KATATONIA have announced they will be heading out on a headline tour after the summer to support the release of their new studio album “The Fall Of Hearts”, due for release on 20th May through Peaceville.
Founding Katatonia member Anders Nyström comments: “This September, October and November a special autumn leaf shall swirl on through the European continent. With our new line-up and the new album taking on our true colours, we’ll be more than ready to take your hearts with us in the drop of fall. Our season is coming.”
Tickets on sale from 10:00 CET on Monday 25th April (Excluding Italy which will be on sale 10:00 CET on Tuesday 26th April)
New album ‘The Fall Of Hearts’ due for release on 20th May through Peaceville will be released on the following formats – Deluxe 12” hardbook, 2 Disc CD & DVD Mediabook, CD, 2LP & Digital download
KATATONIA have revealed the first full track, entitled ‘Old Heart Falls’ from their highly anticipated new album “The Fall of Hearts”, due for release on the 20th May 2016 through Peaceville Records. Watch the lyric video below.
On the release of the first new song Jonas Renkse comments “A song with lush textures, distinct dynamics and a memorable chorus are the trademarks to some of the most beloved Katatonia songs. ‘Old Heart Falls’ substantiates all of those attributes, but is not by any means defining the album as a whole. There is more to come…”
About the lyric video Anders Nyström adds “Knowing we didn’t want another ”font circus” with all these words and letters competing in olympic acrobatics, we decided to make it extremely simple but also very real… 30 years ago when we were active in the underground tape-trading scene, there were no computers around, so we had to write all our letters by hand, or when feeling extra motivated, we used a typewriter. I clearly remember writing letters on a typewriter with a ribbon directly to paper created a special feeling that no computer would ever emulate. So determined to bring back this feeling for a brief couple of minutes, we passed on our idea to our talented friend Lasse Hoile, who made sure this beautiful Royal typewriter served a final purpose before crawling all the way back to the start, returning to dust…”
KATATONIA, the Swedish purveyors of dark progressive rock/metal, have released more details of their eagerly awaited 10th studio album – “The Fall of Hearts” which is set for release on the 20th May 2016 through Peaceville Records.
The Fall Of Hearts will be released on the following formats :
Deluxe 12” hardbook featuring:
30+ page artwork book, with alternative album artwork from Travis Smith.
CD The Fall Of Hearts 12 original album tracks plus 2 bonus tracks ‘Sistere’ & ‘Vakaren’.
DVD-V The Fall Of Hearts 12 original tracks hi resolution stereo & 5.1 audio (DTS 96/24 5.1 & 96/24 Stereo LPCM) mixed by Bruce Soord.
Special Double 10″ vinyl edition of The Fall Of Hearts 12 original tracks plus bonus track ‘Wide Awake In Quietus’ (with MP3 download code) featuring guest guitarist Paradise Lost’s Gregor Mackintosh.
Double gatefold 180g heavy weight LP featuring: The Fall Of Hearts 12 original album tracks plus bonus track ‘Sistere’ (with MP3 download code).
2 Disc CD & DVD Mediabook featuring:
CD The Fall Of Hearts 12 original album tracks plus bonus track ‘Vakaren’.
DVD-V The Fall Of Hearts 12 original tracks and includes hi resolution stereo & 5.1 audio (DTS 96/24 5.1 & 96/24 Stereo LPCM) mixed by The Pineapple Thief & Katatonia collaborator Bruce Soord offering audiophiles an outstanding listening experience.
CD Digipak featuring: The Fall Of Hearts 12 original album tracks with a total playing time of 67:32 minutes.
Digital download featuring: The Fall Of Hearts 12 original album tracks plus bonus track ‘Wide Awake In Quietus’ featuring guest guitarist Paradise Lost’s Gregor Mackintosh.
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.
The Fall Of Hearts tracklist:
Takeover [07:09]
Serein [04:46]
Old Heart Falls [04:22]
Decima [04:46]
Sanction [05:07]
Residual [06:54]
Serac [07:25]
Last Song Before The Fade [05:01]
Shifts [04:54]
The Night Subscriber [06:10]
Pale Flag [04:23]
Passer [06:25]
KATATONIA, the Swedish purveyors of dark progressive rock/metal, have revealed details of their eagerly awaited 10th studio album – The new album, entitled “The Fall of Hearts” is set for release on the 20th May 2016 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.
“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.” Katatonia comment on “The Fall of Hearts”
More details of “The Fall of Hearts” will be released shortly.
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