Description
LABEL: PEACEVILLE
RELEASE DATE: 07/10/2026
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 2003
VARIANT: Half-Speed, Black Vinyl LP
THE ORIGINAL 2003 OPUS OF SUPREME ROCK & METAL MELANCHOLY FROM THE CELEBRATED SWEDES. FEATURING HALF-SPEED MASTER & PRESENTED ON BLACK VINYL.
Katatonia was formed in 1991 by Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse. Their debut album, ‘Dance Of December Souls’, was released in 1993, gaining the band recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom/death metal & joining acts such as Paradise Lot & My Dying Bride as one of the genre’s defining bands. Over the years, Katatonia evolved beyond their more extreme metal origins to become one of the pinnacles of the progressive metal genre.
‘Viva Emptiness’ was Katatonia’s sixth studio album & is considered among the band’s strongest works; a step up even over the seemingly insurmountable greatness of previous release, ‘Last Fair Deal Gone Down’. The album was recorded at the famous Soundtrade Studios (part of the 301 group) in Stockholm in October/November 2002 & released the following year; further refining Katatonia’s unique & poignant brand of melodic dark rock & metal.
This edition of ‘Viva Emptiness’ features the original 2003 audio mix, which received a recent half-speed master courtesy of Abbey Road Studios, London, & is presented on black vinyl. The release contains the original artwork from Travis Smith.
TRACKLIST
Ghost Of The Sun
Sleeper
Criminals
A Premonition
Will I Arrive ?
Burn The Remembrance
Wealth
One Year From Now
Walking By A Wire
Complicity
Evidence
Omerta
Inside The City Of Glass