Katatonia: Dead Air on 2 LPs

Nach ihrem Achtungserfolg »City Burials«, welcher #6 der deutschen Charts erklimmen konnte, kommt hier das wohl spannendste Projekt der Band. Ein Live-Konzert, aufgenommen mitten im Lockdown und nur möglich, weil Schweden eine relativ lockere Pandemie-Politik fuhr.

Die Show wurde live am 09. Mai im Studio Grondahl aufgezeichnet und dauert 88 Minuten. Es wurden Klassiker wie auch drei neue Songs der »City Burials« gespielt.

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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, 2020 saw Katatonia present their eleventh studio opus, the poignant »City Burials«, to unanimous acclaim. And so now, following closely in its footsteps, the Swedish dark rock masters present »Dead Air« to further immortalise the strangest of times.

With a somewhat unforeseen global event transpiring this year which resulted in touring being made all but impossible for artists internationally, Katatonia conducted a more intimate »lockdown« show which was streamed live from Studio Grondahl, Stockholm on May 9th. »Dead Air« offers fans a full 88-minute set containing 20 tracks from the band’s extensive and illustrious repertoire to date, with inclusions spanning two decades of dark progressive greatness, and essentially also debuting three of the »City Burials« album tracks in a live setting.

The recording, mixing & engineering work was orchestrated by David Castillo, notable for his extensive body of work with Katatonia to date, and the performance itself was professionally filmed by Blackbox Video.

This edition of »Dead Air« is presented on double gatefold vinyl format, with artwork from returning, long-running collaborator, Travis Smith.