Stockholm-based Katatonia started their career in 1991 as purveyors of extreme metal. Over the last 15 years, however, they’ve found their own unique recipe for mixing elements of progressive and gothic rock with alternative pop. Founding guitarist Anders Nyström talks us through the stunning ambiences heard on twelfth album, Sky Void Of Stars.
There’s an incredibly atmospheric side to Katatonia, which you’ve built on more and more over the last decade.
How exactly are these ideas able to coexist so seamlessly with the
