Katatonia - tour dates (with Tesseract, Cult of Luna, Paradise Lost and more)

[battema]

Ahead of the release of the new "remixed" version of their last album, "Dethroned & Uncrowned."

Dates here:

http://katatonia.com/

Looks like for the US tour they'll be with Cult of Luna, Tesseract and Intronaut. The Europe dates look like Paradise Lost and possibly others.

Good dark times ahead

[Dan Marsh]

I'll be at the TLA show.

[Just Eric]

October 7th, Slim's in San Francisco. All four of these bands are fantastic!!! A don't miss line-up!

[battema]

The Katatonia/Cult of Luna/Tesseract/Intronaut show lands in Springfield, VA tonight at Empire

[Teal]

No New York???!!!!

[battema]

Well...tour is in progress...maybe they've already come through NYC?

[battema]

So....saw the show last night:

Tesseract - sounded really great, particularly on the material from 'Altered State.' To be honest, the singer struggled a bit with the stuff from 'One' where the vocals needed to be more aggressive but the music was so strong, that's a very minor complaint.

Intronaut - all those guys were fantastic players, but for whatever reason the music didn't engage me that much. Still glad to have seen them.

Cult of Luna - oh WOW. These guys delivered and then some. Fantastic run-throughs of the material including absolutely scorching versions of 'I: The Weapon' and 'Vicarious Redemption.' Except for the interludes between songs, this was pretty much all live too; no backing tracks that I could tell. It was powerful and well-executed. Hands down the highlight of the evening.

Katatonia - I've seen them before and knew what to expect. In all fairness...having them AFTER Cult of Luna was a bit unfair because Katatonia is very tethered to backing tracks and the energy just isn't the same. Jonas is a great singer but doesn't project as well live either. For those that hadn't seen them before, it was probably a great time; for me, I listened to about 3-4 tracks and headed home.

[100423]

Katatonia is definitely a band where the mix has to be perfect or they just aren't that engaging. When I saw them open for Opeth in the Fall of 2011 the sound was perfect and I actually enjoyed them more than Opeth. When I saw them open for Opeth again this Spring the sound was marginal and I really disappointed. Opeth was amazing that night though.

[Just Eric]

So....saw the show last night:

Tesseract - sounded really great, particularly on the material from 'Altered State.' To be honest, the singer struggled a bit with the stuff from 'One' where the vocals needed to be more aggressive but the music was so strong, that's a very minor complaint.

Intronaut - all those guys were fantastic players, but for whatever reason the music didn't engage me that much. Still glad to have seen them.

Cult of Luna - oh WOW. These guys delivered and then some. Fantastic run-throughs of the material including absolutely scorching versions of 'I: The Weapon' and 'Vicarious Redemption.' Except for the interludes between songs, this was pretty much all live too; no backing tracks that I could tell. It was powerful and well-executed. Hands down the highlight of the evening.

Katatonia - I've seen them before and knew what to expect. In all fairness...having them AFTER Cult of Luna was a bit unfair because Katatonia is very tethered to backing tracks and the energy just isn't the same. Jonas is a great singer but doesn't project as well live either. For those that hadn't seen them before, it was probably a great time; for me, I listened to about 3-4 tracks and headed home.

Thanks for the assessment John. I will be seeing this show at their Bay Area stop and of the line-up look forward most to Cult of Luna, so I am glad to read your enthusiastic response to their set.

In fact, I may skip tesseract, seen them when they mattered :P , and probably won't stay for Katatonia as neither are really my cup of tea any longer.