There some moments on this album where it is shocking how much Katatonia is copying Paradise Lost. genarally it is a good album..

Pure anguish... Pure decay.

Very good album which mixes three genres Death, Black and Doom. Very atmospheric and emotional.

Written by Guest on 29.07.2011 at 01:45

Very good album which mixes three genres Death, Black and Doom. Very atmospheric and emotional.

This is a classic

Written by InnerSelf on 29.07.2011 at 01:59

Written by Guest on 29.07.2011 at 01:45

Very good album which mixes three genres Death, Black and Doom. Very atmospheric and emotional.

This is a classic

I just heard it today for the first time. After about 40 minutes of melancholy I decided that Katatonia was one of my important influences.
Here you go, I did this in the summer holiday:
http://www.4shared.com/file/vafSuiJ6/Polar_Bear_-_Freezing_Realms__.html
Atmospheric Black Metal. It sounds bad, I've playing for about a year without a guitar tutor. Hope you like it. Again, I apologize for any mistakes and guitar "slopiness".
I'd appreciate detailed feedback.

Written by Guest on 29.07.2011 at 02:03

Written by InnerSelf on 29.07.2011 at 01:59

Written by Guest on 29.07.2011 at 01:45

Very good album which mixes three genres Death, Black and Doom. Very atmospheric and emotional.

This is a classic

I just heard it today for the first time. After about 40 minutes of melancholy I decided that Katatonia was one of my important influences.
Here you go, I did this in the summer holiday:
http://www.4shared.com/file/vafSuiJ6/Polar_Bear_-_Freezing_Realms__.html
Atmospheric Black Metal. It sounds bad, I've playing for about a year without a guitar tutor. Hope you like it. Again, I apologize for any mistakes and guitar "slopiness".
I'd appreciate detailed feedback.

It influenced the beginning of Melodic Death Doom as a sub-genre, so yeah it was huge
will download it and PM you

Written by InnerSelf on 29.07.2011 at 02:14

Written by Guest on 29.07.2011 at 02:03

Written by InnerSelf on 29.07.2011 at 01:59

Written by Guest on 29.07.2011 at 01:45

Very good album which mixes three genres Death, Black and Doom. Very atmospheric and emotional.

This is a classic

I just heard it today for the first time. After about 40 minutes of melancholy I decided that Katatonia was one of my important influences.
Here you go, I did this in the summer holiday:
http://www.4shared.com/file/vafSuiJ6/Polar_Bear_-_Freezing_Realms__.html
Atmospheric Black Metal. It sounds bad, I've playing for about a year without a guitar tutor. Hope you like it. Again, I apologize for any mistakes and guitar "slopiness".
I'd appreciate detailed feedback.

It influenced the beginning of Melodic Death Doom as a sub-genre, so yeah it was huge
will download it and PM you

Thanks alot. You're cool!

Their best album for me, so melodic and haunting. Their albums released after this were good, but this one is the band at their very best to be honest.

Why did I not listen to this earlier ? I have missed out, Very good album.

Written by @gent_-_orange on 14.09.2011 at 23:49

Why did I not listen to this earlier ? I have missed out, Very good album.

Well, you missed out a behemoth of an album.

Written by Guest on 22.09.2011 at 23:26

Written by @gent_-_orange on 14.09.2011 at 23:49

Why did I not listen to this earlier ? I have missed out, Very good album.

Well, you missed out a behemoth of an album.

But Beast you hate Behemoth
This a truly great album...

Written by psykometal on 22.09.2011 at 23:34

Written by Guest on 22.09.2011 at 23:26

Written by @gent_-_orange on 14.09.2011 at 23:49

Why did I not listen to this earlier ? I have missed out, Very good album.

Well, you missed out a behemoth of an album.

But Beast you hate Behemoth
This a truly great album...

Behemoth means "Beast" here. You know, the mythical beast called Behemoth?

Written by Guest on 22.09.2011 at 23:41

Written by psykometal on 22.09.2011 at 23:34

Written by Guest on 22.09.2011 at 23:26

Written by @gent_-_orange on 14.09.2011 at 23:49

Why did I not listen to this earlier ? I have missed out, Very good album.

Well, you missed out a behemoth of an album.

But Beast you hate Behemoth
This a truly great album...

Behemoth means "Beast" here. You know, the mythical beast called Behemoth?

You mean Nergal right?

Written by psykometal on 23.09.2011 at 00:41

You mean Nergal right?

Nergal is the name of a Babylonian god. Behemoth is a mythical creature mentioned somewhere.

Written by Guest on 23.09.2011 at 14:29

Written by psykometal on 23.09.2011 at 00:41

You mean Nergal right?

Nergal is the name of a Babylonian god. Behemoth is a mythical creature mentioned somewhere.

Lol. Behemoth was a creature in the bible.

Written by psykometal on 23.09.2011 at 19:39

Lol. Behemoth is mentioned in the bible.

Ironically!

Written by Guest on 24.09.2011 at 00:33

Written by psykometal on 23.09.2011 at 19:39

Lol. Behemoth is mentioned in the bible.

Ironically!

Uh...you changed my quote?!

Written by psykometal on 24.09.2011 at 01:42

Uh...you changed my quote?!

I deleted it accidently so I wrote something from my mind!

Quote:

Quote:

I deleted it accidently so I wrote something from my mind!

Haha. You could have just refreshed the page to get my words back, lol...

One of my favourite Katatonia albums. The music is really dark and Mike's growls compliment it perfectly.

Pure anguish.

Incredible album!

Still wonder what it would've sounded like if renkse did the vocals somehow

An Excellent album indeed, however Im not really into the albums drum sound (too clicky for my taste), I much prefer the previous DoDS' explosive drum sound (I understand it wouldn't really work with the hypnotic vibe of this album though). I believe the drum sound on Discouraged Ones is actually much better sounding (more crunch to it) yet still keeping that amazing hypnotic vibe. Also I don't think Murder is as strong as the other five tracks (but still good), and I would have loved to have heard more of Jonas' clean vocals, since he makes the band for me and the album feels incomplete without a more balanced use of his cleans. Those are just nitpicks though.

Love this album! Mikeal's vocals are amazing and the constant flow of energy on this record is wall to wall praise! A timeless classic and a very memorable release

Written by Deadmeat on 05.07.2010 at 10:51

There some moments on this album where it is shocking how much Katatonia is copying Paradise Lost. genarally it is a good album..

I'm definitely not hearing that. And none of PL's albums come even close to the quality of this masterpiece.

That being said, at first I thought the last three tracks were just a part of this album, but I later found out it's actually an EP (Sounds Of Decay) that was added to this album. Those tracks do make me like this album more, since it's longer and even more impressive, as well as having the same style as the album (6 songs) itself.

Written by Erik M. on 28.12.2012 at 17:56

Written by Deadmeat on 05.07.2010 at 10:51

There some moments on this album where it is shocking how much Katatonia is copying Paradise Lost. genarally it is a good album..

I'm definitely not hearing that. And none of PL's albums come even close to the quality of this masterpiece.

That being said, at first I thought the last three tracks were just a part of this album, but I later found out it's actually an EP (Sounds Of Decay) that was added to this album. Those tracks do make me like this album more, since it's longer and even more impressive, as well as having the same style as the album (6 songs) itself.

after a quick listen i can easily find some leads (as in songs "Brave" and "Murder") who look so much like the leads on paradise losts "Gothic".

Written by rafikfromnowhere on 25.06.2012 at 22:04

Still wonder what it would've sounded like if renkse did the vocals somehow

I know they did an earlier version of the 5th track "12" which was called "Black Erotica", Renkse does the vocals on that version. It's not much different from the Brave Murder Day version, just more "gothic" and "keyboard heavy".

God, that riff on Brave has to be one of the most depressing things I've ever heard.

I love "Day". It invokes a deep sense of resurfacing sorrows; long-forgotten agonies--coming back from the waves we drowned them under--to be washed up along the shore of our dreams. Terribly gloomy and beautiful.