .
After "Jhva Elohim Meth" , the Dutch label Vic Records turned its attention on the group, who would allow re-release of that demo under the name "Jhva Elohim Meth ... The Revival" . At the same time, the duo could find a bass player that would allow them to realize stage performance, Guillaume Le Piggy .
already fully trained in 1993 entering the Gorysound Studios to record their first album, "Dance of December Souls " . This combined elements of Death Metal Doom had introduced, such as growling, but with the lyrical themes Black Metal: The resaltación of Norse mythology and epic issues. The disc also features the use of pianos constant, and the programming made by Dan Swäno . That record received good reviews from trade magazines, and from the fans of Doom Metal.
The trio released an EP, which would then path proposed in the first work, called "For Funerals To Come" , which the band members had a sound that was best suited to live concerts.
After the success of his first foray into the Doom Metal Piggy Le left the band, and Renkse and Nyström fail to find a substitute for full time bassist, since according to the words of Anders , each candidate sought to transform KATATONIA a copy of Morbid Angel, so the duo decided to abandon the project and seek their own horizons. will Renkse with October Tide while Nyström with Diabolical Masquerade and Bewitched.
members to meet again in 1996, with a different approach to his style, and, finally, with a third permanent member, come from the ranks of October Tide: Fred Norrman . Before you can record their second material, Renkse lost the chance to sing with grunts by chronic wear following the concerts of his first album and their side projects. So he asks the Opeth singer , Mikael Åkerfeld (known today as at the time the draft was just starting Opeth), to perform this work, to keep the duo ideas had in mind. During that year, recording "Brave Murder Day" .
After a first session of touring Europe, where Jonas had to return to Sweden for the wear of his guttural voice, the band returned to the studio in 1997 (this time the Sunlight), to release new material through a three-song EP called "Sounds of Decay" , which follows the same guidelines as "Brave Murder Day" , but being the bridge between the Doom / Death they were about to leave, and gothic rock were to be created. Reappears Åkerfeldt performing the "growls", but this time stronger than advance, while ironically guitars became less heavy and opened more moments of semi-acoustic violas.
Almost immediately after releasing his latest EP, KATATONIA proposes a shift change and a greater degree of experimentation, then, they argued, have covered the whole sphere of Doom Metal. Launch Disk "Discouraged Ones" , made by a depressed and Gothic rock. Renkse returned as drummer and vocalist, but this time with clean vocals and smooth, but always keeping the darkness of the past. This album and onwards, the group has progressively moved away from the standards of Doom / Death Metal to bet heavily by that depressive rock style with Gothic overtones. What has never lost its KATATONIA is melancholy.
Renkse improves intonation CD after CD. For when you publish "Viva Emptiness" (2003), his vocal style, aloof and elegant, melancholy and reflective, already perfected. As for the compositions of Nyström, become more complex with each release. With each new plate of this stage of depressive rock, Swedish experience with the inclusion of synthesizer-generated environments, and with increasing melodic complexity (atypical structures and syncopated melodic lines simultaneous development of different and even conflicting guitar attacks during the entire course of a song). Thanks to this constant evolution in sound, KATATONIA has been increasing its popularity recording after reaching ever recording a spectrum wider audience, drinking and progressive alternative rock.
"The Great Cold Distance" (2006) is the latest leap forward in the group. In a curious move, Nyström definitely abandoned their sound type, to embark on the wildest experimentation. The songs on this album, the melodies flow through each topic without pausing for a moment. Each multi-layered, to finish forming a cohesive theme of incredible complexity (so much so that it is difficult to enjoy the CD with a first listen, still needed further attempts to understand what is happening.) Despite left the most accessible sound stage immediately preceding "The Great Cold Distance" has been a critical success and audience, confirming that the combo is becoming more popular.
"Night is the New Day" , appeared in 2009, is the latest long-term KATATONIA to date, which is compounded by the recent EP dated 2010, "The Longest Year ".
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