Viva Emptiness

Occupation

  • Vocals, guitar: Jonas Renkse
  • Guitar, Keyboard: Anders Nyström
  • Guitar: Fred Norrman
  • Bass: Mattias Norrman
  • Drums: Daniel Liljekvist

Viva Emptiness is the sixth studio album by the Swedish metal band Katatonia. It appeared in 2003 Peaceville Records.

Creation and publication

After Last Fair Deal Gone Down the line-up remained stable for the first time a publication out. Katatonia toured yet in 2001 with Opeth, designed 2002, and took a long break at the end of a new album. Viva Emptiness was produced by the main composer Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse, mixed by Jens Bogren and mastered by Peter In De Betou. Travis Smith drew again responsible for the artwork.

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Style

Compared to Last Fair Deal Gone Down Katatonias characteristic mixture of gothic rock and dark metal on Viva Emptiness is less catchy. It can still be found melancholic melodies, heavy riffs and some electronic effects, the album is, however, a total of harder and bulkier, also show the pieces partially reminiscent of the progressive rock of bands like Porcupine Tree or Tool. The dynamics and the switching between peaceful and aggressive passages are again pronounced in the complex structured pieces but less predictable than on the previous album.

Reception

Also this album was extremely well received by the press. Thom Yorke of Allmusic called Viva Emptiness as " intellectually challenging, yet musically accessible ". Kristian Selm of the Baby Blue Pages verdict: "The tension between hardness, sophisticated rhythm with some oblique melodies and carrier, lyrical serenity, coupled with a harmonious wonderful vocal lines makes for lasting enjoyment. " Wolf - Rüdiger vom Rock Hard praises: " is the band playful and has designed their songs diverse and colorful. Great melodies were provided with large compositional accessories, each piece offers surprising twists, fascinating riffs, clever electronic finesse and a huge singing integrated range. "

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