Even Though Katatonia Are One Of My Very Favorite Rock & Roll Bands I Do Have A Complaint

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIGBNc2nFZA

lol i actually really love this new song

i don't love it. they are like The Shoes now. making commercial music for years that nobody will hear.

i haven't bought an actual physical copy of an album since night is the new day. so, i am missing two. but i would buy them if i saw them in a store. and probably not listen to them much.

i might actually listen to the acoustic album they made if i bought it. kinda reminds me of the old anathema i like. or that opeth acoustic album. always liked that a lot.

idk the new song seems patient and moody in a way they haven't been in a while, albeit with a chorus melody that i wouldn't be surprised to hear in a power metal song (though that's not unusual for katatonia imo). the problem with night is the new day is that it kinda gets lost in its own busyness imo. might have something to do with the new new drummer

i'm talking a lot of shit about night is the new day but i wanted to clarify that "idle blood" rules

really love this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_o_j6v3PGE

imo the new one's their best since viva emptiness, much more varied in composition than dead end kings. it just feels like it moves more. however it might be too proggy. these are their longest songs since brave murder day. regardless the opening three tracks are all amazing, as are "residual" and "serac"

hahahahaha I just went to revive this thread to say "hey I bet Brad would like this album" and here we are

anyway it's really good!

oh sweet i was worried i was the only person who really liked the new one!

Been listening to Dance Of December Souls, never heard the band before but I've probably been meaning to for a decade, really liking the style. I really wish the ending section of "Tomb of Insomnia" was longer, it's gorgeous.

For Funerals To Come EP (including bonus tracks) is a bit of a letdown. Some nice things happen on it but I never properly dug any of the tracks.

Last Fair Deal also contains what is arguably the most reviled Katatonia songs by die-hard fans, "We Must Bury You".