The latest from Katatonia:
Peaceville will be issuing a limited edition compilation entitled "The Black Sessions" featuring selected material from the 'new era' (defined 1998-2004) as opposed to the 'old era' material covered in "Brave Yester Days" at the end of January. The packaging will be a box set of two discs featuring all the single's b-sides, cover songs and selective songs off "Discouraged Ones" up and till "Viva Emptiness" (including one unreleased track from this recording session). There'll also be a third disc in the form of a live DVD with a Katatonia live show from April 2003 that was shot in Kracow, Poland. The layout of a 12 page booklet + poster will be handled by Travis Smith.
The official DVD release that has been in the works since over a year and a half has been postponed to a yet undecided future date, likely during the later part of 2005. Reason is we didn't feel entirely happy with the way it was shaping up and it wouldn't meet our own demands of what should be Katatonia's first offical DVD release. A new main show for this DVD will be planned and shot with more careful directing behind it during next year (tba). We're also pretty far on our way of gathering cool backstage and bootleg shots with our own handycam, that will in the end make up some great bonus footage for a well worthwhile killer release.
"The Black Sessions" should be a pretty cool collection - some of those b-sides are really, really great and it's especially interesting to hear the band's take on stuff like "O how I enjoy the light" by Will Oldham. It will be nice to finally have them all on one disc, even though chumps like me already bought them when they came out.