Night Is the New Day

Night Is the New Day
Studio album by Katatonia
Released	2 November 2009
Recorded	July–August 2009
Genre	Metal[1], darkwave[1], doom rock[2]
Length	48:40
Label	Peaceville Records
Producer	Jonas Renkse Anders Nyström David Castillo
Katatonia chronology
Live Consternation (2007) Night Is the New Day (2009) The Longest Year (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
PopMatters	[1]
Rock Sound	(9/10)[3]

Night Is The New Day is Katatonia's eighth full-length album. It was released on 2 November 2009 in Europe and on 10 November 2009 in North America through Peaceville Records.^[4] 13 tracks were recorded, 11 of which made it onto the record. The band describes the material as "our most varied, diverse and possibly strongest shit all together on one and the same album".^[4] This is the last Katatonia release with the Norrman brothers.

Background

"Day and Then the Shade" was the first single, released in late 2009. The promotional video for this song was directed by Lasse Hoile.^[5] During the first week of this album's release, Night Is the New Day sold more than 2,000 copies in the United States.^[6] "Idle Blood" had the working title "Kozelek", named after Mark Kozelek, a member of Red House Painters, which is one Katatonia's influences.^[7]

Track listing

All music composed by Katatonia.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forsaker"	4:05
2.	"The Longest Year"	4:39
3.	"Idle Blood"	4:23
4.	"Onward Into Battle"	3:51
5.	"Liberation"	4:18
6.	"The Promise of Deceit"	4:17
7.	"Nephilim"	4:27
8.	"New Night"	4:27
9.	"Inheritance"	4:30
10.	"Day and Then the Shade"	4:27
11.	"Departer"	5:28

Swedish CD Edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forsaker"	4:05
2.	"The Longest Year"	4:39
3.	"Idle Blood"	4:23
4.	"Onward Into Battle"	3:51
5.	"Liberation"	4:18
6.	"The Promise of Deceit"	4:17
7.	"Nephilim"	4:27
8.	"New Night"	4:27
9.	"Inheritance"	4:30
10.	"Day and Then the Shade"	4:27
11.	"Ashen"	4:09
12.	"Departer"	5:28

Tour Edition 2011 Reissue
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forsaker"	4:05
2.	"The Longest Year"	4:39
3.	"Idle Blood"	4:23
4.	"Onward Into Battle"	3:51
5.	"Liberation"	4:18
6.	"The Promise Of Deceit"	4:17
7.	"Nephilim"	4:27
8.	"New Night"	4:27
9.	"Inheritance"	4:30
10.	"Day And Then The Shade"	4:27
11.	"Departer"	5:28
12.	"Ashen"	4:09
13.	"Sold Heart"	4:36
14.	"Day And Then The Shade (Frank Default Mix)"	5:39
15.	"Idle Blood (Linje 14)"	3:23

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Finnish Albums Chart[8]	8
French Albums Chart[8]	141
German Albums Chart[9]	77
Swedish Albums Chart[8]	39

Personnel

• Jonas Renkse – vocals, lyrics, production
• Anders Nyström – lead guitar, production
• Fredrik Norrman – rhythm guitar
• Mattias Norrman – bass guitar
• Daniel Liljekvist – drums

Additional Personnel

• Krister Linder – vocals on "Departer"^[10]
• Frank Default – keyboards, strings, and percussion^[11]
• David Castillo – production

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Begrand, Adrien. Night is the New Day review popmatters.com. 2009-11-12. Retrieved on 2009-11-13.
2. ^ ^{a b} allmusic ((( Night Is the New Day > Review )))
3. ^ Burt, Jim. Night is the New Day review rocksound.tv. Retrieved on 2009-11-07.
4. ^ ^{a b} blabbermouth.net KATATONIA: New Album Pushed Back To November
5. ^ Katatonia: 'Day And Then The Shade' Video Released blabbermouth.net. 2009-11-11. Retrieved on 2009-11-15.
6. ^ Katatonia To Reelase 'The Longest Day' EP blabbermouth.net. 2010-02-18. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfnMbedk_8s
8. ^ ^{a b c} "Night Is the New Day chart performance". acharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/51590. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 
9. ^ "Katatonia longplay-chartverfolgung" (in German). Musicline.de. PhonoNet GmbH. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/KATATONIA/longplay. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 
10. ^ Katatonia | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 97: november 2009 lordsofmetal.nl. Retrieved on 2009-11-06.
11. ^ Frank Default | Official website frankdefault.com. Retrieved on 2009-12-02.

External links

• Official website
• Frank Default website