Katatonia

Swedish multi-instrumentalists Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström founded Katatonia in 1991. The Scandinavian heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, initially existed as a studio project of its two co-founders. As a duo, they released their debut EP Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival in 1992 and bassist Guillaume Le Huche joined the group in time for Katatonia's debut album Dance of December Souls (1993). Guitarist Fredrik Norrman and singer Mikael Åkerfeldt were the next members of the band to appear on the 1996 album Brave Murder Day. Over the course of albums such as Discouraged Ones (1998), Tonight's Decision (1999) and Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001), Katatonia continued to refine both their line-up and their sound. By the time Viva Emptiness was released in 2003, the band had built up an audience in Finland, where the album reached number 17 in the Finnish album charts. 2009'sNight Is the New Day was the band's first release to reach the Top 40 in Sweden, as well as the second release to reach the Top 10 in Finland. Three years later, Dead End Kings became an international hit, reaching #12 in Sweden, #4 in Finland and the Top 40 in Austria, Germany and Norway. The album's follow-up, The Fall of Hearts, enjoyed similar popularity in 2016. After a short break, Katatonia released City Burials in 2020, which cracked the top 10 in Poland, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Portugal. Three years later, in 2023, the album Sky Void of Stars was released. In June 2025, Katatonia released another studio album, Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State.

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