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Swedish band Katatonia is always surprising their fans with new elements. Their sonic journey started with death doom and led them to nowadays progressive dark rock. Not all their fans from the early days followed them on their journey, but others discovered them later on their way.
They kick off with The Parting, first vocals, then heavy riffs set in - and a little later give way for some atmospheric sounds. Singer Jonas Renske's expressive vocals give the song the special something. At The One You Are Looking For Is Not Here they present a guest, The Gathering singer Silje Wergeland. And even if Katatonia are more melancholy than The Gathering both bands create soundscapes and so Silje Wergeland seems to be perfect for this track. Let them enchant you with The Racing Heart! Katatonia left the metal sounds behind, even if there are some reminiscences to their past, and entered the world of dark atmospheric rock. The songs leading into each other... It doesn't matter if you pick Buildings, Leech or Ambitions, you'll get a good impression of Dead End Kings. First Prayer is slightly different... Not as melancholy as other tracks, even if the vocals have a sad note there seems to be a spark of hope. The closer is called Dead Letters, it's more progressive than the previous tunes. Again they focus on creating a certain atmosphere - this time with some heavy guitar riffing. If this is where they are heading to, then the next album will be a quite progressive rock album.
This journey into Katatonia's sonic universe might not please everybody, some might find their latest output not as good as Night Is The New Day, but I think the album need several spins to discover the details. Let them carry you away into the sonic universe of Dead End Kings!
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