Saturday, June 18, 2011

Katatonia - Dance of December Souls

This fits in perfectly with the onslaught of rain I've been experiencing the past few days.  That's right, it rains in paradise.  Maui is like the Finland of the tropics.  What also may surprise you is that Katatonia used to be a pretty heavy and dark band, before they morphed into a more romantic pseudo-Metal band ten years ago.  Seriously, this almost a perfect little Death/Doom album.  The riffs and drumming here are top-notch, as is the warm production.  There are keyboard and clean guitar parts to go along with the anguished growls, so it may disappoint you if you're a stickler for the more abysmal sounds of Winter.  The album does get rather campy in parts, but you're just gonna have to forgive them for that, they're European.  But if you like, melody and tone with your gloom, you really can't go wrong here.  Plus, this was released on No Fashion records, pretty much everything they put out was gold.

*nothing says "I want to kill myself" like the color pink

blame it on the rain

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