It's quite amusing how, after something like 15 years being a devoted follower of the Swedish metal scene, and with two of its bands (Pain Of Salvation and Opeth) standing high among my top 5 of favourite metal bands ever, I managed to dodge Katatonia for so long.
Because it wasn't until 2015 when I finally sat down to willingly pay attention to the, at the time, latest album of the band, the acoustic live "Sanctitude" as I had heard The Pineapple Thief's Bruce Soord was part of the performance.
It's not like it blew my mind or changed my life, but the beautiful setting (London's Union Chapel) and the way the band manages to twist and turn these songs into something else (I really hate when...