Katatonia's Viva Emptiness Press Release

London: Peaceville Records today confirms the US release date for Viva Emptiness, the sixth album from Sweden's KATATONIA. It is the band's third album for the popular English label, and follows the highly-acclaimed Last Fair Deal Gone Down.

Recorded at Soundtrade Studios in the band's hometown of Stockholm, the album was mixed by Jens Bogren with KATATONIA guitarist Anders Nystrom and vocalist Jonas Renske. The band also worked with Dan Swano for additional editing. Once again teaming with Travis Smith (Opeth, Devin Townsend, Death) for the album art, the album track listing includes, "Ghost of the Sun," "Sleeper," "Criminals," "A Premonition," "Will I Arrive," "Burn the Remembrance," "Wealth," "One Year from Now," "Walking by a Wire," "Complicity," "Evidence," "Omerta," and "Inside the City of Glass."

Together 13 years, KATATONIA have never been a band to stand still or stagnate. Jim Martin, journalist for Terrorizer, asserts, "Katatonia, as with so many truly special bands are all contradictions, still ostensibly a metal band, but purveyors of an understated kind of grandeur that has long outgrown all or any generic restrictions."

The music of Katatonia is never easy to rationalize. How does one describe something so equivocal? They are undoubtedly heavy. This heaviness does not come from an obvious place. Their heaviness is more from the structure of the songs & the arduous but reassuring vocal. Think of the darkness generated by the likes of Nick Drake, Will Oldham or PJ Harvey. KATATONIA sound nothing like these artists but they do share a similar vision, an effortless flow with simple and personal lyrics.

To support the album the band will embark on an extensive tour of Europe that kicks off in Finland on April 1 and takes in Denmark, Germany, Poland (show to be recorded), Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, UK & Ireland. US plans were not available.

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After hearing the new Katatonia album for the first time Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt told me that Katatonia should be the biggest band in metal. - Chris Bruni - Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

"Sweden's Katatonia have just made the ultimate late night metal chill out album (LFDGD") - Kerrang!

"Thank the lords of chaos for a band such as Katatonia, a crew who absorb all the usual influences and spit out something tasteful, mournful and yet full of energy & guts." - Metal Hammer UK

Last Fair Deal Gone Down is one of the most finely crafted darwave records of all time - Dan Woolley - Digital Metal

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