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KATATONIA's JONAS RENKSE Interviewed By GoetiaMedia.com (Video)

May 28, 2014

Jorge Fretes of Spain's GoetiaMedia.com conducted an interview with Jonas Renkse (vocals) of Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA before the band's May 12 unplugged show in Berlin, Germany. You can now watch the chat below.

Earlier this month, KATATONIA began to take its "Unplugged & Reworked" setup on the road for the first time, presenting an intimate evening with the band each night performing tracks from last year's "Dethroned & Uncrowned" (itself an acoustic reworking of their "Dead End Kings" album),alongside atmospheric classics from their entire career, stripped down and reworked.

KATATONIA's sold-out May 16 show at the Union Chapel in London, England was filmed for a very special DVD release later in the year on Kscope.

Comments KATATONIA guitarist and founding member Anders Nyström: "This has been a different tour. I thought it was gonna be good, but it was better! Out with the distortion, the headbanging and the explosive lights... in with the acoustic guitars, chairs and the candles.... not permanently, just momentarily. It's like having a guest chef cooking the menu this week. Gotta enjoy it while it lasts, right?

"For the first time ever, we've been able to play some old beautiful churches and enjoy their sacred aesthetics and acoustics much to our advantage. Appropriately, we also heard your prayers from near and afar, and it's now a fact the tour include a DVD recording of the Union Chapel show in London."

Drummer Daniel Liljekvist last month announced his departure from KATATONIA. He explained in a statement: "It's got nothing to do with 'difference in views' or any other bullshit. I just cannot combine job, family and commit 100% to KATATONIA. Times for musicians are rough and I've decided to concentrate on my family and get a normal job that gets the bills paid."

KATATONIA recently parted ways with guitarist Per "Sodomizer" Eriksson due to "a difference in views on the band's current operative as well as last year's decision from Per to permanently live in Barcelona."

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