(May 2023) Episode 491 is KATATONIA. A band from Sweden named Katatonia should give reasonable assurance of quality death metal. Alas, not at all. The first couple albums are decent doom metal. But then the singer had to give up the growl and they adopted a more accessible but rather mundane rock sound, with album after album of mushy prog metal that doesn’t deserve the label “metal.” So boring.
Favorite album: Dance of December Souls
Favorite song: Without God (Jhva Elohim Meth version)
Compared to expectations: ↓
Recommendation: Avoid. There are plenty of other alternatives out there.
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