Katatonian kanssa eri teille lähtenyt Anders Nyström julkaisi tiedotteen
Katatonian kanssa eri teille lähtenyt kitaristi ja perustajajäsen Anders Nyström on julkaissut tiedotteen tilanteesta. Pitkähköstä tiedotteesta saa käsityksen, että Nyströmillä ja Jonas Renksellä on ollut näkemyseroja muun muassa koskien yhtyeen vanhempaa materiaalia, jota Nyström olisi halunnut tuoda enemmän esiin. Nyström olisi myös halunnut haudata koko Katatonian, jonka jälkeen hän itse ja Renkse olisivat olleet vapaita jatkamaan eri nimillä haluamansa materiaalin kanssa.
Lue koko tiedote alta:
”Sad but true.
The time has come for me to confirm that the roads ahead Jonas and I have chosen for both Katatonia and ourselves have grown too wide and far apart, and as a result, our long-term collaboration has drawn to a close.
Artikkeli jatkuu mainoksen jälkeenMainos päättyy
With him and I being the duo that founded Katatonia almost 35 years ago, and owing to the fact that we managed to take our mission this far, it’s inevitable that our band’s legacy will continue to play a huge role for both of us and always live on, albeit in a different light either captured by our past, future or the many chapters in between.
To each our own, we may all have our own preferences and different levels of appreciation for either the early, mid or later Katatonia eras, but it seems like any willingness to embrace them all, in order to honor our history through live activities, has unfortunately failed to sustain. Needless to say, I still love ALL our albums, but with the early stuff being neglected for so many years, a feeling of having ”unfinished business” with a style that goes far back to our roots has just grown stronger and stronger. I can’t help feeling adamant that songs from our early-mid discography deserve to be equally acknowledged and likewise targeted for our live show repertoire, the essential medium where the past should always be alive! Unfortunately, that door has been kept shut and left everything we did pre-millennium in a void.
Avowed, with one of us gone, Katatonia could and should have been mutually laid to rest while exploiting the freedom to continue in any desirable direction under a new name. But with Jonas now regrouping with new members and navigating further in his own direction, I no longer need to wait and see which way the wind is blowing to enter that void and grab hold of what’s been abandonded. After all, Katatonia’s legacy is resting on both ends of the timeline.
Artikkeli jatkuu mainoksen jälkeenCome what may, I’d like to thank Jonas and the rest of my ex-colleagues for the incredible ride we shared through four compelling decades.
Blessed be!”
Anders ’Blakkheim’ Nyström