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“I had a nightmare 15 years ago and I still remember being so frightened… I decided to finally let it guide me in a musical realm”: Jonas Renske steers the new-look Kakatonia towards a different darkness

Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State, their first album without Anders Nyström, embraces first takes, shelved ideas and outside influences – and hints at how they might use more electronic elements in the future

Louder · Aug 5, 2025

“In the last 10 years no one has stepped up. Being the sole songwriter is sometimes very lonely”: Jonas Renske hopes Katatonia’s new era includes more input from his bandmates

13th album Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State could be an indication of where the band’s new line-up could go

Louder · Jun 6, 2025

“Bands change; people move on. But when everything Jonas Renkse touches turns to gold, the present and future will always outweigh the past”: Katatonia’s new era begins with Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State

Sweden’s melancholic masters successfully navigate recent choppy waters to deliver their lucky 13th album

Louder · Jun 6, 2025

“Pigeonhole this band at your own peril”: Why you should adore Katatonia – and where you should start with their enormous back-catalogue

From death/doom majesty to streamlined, melodic metal, this is your whistlestop tour through the best of Katatonia’s 12 albums

Metal Hammer · Feb 4, 2025

"Don’t call it a happy album!" Katatonia and the story of Sky Void Of Stars

Katatonia's upbeat, up-tempo Sky Void Of Stars was born from the need for adrenaline at a time when the stage felt very far away....

Metal Hammer · Jan 20, 2025

“There were cries of ‘Sell out!’ from the underground, but it wasn’t about selling out, it was about wanting to evolve”: How Katatonia emerged from the darkness to become metal’s most atmospheric band

Katatonia frontman Jonas Renske looks back on his band’s epic journey out of the death metal underground

Metal Hammer · Nov 23, 2024

Our 15 favourite metal and heavy rock guitar moments of 2023: featuring Wolfgang Van Halen, Nita Strauss, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Gilbert, Metallica, Periphery and more

Including the guitar solo of the year

MusicRadar · Dec 21, 2023