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That Time Of The Night

In 2010, Fredrik and Mattias Norrman should have been feeling at the apex of their career. The two brothers were, respectively, the guitarist and bassist for the Swedish masters of melancholy, Katatonia, who were then experiencing critical and commercial success with their 2009 album Night Is The New Day.

Instead, the increasing number of heads that they were turning and the escalating demand to tour and promote began to prove too much. So as the 2000s became the 2010s, they stepped away, leaving a group that had defined their lives for a decade.

“It all just got too intense for them,” remembers Alexander Backlund, the singer for the Norrmans’ new aural venture, Thenighttimeproject.

“They both decided to leave and,

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