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From left to right: Anders Nyström, Mattias Norrman.
Background information
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genre(s)	Dark Metal (Early era) Doom Metal Goth Rock (mid career) Alternative Metal(later)
Years active	1991 – 1994 1996 - present
Label(s)	Peaceville Records Avantgarde Music No Fashion Records Vic Records
Associated acts	Bloodbath Diabolical Masquerade October Tide
Website	http://www.katatonia.com/
Members
Jonas Renkse Anders Nyström Fred Norrman Mattias Norrman Daniel Liljekvist
Former members
Dan Swanö (session) Mikael Åkerfeldt (session) Mikael Oretoft Guillaume Le Huche (aka Israphel Wing) Kenneth Eklund (live)

For the Welsh indie-rock band, see Catatonia (band).

Katatonia are a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm, in 1991 by Jonas Renkse (formerly Lord Seth) and Anders Nyström (formerly Blakkheim). The early Katatonia albums are noted for the overall melancholy of their sound, often giving them the classification of doom metal or dark metal. Katatonia's more recent albums have progressed to a wider sound, with modern overtones, dropped guitars, symphonic synths and arrangements, alternative sounds and generally heavier riffs. Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt performed the growling vocals on Brave Murder Day and Sounds of Decay after regular Katatonia singer (and then drummer) Jonas Renkse became unable to scream properly. During this time, the band decided to change their sound to a more soft sound with clean vocals beginning with 1998's Discouraged Ones. This shift in instrumental tone and vocal style was accompanied by an appreciable decrease in the length of the band's songs, with latter period songs typically lasting around four minutes. Katatonia has released two compilations. Brave Yester Days (the title being a play on their album Brave Murder Day) is a double-disc release including all cuts from EPs up to Saw You Drown, selected cuts from full-length albums Brave Murder Day and Dance of December Souls, and two tracks from a compilation. The Black Sessions is a limited release that documents later releases and includes a live DVD.

1 Personnel
- 1.1 Current members
- 1.2 Former/session members
2 Discography
3 Side note
4 External links

Personnel

Current members

Jonas Renkse (aka Lord Seth) – vocals (1991–)
Anders Nyström (aka Blackheim or Blakkheim) – guitar (1991–)
Fred Norrman – guitar (1994 –)
Mattias Norrman – bass guitar (1999 –)
Daniel Liljekvist – drums (1999 –)

Former/session members

Guillaume Le Huche (aka Israphel Wing) – bass guitar (1992–1994)
Mikael Oretoft – bass guitar (1996–1997)
Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals (1996–1997)
Dan Swanö (aka Day Disyraah) – keyboards, vocals & drums (session)
Kenneth Eklund – drums (live)

Discography

Albums

Live albums

The Black Sessions (Best of double disc set with a live DVD) (2005)
Live Consternation (including live DVD) (2007)

EPs

Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival (1992)
For Funerals to Come (1995)
Sounds of Decay (1997)
Saw You Drown (1998)

Demos

Rehearsal (1991)
Jhva Elohim Meth (1992)

Singles

Teargas (2001)
Tonight's Music (2001)
Ghost of the Sun (2003)
My Twin (2006)
Deliberation (2006)
July (2007)

Compilations

W.A.R. Compilation Vol. 1 (1994)
Split 10" (1996)
Identity Five (1999) Century Media (features "Deadhouse")
Brave Yester Days (2004)
The Black Sessions (2005)
Peaceville Classic Cuts (2001) Peaceville (features the track "No devotion")

Side note

Norrman and Renkse were both in the doom/death band October Tide while in Katatonia. Rain Without End (Vic Records, 1997), recorded in 1995, would be Renkse's last use of guttural vocals. October Tide would dissolve after the release of Grey Dawn (1999) Renkse and Nystrom are both members of the band Bloodbath and have been since 1998 (the same year October Tide is credited with splitting up).