KATATONIA: Spanish/Portuguese Tour Dates Announced

Sweden's KATATONIA has posted the following message on its official web site:

"Since Spain was left out of the European tour back in spring last year, we're happy to be able to fullfill our fans requests and finally come down to do what we do best in April (better late than never, right?). The last time we played in Spain was over three years ago, so this is an ideal comeback. And the good news doesn't end here. We also have the honor to finally be able to play in Portugal for the first time ever (well, kind of; we did play up north in a forest at an obscure festival once) and meet all our (until this day neglected) fans. All of this is bound to be an exciting spring time, so dont miss out!"

KATATONIA's Spanish/Portuguese tour dates:

Apr. 11 - Club Lua - Lisbon, Portugal
Apr. 12 - Teatro Sá da Bandeira - Porto, Portugal
Apr. 13 - Sala Caracol - Madrid, Spain
Apr. 14 - Sala Bikini - Barcelona, Spain
Apr. 15 - Sala Tunk - Guipuzcoa, Spain

KATATONIA will release a new single, "July", on March 26. In addition to the title track, the single will include a brand new/unreleased song called "Unfurl", a remix of "Soil's Song" by Krister Linder, and the video for "July", shot and directed by Charlie Granberg.

According to a posting on KATATONIA's official web site, Fascination Street studio owner and producer Jens Bogren will mix the band's "The Great Cold Distance" album in 5.1 Surround Sound. The effort will be released as a double digipack, with the 5.1 mix on Disc 1 and the original album version plus two bonus tracks ("Displaced" and "Dissolving Bonds") on disc 2. The entire layout has been mirrored to a negative look of the original art to enhance and differentiate the packaging. The release date is set for March 12 via Peaceville Records.

As previously reported, Peaceville has bought rights to the masters of KATATONIA's back catalog previously released on Avantgarde Music and is remastering and reissuing all the full-length albums in digipack format. First up was "Brave Murder Day" (1996),also featuring the "Sounds of Decay" EP (1997) as a bonus, along with revamped artwork and liner notes from the band. Peaceville has also bought the rights to some of the KATATONIA members' sideprojects, including DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE and OCTOBER TIDE, with reissues to follow in the near future.

KATATONIA's video for the track "Deliberation" has been posted online at YouTube.com. The clip was shot and directed by Charlie Granberg, who also worked with the group on their "My Twin" video.

"Deliberation" was the second single from KATATONIA's new album, "The Great Cold Distance". The follow-up to 2003's "Viva Emptiness" was recorded at Fascination Street studios in the outskirts of Örebro, Sweden and was mastered at the Cutting Room in Stockholm.