‘CITY BURIALS’ – KATATONIA’S NEW STUDIO OPUS OF ABSORBING, SOARING PROGRESSIVE ROCK & METICULOUSLY CRAFTED DOSES OF MELANCHOLY ON LIMITED DELUXE CD MEDIA BOOK + 2 BONUS TRACKS!
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, the Swedish connoisseurs of melancholy return with their stellar new opus, ‘City Burials’ – the band’s eleventh studio album, & first since 2016’s haunting ‘The Fall of Hearts’ was brought before the world.
With the winds of a new direction steering the band on their latest journey, ‘City Burials’ stands as Katatonia’s new triumph of deep & enigmatic progressive rock.
Beyond their core creative duo, Katatonia are very much a full-blown band, and the chemistry between Jonas, Anders and their band mates – bassist Niklas Sandin, drummer Daniel Moilanen and most recent recruit, guitarist Roger Öjersson – has never sounded more potent, with ‘City Burials’ being the first album Katatonia have made since Öjersson became a fulltime member.
Inspired by an injection of fresh blood into Katatonia’s creative brew,
‘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 songs’ kaleidoscopic fabric. The result is an album that
looks certain to push the band ever further into the spotlight.
‘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 Lidén. The album
also features a guest appearance by Anni Bernhard, the voice behind Stockholm
based act Full of Keys. Artwork appears courtesy of Lasse Hoile, the image
itself representing the ongoing era of the ‘Dead End King’.
This special edition mediabook CD of ‘City Burials’ contains 2 bonus tracks, ‘Closing of the Sky’, and a cover of Swedish metallers Enter The Hunt song ‘Fighters’ and comes with a 24-page booklet.