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Katatonia - Dethroned And Uncrowned
In August 2012 Katatonia released Dead End Kings, their ninth studio album. The album was the band's most successful to date and cemented the Swede's position as masters of sorrowful metal.
Dead End Kings was released on the Peaceville label, the band's home for the past 14 years. In September 2013 the band return with Dethroned and Uncrowned, their first release on Kscope, Peaceville's sister label.
Many of the ecstatic reviews the Dead End Kings received commented on the fact that the album marked another step in the band's journey towards a more progressive sound. Dethroned and Uncrowned allows them to explore these elements of the record further as they have reworked the album, creating new moods and textures while still staying truthful to the core of the songs.
The album will be available on double LP, download and as 2 disc (CD & DVD-AV) digibook set, which also features a 5.1 surround mix of the album.
Tracklist
1.The Parting
2.The One You Are Looking For Is Not Here
3.Hypnone
4.The Racing Heart
5.Buildings
6.Leech
7.Ambitions
8.Undo You
9.Lethean
10.First Prayer
11.Dead Letters
Order the 2CD Digibook version from the Kscope Store
or the Double LP HERE
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Please credit photography to Heather Elizabeth
PRAISE FOR DEAD END KINGS
"Yet again another stunning body of work from the Swedish kings of pain and sorrow."
9/10 Metal Hammer (UK)
"This is intoxicating music from a unique band"
Guitarist Magazine
"Of course it's excellent."
Sputnik Music
"Patented sense of melodies which at its best outdo Simon & Garfunkel"
9/10 Close-Up Magazine (Sweden)
"Katatonia have mastered their craft, and never been ones to stick to conventions. A formidable album."
9/10 Sweden Rock Magazine (Sweden)
"The leading purveyors of pain and dysphoria"
Prog
"a truly unique sound, a perfect blend of sulking heaviness and shimmering beauty."
OurStage.com
"Dead End Kings is a musical opus that is a crowning achievement for a band that has consistently grown over the years. Katatonia are not just a band. They are a force that defines the very musical path that others strive to walk."
Bloody-Disgusting.com
"the Swedish act's expertise at plumbing of melancholy in its infinite varieties remains unmatched... these guys are the masters"
Outburn Magazine
"quintessential Katatonia"
Decibel Magazine
"a rare combination of elegant craftsmanship and harmonic beauty"
Loudwire.com
www.peaceville.com/katatonia
Lethean (from Dethroned and Uncrowned)
(by Lasse Hoile)
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