Dead End Kings | ||||
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Released | 27 August 2012 | |||
Recorded | February–May 2012 | |||
Studio | Ghost Ward & The City of Glass Studios[1] | |||
Genre | Progressive metal,[2] gothic metal[3] | |||
Length | 48:47 | |||
Label | Peaceville | |||
Producer | Jonas Renkse, Anders Nyström | |||
Katatonia chronology | ||||
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Dead End Kings is the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia. It was released on 27 August 2012 in Europe and 28 August in the United States through Peaceville Records. Like all Katatonia releases, the album was written primarily by founding members Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band went through a number of lineup changes, making the album the first to feature bassist Niklas Sandin, the only album to feature second guitarist Per Eriksson, and the last to feature drummer Daniel Liljekvist.