{"id":6007,"date":"2017-02-10T13:07:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T21:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/?p=6007"},"modified":"2017-02-10T13:19:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T21:19:12","slug":"were-still-comfortable-exploring-our-sound-and-identity-in-conversation-with-katatonia-guitarist-anders-nystrom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2017\/02\/10\/were-still-comfortable-exploring-our-sound-and-identity-in-conversation-with-katatonia-guitarist-anders-nystrom\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We&#8217;re Still Comfortable Exploring Our Sound and Identity&#8221;: In Conversation with Katatonia guitarist Anders Nystr\u00f6m (audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrew Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Katatonia-EsterSegarra-0741.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6008\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Katatonia-EsterSegarra-0741.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Katatonia-EsterSegarra-0741.jpg 1800w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Katatonia-EsterSegarra-0741-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Katatonia-EsterSegarra-0741-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Katatonia-EsterSegarra-0741-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Very few metal bands are successful in pushing the envelope of their creativity and expanding their repertoire while still maintaining their essence and core. Swedish group Katatonia can truly be heralded as one such band, starting as an extreme metal entity in their early years and\u00a0continually blending melodic and atmospheric elements as they went along their career path. Their tenth and latest album &#8216;The Fall of Hearts&#8217;, released in 2016, comes across as a delightful blend of atmospheric and progressive rock, and now, Katatonia are gearing up for a March-April North American headline tour in support of the album, plus, of course, to present material from the rest of their discography.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On this run, Katatonia\u00a0are also bringing Caspian and Uncured as opening acts, and are slated to perform at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday March 29th. On February 8th, guitarist and songwriter Anders Nystr\u00f6m spoke to Metal Assault to discuss the latest album, stylistic shifts and genre labels, songwriting, the upcoming tour and more. Listen to the conversation below, listen to a track off of &#8216;The Fall of Hearts&#8217;, check out the tour dates, and get tickets to a show near you!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZoJySynesk?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Katatonia + Caspian + Uncured North American tour dates:<\/strong><br \/>\n03\/16\/2017 &#8211; Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club<br \/>\n03\/17\/2017 &#8211; Cleveland, OH @ Agora<br \/>\n03\/18\/2017 &#8211; Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls<br \/>\n03\/19\/2017 &#8211; Charlotte, NC @ The Underground<br \/>\n03\/21\/2017 &#8211; St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre<br \/>\n03\/23\/2017 &#8211; New Orleans, LA @ Republic<br \/>\n03\/24\/2017 &#8211; Houston, TX @ Scout Bar<br \/>\n03\/25\/2017 &#8211; Austin, TX @ Grizzly Hall<br \/>\n03\/26\/2017 &#8211; Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar &amp; Grill<br \/>\n03\/28\/2017 &#8211; Mesa, AZ @ Club Red<br \/>\n03\/29\/2017 &#8211; Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre<br \/>\n03\/31\/2017 &#8211; Pomona, CA @ The Glass House<br \/>\n04\/01\/2017 &#8211; San Francisco CA @ Slim&#8217;s<br \/>\n04\/03\/2017 &#8211; Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre<br \/>\n04\/04\/2017 &#8211; Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven<br \/>\n04\/05\/2017 &#8211; Vancouver, BC @ Venue<br \/>\n04\/07\/2017 &#8211; Calgary, AB @ The Gateway<br \/>\n04\/08\/2017 &#8211; Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room<br \/>\n04\/10\/2017 &#8211; Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex<br \/>\n04\/11\/2017 &#8211; Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall<br \/>\n04\/12\/2017 &#8211; Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre<br \/>\n04\/14\/2017 &#8211; Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line<br \/>\n04\/15\/2017 &#8211; Chicago, IL @ Metro<br \/>\n04\/16\/2017 &#8211; Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theater<br \/>\n04\/17\/2017 &#8211; Toronto, ON @ The Opera House<br \/>\n04\/19\/2017 &#8211; Montreal, QC @ Club Soda<br \/>\n04\/20\/2017 &#8211; Philadelphia, PA @ The TLA<br \/>\n04\/21\/2017 &#8211; New York, NY @ Irving Plaza<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you like what you\u2019ve read and heard, <a href=\"http:\/\/paypal.me\/MetalAssault\" target=\"_blank\">make a donation<\/a> of any amount and help keep Metal Assault running full time!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you live in the LA area, <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketbat.com\/event\/the-rare-breed-taarkus-yidhra\" target=\"_blank\">buy tickets<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/366025113775852\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metal Assault Night at The Viper Room Vol. 1<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IIGBNc2nFZA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Katatonia links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katatonia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/katatonia\" target=\"_blank\">facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatatoniaBand\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/katatoniaband\/\" target=\"_blank\">instagram<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew Bansal Very few metal bands are successful in pushing the envelope of their creativity and expanding their repertoire while still maintaining their essence and core. Swedish group Katatonia can truly be heralded as one such band, starting as an extreme metal entity in their early years and\u00a0continually blending melodic and atmospheric elements as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2017\/02\/10\/were-still-comfortable-exploring-our-sound-and-identity-in-conversation-with-katatonia-guitarist-anders-nystrom\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;We&#8217;re Still Comfortable Exploring Our Sound and Identity&#8221;: In Conversation with Katatonia guitarist Anders Nystr\u00f6m (audio)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6007"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6007"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6018,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6007\/revisions\/6018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}