2003 might have been seen the rise of the Gothenburg sound inspired American Metalcore scene but it was also the year of “Viva Emptiness“, the sixth studio album by Swedish Heavy Metal masters Katatonia. Gothically tinged with keyboards to embellish the crushing guitars, as the title suggests, it runs on themes of loneliness, relationships, lying
Swedish Progressive Metal Kings Katatonia have allowed themselves four shows in the United Kingdom’s green and pleasant land around their appearance at Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival in November. The shows continue the celebration of the dramatic journey in to darkness that is their twelveth studio album “Sky Void Of Stars“, a Napalm Records release from January
“We never even planned to release a full-length album, and here we are with our second! “Deities of Deathlike Sleep” was conceived and recorded with the same mindset and the same team as our previous recordings, keeping it quick, spontaneous and enjoyable. This time it turned out a bit more dynamic, with the pummelling fury interspersed
Treblinka, Expulsion, The Grifted, Novarupta, Let Them Hang, CHILD, Vordor, Disrupted, Katatonia, Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Pagandom. Quite the list? These are the bands that the musicians who make up Swedish Death Metal outfit Grand Cadaver are known for. Majestic Mountain Records will be releasing their sophomore album “Deities Of Deathlike Sleep” on 25th
Naming and shaming them, Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity and The Halo Effect) Stefan Lagergren (The Grifted, Treblinka, Tiamat, Expulsion), Alex Stjernfeldt (Novarupta, Child, Mr. Death) Christian Jansson (Pagandom, Dark Tranquillity) and Daniel Liljekvist (Disrupted, Vorder, Katatonia) founded Swedish Death Metal super group Grand Cadaver amid the great plague years. EP ”Madness Comes” dropped in 2021 followed by their full-length debut
The truth is often stranger thank fiction and with Jonas Stålhammar of At The Gates practicing in the same building that Mass Worship were recording “Portal Tombs” getting him to drop his magic touch on third single “Orcus Mouth” was a no brainer. Add another guest in Jonas Renkse of Katatonia and Bloodbath doing clean
From North Bay in Canada, Within Nostalgia have put together a gritty video for their single “Death Lifes’ Lover” from their recently released “Conjuring A New Reality” EP of album length. Combining elements of Metal and Grunge with nods to Agalloch, Katatonia and Fen, “Conjuring A New Reality” is available over at bandcamp The band says
For over 20 years there have been various incarnations V and having recorded their debut EP “V-VI” in 2006 it was a decade before it saw release on Christmas Eve 2016. The delay was largely due to the bands other commitments and obligations with bands such as Katatonia, In Mourning, Afgrund, Oak and Besvärjelsen. But
Swedish Doom infused Death Metallers October Tide are preparing to set sail with new album “In Splendor Below”, their 3rd studio release, on 17th May via Agonia Records. The album will feature “Our Famine” which is available to stream now. For those not in the know, the band feature former members of Katatonia in their
