Album Rating: 3.0

This one really didn’t click with me for some reason, giving it some time before I try again

Album Rating: 4.0

This was my first katatonia record, in that regard it was a terrific album to get me into the band but if you're coming from their earlier albums or the newer ones I get feeling letdown by it.

Album Rating: 4.0

I feel like I see a lot of people regard this as their best but that's probably anecdotal, it's not my favorite but I do think it's a super strong record and a pretty good pivoting point for the direction of their sound. I also started with this record and NITND when I saw they were going to be playing with Devin Townsend and Gojira ages back and I hadn't really listened to them, I enjoyed them both quite a bit but they've both also had a lot of time to grow on me and I think they both are dense enough to warrant further listens, especially if you're already sitting at a 3.



I still cannot fuck with the early records, his voice just sounds so fucking limp and shittily produced and off key, love that he learned to project a little and hit a note. I will say I went back to Viva Emptiness recently and it did not sound nearly as ass as I remember and I'm excited to give that one some more time and see how I like it against the other later albums.



Last Fair Deal I just cannot though that album sounds like fucking doodoo ass.

Album Rating: 4.0

LFD is better than this imo, I'm surprised to hear someone say it sounds shit. The BM albums I could get if you're not into that type of music but they just have a strong discography of records that carry their own feel. As a broad sound they sound similar but, like you said, are dense enough to dig into and appreciate over repeated listens.

Album Rating: 4.0

LFD is my second favorite Katatonia album, and the production is a big part of that. Sure, it sounds a bit muddy, but that muddiness suits the atmosphere incredibly well... I honestly wouldn't like it nearly as much if it was produced or mixed like GCD or Viva



In fact, while we're talking about the worst Katatonia production, I'd probably give Viva that mantle

Album Rating: 4.0

It's 100% the singing, it's just awful, and whatever that effect they're constantly using on his vocals grates on me so much, and does nothing to mask the fact that he's off pitch like, constantly. I remember someone being like "nah dude, you're wrong, just listen to Teargas!" and immediately just sounds like shit to me, and every time I have this conversation I give it another go, I'm listening to it as I type. Absolute butt. It's that like fully lacking confidence sound where he's not pushing any air and just sounds like he's kind of half assed singing and *just* missing landing on most of the notes he's going for.

Which is wild because I actually really like his voice on the newer material and he sounded good when I saw them live, so kudos for improving himself, but for me it's like. Bad live vocals will put me off a band pretty quickly, bad vocals on a recording I can't even begin to fuck with.

Album Rating: 4.0

I think I've mentioned it here somewhere but I have a v similar problem with Einar on the first Leprous record, whomsts voice I also really like now.

Album Rating: 4.0

I kind of have the opposite problem, I think the instrumentation covers a lot of the imperfections on the earlier releases, it kinda has to, but metal also gets production issues waved away as being grounded as part of the genres ethos. I'll agree they slay live so I guess it's good you saw them live if listening to an album turned you off them.

Album Rating: 4.0

I absolutely love all of their discography from this album forwards, I just have no desire to go back to their early shit when it sounds so pooey to me.



The BM stuff just isn't really for me so that could be quality but I wouldn't really have a decent metric for it and I'm just not going to put the time into listening to it, Last Fair Deal honestly just baffles me how much praise it gets from fans, even trying as hard as I can to get some kind of enjoyment out of it, knowing that I enjoy so much music this exact same band has released, I can't even get through a full listen of the album it sounds so bad to me.

Album Rating: 3.5

hot deal I'll listen to all pre-this for you and let you listen to all the post-this stuff

Album Rating: 5.0

Still a hard 5.

Album Rating: 3.5

Interesting how most Katatonia fans place this among their best yet I think it's one of their most boring, avg sounding albums. Of course it's a Katatonia album and it has some killer tracks (like Consternation) but as a whole I'd say this is their 8th best or so :/

Album Rating: 5.0

This was such a moment in 06. I still remember hearing My Twin and Leaders on the radio and falling in love with them

Album Rating: 3.5

Glbum aood

Album Rating: 3.0

"Interesting how most Katatonia fans place this among their best yet I think it's one of their most boring, avg sounding albums"

well, what does that tell you about what Katatonia do best?

Album Rating: 3.5

Trust me you're not alone. I'm liking this more now that I'm rediscovering the band, but back in the day this was the album that made me give up on them.



Such a cold and somehow emotionless album from a band that was all about raw emotion.

Album Rating: 5.0

there's a lot of emotion here but it's buried under layers of numbness

Album Rating: 3.0

what was their last album before they went full mall goth (only pre-Viva Emptiness answers will be taken seriously)

Album Rating: 5.0

Discouraged Ones is when they went full goth kids from South Park

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, I would have to agree about Discouraged Ones