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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelPeaceville, Pcvl
UPC0801056885111
eBay Product ID (ePID)19046047282
Product Key Features
Release Year2020
FormatRecord
GenreHeavy Metal
ArtistKatatonia
Release TitleDance of December Souls
Dimensions
Item Height0.18 in
Item Weight0.76 lb
Item Length12.55 in
Item Width12.35 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks8
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Seven Dreaming Souls 1.2 Gateways of Bereavement 1.3 In Silence Enshrined 1.4 Without God 1.5 Elohim Meth 1.6 Velvet Thorns (of Drynwhyl) 1.7 Tomb of Insomnia 1.8 Dancing December
Number of Discs1
Sub-GenreHeavy Metal
NotesVinyl LP pressing. Dance of December Souls was the debut album from Katatonia, who have since risen to the forefront of the gothic metal genre. Katatonia was formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nystrom. The album was recorded at Unisound Studios, April 1993 and released later that same year. Engineering and mixing were handled by Dan Swanö (Opeth, Marduk, Dissection). This early incarnation of Katatonia contained a more doom/black metal approach, whilst always keeping the trademark sorrowful and hypnotic guitar melodies which are still evident today. The album exudes an atmosphere of utter melancholy, accentuated by the growled, despairing vocals of Jonas. Katatonia quickly became part of the leaders of the gothic doom movement alongside top UK acts Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema.