Katatonia
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Topic: Katatonia
Posted By: PinkPangolin
Subject: Katatonia
Date Posted: May 26 2008 at 18:29
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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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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date 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. |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date 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) |
Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 01:19
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Death-doom turned modern rock, neither of which is prog in my opinion.
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Posted By: PinkPangolin
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 06:35
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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!) |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 14:28
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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PinkPangolin wrote:Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 22:22
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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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Posted By: PinkPangolin
Date Posted: May 28 2008 at 18:31
| OK - fair enough dudes. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: May 29 2008 at 01:28
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yes, i agree the band is good but not prog. ------------- 
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