Name: Dance Of December Souls
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SKU: 1111353
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Dance Of December Souls

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Album: Dance Of December Souls
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Seven Dreaming Souls	More Info...
2)	Gateways of Bereavement	More Info...	0:08
3)	In Silence Enshrined	More Info...	0:06
4)	Without God	More Info...	0:07
5)	Elohim Meth	More Info...	0:01
6)	Velvet Thorns (Of Drynwhyl)	More Info...	0:14
7)	Tomb of Insomnia	More Info...	0:13
8)	Dancing December	More Info...	0:02
9)	Midwinter Gates (Prologue)	More Info...
10)	Without God (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:07
11)	Palace of Frost	More Info...	0:03
12)	The Northern Silence (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04
13)	Crimson Tears (Epilogue)	More Info...	0:02

Album: Dance Of December Souls
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Seven Dreaming Souls	More Info...
2)	Gateways of Bereavement	More Info...	0:08
3)	In Silence Enshrined	More Info...	0:06
4)	Without God	More Info...	0:07
5)	Elohim Meth	More Info...	0:01
6)	Velvet Thorns (Of Drynwhyl)	More Info...	0:14
7)	Tomb of Insomnia	More Info...	0:13
8)	Dancing December	More Info...	0:02
9)	Midwinter Gates (Prologue)	More Info...
10)	Without God (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:07
11)	Palace of Frost	More Info...	0:03
12)	The Northern Silence (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04
13)	Crimson Tears (Epilogue)	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Katatonia: Lord J. Renske (vocals, drums); Blakkheim (guitars, bass guitar); Israphel Wing (bass guitar).
Personnel: Day Disyraah (keyboards).
Audio Remasterer: David Castillo.
Liner Note Author: Chris Bruni.
Recording information: Gorysound Studio, Finspaang, Sweden (07/03/1992-04/09/1993); Unisound Studio, Finspaang, Sweden (07/03/1992-04/09/1993).
Photographers: Dan Swan”; Tom Martinsen .
With their first full album, 1993's Dance of December Souls, Sweden's Katatonia proved that classic death/doom need not come from England, whence, until then, the genre had flourished at the hands of Paradise Lost, Anathema, and My Dying Bride. In fact, December manages to drag heavy metal to a near-standstill along with the best of 'em, combining cookie-monster growls, slothful riffing, morbid guitar (and, snuck in now and then, morbid synthesizer) melodies, and slow but busy drumming into a mesmerizing wash of depression. Eight-minute highlight "Gateways of Bereavement" and the desolately beautiful instrumental "Elohim Meth" are both perfect examples of these exquisitely sluggish and gloomy capabilities, although other offerings like "In Silence Enshrined" and the fan favorite "Without God" do eventually pick up the pace somewhat -- also with very positive results. Not so the ensuing twin monoliths stacked back to back, "Velvet Thorns (Of Drynwhyl)" and "Tomb of Insomnia," both of which exceed 13 minutes in length and prove simply suicide-inducing for all but the most patient of metalheads -- despite any number of memorable passages strewn about their massive girths. Then again, it could be said that, by inspiring such thoughts of self-destruction, Katatonia accomplish their mission. And, in any case, flawed though it may be, Dance of December Souls has stood the test of time pretty well, and thus remains one of the doom/death genre's important building blocks. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia