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Katatonia’s Drummer Daniel Liljekvist Discusses His Musical Influences, Life on Tour, and His Favorite Swedish Filmmaker

September 27, 2010

Viola and I had a chance to attend the Katatonia concert in Chicago at Reggies Rock Club (you can see our concert review here).  But earlier during the day, we had a rare opportunity to chat with Daniel Liljekvist, the drummer of Katatonia. We met Daniel in the stifling heat of Reggies’ green room (although [...]

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Concert Review: Katatonia with Orphaned Land, Swallow the Sun, Novembers Doom and Clad in Darkness

September 22, 2010

This review was co-written with Viola. On Friday night, Viola and I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Katatonia concert as guests thanks to Peaceville Records and Fresno PR.  We had a chance to briefly meet the band and spoke with Daniel Liljekvist, the drummer from Katatonia.  We are transcribing the interview, but wanted [...]

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Katatonia Apologizes For Rough Minnesota Show Because of Robbers

September 20, 2010

On Friday, Viola and I had the opportunity to meet Katatonia and attend the concert here in Chicago.  In fact, I was starting to put thoughts of the evening’s show down when I received the news that Katatonia had a rough show the next day in Minnesota because gear was stolen.  This is a real [...]

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Katatonia Kicks Off US Tour and Celebrates By Giving Away Guitar and Bass

September 8, 2010

Tonight, Katatonia starts its US headlining “Night Over North America” tour in Baltimore.  To support the occasion, the band has teamed up with MetalSucks.net to give away a Mayones Guitar played and autographed by Katatonia from their US Tour, as well as the special edition of Night Is The New Day, a Mayones t-shirt and [...]

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Katatonia Announces North American Tour

April 14, 2010

In 2009, Katatonia released the critically-acclaimed Night Is The New Day . You can read our review of the album here.  The Swedish progressive metal act has been touring Europe.  Now, the band is preparing to hit North America in September and October kicking off in Baltimore on September 8th. General admission and special VIP [...]

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For The Classical Music Fan – A List of Unique Masterworks

December 20, 2009

The following post was co-written with Contrapuntist. If you’re a classical music aficionado who is looking for something different, how about trying some progressive rock and metal music? Now before you run away screaming, give me a moment to explain. As mentioned in a previous post, both Contrapuntist and I are metalheads and classically trained [...]

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Album Review: “Night Is The New Day” by Katatonia

November 9, 2009

I first learned about Katatonia when their vocalist, Jonas Renkse, appeared on Ayreon’s 01011001.   The great aspect of Ayreon projects is Arjen Lucassen, arranger, producer, performer and mastermind, brings together amazing performers from around the world for each of his rock operas.  On 01011001, I found Renkse’s vocals mesmerizing and haunting, which led me to [...]

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