Holy schnikees. I wasn’t expecting it to be this beautiful. The Yes set has arrived.
RochaNews: Katatonia “Sanctitude” Concert Film
KATATONIA LAUNCHES “DAY” VIDEO CLIP FROM UPCOMING “SANCTITUDE” CONCERT FILM “Sanctitude” available on Blu-ray, CD+DVD, 2LP & digital download March 31 via Kscope
SWEDEN – Swedish master of melancholy, Katatonia, has launched a live video of the track “Day” from its upcoming concert film, Sanctitude, to be released in North America on March 31, 2015 (March 30 U.K. & RoW, April 3 Germany) via Kscope. The live video for “Day” is the first taste of what fans can expect from Sanctitude; it can be
viewed on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB8FC22Yc8w and Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/119260348.
Katatonia’s Anders Nystrom comments on the release: “Day… something you wake up to, or at least have to pull through, over and over. Most of them you forget about, but a couple you maybe look back upon and wish to relive again.
“Unfortunately in reality, I’m afraid that’s not possible, at least not until Apple buys NASA and releases a new version of their Time Capsule backup machine and send people into the cloud and back into history to fetch an older version of their lives, but luckily for us, there’s a current control of our music that doesn’t need time travel.
“We have always felt that if there’s a need, we’re entitled to the freedom to give our old songs a makeover in the now rather than the never. So, in the making of ‘Sanctitude’ there was one song in particular that meant a great deal to us. In fact, it was our first song ever to feature entirely clean vocals accompanied by clean guitars and it was written and released right in the peak of our death metal years.
“The song stood out, but isolated itself into oblivion in the climate of heavier music. Therefore we wanted this song to get a second chance, to be re-discovered. Even 20 years later when performing it live for the first time, it appears the parks are still grey and look the same…”
Sanctitude will be released in four formats:
- Blu-ray DVD in 5.1 surround sound plus ‘Beyond The Chapel’ documentary including brand new interviews with Anders Nystrom & Jonas Renkse.
- CD/DVD package – audio / visual set including ‘Beyond the Chapel’ documentary.
- Double LP (incl. download code)
- Digital download (audio)
Sanctitude can be pre-ordered in physical formats via the Kscope web-store at:
http://www.kscopemusic.com/store.
A Sanctitude teaser trailer can be seen on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrhpdIGQwGw&feature=youtu.be and Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/118916551.
Sanctitude was filmed and recorded in the stunning, candle-lit setting of London’s Union Chapel during Katatonia’s May 2014 ‘Unplugged & Reworked’ tour – an intimate acoustic evening performing tracks from the Dethroned & Uncrowned album alongside atmospheric classics from the band’s entire career, stripped and reworked. The 80 minute set features 17 songs across the albums The Great Cold Distance, Viva Emptiness, Brave Murder Day, Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Dead End Kings and Dethroned & Uncrowned, including fan favorite, “Teargas.” The show closes with the sublime “The One You Are Looking For Is Not Here” and a special guest appearance by Norwegian vocalist Silje Wergeland of Dutch legend, The Gathering. The band was also joined on guitar and vocals by The Pineapple Thief frontman and songwriter, Bruce Soord.
All audio on Sanctitude has been mixed and mastered by Bruce Soord, with artwork once more supplied by long-time visual collaborator Travis Smith.
DISC 1:
1. In The White
2. Ambitions
3. Teargas
4. Gone
5. A Darkness Coming
6. One Year From Now
7. The Racing Heart
8. Tonight`s Music
9. Sleeper
10. Undo You
11. Lethean
12. Day
13. Idle Blood
14. Unfurl
15. Omerta
16. Evidence
17. The One You Are Looking For Is Not Here
DISC 2:
Concert Film (80 mins) Documentary `Beyond The Chapel` (66 mins)
Katatonia was formed in 1991 by Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse. Its debut album, Dance of December Souls, was released in 1993, gaining the band recognition for its eclectic brand of gothic doom/death metal and joining acts such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride as one of the genre’s defining bands. On future albums, a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined and structured collection of melodic dark rock songs that became third album, Discouraged Ones, which is widely regarded as the main evolution point for modern day Katatonia.
In September 2013, Kscope released Dethroned & Uncrowned, a reworking of the band’s 2012 epic Dead End Kings (originally released on Kscope’s sister label Peaceville). Dethroned & Uncrowned allowed Katatonia the opportunity to explore a more progressive sound, creating new moods and textures while still staying truthful to the core of the original songs.
Stay tuned for more information on Katatonia and Sanctitude, out this month on Peaceville.
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Progeny: Highlights From Seventy-Two — Deluxe Edition — 14 CD Box Set
Today is the day.
No, it is not true that Yes lyrics are being added to the New Testament…
“Let us rejoice in this momentous occasion,” said Pope John Paul II in a special service at St. Peter’s. “And let no man be unmoved, remembering the words of Jesus: ‘In and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky, and they stand there.’ Amen.”
…but we do get the epic release of Progeny today. Which is still pretty darn great!
There’s a nice 2-disc set of highlights if you can’t imagine yourself like me, listening to all 14 compact discs.
Disc: 1
1. Opening (Excerpt From Firebird Suite) / Siberian Khatru (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New Yor
2. I’ve Seen All Good People: Your Move / All Good People (Live at Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville,
3. Heart of the Sunrise (Live at Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, Tennessee November 15, 1972)
4. Clap/Mood For A Day (Live at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina November 12, 1972)
5. And You And I [I. Cord Of Life, II. Eclipse, III. The Preacher The Teacher, IV. Apocalypse] (Live at
Disc: 2
1. Close To The Edge (I. The Solid Time Of Change, II. Total Mass Retain, III. I Get Up I Get Down, IV.
2. Excerpts From “The Six Wives of Henry VIII” (Live at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina)
3. Roundabout (Live at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario October 31, 1972)
4. Yours is No Disgrace (Live at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina November 12, 1972)
But wouldn’t you want to buy the whole thing, just for the packaging and the new art?!
Can’t wait for my 14 CDs to arrive in the mail…
Modern Prog Classics
Over the past week Progzilla Radio has been broadcasting the choice of its listeners of the top 100 Modern Prog Classics – that is, songs released in the past 25 years (since 1990). The full list can be found at www.progzilla.com, but the top Ten, as voted by the listeners, were:
10: Pink Floyd – High Hopes
9: Porcupine Tree – Anaesthetize
8: Transatlantic – The Whirlwind
7: Big Big Train – Victorian Brickwork
6: Marillion – Neverland
5: The Flower Kings – The Truth Will Set You Free
4: Frost* – Black Light Machine
3: Big Big Train – The Underfall Yard
2: Frost* – Milliontown
1: Big Big Train – East Coast Racer
All About Them Books
Proggers are usually bibliophiles… so don’t we need a prog version of this?
Stephen Humphries: Clerk of the Gods
This morning I had the chance to read through Stephen Humphries website: http://stephenhumphries.blogspot.com
What a treat. Yet another reason to love the weekend.
If you don’t follow him, you should. Humphries is not only a great writer, but he’s also a great thinker. Not surprisingly, Rush turned to him recently to write the text for the new Hugh Syme book, The Art of Rush.
Humphries seemingly has connections to every one in the prog world. Anyway, check out his website. His interviews are especially good.
“Together We Will Live Forever” — arranged and played by Chris Lawley
Sweet guitar arrangement of a beautiful song (also available as an MP3, MP3 320, or FLAC file):
I began making videos of myself playing classical guitar on YouTube in 2006. Those eventually grew into multi-instrumental music videos that became quite popular around the world, especially among progressive rock fans. In 2007, after seeing the movie The Fountain, I was moved by the song composed by Clint Mansell and played on piano during the closing credits, ‘Together We Will Live Forever’. I decided right away to make an arrangement of the song for classical guitar and record it for YouTube. I had no idea at the time that it would become my most-watched video for many years.
District 97 — In Vaults — album trailer! Release date: June 23 @District97
Love the sound of this:
Anneke Van Giersbergen talks about The Gentle Storm
Who can resist Anneke?
“This will be the first time since the band formed in 1968 that YES will have performed live without me”—Chris Squire
YesWorld announces Chris Squire to undergo treatment for Leukemia:
Grammy Award-winning bass guitarist, vocalist, and founding member of Yes, Chris Squire, has been diagnosed with Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL), an uncommon form of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
Chris will be receiving treatment in his hometown of Phoenix over the next few months.
YES will be honoring their commitments to their North American summer tour with Toto, as well as confirming their performances on the Cruise To The Edge in November.
Chris’s role in the band will be covered by YES alumnus Billy Sherwood.
To quote Chris, “This will be the first time since the band formed in 1968 that YES will have performed live without me. But the other guys and myself have agreed that Billy Sherwood will do an excellent job of covering my parts and the show as a whole will deliver the same YES experience that our fans have come to expect over the years.”
Progarchy 