Katatonia premiere new single and video for ‘Behind the Blood’
20th March 2020 0 By Jon DeauxFollowing the announcement that Katatonia will be returning with a brand-new album City Burials on 24th April, on Peaceville Records, and the release of the albumâs debut single âLacquerâ, the band present their next single and video for âBehind The Bloodâ.Â
This track is one of the highlights from new album City Burials, bursting into life with a trademark screaming guitar solo before dropping into an upbeat distinctive and hugely memorable Katatonia chorus.
Vocalist Jonas Renkse states ââBehind the Bloodâ is a celebration of the heavy metal music that we all grew up with, modified to fit the Katatonia universe. Whilst lyrically it is telling the tale of dark revelry, to awaken the blood with the sound and taste of thunder.âÂ
âBehind the Bloodâ has all the hallmarks of becoming a new classic.Â
Katatonia, formed in 1991 by Jonas Renkse & Anders Nyström, and transitioning from early pioneers of the rising black/death/doom movement, to powerhouses of the progressive metallic rock genre. Following on from their 2016 haunting The Fall Of Hearts album Katatonia have returned with arguably their finest album to date, the enormously vivid and powerful City Burials.Â
With the winds of a new direction steering the band on their latest journey, City Burials stands as Katatoniaâs new triumph of deep & enigmatic progressive rock â the fruits of a rejuvenating and profound chapter in the bandâs legacy; a catalyst for its creators, with a collection of moments constructed out of the fragments of an ever-evolving life. Compiled into one of their most important modern works and statements to date, the finely-honed instrumentation provides a multi-textured backdrop with the voice of Jonas Renkse guiding us through these latest trials of loss and ruin.Â
The proof of Jonas and Andersâ enduring artistic bond is displayed throughout City Burials absorbing 58 minutes of meticulously crafted melodies and inspired, idiosyncratic arrangements. From the spine-tingling dynamics of opener âHeart Set To Divideâ through and the simmering menace of âLacquerâ to the wildly evocative sorrow-scapes of âCity Glaciersâ and the exquisitely delicate âVanishersâ (featuring a guest vocal from Anni Bernhard, of Stockholm art rockers Full Of Keys) Katatoniaâs eleventh studio album is a showcase for a partnership that was magical from the very start.
Inspired by an injection of fresh blood into Katatoniaâs creative brew, with their most recent recruit, guitarist Roger Ăjersson, whose contributions have been extremely significant, City Burials is an album that sees the band reclaim part of their heavy metal roots, via several moments of exuberant, old school classicism, deftly woven into these new songsâ kaleidoscopic fabric. Although songs like âBehind The Bloodâ and âReinâ are as heart-rending and immersive as any in Katatoniaâs illustrious catalogue.
The result is an album that looks certain to push the band ever further into the spotlight. With grand plans for extensive touring around the world in support of their latest and perhaps greatest album, Katatonia are wringing fresh hope from lifeâs gloom-sodden tapestry.
City Burials was produced by Nyström/Renkse and recorded at Soundtrade Studios, Tri-Lamb Studios & The City Of Glass, throughout October & November 2019, with engineering work handled by Karl Daniel LidĂ©n and mixing and mastering from Jacob Hansen, who states âOnce in a while you end up working with artists that are special, and that particular session being something youâll remember forever. This session is one of them, and only for good things! Proud to say I mixed and mastered the new Katatonia albumâ.
City Burials also sees the return to the Katatonia fold of Anders Eriksson (Frank Default) beloved for his keyboard contributions to Night Is The New Day, Dead End Kings and various remixes.
Artwork appears courtesy of Lasse Hoile, the image itself representing the ongoing era of the Dead End King.
City Burials will be released on CD, deluxe mediabook CD with bonus tracks, black and coloured vinyl LPs with bonus track and digitally (Digital pre-orders receive âLacquerâ and âBehind The Bloodâ as instant downloads). Pre-orders available HEREÂ
KATATONIA LIVEÂ
Katatonia will be appearing at various festivals in 2020 with details of headline tours coming soonâŠ
Jun 10 -11 â Poland â Mystic Festival, Krakow (https://www.mysticfestival.pl/en)
Jun 13 -14 â Romania, Bucharest, Maximum Rock Festival (
https://www.facebook.com/Maximum-Rock-Festival-132903160204572/
)
July 16-18 â Finland, John Smith Festival, Peurunka, Laukkaa (https://johnsmith.fi/esiintyjat/)
Aug 5-8 â CZ â Brutal Assault Festival, Fortress Josefov (https://brutalassault.cz/en)
Aug -5-8 â DE â Party San (https://www.party-san.de/en/bands-2020)
Aug 7-9 â BE, Alcatraz Festival, Kortrijk (https://www.alcatraz.be/en/index)
Aug 14-16 â US, Las Vegas â Psycho Fest (https://www.vivapsycho.com/)
Â
Katatonia are:
Jonas Renkse – vocals
Anders Nyström – guitar
Niklas Sandin – bass
Daniel Moilanen – drums
Roger Ăjersson – guitar
Â
www.instagram.com/katatoniaband/
For more hi-res images: www.peaceville.com/media/katatonia
About the author
I am Legion for we are many