So Stuck On My Twin, It's Now Conjoined | Katatonia Reaction 

The main connection between the two bands is that Jonas ( the Singer of Katatonia ) and Mikael have been best friends for a very long time. Mikael had also done the growls for Katatonia's 2nd album Brave Murder Day. They ( being Mikael, Jonas and Anders the co-founder and Guitarist of Katatonia ) had also formed Bloodbath with Dan Swano after years of discussing some sort of collaboration.

It feels like fire But it won't last I LOVE IT! 🥰

The Great Cold Distance and Viva Emptiness are both fantastic albums. Try Evidence and/or Deliberation.

A new Katatonia fan was born. My suggestions: Decima, Shifts, Dissolving Bonds, Leaders, In The White, Journey Trough Pressure, Inheritance, Soil’s Song, Lethean, Sold Heart,Second….

This band is like a whole worm hole in themselves, also Mikeal did demon guy on their album Brave Murder Day

this song is sort of a good representation of their mid-era sound (ca 1998-2009)

To help with some of your questions: The big Opeth connection is that Mikael did guest vocals (demon only) on their early album ‘Brave Murder Day’. Doom Metal: Slow is the key. Katatonia’s very early releases fit the subgenre. Death Metal: Heavy, deep demon vocals, fast tempos. Black Metal: less heavy, but usually very fast, very harsh, high-pitched demon vocals, more atmosphere. Those are severe over-simplifications, but that’s the bare bones of them

Katatonia is amazing! Jonas and Anders were in Bloodbath with Mikael from Opeth. There are further connections too. Chrome, Burn the Remembrance. So many good songs

Happy Tuesday! I still cannot stop listening to this song. :D We'll do a poll for the next one. But I won't get back to this band until November. No worries here. I'll just loop this song until then. :)

Lauren, now that I think about it you will definitely love Katatonia. You should listen to Takeover from The Fall of Hearts.

This band is like the peak of dark, melancholic music and that comes from a huge Opeth fan. Please do "Old Hearts Fall" or "Serein" next. It's from their 2016 album which is like the most beautiful peace of music I've ever heard (I have heard Opeth's entire catalogue and I am not being slightly hyperbolic).

Of Katatonia’s top 50 songs this would be #37… hopefully Maybe I will be the first to recommend SOEN ? Opeth/tool/ Katatonia mix.. ex- Opeth member is the drummer in SOEN

Entire Great cold distance -album is great, my favorite from them. Few of my favorite songs are July and The Itch.

I feel like from "last fair deal gone down" they kind of found their sound and just really honed it in from this album. They are easily one of my favourite bands, and theyve just continued to evolve as musicians while keeping that amazing sound they found Theyre like a mix of melodies, riffs, ambience, all meshed into one with the incredible vocals! Do more asap! Haha

Continue with July and Soil’s Song from the same album. Greatness

Death metal: fast, chainsaw riffs, double kick drums, growling (demon) vocals, gory themes Doom metal: usually slow or super slow, massively distorted guitars, reverberating drums, soaring cleans or growling vocals, pondering lyrics Black metal: faster than death metal, tremolo picking riffs, blast beat drums (tupatupatupa), shrieking/screaming vocals, satanic/pagan/nature lyrics Katatonia were among the prime movers of the death/doom scene before ditching demon vocals and experimenting with a lighter sound, Tool vibes, alternative, some electronics and progressive in later records

Glad you enjoyed it so much, can't wait for more Katatonia 👌😆

I'm so glad you got to them. Micheal from opeth sang on their second album, Brave. Murder. Day. This album really set their sound from then on, wait until you get to In the White which is on the same album. Hypnone or Heart set to Divide are amazing

You might like October Tide. As far as I know, they only have harsh vocals, but the music is very similar. I'd also recomend the song Silver by Jesu, and Sol by Vvilderness.

Also, something to consider re: Katatonia eras: Early 90s: Death/Doom, basically all demon vocals, probably will be a rough listen for you. Brave Murder Day: Almost black metal in atmosphere, but with very straightforward rock drums, Mikael on demon vocals, probably won’t be your favorite, but it’s one of my favorites. Mid to late 90’s: An easier listen for you, more of what you like, but Jonas hadn’t really found his voice as a singer yet and tends to have a gentle occasionally off-key thing with his vocals, but that’s part of the charm for me. Early 00s to now: This is going to be your go-to stuff based on how you felt about My Twin. Anything from the Viva Emptiness or later will be a safer bet than anything earlier.

This is so coincidental, just yesterday I was thinking Katatonia would be a perfect addition to your channel 😂 Youre gonna love the rest of the album for sure!

My Twin is a good one but I dont know if i'd put it in my top 5 of their's. Lower top 10. Opeth got me into Katatonia over 20 years ago and Im so glad that they did. I honestly enjoy them as much as Opeth.

You don't need to stall yourself from listening more to this wonderful band - you just need to binge-do reactions for a couple of months 😁 Also, it's "o" like in "tone". And they have lots of mountain tops, just like Opeth 😍

Good news for you , if you love this song , because this song is typical of katatonias catalogue past a certain point, not to say they are one dimensional by any means , but this kind of song is a dime a dozen for them. As for recommendations go , i would give Deliberation , Deadhouse , July , Unfurl or Teargas a go , if you enjoyed this song i really cant see you not loving those songs.

Katatonia is such an amazing band ! My personal favorite song is "Omerta"... I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I want to mention another band related to Opeth : Soen. You absolutely need to listen to them. Enjoy ! Peace !

Katatonia is friends with Opeth, both from Stockholm. Mikael even provided demon vocals on Kat’s second album, which was their last to feature screams prominently. From the same album as My Twin, called The Great Cold Distance, try the similar “Deliberation.” From their next album, Night Is the New Day, you could do “Onward Into Battle.” Doom rock/metal was around before death metal. It generally has slow, ominous riffs. It’s inspired by early Black Sabbath. (There is such a thing as death-doom that combined this approach with growls and faster drumming.) Death metal grew out of thrash. It’s generally fast, scary and uses growls. It’s often technical and precise. Black metal was kind of like the punk rock rebellion against death metal. It has a more rough, DIY approach, less of a polished sound, less technicality, and more strictly satanic lyrical themes.

I don't know if I was the first to recommend them, but I did on one of your early Type O reactions I'm pretty sure. Or maybe Opeth. Can't remember. Wouldn't have chosen this particular song, but it is a good one and is definitely a good representation of that era of their sound. If you want some good Halloween stuff, good autumn, gloomy shit for October, I HIGHLY recommend a journey through their album Brave Murder Day, in which Mikael from Opeth reveals a bit of a different demon over a doomy, black/death metal that's more like The Cure or Slowdive than Cannibal Corpse or Emperor. This band is a journey for sure and I'm fuckin stoked that you liked it so much.

Mikael and Jonas( vocalist for Katatonia) were childhood friends and they basically tour together in the early days, they even formed the band Bloodbath together, so yes both bands connect in a way lol, mikael did vocals for their second album. You’ll never really heard any demon vocals from Jonas besides the first two albums. I hope you check out more by them, while mikael has the prog sound based music, Jonas band is more alternative and even gothic to a point. Definitely check out more

Oh you're in for a treat checking out more from these guys. So good.

Glad to you hear you like this. I'd recommend Idle Blood next, mostly because its the most opeth-like song not made by opeth (and also a banger). They have quite a versatile discography though, there are a lot of directions you could go (heavier\moodier\softer\more electronic are all available options). Happy hunting :)

Its obligatory to love Katatonia if you love Opeth...... Evidence by them next

Awesome that you enjoyed it so much! It's from the album "The great cold distance" which many consider to be their best. The band's first 2 albums were of the genre death/doom metal. After that, they moved from scream/growl vocals to more melodic form of heavy metal. Few suggestions for the next video: July, Unfurl, Shifts, Dead Letters, Evidence.

Never even heard of this band but the lead singer sounds great, especially those runs.

Oh yes definetly more Katatonia, if you check older songs it's more heavy and lyrics depressive as Type O Negative's Anesthesia). Their early releases are death-doom metal, later changed to a more depresive rock style like this song.

So much better than the other Catatonia that I thought this was going to be :) 👍 A fine choice indeed👌

Doom: this vibe, slow paces, harsh vocals/clean vocals, intentional repetition, entrancing, dark/depressing Death: heavy, fast, low growls, reasonably good production, riff based, gory, violence, anger Black: Atmospheric, wall of sound, strident, less riff based, more distorted chords, intentional lower quality production (it adds), high screams/growls, nature, paganism, satanism The 3 of em are good, but the most artistic and profound of the 3 is definitely Black Metal in my opinion (much of the opeth sound in the first 8 albums comes from Black Metal, but specifically in My Arms Your Hearse, third record)

Doom metal is fascinating because of the variations: You have the first wave with bands like Black Sabbath (the perfect example is Electric funeral) and Candlemass then it was divided into: Death/doom metal: Extremely slow songs with demons, first era Katatonia, first Anathema, first My dying bride Stoner Doom: even slower, sometimes demons. The best example is the band Sleep Funeral Doom: Slow, melancholic with extremely nasty (deep) vocals Bands: Ahab, Funeral and Esoteric and finally Epic Doom: A little faster paced and more heavy metal sounding Bands : Isole and Solitude Aeturnus

This is my first time hearing this song as well. I never really got into this era of the band, their sound definitely changed from their first couple of albums which were more death/doom. I'm more familiar with Dance of December Souls and Brave Murder Day. The difference between Doom, Death, and Black metal. Doom metal is usually slower tempo, heavy chunky riffs. You could think of Black Sabbath as the foundation for the genre. There are different types of doom metal that also mix in other elements: Stoner Doom, Gothic Doom (Type O Negative), Death/Doom. Death metal started with bands like Possessed and Death. Death Metal originally sounded a bit thrash metal-ish, like Slayer on steriods. Over time it evolved and became more varied. Some bands took it into more extreme territory (Cannibal Corpse), technical/progressive territory (Death, Atheist), some bands mixed grindcore with death metal (early Carcass, Napalm Death), some even created Melodic Death Metal (Carcass, At the Gates). Black Metal is usually a faster tempo, lots of tremolo picking, shrieking vocals. There's often an emphasis on atmosphere and more raw recordings and production. Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, and Satyricon are examples of Black Metal. I'm not a black metal expert though, could never get into much. I prefer Death and Doom.

Katatonia started as a death/doom metal band but Jonas messed up his vocal chords and after healing they changed their sound to this kind of music Another gem and my other favorite song from them is Soil's song from the same album

Been waiting for a week, finally the video is here! Love that you went from Opeth to Katatonia, just like I did myself :)

Enjoyed the reaction! I’d highly recommend “Old Heart Falls” next. It’s my favorite Katatonia song.

I don't know if my comment made you listen to Katatonia, but in any case I'm happy that you liked it)) Don't listen to them on repeat - you can quietly sink into depression...) P.S. My comment with the list of favorite songs of this band was under your reaction to Carnival of Rust.

I've said since I fell in love with Katatonia: "Can't believe such depressing music can make me so happy!" Think it's the stunning beauty of it.❤

No one ever listens when i recommend this band to other youtubers doing reactions. I feel sorry for them ignoring these suggestions. You have a great future from discovering Katatonia now. This album and forward is absolutley mindblowing because the variety of songs from very soft to heavy rock.

Definitely going to check this band out. First ever listen and I love it. Right up my alley

I recall looping this song in my teens for a week or few. Somehow I never listened to at least many other songs by them. Maybe I can finally get to know them through your videos. It's actually quite clever that the chorus and second verse share lyrics. Usually no one remembers second verse lyrics. Kinda feels like cheating but that's also why it fits here.

Death metal spawned a child called melodic death metal which is more like gothic metal and doom metal is just more depressive and melancholic melodic death metal. They're all precious to me 🤘🥰 Doom metal is more about theme than style really, there's some really heavy stuff there (like early paradise lost and my dying bride) and also stuff like this one :)

Doom metal - Starts in the 80s with bands like Trouble, Saint Vitus, and Candlemass who were heavily influenced by Black Sabbath. Doom metal basically caries on Sabbath's legacy of slower, sludgy, super heavy riffs. Death metal - Also starts in the 80s as a kind of next step/evolution of thrash with more extreme (typically growled) vocals. Possessed's Seven Churches is often called the first death metal album, but later bands like Death (one of the all-time great metal bands in any genre), Obituary, et al. really solidified the sound. Black metal - Also starts in the 80s. Black metal is basically metal's punk music: it starts with Venom who were hugely influenced by Motorhead. Then Bathory lays the foundations of the genre (lo-fi production, high pitched extreme/scream vocals, tremolo-based simple riffs) that later evolves into the "2nd Wave" black metal bands from Norway (Emperor, Darkthrone, Burzum, Mayhem, Immortal). All of these genres have a ton of sub-genres because they all get hybridized with other metal genres, so there are many bands that can even be called blackened death doom metal. Early Katatonia were basically death-doom metal, but then they evolved into alternative rock and eventually into a kind of proggy gothy alternative rock. This album is arguably the one where they first started transitioning to their later proggy/gothy alt. rock style. The albums immediately before this were more straight-forward alternative rock, and the ones after start getting proggier.

Love your reactions so much. Not sure if you've yet to watch the documentary they put out, but it's really cool and in-depth, from the early days to now (well.. till 2011 when it came out). It's themselves (mainly Jonas and Anders) recounting and narrating and it feels very personal and comfy. It's on RU-vid if you feel so inclined "Katatonia - Last Fair Day Gone Night ( Documentary 1991-2011)"

God this whole album "The Great Cold Distance" is soooooooo goooood!!

Can't wait to see what song you do next, very exciting

Known about this band for a long time so I wanted to recommend a song or two from what is considered three of their best albums, along with a brief description of the song. This was the original line-up and the band at its best. Hope this can help a little in deciding what to choose out of their vast catalogue. 'Dispossession' -- great opener to a great album. 'Chrome' -- hard-hitting song with a hypnotic feel. And 'Tonight's Music' -- a beautiful, slowed down piece. From the album 'Last Fair Deal Gone Down' 'Burn the Remembrance' -- nice song with an unearthly sound and melody to it. 'Wealth' -- eclectic song with great aggressive and tranquil moments. From the album 'Viva Emptiness' 'Deliberation' -- a semi-heavy piece with brilliant words and melodies. 'Follower' -- some of the most tasteful guitars and vocals on this one. And 'Unfurl' -- an almost blissful aura surrounding a peaceful melody. From the album 'The Great Cold Distance'

I had a feeling when I saw the song choice that this would be a success, and it was, I think you’ll like this album a lot, others have already commented on the connection with Opeth, so at some point if you want to check out the early stuff Mikael growled on that’d be cool but for your next few reactions you could stick to this album and be more than satisfied. I think you’d really like “July” that one always gets stuck in my head, these guys know how to write a hook for damn sure.

I´m here for the Katatonia reaction and you did not disappoint! That was one of the most heartfelt reactions to one of my favourite bands ever.

If you like this you could also try Soen, their are kind of similar in sound, Martin Mendes ex-drumer of Opeth was in it, love your reactions!

Pay attention to view counts in terms of figuring out what to listen to... people will suggest the most obscure songs from Katatonia... This is my favorite band on earth but the fans on here are weird sometimes. Pay attention to view counts on videos/songs - None will be super high, they don't get the attention they deserve but view count is a good gauge to measure what to pick.

Is it bad I have a whole sleeve of Opeth and Katatonia tattoos lol. Love these two bands, and they toured together (in 2012 I think) and that was one of my favorite concerts I’ve ever been to

congrats for finding this precious jewel of a band. my favourite band since many years. they are so criminally underrated. I recommend "the night subscriber", "unfurl" and "last song before the fade" as next reactions. and they have made an excellent cover of judas priests "night come down". you cannot go wrong with them.

This reaction was like love at first sight

Such an honest reaction! 👍 Would love to hear your thoughts on 'Behind The Blood' from their latest album. One of my favorite songs from them.

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My favorite video on the Internet hahaha! Love your expression, reminds me of the first time I heard this song. I thought I might need to be in a certain mood to be able to enjoy it and I didn't at all. Are you plan on continuing? If you do, please please check out In the White, probably my 3rd favorite cuts from this album, you seem to love bass so you'll love that. Tbf there are so many to choose from!

everything after last fair deal gone down follows this very specific feel of writing.

You should probably listen to Soil’s Song next if you liked this one.

Hey Lauren! Since you enjoyed this particular song so much, you should definitely check out their latest album. Decima, Old Heart Falls and Shifts are sooooo into this same mood!

I recommend Katatonia “Lethean” next!

I recommended this for the Valentines Day Anti-Love songs playlist!! 😭😭 I would’ve loved to see this duke it out against Anesthesia. Oh man.

If you ever get to the point where you want to hear katatonia's scream, you have to listen to Gateways of bereavement or Tomb of insomnia

Just saw this live last night! Along with July, both the Great Cold Distance songs were standouts

I put this song on my Spotify playlist after a listen on the Stockholm radio station, Bandit Radio. That must have been ten years ago and I went back to it this day because I was looking for a song by, Shinedown. No wonder it´s a Swedish band....

Great reaction! This is exactly what happened to me last year when I discovered this band. I listened to them nonstop for months straight!! A few songs that really stuck out to me were: (Act of Darkening, Racing Heart, Untrodden) Give then a listen.

Definitely musician connection. Mikael was the vocalist for one Katatonia album and they all shared the stage as Bloodbath. Mikael’s always been a fan of Katatonia. They are, in my opinion, one of the finest bands in the world.

LETS GO KATATONIA!!!

Nice clean vocals. Something I can vibe to

they had roots in death metal but have mellowed out over time (I think it is great), I would say you would die or the "fall of hearts" album and also "dead end kings"... but also check out the acoustic concert they did "Sanctitude" ... amazing... I think, based on this, you would like "Voivod - Angel Rat" ... probably not the rest of the catalog perhaps... but definitely that album..

Try Cat-A-Tonia

I think you should review something like Takeover or Behind The Blood, next. It's on a whole other level, although I got to know them with My Twin and The Great Cold Distance is still my favorite album, all things considered.

Never saw your channel before. Please try "Old Hearts Fall" from these guys. or "Serein" for something a bit more upbeat. Doom Metal: Slow, plodding tempo with depressing lyrics. Death Metal: Down-tuned, heavily distorted guitars with low-growly vocals. Black Metal: Clean guitars with high, screechy vocals.

I really do like your reaction video! A true RU-vid connection: Dream Theater -Marco Minnemann - Stephen Wilson (Porcupine Tree) - Opeth - The Ocean feat Jonas Renks - Catatonia...Great!

Try the songs "Lethean" "Old hearts fall" "July" by Katatonia if you love this

Never listened to this band but hopefully it’s great

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Time for you to listen to Katatonia - Journey Through Pressure. It hits deep.

Katatonia is great! It was very entertaining to see you mind get blown LOL... If you love Katatonia you will probably like the band Soen as well...and guess what? There's a connection to Opeth...

Into The White is haunting. My favourite.

I am a die hard for Viva Emptiness alone. And Brave Murder Day to some extent. But I'll open up to this. A bit.

Listening to Opeth for so many years really primed me to love Katatonia when I first heard them. Not because of metal or growls, but because their music is so sublime as hard rock music that I didn't know it was possible for a band to make music like that without using extreme elements (in their later albums). In that sense, they're not like Opeth, but both bands make beautiful music that I didn't think could be made.

Try song "Birds" from their actual album. The main riff is just oh! I'm sure you will love it. 😊

Yes the whole album is good my fav is probably this one as well

Nice you liked it this much.

Such a fantastic and underrated band.

Hahaha its a really good song

Sweden ? Doom ? One band to check - Candlemass. Beware of the different vocalists though as they don't sound the same at all. Would also recommend Anathema for a chilled vibe but may be too commercial sounding from what you have been listening to. Awesome nevertheless.

Katatonia is so good

To my felllow Katatonia fans out there, "Discouraged Ones" is my favorite album of their's . They are all great but that is my go to CD from them. Music, Cats and Coffee has no idea how tremendous these guys are yet. Im glad to see her finally getting into them. Next needs to be Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson.......another link to Opeth.

Doom metal is my favorite, it is heavy, slow and somber. Yes they are still together, I'm seeing them in Nov in Chicago

You have to react their New single :)

Vanishers ...pure poetry...

Dispossesion is a great track by this band

I think their music is supposed to be catatonic, as if you’re giving people that 100 yard stare into the distance in a depressing way.