Katatonia, the Swedish purveyors of dark progressive rock/metal, have released their eagerly awaited 10th studio album The Fall of Hearts, through their long-time home of Peaceville Records.
The official follow-up to 2012’s acclaimed Dead End Kings was recorded at Stockholm’s Studio Gröndahl & Tri-lamb Studio, and was self-produced by Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse. Mixing and mastering duties were carried out by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Ihsahn, Devin Townsend) at Fascination Street Studios, with Karl Daniel Lidén (Switchblade, The Ocean, Greenleaf) brought in as engineer.
The dramatic yet desolate artwork was created by long time Katatonia designer and illustrator Travis Smith.
Katatonia have spent the past four years since the release of Dead End Kings touring the world, as well as expanding their fanbase through two special albums on Kscope, the sister label of Peaceville. 2013 saw the release of Dethroned & Uncrowned which exploded the core of the songs on Dead End Kings creating new moods and textures. In 2015, they released the live acoustic album and concert film, Sanctitude. Both releases illustrate the band’s journey toward this, their current more progressive sound.
The Fall of Hearts is the first record to feature new drummer Daniel ’Mojjo’ Moilanen and with the addition of their recently recruited guitarist Roger Öjersson (Tiamat), who came in just in time to sprinkle some blistering solos on the album, Katatonia will continue to push their musical boundaries beyond their roots in the metal scene while drawing in new fans from across the musical spectrum like peers such as Opeth and Anathema have also done, cementing Katatonia’s place as one of the most revered and cherished of all bands in the world of modern heavy music.
Katatonia comment on The Fall Of Hearts “This album is probably everything we unknowingly ever dreamed of to release. It’s a bleak but adventurous journey through our elements, we haven’t held back, we have pushed to get forward and backward in the ever spiralling night of our musical legacy.”
The Fall Of Hearts is available on the following formats - Deluxe 12” hardbook, 2 Disc CD & DVD Mediabook, CD, 2LP (inc. download code)
Formats are available now to order
CD / LP / Deluxe Edition / exclusive bundles: 
peaceville.com/store 
omerch.eu/shop/katatonia/
Digital: smarturl.it/KAT_TFOH_DIGITAL
Katatonia have confirmed the following festival appearances for 2016:
29/04/16 - Norway, Kopervik - Karmoygeddon Festival
19/06/16 - France, Clisson - Hellfest
03/07/16 - Finland, Helsinki - Tuska Festival
9-10/07/16 - Belgium, Bouckenborgh - Anterwerp Metal Festival
29/07/16 - Romania, Sibiu, ARTmania Festival
05/08/16 - Portugal, Corroios - Vagos Open Air Festival
17-20/08/2016 - Germany, Dinkelsbühl - Summer Breeze Festival
4/09/16 - Brazil, São Paulo - Overload Music Fest 
22/09/16 – Bulgaria, Polvdiv, Roman Theatre
01/10/16 - The Netherlands, Tilburg, Epic Metal Fest
More dates to be announced soon
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Katatonia - Deliberation (From Deliberation)

"From Scythe to Sceptre", from the second full-length Be'lakor album, "Stone's Reach" (2009).

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Heartbreak And Seance

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THE CLASSIC & HIGHLY-RARE PIECE OF DOOM/DEATH METAL FROM THE SWEDISH MASTERS – NOW ON PEACEVILLE WITH 2 BONUS TRACKS

Katatonia was formed in 1991 by Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse. Their debut album, ‘Dance of December Souls’, was released in 1993, gaining the band recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom/death metal and joining acts such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride as one of the genre’s defining bands. On future albums a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined and structured collection of melodic dark rock songs that became third album ‘Discouraged Ones’; the main evolution point for modern day Katatonia.

‘For Funerals to Come’ is an incredibly rare piece of death/doom metal mastery from back in 1994, which was recorded following Katatonia’s debut album, ‘Dance of December Souls’. It was recorded with Dan Swanö at the famous Unisound Studios and contains the trademarks of early era Katatonia, with the haunting guitar melodies and slow tempo combining with the tortured vocals of Jonas Renkse to create an aura of melancholy and gothic darkness.

This edition of ‘For Funerals to Come’ contains two extra tracks, ‘Black Erotica’ and ‘Love of the Swan’ (both also recorded at Unisound later in 1994), which had previously appeared on an obscure compilation, and contains new liner notes from co-founding member, writer & guitarist, Anders Nyström.

    1. Funeral Wedding 
2. Shades of Emerald Fields 
3. For Funerals to Come 
4. Epistel 
5. Black Erotica 
6. Love of the Swan

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Katatonia - Black Erotica (BONUS TRACK from For Funerals to Come)

Dead Letters is the first track taken from new album Dead End Kings, go to the album site to sign up to the mailing list and download the track for FREE: deadendkings.com. A continuation of 2009’s inspired & acclaimed Night is the New Day, Dead End Kings sees Katatonia conjure yet another milestone in audial melancholy & angst.

The Katatonia of 2012 is more potent, focused and creatively impactful than ever before. Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström - alongside guitarist Per Eriksson, bassist Niklas Sandin and drummer Daniel Liljekvist – are at the peak of their powers right now, and their brand new studio album Dead End Kings provides incontrovertible evidence of their unstoppable artistic momentum. A rich, adventurous and endlessly evocative masterwork that exhibits all the Swedish quintet’s established traits while absorbing countless fresh ideas into that monumental sonic brew, this is plainly the strongest and most beguiling album in the Katatonia catalogue to date. It also proves that sadness comes in many shades and that no one is safe from its cold allure.

“Dead End Kings represents progression and taking things to the next level,” says Renkse. ”The writing was a little more intense and spontaneous for this one. I think that’s the biggest difference. But it was made with the same mindset as the last few albums. It just had a little more fire involved. We don’t want to repeat ourselves. We are still hungry for new music.”
Dead End Kings was recorded at Ghost Ward Studios & The City Of Glass. The album was produced by Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse, & mixed by David Castillo. Additionally, Katatonia is joined once again by Frank Default on sampling & atmospherics, plus a special guest appearance by Norwegian vocalist Silje Wergeland of Dutch legends The Gathering/ex-Octavia Sperati.

Artwork is supplied by long-time visual collaborator Travis Smith.

Tracklist*
1. The Parting 
2. The One You Are Looking for is Not Here (with Silje Wergeland) 
3. Hypnone 
4. The Racing Heart 
5. Buildings 
6. Leech 
7. Ambitions 
8. Undo You 
9. Lethean 
10. First Prayer 
11. Dead Letters 
* Deluxe edition includes two extra bonus tracks

Released August 27th 2012

For more information on Dead End Kings, go to the album site at: deadendkings.com

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