Viva Emptiness
by Katatonia
- Type: Album
- Released: 24 March 2003
- Label: Peaceville, Soyuz, Moon, Icarus, Infinite Vinyl Series
- Country: Sweden
- Length: 52:45
- Community rating: 3.92/5 from 10 ratings
Artists on this release: Jens Bogren, Andreas 脜kerberg, Mattias Norrman, Daniel Liljekvist, Fredrik Norrman, David Castillo, Anders Nystr枚m, Jonas Renkse
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Continuing their shift away from pure doom metal, 'Viva Emptiness' embraces a polished alternative metal sound laced with gothic rock melancholy. The album explores themes of urban decay and personal despair, utilizing heavy, driving riffs alongside Jonas Renkse's clean, somber vocal delivery.
Genres
Descriptors: crime, melodic, atmospheric, guitar-heavy, bleak
Tracklist
- Ghost Of The Sun (04:07)
- Sleeper (04:08)
- Criminals (03:47)
- A Premonition (03:33)
- Will I Arrive (04:09)
- Burn The Remembrance (05:22)
- Wealth (04:22)
- One Year From Now (04:02)
- Walking By A Wire (03:32)
- Complicity (04:01)
- Evidence (04:36)
- Omerta (02:58)
- Inside The City Of Glass (04:08)
Credits
- Anders Nystr枚m - Member, art direction, design, guitar, keyboards, programmed by, mixed by [with], producer, songwriter [all songs written by]
- Andreas 脜kerberg - Member
- Daniel Liljekvist - Member, drums, percussion
- Mattias Norrman - Member, bass
- Fredrik Norrman - Member, guitar
- Jonas Renkse - Member, art direction, design, lyrics by [all], mixed by [with], producer, songwriter [all songs written by], vocals, guitar, programmed by
- David Castillo - Member
- Jens Bogren - Member, mixed by
- Travis Smith - art direction, design
- Dan Swan枚 - edited by [additional]
- Katatonia - engineer
- Ian Agate - engineer [assisted by]
- Peter In De Betou - mastered by
- Richard Lundberg - photography by [band]