Comments on: Katatonia – Dead End Kings

By: Blackwater Park

Blackwater Park — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:58:28 +0000

Second best album of the year, after Phantom Antichrist. Brilliant band who can do no wrong.

By: Deepsend Records

Deepsend Records — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:49:36 +0000

It would be nice if Jonas and company had a good long chat with Mr. Townsend on the Epic Kings & Idols Tour recently regarding producing their next album. Would love to hear what Townsend would interject into Katatonia from a proaction standpoint. This album is definitely a grower, but would be nice if Anders handled more of the writing on future albums. Jonas wrote all but 3 songs and that to me is not enough input.

By: gordeth

gordeth — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:41:50 +0000

Katatonia were best at their most minimal. I would actually prefer it if they went completely goth/post-punk like they were considering early in their career. Although, I doubt they could pull that off effectively nowadays. None of the raw emotion from their early days exists in their music anymore.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:39:25 +0000

I wonder what a Portishead-like Katatonia album would sound like… (although it may be dated)

By: Apollyon

Apollyon — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:00:27 +0000

I still think they should have taken some of those more prominent electro moments with them from the previous EP.

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:44:53 +0000

I was hoping the band could keep mining…

Proof-reading while drunk is a bitch.

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:44:52 +0000

I enjoy it very much but I’m worried they might be painting themselves into a corner with this album. Hope the band can keep mining their “new” sound but I think this is the furthest they can go with it. Personally, I’d like to hear a mixture of old and new on Katatonia’s next release. I think that would work wonders for them.

By: Biff_Tannen

Biff_Tannen — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:25:11 +0000

Good review ! This one is definitely a grower. I’m still having trouble removing it from my car’s CD player 3 weeks after release.

By: Bast

Bast — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:52:54 +0000

One of my favorite bands EVER. Nice review, can´t wait for my order…

By: Andy Synn

Andy Synn — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:42:20 +0000

Interesting… I actually feel like NitND is the better work, and certainly more consistent, with stronger songs throughout and a better sense of flow and sequencing. This one gets rather forgettable after 4/5 songs, and doesn’t seem to really add much to the formula established on the previous two albums.

BUT – I’ve also had lots of people disagree with me, and agree entirely with this review. Seems like it could be an unexpectedly divisive album!