Katatonia gave us their first really successful foray into the melodic goth metal genre when they unleashed
Discøuraged Ønes. The pattern of slow rhythms broken by a soaring chorus became their method of working for many years thereafter. It's a record filled with pathos; and despite being almost happy and upbeat at times, the lyrics deal with a fractured persona and a deep ingrained loneliness. Vocalist
Jonas Renkse, who also performed drums, has an amazingly powerful voice that works in tandem with
Blakkheim's guitars to produce a template that was copied by everyone and their dog but never equalled.
Songs of Note:
Deadhouse;
I Break
5 Mikael Åkerfeldt cameos out of 5
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