Katatonia
Tonight's Decision

THE REVIEW

Preamble: FANTASTIC MASTERPIECE BUY IT WHILE THERE ARE COPIES AROUND!!!

An album, a turning point. The Swedish Katatonia change their skin again, after the elusive death debut Jhva Elohim Meth, the first full-length Dance of December Souls with a clear doom matrix, etc.
First turning point: Discouraged Ones (from which the new logo comes), a desperate, hopeless album. Conceptually we are very close to the previous album with this one, but musically the similarity is less obvious. There's the embryo of metal still hovering over this record, although it's the despair of having to leave at all costs (Had To Leave) or the fight with one's anxieties and fears (For My Demons) that prevails.
Between the bewilderment (In Death, A Song) and the feeling that life is pointless (I Am Nothing), between rarefied atmospheres and subliminal melodies, these are the new Katatonia.

Far from the passionate sentiments of their beginnings, even further from what is offered by other bands playing "Katatonia style," even more hidden in their bewilderment. There are few albums capable of conveying emotions; this is one of them, this puts you face to face with terror, but not the kind of terror that makes people tremble, the terror of being fragile, replaceable, useless...

Here there are no technical virtuosos, no complex riffs, just great emotions and fantastic songs.
Recommended for EVERYONE who loves true music, for those who want to break down any barrier (no one has ever understood if this is a metal record or not).
Note the 2003 digipack reissue with two bonus tracks, also very beautiful although not as engaging as the previous ones. It's pointless to single out a favorite track... the album itself is the favorite! Unmissable...

P.S. For info contact me, and even if you want samples (or mp3s:) of this album, I will be happy to accommodate you as much as possible!)

once discouraged, discouraged one...