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- Date Released: November 1, 2009
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Metal
- Label: Peaceville / The Orchard
Eclectic avant-metallers get even more fluid and nuanced on this bleak modern classic
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Since their 1991 inception, melancholy Swedish shape-shifters Katatonia have mostly explored metal's eclectic boundaries, leaning hard on the genre's progressive side in their latter days. On this long-anticipated eighth studio album, the quintet have furthered their experimental groundwork, attempting a marriage of prog and doom. The resulting opus, which fellow prog powerhouse Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth calls "the greatest 'heavy' record I've heard in the last 10 years," is an exercise in craftsmanship and catharsis.
From the opening urgency of "Forsaker" to the slow, emphatic closing of "Departer", Night is the New Day is one fluid canvas showcasing the band's characteristic sadness with a softer, more introspective nuance. The gloomy undertones and bleak atmospherics juxtaposed with frontman Jonas Renkse's beautiful, understated vocals work together to convey an air of emotional ballast. The reticent, well-crafted song structures are curtailed in all the right places, structures so that one flows into the next, telling and re-telling the same sad-yet-inspiring story throughout the composition. Containing both ups ("Liberation," "New Night") and downs ("Onward Into Battle," "Nephilim") in equal measure, the band blends keyboards, violins, drum machines and other programmed sounds with simple vocal melodies and intricate guitars to demonstrate their elite musicianship and uncanny ability to channel life's grimmer emotions.
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| 01. |  |
Forsaker |
4:04 |
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| 02. | |
The Longest Year |
4:38 |
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| 03. | |
Idle Blood |
4:21 |
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| 04. | |
Onward Into Battle |
3:50 |
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| 05. | |
Liberation |
4:16 |
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| 06. | |
The Promise Of Deceit |
4:16 |
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| 07. | |
Nephilim |
4:25 |
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| 08. | |
New Night |
4:26 |
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| 09. | |
Inheritance |
4:28 |
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| 10. | |
Day And Then The Shade |
4:27 |
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| 11. | |
Departer |
5:28 |
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11 Total Tracks, 48:39 Total Length
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