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- The Great Cold Distance
- - 108,051 plays
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Katatonia
Released 2006

Leaders
04:20
9,982 plays

Follower
04:45
8,296 plays

Consternation
03:50
8,227 plays

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- 1
- Leaders
- 04:20
- 9,982 plays

- 2
- Deliberation
- 03:59
- 11,175 plays

- 3
- Soil's Song
- 04:12
- 11,071 plays

- 4
- My Twin
- 03:41
- 13,933 plays

- 5
- Consternation
- 03:50
- 8,227 plays

- 6
- Follower
- 04:45
- 8,296 plays

- 7
- Rusted
- 04:21
- 7,602 plays

- 8
- Increase
- 04:20
- 6,835 plays

- 9
- July
- 04:45
- 10,055 plays

- 10
- In The White
- 04:53
- 8,090 plays

- 11
- The Itch
- 04:20
- 5,970 plays

- 12
- Journey Through Pressure
- 04:20
- 5,256 plays

- 13
- My Twin [Polkasss]
- 00:00
- 101 plays

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album review

Coming three full years after 2003's Viva Emptiness, The Great Cold Distance continues the trend toward the mainstream that Katatonia began with that album. Singer Jonas Renske -- who apparently lost his ability to do the now-clichéd Cookie Monster vocals some years ago due to medical problems -- has refined his voice into a much smoother and, surprisingly, more powerful instrument that's capable of greater emotional shadings. Similarly, this album forsakes the blastbeats and hyperspeed riffing for a more dynamic sound that makes smart use of slow and quiet passages. They're still heavy: "Deliberation" and "Leaders" are as brutal as anything on the band's career high point, Last Fair Deal Gone Down. But that heaviness is set off by gems like the surprisingly restrained "In the White," a powerful and heartfelt song that's among the band's finest, and that sonic variety makes The Great Cold Distance a stronger, more compelling listen than a more bludgeoning effort would be. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide