Dead End Kings

Dead End Kings
Studio album by Katatonia
Released August 27, 2012
Recorded February - May 2012
Studio Ghost Ward & The City of Glass Studios[1]
Genre Progressive metal[2]
Length 48:47
Label Peaceville
Producer Jonas Renkse
Anders Nyström
Katatonia chronology
Night Is the New Day
(2009)
Dead End Kings
(2012)
The Fall of Hearts
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[3]
Allmusic[4]
Drowned in Sound8/10[5]
The Guardian[6]
Sputnikmusic[7]

Dead End Kings is Katatonia's ninth full-length album. It was released on August 27, 2012, in Europe and August 28 in the U.S. through Peaceville Records. Like all Katatonia releases, the album was primarily written by founding members Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström, although the band itself went through a number of lineup changes, making the album the first to feature bassist Niklas Sandin, the only album to feature second guitarist Per Ericksson, and the last to feature drummer Daniel Liljekvist.

Reception

The album was generally well received by critics. AllMusic praised the diverse and layered sound production on the album, concluding that "With its various parts, ever-shifting dynamics, and blazing instrumental interludes, it sends the set off with a nearly majestic bang. Dead End Kings is uncompromising in its musical excellence, bleak vision, and dark, hunted beauty; it extends Katatonia's reach exponentially.[4]


Track listing

All lyrics written by Jonas Renkse. 

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "The Parting"  Renkse 4:52
2. "The One You Are Looking For Is Not Here" (feat. Silje Wergeland)Renkse 3:52
3. "Hypnone"  Renkse 4:07
4. "The Racing Heart"  Renkse 4:06
5. "Buildings"  Anders Nyström 3:28
6. "Leech"  Renkse 4:23
7. "Ambitions"  Renkse 5:07
8. "Undo You"  Nyström 4:56
9. "Lethean"  Per Eriksson, Renkse 4:39
10. "First Prayer"  Nyström, Renkse 4:28
11. "Dead Letters"  Nyström 4:49
Total length:
48:47
Limited Deluxe Book Edition Bonus Tracks
No. TitleMusic Length
12. "Second"  Nyström 3:34
13. "The Act of Darkening"  Nyström 5:55
Total length:
57:47

Personnel

Band
Additional personnel

References

  1. Katatonia - Dead End Kings on metal-archives.com Retrieved on 23 May 2016
  2. Lawson, Dom (23 August 2012). "Katatonia: Dead End Kings – review" via The Guardian.
  3. Bowar, Chad. "Katatonia - Dead End Kings Review". About.com. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 Thom Jurek. "Katatonia: Dead End Kings". Allmusic. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  5. Falcone, Jon (August 19, 2012). "Katatonia Dead End Kings". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. Lawson, Dom (August 23, 2012). "Katatonia: Dead End Kings – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  7. Ward, Kyle (August 27, 2012). "Katatonia Dead End Kings". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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