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The Great Cold Distance

The Great Cold Distance is the seventh studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released on 13 March 2006. The album was recorded and mixed at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro between May and August 2005.

The Great Cold Distance
Studio album by
Released13 March 2006
RecordedMay–August 2005[1]
Genre
Length51:51
LabelPeaceville
ProducerJens Bogren, Katatonia
Katatonia chronology
Viva Emptiness
(2003)
The Great Cold Distance
(2006)
Live Consternation
(2007)
Singles from The Great Cold Distance
  1. "My Twin"
    Released: February 13, 2006 (2006-02-13)
  2. "Deliberation"
    Released: May 15, 2006 (2006-05-15)
  3. "July"
    Released: March 26, 2007 (2007-03-26)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Blabbermouth.net[6]
Decibel[3]
PopMatters[7]
StylusA−[8]

Release edit

The album was re-released on 12 March 2007 with two bonus tracks and with the entire album in 5.1 surround sound.[9]

There is also a special Swedish edition of the album, which came in a limited edition box with an exclusive Katatonia poster, a set of Katatonia postcards and an enhanced video of "My Twin". Music videos were also released for singles "Deliberation"[10] and "July".[11]

Reception edit

The album is listed at number 8 on PopMatters' list of the Top Metal Albums of 2006.[4]

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Jonas Renkse; all music is composed by Renkse and Anders Nyström, except "Deliberation", co-written by Fredrik Norrman

No.TitleLength
1."Leaders"4:21
2."Deliberation"4:00
3."Soil's Song"4:12
4."My Twin"3:41
5."Consternation"3:51
6."Follower"4:46
7."Rusted"4:21
8."Increase"4:20
9."July"4:45
10."In the White"4:54
11."The Itch"4:20
12."Journey Through Pressure"4:21
Total length:51:51
Double vinyl limited edition reissue
No.TitleLength
13."Displaced"5:16
14."Dissolving Bonds"3:43
15."In the White" (Urban Dub Mix)5:30
16."Code Against the Code"3:35
Total length:69:55

Personnel edit

Katatonia
  • Jonas Renkse – vocals, additional guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Anders Nyström – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, programming
  • Fredrik Norrman – lead & rhythm guitar
  • Mattias Norrman – bass
  • Daniel Liljekvist – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
  • Andreas Åkeberg – backing vocals
  • Peter Damin – drum tech, percussion & additional drums on "Journey Through Pressure"
Production
  • Jens Bogren – co-production, engineering, mixing, keyboards & programming
  • David Castillo – co-production, engineering, mixing, keyboards & programming
  • Thomas Eberger – mastering
  • Travis Smith – album cover

Release history edit

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom, Russia 2006 Peaceville, Soyuz Music CD CDVILEF 128
United Kingdom 2006 Peaceville CD VILELP128
United Kingdom 2006 Peaceville CD CDVILEF 128P
United Kingdom 2006 Peaceville CD CDVILED128
Russia April 2006 Союз CD CDVILEF128
Ukraine May 2006 Moon CD MR 1633-2
United Kingdom 26 June 2006 Peaceville Vinyl VILELP 128
Sweden 2006 Peaceville CD CDVILEF 128X
United Kingdom 12 March 2007 Peaceville CD CDVILEF176X
United Kingdom 2009 Peaceville CD CDVILED264X

Charts edit

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 42

References edit

  1. ^ . Katatonia.com. 17 August 2006. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Katatonia – The Great Cold Distance". metalstorm.net.
  3. ^ a b Decibel review Archived 6 May 2006 at archive.today
  4. ^ a b Begrand, Adrien (21 December 2006). "The Best Metal Albums of 2006 – PopMatters". Popmatters. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  5. ^ AllMusic review
  6. ^ Blabbermouth.net review 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ PopMatters review
  8. ^ Stylus review
  9. ^ "KATATONIA: 5.1 Surround Sound Mix of 'The Great Cold Distance' Due in March". 2 January 2007.
  10. ^ "KATATONIA: New Single to Feature Exclusive Bonus Material". 3 April 2006.
  11. ^ "KATATONIA to Release New Single in March". 23 January 2007.
  12. ^ "Katatonia: The Great Cold Distance" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Katatonia – The Great Cold Distance". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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