Swedish Doom/Death Metal (early); Gothic/Alternative/Progressive Rock/Metal (later)
Themes: Introspection, Loss, Love, Crime, Depression, Bereavement, Allegory
Origin: Stockholm, Sweden
Status: Active
Formed in: 1991
Current label: Napalm Records
Years active: 1987-1991 (as Melancholium), 1991-1995, 1996-2018, 2019-present
KATATONIA - Viva Emptiness
Peaceville records Reissue
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KATATONIA - Viva Emptiness
Peaceville records Reissue
Band members
Jonas Renkse - Vocals, Guitars, Programming, Songwriting, Lyrics
Anders Nyström - Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (backing), Songwriting
Fred Norrman - Guitars, Songwriting (track 4)
Mattias Norrman - Bass, Guitars (slide) (track 8)
Daniel Liljekvist - Drums, Percussion, Vocals (backing) (track 1)
Miscellaneous staff
Travis Smith - Art direction, Artwork, Design
Anders Nyström - Producer, Mixing, Art direction
Peter In de Betou - Mastering
Richard Lundberg - Photography
Ian Agate - Engineering (assistant)
Jonas Renkse - Producer, Mixing, Art direction
Dan Swanö - Editing (additional)
Jens Bogren - Mixing
n o t e :
10 year anniversary reissue edition.
Fully revamped, remixed and remastered.
Includes bonus track plus additional vocals and keyboard passages.
Two more songs were recorded during these sessions.
One of them, "Wait Outside",
is available on the second disc of "The Black Sessions" compilation.
The second song, "Consternation", was re-recorded for 2006's 'The Great Cold Distance'.
Omerta [Omertà] is a word for code of honour, or code of silence, mostly in the mafia.
Tracks:
1. Ghost of the Sun 04:07
2. Sleeper 04:08
3. Criminals 03:47
4. A Premonition 03:33
5. Will I Arrive 04:09
6. Burn the Remembrance 05:22
7. Wealth 04:22
8. One Year from Now 04:02
9. Walking by a Wire 03:32
10. Complicity 04:01
11. Evidence 04:36
12. Omerta 02:58
13. Wait Outside 03:39
14. Inside the City of Glass 05:35 [Instrumental]
t o t a l . . 57:51
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MAIN DISCOGRAPHY
Dance of December Souls -Full-length 1993
Brave Murder Day -Full-length 1996
Discouraged Ones -Full-length 1998
Tonight's Decision -Full-length 1999
Last Fair Deal Gone Down -Full-length 2001
Viva Emptiness -Full-length 2003
The Great Cold Distance -Full-length 2006
Night Is the New Day -Full-length 2009
Dead End Kings -Full-length 2012
Dethroned & Uncrowned -Full-length 2013
The Fall of Hearts -Full-length 2016
City Burials -Full-length 2020
Sky Void of Stars -Full-length 2023
Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State -Full-length 2025
