History Music / Katatonia

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: From blackened doom and death/doom to alternative rock to progressive metal. Almost all traces of harsh vocals [[ReverseCerebusSyndrome are gone]] by ''The Great Cold Distance'', though.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Endtime" has the world end in fire.

* LighterAndSofter / GenreShift:

* ShoutOut[=/=]TitledAfterTheSong: ''Last Fair Deal Gone Down'' is named after a song by the seminal Delta blues musician Music/RobertJohnson.

** "Undo You" has two, paraphrasing the title of their EP ''For Funerals to Come'' as "for our funerals to come", and additionally lifting the line "in death, a song" from the track of the same name from ''Tonight's Decision''.

* TakeThat: "Passing Bird" makes stabs at emo girls pretending to be depressed. Anyone seriously down would want to get better, not stay there to get attention.
** Given that ''Last Fair Deal Gone Down'' was released when emo pop was still largely in its infancy, it was probably targeting mall goths and nu-metal kids, both of whom were prone to much the same thing.

** ''The Fall of Hearts'' starts to veer into ProgressiveRock territory.

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** [[DeathMetal Death / Doom]]: Their first two albums were this, and solidified them as one of the genre's Trope Codifiers.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first few releases were black metal tinged death / doom albums, in the vein of Bethlehem, before they made a full GenreShift, to their more famous current sound.
* EpicRocking: "Velvet Thorns (Of Drynwhyl)" clocks 13:56 and "Tomb of Insomnia" 13:09.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The ''Discouraged Ones'' track "Instrumental" is... Well, an instrumental.

** From ''Discouraged Ones'' onward, with their [[DeathMetal Death]] / DoomMetal approach, shifting towards a GothicMetal / AlternativeMetal one. ''Last Fair Deal Gone Down'' really cemented their current sound.
** The "Dethroned and Uncrowned" remixes of ''Dead End Kings,'' are very much softer, though considering the mood, not much lighter.

* ShoutOut: The album title ''Last Fair Deal Gone Down'' is a reference to a delta blues musician.

* SuddenlyVoiced: The 10th anniversary remaster of ''Viva Emptiness,'' adds vocals to the previously instrumental "Inside the City of Glass." WordOfGod is that it was always intended as a vocal song, they just didn't have enough time left in the studio, to record vocals for it.

** Given that ''Last Fair Deal Gone Down'' was released, when emo pop was still largely in its infancy, it was probably targeting, mall goths and nu-metal kids, both of whom were prone to much the same thing.

* TitleDrop: "The Itch" contains the line: "The great cold distance."
** In "Hypnone," one of the lyrics goes along the lines of: "Tomorrow is so long / The Dead End King is here."
** "I Am Nothing" has the line: "I have to get on with this / It's a decision for tonight."
* TitledAfterTheSong: ''Last Fair Deal Gone Down'' is named after a song by the seminal {{blues}} musician Music/RobertJohnson.
* WildMassGuessing: The inlay of the jewel case versions of ''Viva Emptiness'' and ''The Great Cold Distance,'' sparked a lot of discussion among the fans, for featuring a snippet from an IM conversation, and a cockroach respectively.

* IAmTheBand: Jonas Renkse.

* LighterAndSofter / GenreShift: From ''Discouraged Ones'' onward, with their [[DeathMetal Death]] / DoomMetal approach, shifting towards a GothicMetal / AlternativeMetal one. ''Last Fair Deal Gone Down'' really cemented their current sound.

* Roger Ojersson

* Daniel Liljekvist - drums
* Per "Sodomizer" Eriksson - guitar

* CoverVersion: They covered singer songwriters Music/JeffBuckley and "Will Oldham."

* WordSaladLyrics: Especially on "The Great Cold Distance."

* CoverVersion: They covered singer songwriters Music/JeffBuckley and Music/WillOldham.