_ _______ _ ...:... _ _______ _ ___ / .:::::::::::. \ ___ | / .. (:::::::::::::) .. \ | | . .:::::.`:::::::::::'.:::::. . | | .::.. `:::.::':::`::.:::' ..::. | _ _______ | .::' ::::':::::`:::: `::. | _______ _ \\ | | :: `' ::':`:: `' :: | | // \ | | `:. .::' . `::. .:' | | / . | | .::::::..::::' ... `::::..::::::. | | . | | `:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::' | | .... | | `:' `::::: :: :: :::::' `:' | | .... | ' | : `. ': :: :: :: :: :` .' : | ` | |.....: . .......: :: :: :: :: : ...... . : ....| . ...................: : :: :: :: :: : : ................. . _____________:_____________ _____________:_____________ _ ___\` __ /_\` _______/_\` __ _/_\` /___ _ // __ / (/ ___/ (/ _ (/ /_______/\ _ _ /_________ ___________ ______/\ _ ______________/\__/_ _ \\\\\_________\__/\_________\__/\_____/\_____/\____________/f3!/// - -\-\-----------\__/----------\__/-------\_____/---------------/-/- - - -------------------: : :. ..:: :: . :------------------ - : : :......: :: :` ': :: : .....: : : ___ _ | | : ` ' : | | _ ___ _\---------- : | -------- : B E R C : -------- | : ----------/_ /_\ . : . ..:.. ..:.. . : . /_\ /// . . : : . . \\\ /: :\ /:: Artist :: Katatonia ::\ :: Album :: For Funerals to Come... :: :: Year :: 2012 :: :: __ _ _ __ :: -:--\\-----------------------------------------------------------------//--:- :: \ / :: :: . Genre :: Metal Source :: CDDA . :: :: Label :: Peaceville Records R.date :: 16.02.2012 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: CDVILED357H Size :: 60,10 MB __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 247kbps : . . Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo . . . Website :: http://katatonia.com/ __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: 01. Funeral Wedding 08:42 :: :: 02. Shades of Emerald Fields 05:23 :: :: 03. For Funerals to Come 02:50 :: :: 04. Epistel 01:16 :: :: 05. Black Erotica (bonus) 09:09 :: :: 06. Love of the Swan (bonus) 06:51 :: :: ------- :: .. >> 34:11 min .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: Katatonia was formed in 1991 by Anders Nystr÷m and Jonas :: :: Renkse. :: :: :: :: Their debut album, "Dance of December Souls", was released :: :: in 1993, gaining the band recognition for their eclectic :: :: brand of gothic doom/death metal & joining acts such as :: :: Paradise Lot & My Dying Bride as one of the genre's :: :: defining bands. :: :: :: :: By the band's third album, "Discouraged Ones", a new, :: :: sleeker Katatonia sound emerged, which the band continue to :: :: refine to this day. :: :: :: :: "For Funerals to Come" is a rare slice of death/doom metal :: :: mastery from 1994, which was recorded following Katatonia's :: :: debut album, "Dance of December Souls". :: :: :: :: It was recorded with Dan Swan÷ at Unisound Studios & :: :: contains all the trademarks of early Katatonia, with the :: :: haunting guitar melodies & slow tempos combining with the :: :: tortured vocals of Jonas Renkse to create an aura of :: :: melancholy & gothic darkness. :: :: :: :: This edition of "For Funerals to Come" contains 2 extra :: :: tracks, "Black Erotica" & "Love of the Swan" (both also :: :: recorded at Unisound later in 1994), which had previously :: :: appeared on an obscure compilation, and new liner notes :: :: from co-founder and guitarist, Anders Nystr÷m. :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2012 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :