Jonas Renkse is forging new landscapes in Katatonia’s gloom-laden prog metal world. Following the unexpected departure of founding guitarist Anders Nyström, a new-look line-up has released Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State. The vocalist and songwriter tells Prog about the vivid dream that inspired the album, and his plans for the band’s new incarnation.
A lot has happened since Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström began writing the first Katatonia music – a raw and melancholic take on death/doom metal – in 1991. The vocalist and guitarist quickly outgrew their studio-only two- piece origins to become one of Scandinavia’s contemporary metal greats.
