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Katatonia is a Swedish gothic metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for the band's love of black metal/doom metal. Increasing popularity led them to add more band members for live performances, though outside of the band's founders, the lineup was a constantly changing, revolving door of musicians throughout the 1990s, notably including Mikael Åkerfeldt of the band Opeth for a period. After two gothic metal albums, Dance of December Souls (1993) and Brave Murder Day (1996), problems with Renkse's vocal cords coupled with new musical influences led the band away from harsh vocals to a sound combining elements of doom metal, alternative metal and progressive metal among their influences of post-punk and shoegaze.
The band released two more albums, Discouraged Ones (1998) and Tonight's Decision (1999), before settling into a stable quintet lineup for all of the 2000s. The band released four more albums with said lineup: Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001), Viva Emptiness (2003), The Great Cold Distance (2006) and Night Is the New Day (2009), with the band slowly moving away from their metal sound while adding more progressive rock sounds to their work over t
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Jonas Renkse
Swedish musician (born 1975)
Jonas Renkse | |
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Jonas Renkse singing for Katatonia in 2007 | |
| Also known as | Lord Seth Lord J. Renkse[1] |
| Born | (1975-05-19) 19 May 1975 (age 49) Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Death-doom, doom metal, alternative metal, death metal, alternative rock, gothic rock, progressive metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, producer. |
| Instruments | Vocals, bass, guitar, drums. |
| Website | jonasrenkse.com |
Musical artist
Jonas Petter Renkse (born 19 May 1975) is a Swedishmusician in the bandsKatatonia[2][3] (1991–) as lead vocalist, founder, songwriter (1991–1994, 1997–) and formerly as drummer (1991–1994, 1996–1998); in Bloodbath[4] (1998–) as bassist, founder, songwriter; and in Wisdom of Crowds (2013–) as co-vocalist.
He was also the founding member, drummer, vocalist, guitarist & songwriter of the band October Tide.[5]
History
[edit]In 1995 Katatonia was put on a halt due to not having a suitable lineup, and Renkse subsequently decided to form October Tide.
In 1996, Jonas' performance of death vocals had taken such a toll that by 1997 he would only sing cleanly. By 1998, Renkse decided he would focus strictly on vocals and abandon dru
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