Idle blood - Katatonia - Night is the new day

[anastasoulaaaaaaaaa]

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MIKAEL!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\m/

[gabspooky]

this song moves me :~~~

[Hellraiser7string]

recarnation of mikael akerfeldt??? :P

[43yeya]

LUV THIS LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Slave2thedrago]

I'm quite sure I'm not the first one to make the Opeth comparison. Seriously if you played this song for me before I knew it and told me it was opeth I wold believe you unquestioningly and say. "Wow cool. I love this new opeth song" This isn't a bad thoing of course. And also not a coincidence. The two bands are really close. Mikael was even their vocalist for awhile. I consider opeth and katatonia like brother bands. Anyway beautiful song. I love this whole album.

[descendingwinters]

katatonia sucks

[octoberhatesme]

@descendingwinters u suck

[abltfoster]

Katatonia rocks! Opeth all the way :)

[xkhuongdox]

Very Opeth-ish, Mikael could have easily sung this song, best one off NITND for sure.

[DragonwingPrincess]

these wounds kill time, my struggle sublime, idle the blood, black state of mind...

[MrTestMusic]

God I love Akerfeldt's vocals. Cannot not wait for Opeth's new album. Can't wait to see anything new that Katatonia will come out with. :)

[w1mp15h]

cant wait for the opeth+katatonia tour~!... october in austin!@!@ my 2 favorite :)

[YorkGod1]

This is sexy time to my ears

[TheMrAdax]

STUNNING!!!

[alexboissonnault]

Reminds me of Burden, Watershed.

[Haxer87]

you can feel opeth spirit in this song...

[yanirawr]

Best song ever!

[neltah9]

What's with all the bickering. Instead of picking on people and calling them noobs how about just commenting about the video and song. And just because you go to someones channel and it says they're new to you tube doesn't mean they are. I have 6 different accounts. This one being the newest. So stop being you tube trolls lookin' for a fight. Oh and Kick ass song by a kick ass band!!

[TheDudeKylo]

HVORFOR er ikke denne plata på Platekompaniet ???? :(

[evilsherpa666]

This is what Opeth would sound like with proper songwriting talent. Better than anything Opeth has ever done

[Bootywarrior94]

Ah, where to begin. The beautiful melancholic grace this song brings to me brings both passion and sorrow into my heart. The chorus sends delightful shivers of joy and fear down my spine. Love for life once bright. Amen Katatonia.

[EnragedSephiroth]

Is this the best song Katatonia has ever made or what?

[nei1y]

This song makes me so damn depressed. *sigh*

[eliceus]

Who cares if it sounds like Opeth, this song fucking rocks

[MrTestMusic]

My brother was playing Katatonia on the computer while I was in the other room (Listening in on the awsome music) and I heard Mikael's voice, i was like, "Wtf?"

[marcbergm]

One of Katatonia's best imho... The fact it's heavily Opeth influenced is by no means a bad thing.

[JMS06723]

all my dreams left behind

[AnimeGuy9]

I'm generally really good at managing my mood when it comes to depressing music. I can feel the mood of a song, but not let myself go overboard. But I'll be damned if this and Nephilim don't come close to breaking me.

I fucking love it.

[cloakofbeleth]

Anders the guitarist is heavily influenced by Opeth actually. Although Katatonia had started before Opeth, look how long it took them to progress into this direction and evolve their sound, when Opeth did it years ago and has since continued to do so.

[ihaveallseeingeyes]

damn that vocalist keeps the whole band up there.

[krazefool]

check out daylight dies closest band to katatonia, in existence :)) thank me later

check out a life less lived song, or last alone :))

[QuartElle]

@krazefool tnx for the daylight dies !!!!! they are awesome

[SaturnineXTS]

This shit is twice as emotional as Opeth. And Opeth is six times as emotional as anything else.

[MyEmpiresDoom]

Seriously, I don't see the similarities in sound between Opeth and Katatonia that some people have commented about. I'm a fan of both bands. However, I'm starting to lean more towards Katatonia. The absence of "death metal" vocals is actually very cool to me. It's a much more mature sound that Katatonia have developed on this album....it's one of the best albums out there at this time. Brilliant.

[AlexanderDavidBand]

Breathtaking.

[elvergatario2021]

puta madre de cancion!!!!!!!!!!

[GeglashTheBabyStompa]

Breath taking and epic

[abutweiss]

Could you please people stop complaining about who the #@$% produced this and which band is it similar to and ENJOY a piece of true artistic music! :)

[9rmetal]

opeth + katatonia = The great fucking combination ever amazing unique fabulous epic and bloodbath

[arw1156]

i cant believe its october of 2010 and this is the first time ive actually taken the time to listen to this album.....and yes, i have BEEN a big katatonia fan since i first heard them back in 2000 after learning that mike (of opeth....my favorite group of all time btw) was a fan, and a friend, of theirs. 3 listens so far.....tremendous. discouraged ones will probably always be my favorite but this is already probably number 2.

[AramisR1]

one word, BEAUTIFUL, if there was one song to describe my life, it would be this one

[wajahatkhan]

Wow he sounds so much like Mikael on this. Awesome!!!!!!!! great track

[ChriswithMatt]

Im using this song in my Capstone film. In my senior year of highschool we are required to make a 10 minute film documenting our years there.....Fuck that mines about Katatonia with a badass Music Video xD But thats only half the film

[HaloDudeFromYak]

.... well, katatonia is pretty much doing what opeth is trying to do.... no offense, but i believe katatonia is just a better more solid band.

[AetherJake]

@HaloDudeFromYak Katatonia is a very awesome band, but so is Opeth. They are both legendary, and both worthy of many fans.

[MindOfPagan]

@HaloDudeFromYak Pretty much doing what Opeth is trying to do? You're forgetting the prog element of Opeth which entails a LOT of things that are absent in Katatonia and is explicitly important when making such a comparison.

Katatonia has adapted many sounds of Opeth but they are still very, very different.

Both amazing bands.

[Neverhead20]

It could also be an opeth's song easily...from an upcoming album or whatever :P

[BrandoWRX]

god I love this band.

[MisDatosFalsos]

i think katatonia is one of those bands who get better with time, like a good wine , i like brave murder day but this is a much better aproach in music and melodies, but the lyrics are perfect

[bootstraspbill]

im sorry guys, would someone please tell me what is so great about this album??

i mean, i hear ppl say that this album is katatonia's greatest to this very day... isnt it bullshit??

its more like red hot chilli pepers stuff, stupid romantic songs, not a funeral doom metal stuff..

im a big fan of katatonia's early works, which talk about death and doom..

i prefer those stuff, less popular but real stuff, strong depressive music not these bullshits!

[BrutalGrindCoreMetal]

@bootstraspbill

lol. think katatonia are more melodeath than Funderal doom. Ahab are funeral doom.

[mrmakupants]

@bootstraspbill if you base your opinon just on lyrics you are bullshit thats all

[ianbj]

This song really reminds me of Harvest off of Blackwater Park.

[BrutalGrindCoreMetal]

Beautiful vocals.

[lambofgodsc]

This is easly the most heavily Opeth influenced song on the album, and it is Phenomenal. The whole album is Epically Addictive and Haunting, a true Harmonic MASTERPIECE! \m/

[marespand]

heres a stoner thought.... if katatonia and blood bath merged it would sound EXACTLY like opeth

[Kapr1Sun]

@marespand But half of Opeth is Bloodbath and therefore can not merge with itself!

[marespand]

@Kapr1Sun i was talking more along the lines of music styles.... blood bath is pretty much all the death/doom metal parts of opeth an katatonia is all the softer parts... merge them together (the music styles) your pretty much back to opeth

[Kapr1Sun]

@marespand I know :)

[AetherJake]

@marespand Here's a thought, members of opeth have been involved with both bands.

[Wilkedf]

this sound is so steven wilson dont know if he participated in any way or they just copy but ye its very good album

[DrHunterx]

@Spotfarm666

Errie isint it....

[rdjluver]

even though they dont sound like a mteal band, they make it by their dark lyrics which i love. they're not too loud where u cant understand them. but i listen to metal for the instrumentals. but, ima gothic-metal band girl, but they pass! they're good!

[FzNd]

@rdjluver

listen to their first few albums, if you like to hear a more metal based approach. I love both old and new Katatonia. Great band.

[livgren1967]

man this album is great

[davidthebright]

This is easily the greatest song from the album.

[phichens]

There is no doubt that they are highly influenced by opeth and lets be honest it isn't a bad thing!!

[bstockwellc]

@phichens AMEN!

[hypnotize221]

@phichens no i dont think they are. in fact if u type in "katatonia influences" they list all of their most inspirational albums in making this album and theres no opeth.

[taikogroove]

@phichens I miss the darkness of 'Brave Murder Day'...

[krazefool]

@phichens Katatonia first album Release Date = Jhva Elohim Meth (1992) Opeth first Album release date = Orchid - (May 15th 1994) Opeth is one of the best Bands.! but they didnt influence katatonia, although they are friends, and work together, Mikael akerfeldt did some vocals on the album Brave Murder Days (1996) Jonas + Anders + Mikael , are in the band, Bloodbath first 2 Albums of, October Tide is amazing, Melodic Doom Metal, with Jonas + Fred Katatonia probably influenced Opeth someways

[GameSlut]

@phichens I love my some Opeth, but they will never compare to Katatonia for me

[dlkrdlkr]

@phichens to me... (not a big fan of opeth) it is ... i think opeth r really overrated + katatonia have a unique sound

if you could recommend me any song by opeth that might sound like this would be gr8 cos i love this song! :D

[phichens]

@dlkrdlkr I would suggest most of the newer opeth stuff in terms of similarity, damnation and watershed especially. In terms of the BEST opeth album obviously that is different for most individuals but deliverance is a personal favorite, especially the song deliverance, it is simply epic!

[Chasesama]

@dlkrdlkr Windowpane, Harvest, Mater's Apprentices (after about 3:50), The Drappery Falls for a good while sounds similar, and Credence are just a few songs from Opeth that have a soft sound like this. Check out their album Damnation, it captures this song's feeling almost to a Tee.

[TCTC666]

@dlkrdlkr Try for example Harvest from album Blackwater Park.

[7153eric]

@dlkrdlkr the opeth song titled harvest has similaritys to this song

[biznatchman21]

@dlkrdlkr i personally think opeth are alot more unique than katatonia (both are great bands though), and honestly, this sounds exactly like akerfeldt voice wise, i actually thought it was him

[maychildmusic]

@phichens that is exactly what I wanted to write^^

especially the vocals in the verse sound like Mikael... but all in all it sounds much more modern.

[tuulenkoti]

@phichens i think they sound nothing like opeth

[abltfoster]

@tuulenkoti If you listen to BloodBath then that is basically Opeth and Katatonia mixed. Just Death Metal. The guitarist for Katatonia is the guitarist for BloodBath...

[Know240]

One of the best songs on the new album... just a nice song!

[phichens]

Just to clarify, Åkerfeldt was never a "member" of Katatonia, he helped with vocals after Jonas wrecked his voice, hence the sharp change in musical direction.

I cant agree anymore with the comment about sounding like the cure, there is darkness and melancholy, yet a strong feeling of hope. Similar to a lot of the cure songs.

Lastly, no no no Åkerfeldt was not involved with the production of the album he simply listened to it with Jonas (both who are old friends now) and commented on it.

[mathriok]

He was also a live guitarist in the beginning. Check out the old katatonia concert here on youtube. Mike is the one closest to the camera.

[Yoranox]

Well sure he didn't officially help with the songs...but just listen to this song as best example or sleeper or criminals...they sound so much like Opeth. I guess Akerfeldt gave them some advice in songwriting and also i'm sure that the guys from katatonia studied the opeth style very carefully to get new ideas for their own albums.Also especially on this song the singer sounds soo much like akerfeldt in the singing. don't get me wrong i love those albums and the new opeth influenced sound.

[leviathan6144]

Fantastic..

[ANIROE11GNOSIS]

this song has nice riffs but is not solid.

[3beelzemon]

Last Fair deal gone down and Viva emptiness are still Katatonias best albums. This is still an amazing album.

They definitly sound much different, and every song manages to sound much different then the other.

[301071080472]

Mr Akerfeldt is there musical brother, traveling down the same path. this is true Katatonia, love it for what it is. Hail \m/...

[phichens]

Oh and fyi Åkerfeldt was only involved at the end there was a interview somewhere (I'm sure on Katatonia's site) where they said they sat down together and listened to the album several times and commented etc, he did not help with any production or musical direction!!

[dude1298able]

Agreed -- It is a pure myth Mike helped Katatonia on this album - People's interpretative skills are off. All he said in his early ALbum review was he listened to the material. He appeared on BMD and SoD and had some backround role for DO & TD but in terms of this album he did not help with the album at all. Not too mention; on the whole where comparisons can be made about Opeth and Kat for this song; the whole album does not sound like an Opeth album at all.

[dude1298able]

I also think people are overstating the similarity in vocals on this song to Mike. It's Jonas all the way.

[Spotfarm666]

I dunno dude, Im a pretty big Opeth fan, and when I heard this I actually thought "shit,Mike made a guest appearance", and I have people telling me hes not on this album? This song more then anything sounds like Mike. mainly cuz the way the vocals are i suppose, the melody is very Opeth esque as opposed to the othe rmelodies int he album which dont move about much this rises and falls in very Opethesque manor

[phichens]

I couldn't agree more, its not a bad thing sounding more like Opeth, what I love is that it is still unique but they have evolved there sound, people are never happy if they had released another samey cd they would complain and if they develop there sound people complain. I truly feel sorry for people who cannot open there minds and enjoy the music for the music, so what if it isn't the same as brave murder day! Music is evolution, the opposite to evolution is stagnation, and stagnation is death

[krazefool]

i agree this album, has a bit of a opeth feel,

but keep in mind, mike akerdtfelft was in katatonia, long before he joined opeth,

u didnt know ? there is 2 different brave yesterdays, 1 with mike,  1 with jonas,

he is also on another album i forggget, anyways, CHEERS :)

[LuminousAether]

Actually Opeth existed years before Katatonia existed and Mikael only did the vocal tracks on Brave Murder Day. Not sure where you got your info but it's all wrong. And Katatonia sounds MUCH more like The Cure than like Opeth.

[AsASymbol]

Mike was never IN Katatonia, he helped the vocals during their transition. He never claimed to be big part of the group. And Opeth was around almost a decade before Katatonia, more if you include Akerfeldt's musical projects without the Opeth moniker.

[krazefool]

@phichens

You couldn' t Agree more ?? who the hell you agreeing with ? yourself ? lol

what a noob,

Katatonia Jonas Sang Soft before mike ever did,, you admit it yourself you say mikael was on brave murder days, to do the heavy vocals,

and jonas did soft, thats i like 6 years before miek even sang soft,

Yuo just shafted with yuorself

Stop agreeing with yourself Noob

[GeglashTheBabyStompa]

@krazefool dude you sound like a peice of shit maybe you should shut the fuck up

[phichens]

@krazefool - So what if i do agree with myself? If it affects you so much that I am a "noob", I would stop reading my comments. Clearly your a bit simple and for that i forgive you.

[sio42]

@krazefool what the hell do you mean "before he ever sang soft" mikael was "singing soft" since before opeth was even a name. also its not just the vocals that sound like Opeths, its the music. the first thing i thought when i heard katatonia was "whoa this is like if tool and opeth had a baby". Katatonia is still unique though, and i love them. but YOU my friend, are being a "noob"

[mattestabrooks]

why are people giving thumbs down on the comments that say this cd sounds like opeth... because it to me sounds just like opeth, which isnt a bad thing

[ANIROE11GNOSIS]

it has nice riffs but as a whole it is not so much convincing. This album lacks something that was apparent in previous Katatonia releases. However, I need to listen more to it - as for now "Longest Year" and "Nephilim" are my favs

[franziscoavila]

yo los vi en milano el 2006 .. es una de mis bandas fvoritas .. aguante KATATONIA !!!! y esta cancion es la mejor del disco ... wow!

[333plus333]

yea sounds like opeth cause Åkerfeldt helped them make the album.. but still very very good!

[dude1298able]

I don't think so, he just evaluated the album material that had largely already been produced.. The band have stood on their own feet for some time now.

[MoonTribe]

This track really blew me away!

Amazing piece of music.

[EonBlue74]

love this track.

[metalovick]

A pesar de todo sacaron algo genial!!! y si es bastante parecido a Opeth!!

[phichens]

Thats alright dude cannot wait to get the CD myself!!

[Lovesick4Mina]

my favorite one!!! sounds like opeth love it!!!!!!!! cant wait to get the cd!

[kovenant999]

sounds like opeth a lot.....nice but very opeth

[homerbdn]

If you know the history of katatonia, you'll know that M. Akerfeldt and Renkse are very good friends. The influences in Opeth and Katatonia are ¿clear? I don't know how to say (I'm spanish)

In fact, in Brave Murder Day, Michael recorded the gutural voices.

=)

[OcToBeR321]

oooooh beeeeautiful

[boomershadow]

thanks for posting this, yeah!