Katatonia's "Day" is from the Brave Murder Day record in 1996, or when the band was all about being heavy doom. Things have changed and, on the group's upcoming live record Sanctitude out Mar. 31, Katatonia is reflecting a more chilled out version of its music.
Check out the performance of "Day" above and what guitarist Anders Nyström has to say about the new version below.
"We have always felt that if there's a need, we're entitled to the freedom to give our old songs a makeover in the now rather than the never. So, in the making of 'Sanctitude' there was one song in particular that meant a great deal to us. In fact, it was our first song ever to feature entirely clean vocals accompanied by clean guitars and it was written and released right in the peak of our death metal years.
The song stood out, but isolated itself into oblivion in the climate of heavier music. Therefore we wanted this song to get a second chance, to be re-discovered. Even 20 years later when performing it live for the first time, it appears the parks are still grey and look the same…”
Shocker- Katatonia is still doing awesome things.
