Dance of December Souls

Studio album by Katatonia

Released

14 December 1993^[1]

Recorded

4–9 April 1993 at Unisound Studios

Genre

Black/doom,^[2] death/doom,^[3] dark metal^[4]

Length

53:35

Label

No Fashion

Producer

Dan Swanö, Katatonia

Katatonia chronology

Dance of December Souls
(1993)

Brave Murder Day
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

Dance of December Souls is the first full-length album by Katatonia.

The album was released on CD in 1993 by No Fashion Records and LP by Helion Records, released in the USA in 1999 by Century Black. In 2004, record label Black Lodge reissued the album with all new artwork, but the band has stated on its website that it does not support this release for personal reasons. In 2007, the album was reissued, this time under Peaceville UK with a blue version of the original cover and all five songs from the Jhva Elohim Meth EP appended as bonus tracks. In 2010, Svart Records released a double vinyl version, which also included all songs from the EP.

This album is the first release with Israphel Wing, making him the band's first bass player. Prior to this album, Blackheim had been playing both guitar and bass.

Track listing

All music by Blackheim, all lyrics by Lord J. Renkse.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Seven Dreaming Souls (Intro)"	00:45
2.	"Gateways of Bereavement"	08:15
3.	"In Silence Enshrined"	06:30
4.	"Without God"	06:51
5.	"Elohim Meth"	01:42
6.	"Velvet Thorns (of Drynwhyl)"	13:56
7.	"Tomb of Insomnia"	13:09
8.	"Dancing December"	02:18
Total length:		53:35

Personnel

As appears in the booklet:

Katatonia

Blackheim – Guitars
Lord J. Renkse – Lead Vocals, Drums, Percussion
Israphel Wing (Guillaume Le Huche) – Bass Guitar

Session musician

Day DiSyraah – keyboards

Production

Dan Swanö and Day DiSyraah – mixing & engineering
Peter Dahl – mastering (at Cutting Room)
Tom Martinsen, Cover Me – cover design
Lennart Kaltea, Tom Martinsen – photos

References

↑ "Katatonia - Dance of December Souls". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
↑ "Katatonia 'Brave Murder Day'". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
1 2 Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Dance of December Souls - Katatonia". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
↑ "Their flyer best describes this godly band, 'Sorrowfilled and harmonous Northern Dark Metal.'" "Katatonia-'Dance of December Souls' CD". In: Petrified 'Zine, no. 2, Winter 1993, p. 4.

Katatonia

Jonas Renkse Anders Nyström Daniel Liljekvist Guillaume Le Huche (Israphel Wing) Fredrik "North" Norrman Mikael Oretoft Mattias "The Crypt/Kryptan" Norrman

Studio albums	Dance of December Souls (1993) Brave Murder Day (1996) Discouraged Ones (1998) Tonight's Decision (1999) Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) Viva Emptiness (2003) The Great Cold Distance (2006) Night Is the New Day (2009) Dead End Kings (2012)

EPs	Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival For Funerals to Come... Sounds of Decay Saw You Drown Teargas Tonight's Music July The Longest Year

Singles	"Ghost of the Sun" "My Twin"

Live albums	Live Consternation

Compilation albums	Brave Yester Days The Black Sessions

Related	Discography

Notable session musicians: Dan Swanö Mikael Åkerfeldt Per Eriksson (Sodomizer) Niklas "Nille" Sandin

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