| Saw You Drown | ||||
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| Released | 1 January 1998 | |||
| Recorded | February 1994 (4) July–August 1997 (1-3) | |||
| Genre | Doom metal, gothic metal[1] | |||
| Length | 24:32 | |||
| Label | Avantgarde Music | |||
| Producer | Katatonia (1-3) Dan Swanö (4) | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Saw You Drown is the fourth EP by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released in 1998. The EP is limited to 1500 handnumbered copies. In 2005, it was re-issued on clear/blue wax 10" LP in 1000 hand-numbered copies.[2]
The first two tracks are previews of the then-upcoming Discouraged Ones album, while "Quiet World" was recorded in the same Sunlight Studios 1997 session as Sounds of Decay,[3][4] and "Scarlet Heavens" was a hard-to-find 1994[3] recording originally issued on the 1996 Katatonia/Primordial Split 10".[5]
While all of the band's previous efforts utilized growled vocals almost exclusively, Saw You Drown begins the band's shift towards clean vocals. This release first shows on the album cover the band's changed & second logo, coinciding with the change in sound.
Track listing
- "Saw You Drown" – 5:02
- "Nerve" – 4:31
- "Quiet World" – 4:37
- "Scarlet Heavens" – 10:25
Personnel
Katatonia
- Jonas Renkse – lead vocals, drums
- Anders Nyström – guitar; backing vocals & keyboards (tracks 1–3)
- Fredrik Norrman – guitar (1-3)
- Micke Oretoft – bass (1-3)
- Guillaume Le Huche – bass (4)
References
- 1 2 "Saw You Drown – Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ↑ "Katatonia: 'Saw You Drown' Mini-Album To Be Released On Vinyl". 24 February 2005.
- 1 2 "Saw You Drown on Discogs". Discogs.com.
- ↑ "Sounds of Decay on Discogs". Discogs.com.
- ↑ "Katatonia/Primordial split at Discogs". Discogs.com.