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    Posted: May 26 2008 at 18:29
My son reckons "Katatonia" (NOT Catatonia) are a proggy metal band - apparently like Opeth with softer vocals (like Steve Wilson).

I've never actually heard any = what do you reckon?
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Points: 2819 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2008 at 18:45
Certainly a good band to debate. I like all their latest output. 'Prog' could be a stretch. I do not mind seeing them here.
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Points: 933 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2008 at 19:34
I'm only a fan of their old stuff (no surprise), another band when they went "clean-vocal" I lost interest, Dance of December Souls tho is one of the most agonizing albums Ive ever heard, probably my most listened to album that year, (93) 
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Death-doom turned modern rock, neither of which is prog in my opinion.
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Points: 213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 06:35
Thanks for your thoughts - I'll let my son know, and maybe I'll get to hear some of it.

By the way - when you say "clean-vocal" - do you mean NOT like death metal vocals (sorry for my naiveity)?

Personally I'm not a fan of death metal vocals (it must hurt!)
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Points: 933 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 14:28
Originally posted by PinkPangolin PinkPangolin wrote:

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By the way - when you say "clean-vocal" - do you mean NOT like death metal vocals (sorry for my naiveity)?
 
yeah, clean vocals = actual singing vocals, ...non-growled, shouted, screaming, etc
 
Jonas Renkse said he messed up his throat screaming so much in the early years of the band, thats why on their second album they employed the help of Michael Akerfeld (Opeth) to do the vocals, after that Jonas took his try at clean singing and has been doing it ever since,
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Points: 3839 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:22
Katatonia is fantastic, but I would never call them a prog band.  They are depressive death-doom, though lately they've dropped the death vocals.  The Great Cold Distance is a great album, but there's nothing I'd call prog about them.
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Points: 213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 28 2008 at 18:31
OK - fair enough dudes.
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 29 2008 at 01:28
yes, i agree the band is good but not prog.
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