Katatonia to obok Anathemy, Paradise Lost i My Dying Bride prekursorzy klimatycznego grania z pod znaku death/doom metalu.
Pierwsze dwie płyty to absolutny kanon gatunku i kamień milowy w rozwoju ambitniejszego, nastawionego na klimat metalu. Wielowątkowe kompozycje, budowanie z wagnerowskim rozmachem atmosfery pustki i rozczarowania zabawą zwaną życiem.
Od trzeciej przełomowej Discouraged Ones, Katatonia skierowała swe zapatrywania w kierunku rockowych brzmień czy gotyckiego grania, pozostając jednocześnie w swoich bardzo charakterystycznych klimatach, nie odżegnując się zupełnie od doom metalu, co dało swoisty ewenement mogący uchodzić za rock/metal depresyjny.
Kolejna zmiana nastąpiła z płytą The Great Cold Distance, gdzie do sprawdzonej już formuły ekipa Jonasa Renske i Andersa Nystroma dorzuciła patenty rodem z rocka progresywnego oraz math metalowe rozwiązania rytmiczne. Cokolwiek sądzić o współczesnych dokonaniach kapeli pozostaje ona w czołówce bardziej ambitnego i nastrojowego grania, choć towarzyszą mu już zgoła odmienne emocje co na epokowych dziełach.
Skład:
Jonas Renkse - Drums (1991-1998), Vocals (lead), Guitars, Keyboards, Programming (1991-present) Korda, ex-Bloodbath, ex-October Tide, ex-Melancholium, ex-Tearstained, ex-Wisdom of Crowds
Niklas Sandin - Bass (2010-present) Lik, ex-Amaran, ex-Chaosys, ex-Life Eclipse, ex-Dark Eden (live), Aoria, ex-Sodomisery, ex-Bloodbath (live), ex-Shadows Past, ex-Lamia Antitheus, ex-Siebenbürgen, ex-Slavegrid
Daniel Moilanen - Drums (2015-present) Runemagick, ex-Mnemonic, ex-Heavydeath, Den Tunga Döden, ex-Dracena, ex-Lord Belial, ex-Sandalinas, ex-The Project Hate MCMXCIX, ex-Bloodbath (live), ex-Grindnecks, ex-Relevant Few, ex-Notre Dame (live), ex-Engel, ex-Pen Expers
Nico Elgstrand - Guitars (2025-present) ex-Entombed A.D., ex-Terra Firma, ex-Entombed
Sebastian Svalland - Guitars (2025-present) Hypocrisy (live), Pain (live), Letters from the Colony, ex-In Mourning, ex-Lindemann (live)
Guillaume Le Huche - Bass (1992-1995) ex-Hostile Reaction (live), ex-Eyekon, ex-Mynjun, ex-Agone, ex-Mindwatch, ex-Rising Shadows, ex-Significance
Fredrik Norrman - Guitars (1994-2009) October Tide, Uncanny, ex-Trees of Eternity, Thenighttimeproject, ex-Kryptan (live), ex-Fulmination, ex-Tearstained
Mikael Oretoft - Bass (1997-1998) IRM, ex-Devoured, ex-Mindwatch
Mattias Norrman - Bass (1999-2009) Kryptan, Moondark, October Tide, ex-Dellamorte, ex-Trees of Eternity, South of You, Subdive, Thenighttimeproject, ex-Interment, ex-Uncanny
Daniel Liljekvist - Drums (1999-2014) Ambassadors of the Sun, Disrupted, Grand Cadaver, Ikhon, Vorder, ex-Komotio, ex-Mercury Rust, ex-V, ex-In Mourning, ex-Knout, ex-Subdive
Per Eriksson - Guitars (2010-2014) Ghost (live), ex-21 Lucifers, ex-Genocrush Ferox, ex-Hostile, ex-Komotio, ex-Metal Against Coronavirus, ex-Bloodbath
Roger Öjersson - Guitars (2016-2024) ex-Tiamat, ex-Blindead 23 (live), ex-Kamchatka, ex-No Fear Tattoo Rhythm & Blues Revue, ex-Vildsvin
Victor Takala - Guitars (1993-1995) Doomherre, ex-Eyekon, ex-Mindwatch, ex-The Broke
Kristian Pook - Guitars (1993)
Mikael Åkerfeldt - Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1993-1994), Guitars (1997) Opeth, Storm Corrosion, ex-Steel, ex-Bloodbath, ex-Eruption, ex-Sörskogen
Mikael Oretoft - Bass (1996-1997) IRM, ex-Devoured, ex-Mindwatch
Kennet Englund - Drums (1996) Interment, Moondark, Uncanny, ex-Dellamorte, Subdive, ex-Centinex, ex-Demonical
Niklas Sandin - Bass (2009-2010) Lik, ex-Amaran, ex-Chaosys, ex-Life Eclipse, ex-Dark Eden (live), Aoria, ex-Sodomisery, ex-Bloodbath (live), ex-Shadows Past, ex-Lamia Antitheus, ex-Siebenbürgen, ex-Slavegrid
Per Eriksson - Guitars (2009-2010, 2023) Ghost (live), ex-21 Lucifers, ex-Genocrush Ferox, ex-Hostile, ex-Komotio, ex-Metal Against Coronavirus, ex-Bloodbath
Daniel Moilanen - Drums (2014-2015) Runemagick, ex-Mnemonic, ex-Heavydeath, Den Tunga Döden, ex-Dracena, ex-Lord Belial, ex-Sandalinas, ex-The Project Hate MCMXCIX, ex-Bloodbath (live), ex-Grindnecks, ex-Relevant Few, ex-Notre Dame (live), ex-Engel, ex-Pen Expers
Bruce Soord - Guitars (acoustic) (2014) Bruce Soord, The Pineapple Thief, ex-Wisdom of Crowds
Tomas Åkvik - Guitars, Vocals (backing) (2014-2016) Bloodbath, Lik, Nale, ex-Chaosys, ex-The Resistance (live)
JP Asplund - Percussion (2014)
Nico "Dyngwie" Elgstrand - Guitars, Vocals (backing) (2022, 2023, 2024-2025) ex-Entombed A.D., ex-Terra Firma, ex-Entombed
Milly Evans - Guitars (2024) Terrorvision, Tony Wright (live), ex-Paradise Lost (live)
Sebastian Svalland - Guitars (2024-2025) Hypocrisy (live), Pain (live), Letters from the Colony, ex-In Mourning, ex-Lindemann (live)
1992 - Jhva Elohim Meth [demo]
1992 - Rehearsal '92 [demo]
1993 - Dance of December Souls
1995 - For Funerals to Come... [EP]
1996 - Primordial / Katatonia [split]
1996 - Brave Murder Day
1996 - Jhva Elohim Meth / Alone Walkyng [split]
1997 - Sounds of Decay [EP]
1998 - Saw You Drown [EP]
1998 - Discouraged Ones
1999 - Tonight's Decision
2001 - Teargas [EP]
2001 - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
2001 - Tonight's Music [single]
2003 - Ghost of the Sun [single]
2003 - Viva Emptiness
2004 - Brave Yester Days [kompilacja]
2005 - The Black Sessions [kompilacja]
2006 - My Twin [EP]
2006 - The Great Cold Distance
2006 - Deliberation [EP]
2007 - July [EP]
2007 - Live Consternation [live]
2009 - Night Is the New Day
2010 - Day and Then the Shade [single]
2010 - The Longest Year [EP]
2012 - Buildings [single]
2012 - Dead End Kings
2012 - Lethean [single]
2013 - Introducing Katatonia [kompilacja]
2013 - Last Fair Day Gone Night [live]
2013 - Dethroned & Uncrowned
2014 - Kocytean [kompilacja]
2015 - Sanctitude [live]
2016 - The Fall of Hearts
2017 - Proscenium [EP]
2017 - The Great Cold Distance (Live in Bulgaria with the Orchestra of State Opera - Plovdiv) [live]
2020 - Lacquer [single]
2020 - Behind the Blood [single]
2020 - The Winter of Our Passing [single]
2020 - City Burials
2020 - Dead Air [live]
2021 - Mnemosynean [kompilacja]
2022 - Melancholium [boxed set]
2022 - Atrium [single]
2022 - Austerity [single]
2022 - Maximum Metal Vol. 275 [split]
2023 - Sky Void of Stars - EP [EP]
2023 - Birds [single]
2023 - Sky Void of Stars
2023 - A Sunset Choir for the Daylight Harvest [EP]
2025 - Lilac [single]
2025 - Lilac EP [EP]
2025 - Temporal [single]
2025 - Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State
MA: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Katatonia/6



