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Jonas Renkse - Vocals, Guitars, Programming
Anders Nyström - Guitars, Keyboards, Programming
Fred Norrman - Guitars
Mattias Norrman - Bass
Daniel Liljekvist - Drums & Percussion
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Live Consternation (CD + DVD)
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Genre: Metal
Origin: Sweden
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Status: Active
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Biography
Katatonia have been together for an incredible 13 years. In that time they have recorded six full-length studio albums plus a vast array of mini- CD's & singles.
Using the metal genre as an early template Katatonia have never been a band to stand still or stagnate in any way. As Jim Martin - esteemed scribe with Brit music mag Terrorizer so eloquently asserted: "Katatonia, as with so many truly special bands are all contradictions, still ostensibly a metal band, but purveyors of an understated kind of grandeur that has long outgrown all or any generic restrictions". This short succinct statement says more about the enigmatic Swedes than a 1000 word effort ever could.
The music of Katatonia is never easy to rationalize. How does one describe something so equivocal? Well they are undoubtedly heavy. This heaviness does not come from an obvious place. Their heaviness is
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