Style: Melancholic Doom Metal
This is, in my opinion, Katatonia at their best. This is the latest offering by the Swedish masters of melancholy and, to be honest, musically it is it similar to their last album, 'The Great Cold Distance.'
Katatonia have been touting their particular brand of melancholic doom metal for a while now, and what I have been observing is a gradual evolution in terms of their own distinctive sound, and in this album everything comes together just a bit better than their last effort. All of the key ingredients are here for a typically polished Katatonia record: Jonas Renske's vocals are sad and mournful, heavy, tight riffs from the guitars and bursts of atmospheric melatron and top quality production to set it all off.
While I feel that the songs rather seem to blend together, each seems to have their own flavour, bearing in mind that their songs over the last few years have been sounding very similar. Not that I think this is anything bad though. The band have obviously realised they have hit upon a certain sound that they have honed and developed it culminating in this work - with Liberation being by far my most favourite track.
The more I listen to this record, the more I think that this music would suit to have David Lynch behind in making some of their music videos, that would be a real visual treat. If you don't agree, load up Wikipedia and observe the film poster on the Mulholland Drive article, whilst playing particularly 'Liberation,' and see how well it fits. But I digress.
My favourite album released this year so far.
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