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Quality video footage of CATAMENIA‘s April 29, 2011 performance at the Ragnarök Festival at Stadthalle in Lichtenfels, Germany can be viewed below (filmed and edited by Asif Salam of SoundShock.com).

CATAMENIA recently recruited keyboardist Jussi Sauvola (SILENT THRENODY, DECROWNED).

CATAMENIA last December announced the addition of vocalist Juha-Matti Perttunen (ALL AGAINST) to the group’s ranks. The band also parted ways with Ari Nissilä (guitar, vocals), Toni Kansanoja (bass/backing vocals), Kari Vähäkuopus (clean vocals) and Mikko Nevanlahti (drums) and replaced them with Mikko Hepo-oja (bass), Tony Qvick (drums) and Sauli Jauhiainen (guitar).

The new CATAMENIA lineup is:

Riku Hopeakoski – Guitar
Mikko Hepo-oja – Bass
Tony Qvick – Drums
Sauli Jauhiainen – Guitar
Juha-Matti Perttunen – Vocals
Jussi Sauvola – Keyboards

CATAMENIA‘s most recent album, “Cavalcade”, was released in February 2010 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded and mixed by Kari Vähäkuopus at Mastervox Studios in Oulu, Finland and was produced by CATAMENIA. POISONBLACK/ex-SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala makes a guest appearance on the album’s opening track, “Blood Trails”.

Source: Blabbermouth.net

KATATONIA‘s May 6, 2011 concert at Koko in London, England was professionally filmed/recorded for a future DVD release. The show, which was part of the 20th-anniversary “Last Fair Day Gone Night Tour 2011”, saw the band perform two sets. The first set consisted of a performance of the entire “Last Fair Deal Gone Down” album front to back. The second set was a mixture of carefully picked songs from the band’s extensive catalogue.

The group’s complete setlist was as follows:

Set 1

01. Dispossession
02. Chrome
03. We Must Bury You
04. Teargas
05. I Transpire
06. Tonight’s Music
07. Clean Today
08. The Future Of Speech
09. Passing Bird
10. Sweet Nurse
11. Don’t Tell a Soul

Set 2

12. Brave
13. Nephilim
14. My Twin
15. I Break
16. Right Into the Bliss
17. The Promise of Deceit
18. Wait Outside
19. The Longest Year
20. July
21. New Night