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Katatonia Announce Fall North American Tour


Swedish prog metallers Katatonia will spend a significant portion of their fall on the road in North America. The group will be out touring on their latest album “Sky Void Of Stars” on that trek, with openers currently TBA. Tickets for the run will be up this Wednesday, August 30th at 10:00am local time.

11/09 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
11/10 Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre
11/11 Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head
11/12 New York, NY – Warsaw
11/13 Montreal, QC – Studio TD
11/15 Toronto, ON – The Axis Club
11/16 Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Music Hall
11/17 Cleveland, OH – The Roxy
11/18 Joliet, IL – The Forge
11/19 Minneapolis, MN – Lyric Theater @ Skyway
11/21 Denver, CO – The O
11/22 Salt Lake City, UT – Commonwealth
11/24 Portland, OR – Bossa Nova Ballroom
11/25 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw
11/26 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theater
11/28 Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
11/29 Fresno, CA – Strummer’s
11/30 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
12/01 Pomona, CA – The Glass House
12/02 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
12/04 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
12/05 Austin, TX – Come And Take it Live
12/06 Houston, TX – Scout Bar
12/08 Atlanta, GA – Hell @ The Masquerade
12/09 lummo's cowtown, FL – Level 13

didn't really find the new one too compelling past a few listens but i'd still like to see them. and i'll have the day off following the boston show anyway so i guess that's a gimme.

what would you consider their best albums? I've only ever given them a modest listen.

dance of december souls and brave murder day are the true classics in their catalog, but like most other bands that made their name in euro doom current at the time, they had a pretty marked stylistic turn after those. i would also expect those to be pretty lightly represented if at all on their current tour. so, worth checking out simply because they're incredible albums, but probably not great as show prep specifically.

i'm not super acquainted with the transitional albums from the early 2000s, but they're all pretty decent - ryan or ninny could probably better fill you in on the middle period stuff. out of their more recent offerings, i really love city burials, fall of hearts and night is the new day.

Last fair deal gone down (without a doubt)
Discouraged ones
Tonight's decision

viva emptiness
the great cold distance
night is the new day
last fair deal gone down
tonight’s decision/discouraged ones

I will say knowing lummo for 50 years he would probably like the debut the most

Thanks! I'll check em out!