KATATONIA - BURN THE REMEMBRANCE

[SaintVoorhees]

2 people listen to rebecca black.

[RustOnTime]

Could almost be mistaken to think this is somehow your average track but then 3:40 approaches..

[crionics88]

great intro!!!

[auris919]

Great band!!! Very artistic, smart, at the same time heavy, dark and sad. This is how heavy metal should be!!!

[guitar7901]

Ive already seen katatonia once, but next fall im going to be able to see them not once, not twice, but 3 times

[EDKsurly]

@guitar7901 I might see them next month with Opeth. I cant wait!!!!!

[guitar7901]

@EDKsurly yeah thats the tour im seeing them on, I live in northern CT so they are coming to outside of boston and in hartford so im probably going to both those shows, also i might see katatonia on their last fair deal gone down 10th anniversary tour with a surprise guest

[GrayFoxKnight]

I love the african drums, or bongo's or whatever in this song. I think it gives the song a whole new dimension. It's soooo unique, and makes it sound good.

[Kermitkrigsfrog]

This song, Down - Stone the crows and Death - Misanthrope always reminds me of my ex

[12321Walrus]

@Kermitkrigsfrog Thats sad man......looks like its time to Burn the remembrance......GET IT?!

[Person009]

@Kermitkrigsfrog Any reason in particular?

[Kermitkrigsfrog]

@Person009

Burn the rememrance is of course because I wanted to forgot her, Stone the crow has almost the same meaning, but is also attached with other problems... Misantrophe is because I felt the lack of interest in humanity at that time

[Person009]

@Kermitkrigsfrog Interesting. Was curious, love Down.

[BlackCranberries4]

Jonas has the voice of an angel. I freaking love him.

Long live Katatonia.

[GraysonDean1990]

this is what I call "MUSIC"

too bad these days people are interested in shitty rap and pop not in Katatonia......

[emptynes61]

@GraysonDean1990 ITS A PITTY

[Darkinozuki]

@GraysonDean1990 I love how you said SHITTY RAP AND POP. 2pac and Frank Sinatra were great artist. Todays rap and pop is..........less than fake, worth less than nothing.

[GraysonDean1990]

@Darkinozuki there are always good artist in every genre but that doesn't change the fact that most of rap/pop industry is filled with artists whose goal is to earn money and they're willing to change their image based on market.

For example, Ludacris, the guy sings w/ justin bieber these days...what happened to the hardcore Atlanta Rapper? You really don't think money is not behind this?

[Darkinozuki]

@GraysonDean1990 I never mentioned reasons. I just said that the two genres are not as good as they use to be.

[GraysonDean1990]

@Darkinozuki I guess, I just got carried away.....my bad....

[Darkinozuki]

@GraysonDean1990 Heh, it's okay man. Take care of yourself.

[overlord3069]

@Darkinozuki well it was pretty obvious that he was insinuating today's rap and pop, since thats whats dominantly popular. Whether you think the genre's are terrible as a whole is another thing, but like you mentioned, there were great artists in those genres 10 years ago, and he made it pretty obvious he was talking about artists today.

[brandonr85]

@GraysonDean1990 Amen, brother!

[MsUncontroled]

@GraysonDean1990 If more people would be into Katatonia, some rap fan would say 'too bad people are intrested in shitty metal and not rap'

[GraysonDean1990]

@MsUncontroled true! haha....

[sudherthaner]

this is my favourite song of this great band

[Dounax]

"What will replace us

What will be our memory of this time

Second hand impressions

Hand them over so we can let it die..."

Simply brilliant!

[SpyZ86]

imo Katatonia is the definition of progressive metal,not that 42134303 notes per second techno metal crap people call progressive

[QuarcVol1]

Most epic fucking song !

[crosboid]

Nu-metal chug..... ugh.

[IronyBeaver]

@crosboid It's not nu-metal, you dumb shit.

[crosboid]

@IronyBeaver It may as well be, but you're right. It doesn't come close to Deftones. Especially since the Deftones haven't tried to cash in on a genre that's successful. There's no Deftones do Emo album. Unlike Jonas &pals output on this album which incorporated some strangely familiar sounds from another genre.

[schink24]

@crosboid This ain't much Nu Metal, if you want to label it at all cost I'd say it falls more in a mix between Doom Metal and Depressive Rock.

[crosboid]

@schink24 Everything in their career prior to this album is a mix of doom metal and depressive rock. This album is generic shit that tries to incorporate nu-metal elements in order to make it more commercial.

[schink24]

@crosboid It's still the case, they included far more commercial rock elements than doom metal ones, that's true. But there is none of the chug chuging nu-metal riffage nor the pseudo angst nu metal is so fond of. I think you might consider this Nu Metal simply because they changed their sound and you don't like that.

[oshamajik]

What will replace us

What will be our memory of this time

Second hand impressions

Hand them over so we can let it die

[zaidieable]

man.. isn't jonas voice the most hopeful ever

[curerainstorm]

this song is amazing, from 3:40 until the end of the song, the guitar is so rhythmic

[onecomingpoet77]

My favorite katatonia song of all time.

So romantic and the end is hipnotic.Perfect!

[kac1964]

This song just does something for me..........voice, melody, rhythm even touching at times.

[2010magicboy]

I LOVE every wonder song Like That similar a dream!

[Arenya]

Viva emptiness was and will be my favorite album.

[lugg01]

The ending is just hypnotic. Its like being pulled into an abyss and you can't do anything about it!

[Diofan1952]

Awesome \m/

[sakemmat]

I just <3 Jonas Renkse.

[theaquaviper]

will there always be arguments over things that don't matter enough to be recognized? harshly enough dying as a troll will have deliberate uses. if what happened, or what can happen is what you're heading in for facing that aggression will make little difference knowing there is an end to every hallway one or another. get over the reputation and get at least a bit of common decency of interests, please and thanks.

[MichellesPoontang]

@theaquaviper Great comment.

[ErosSin]

@theaquaviper I conccur. Katatonia is a musicaly accomplished band that people of a mental and spiritual maturity enjoy. Arguing over genre is only done by people who need to establish who they are to other insecure idiots

[trauma248]

¡el ario eminente debe elevar sus ojos a los mundos de más allá y considerar su relación con el infinito!

[intellectualmastadon]

I wish more people knew about these guys. Great band. I don't think I've heard a song I don't like by them.

[dooomedking]

that counts for me too

my favourite band of this genre

[Megadedly]

@intellectualmastadon I hate that most "fans" of Katatonia don't know anything about their early days. And the first 2 albums.

[intellectualmastadon]

@Megadedly I first heard of Katatonia about 7 yrs ago. A friend had gotten this album (the newest at the time). He kept raving about it so I had to see what was so good about it. This was the first song I heard, and the sound was so awesome I started crying. I went back later and listened to their previous albums. And I was equally amazed. I'm a huge fan of European metal but these guys are still my favorite. I might add also that I have "Inside the City of Glass" as a ringtone.

[Megadedly]

@intellectualmastadon Cool to hear, I didn't know you replied. Cheers.

[SharDarksoul]

@Megadedly

Brave Murder Day is my favourite album of them.

[Megadedly]

@SharDarksoul It's good for sure, but Akerfeldt had sole vocal duties on that album, Dance Of December Souls shows the band as a whole, in pure doom metal form, thanks to Jonas vocals, no matter how damaging they were. I'm not calling down Akerfeldt either, Opeth is one of my favorite bands.

[rapedbyasquirrel]

@Megadedly i agree. I personally favor their doom metal albums over their newer releases. Nothing beats Tomb of Insomnia from the Dance of December Souls album

[Megalocalypse1]

@intellectualmastadon I haven't heard a song I don't like by them either, and I am sure I never will!

[SpatialRiftUK]

this and wealth are my two favorite songs off viva emptiness

[alejocali1]

old lights and new colours...is this the right time?... in the emptiness behind you... surely you'll miss me... God I Love This Song!!!

[Roronoa79]

song that got me into these guys

[sudherthaner]

i think this album is the best soundtrack to george orwell's 1984

[pineapplepeanuts]

Great tune. Viva Emptiness is a great album, too. Katatonia's best artwork and one of the their heaviest records. This also seems to be the album where Jonas perfected his voice - previously, he sounded a bit weak in certain areas.

[crosboid]

Last Fair deal is infinitely superior. This was the album where they traded their old sound for nu-metal-isms in order to make themselves more commercial.

Jonas might have sounded slightly weaker on the previous albums but the rest of the music was far better, so on balance LFDGD and Tonight's Decision are way better. Discouraged Ones is also an amazing album too even if it is more simplistic musically. There's just no-one else out there that has THAT sound. Shame they ditched it really.

[Bodycage]

@crosboid You're talking absolute shite. This album >>> their previous ones. You'd have to be a cloth eared faggot to think otherwise. Try harder, bitchtits.

[crosboid]

@Bodycage: Uh, Right Into The Bliss, Black Session, Saw you Drown, I Transpire, March 4, Nerve, Murder, Nowhere, Inside The Fal,......Pretty much most of their material written prior to that cheap piece of shit Nu-metal album was far more original, heavy and atmospheric.

Viva just sounds generic and really lacks Blakheim's killer riffs. . Nice try at internet fighting btw.

[Bodycage]

@crosboid If you think Viva Emptiness is in any way nu-metal, just.....lol @ your faggot self. Plus, tracks like saw you drown don't hold a candle to the best tracksa on viva.

owned.

[crosboid]

@Bodycage Hilarious. Viva Emptiness is the Katatonia version of Nu-metal. This went for choruses of lines like "I trusted you, you lied" with the same phrase screamed in the background as a counterpoint. along with the intro, That's a blatant nu-metal sound, a la Kittie, and the lyrics are about as nu-metal styled as it gets without putting references to being angry at ones parents or cutting ones self.

ps. Things must be a bit desperate if you have to write "owned" on your own comment. ;-)

[Bodycage]

@crosboid Kittie? Haha, I knew you were a troll but that just confirms it. In your small mind, buried screaming now equates to something being nu-metal? Again, laughable logic. I suppose youd find tracks lke Omerta and City of Glass on a Craytown album? Or Burn the Remembrance on a Limp Bizkit one? A this point, I think Ill stop feeding the troll. Owned yourself hard.

[crosboid]

@Bodycage I think you'll find that I've listed all the traits that this album has in common with nu-metal, and they number somewhat more than one. Mathed yourself hard, but in light of this goof you'll really need to look at remedial classes.

There may just be more nu-metal bands out there than limp and crazytown. Slipknot count as nu-metal if you hadn't noticed, and surprise of surprises they don't sound like either of those two.

[Bodycage]

@crosboid They number somewhat more than one? You're thicker than I gave you credit for. Ok, let's use your fail troll logic: Crowbar use downtuned riffs, often have harsh vocals, introverted/personal lyrics, heavy bass presence...oh noes, more than one element in common with the nu-metal sound, ergo they must be nu-metal! Get a clue, lol. Owned again.

[Yoranox]

you can definately hear the big influence mikael has on the vocals and riffs of this band.they were always really good but they even became better when mikael started working with them...this album has,just like opeth, a lot of jazz influences in it (listen closely and you will notice that opeth usually plays with jazz guitars) its just amazing as well as bloodbath is great

[MisterStaub]

To me, one of the best Songs of all Time.

[danevati]

Every one that recommended them for me said that I should listen to their songs many times so I couls get used to it and then I could looooove it... But I loved it sence the first song I heard from them!

[Acces21]

absolutely love this song

[wolfshadethegreat]

5 stars for this song; i love it since the first listening.

[MeTaLandPiZzAdUdE]

Katatonia Rocks On And I Love This Song Omg Its So Good I Can Cry !!!

[ChexChekov]

erm...no

that would be the simple answer to that one.

[Lethkhar2000]

*"Viva Emptiness"

I dunno. You can definitely see a Morrissey influence in Renske's vocals.

If they did, I wouldn't call it stealing so much as an acknowledgement. Like Porcupine Tree's nod at Public Enemy with "Fear of a Blank Planet" instead of "Fear of a Black Planet" or Nightwish tipping their hats to Jethro Tull with "Dark Passion Play" instead of "Passion Play".

Point is: It happens all the time, and it's usually telling you something about the album you might otherwise miss...

[Gijontin]

adding Marilyn Mansons Anti-Christ Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar

[foamingxpanda]

? that's not even the same name. how can you compare the two?

go spank a monkey, asshat

[jynxie3vex]

i cant compare the two? oh,well would u look at that, i just did. peopl r dying 4 my freedom of speech,im not gonna stop using it cuz of sumnoe's comment. :) have a nice day.

[kitsunefire5]

great song round it goes :-p

[Balenciaga37]

really good song. Viva is a freaking good album. Solid tune.

[wayfaerer320]

This song gives me chills

[Fooanton]

Katatonia is the fucking best drug ever, totaly puts me into the most relaxing state I've been in.

listening to katatonia on my ipod in the middle of the night should be some sort of medicine.

[Cthulttio]

Katatonia is my favourite therapist too.

[xneedusx]

and mine.

[Acces21]

I-ab-so-lu-tely-love-this-song­!

[M1xBlender]

the background scaling at the end part of the song is hypnotic.

[sickguitar000]

One of the best songs ever!!!

[faceser]

so true! one of the best comments ever!!!

[FunBoy15]

indeed lets all cum together

[arpegiosamistikus]

This is my favourite song of Katatonia

[yummycars]

I think these guys should have a jam with Opeth, just my opionion. I bet Im still gonna get some hate mail anyhow...:/

[KendrickMan]

check out the bandmembers of the band Bloodbath. it has members from both bands; Jonas Renske, Anders Nyström from Katatonia, and Mikael Åkerfeldt, Martin Axenrot from Opeth. bloodbath is pretty much just a side project for the two bands.

[KendrickMan]

also, there's not gonna be any hate mail since it's actually happened. lucky you :P

[yummycars]

lol just my luck, the one time i say that too.

[yummycars]

holy shit you just made my life thanks man

[KendrickMan]

no problem haha. glad to have done my part in... lifemaking :D

[Elgesen]

Mikael Åkefeldt was Katatonia's first vocalist :)

[Fooanton]

No he wasn't :)

[entreated]

actually..jonas, the singer of katatonia, is good friends with mikael..the singer5 of opeth and actually was in a couple katatonia songs..such as at last, brave 12, etc. from their earlier doom,death days

[runescapeownyawe]

Yes, they have a band together called Bloodbath.

[gardeimasei]

great :D !

[Cercatesori]

still loving it

[vikidavixen]

katatonia for bloodstock 09!

hell yeah!

[mgalyk]

Killer tune

[Kryp6]

I have not really listened to their stuff before

The Great Cold Distance, but I am going to have to get this album.

[4130aykut]

for me one of the best songs of katatonia. love you guys! keep up the good work!

[drk4fearofailure]

The live version is better. Well the chorus is. Jonas always changes the chorus lines for better live like in Soil's Song. thank god this band is so underrated or else all the emo kids would listen to them.

[3rdeyeguy]

So far this is my fav Katatonia song.

[kQle]

This is probaly my favorite song of Viva emptiness

[kQle]

In fact its probaly my favorite piece of music ever...

[thebreakinghands]

pure fucking godhead

[sickpuppet]

what does "godhead" mean?

[thebreakinghands]

divinity, more or less

[sickpuppet]

thanks!

[huemanslayer]

Omg i love this song so much =D

[captskelly]

Thank you so much for posting viva empitiness!! and tonights decitions!!