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katatonia jonas renkse , fredrik norrman , anders nyström , daniel in liljekvist and mattias norrman . 2004 . from left to right : jonas renkse anders nyström niklas sandin -lsb- http://www.katatonia.com/ www.katatonia.com -rsb- bloodbath , october tide 1991 -- 1994 , 1996 -- present decomposed , entity , melancholium peaceville , avantgarde music , no fashion , vic 300 katatonia
 yes guillaume oretoft mattias `` kryptan '' norrman per `` sodomizer '' le eriksson daniel liljekvist huche fredrik `` north '' norrman mikael group_or_band katatonia in 2004.jpg stockholm , sweden katatonia
katatonia

katatonia is a swedish heavy metal band formed in stockholm in 1991 by jonas renkse -lrb- formerly known as lord seth -rrb- and anders nyström -lrb- formerly known as blakkheim -rrb- .
the early katatonia albums , along with albums by bands such as my dying bride , anathema and paradise lost , are sometimes considered forerunners of the death/doom genre .
