DON’T be lulled into thinking you’re going to hear the dulcet tones of Cerys Matthews, this is not the Welsh band of the same name.

Katatonia with a K are very much a hardrocking outfit. The Swedish metallers have been around since time immemorial, in fact this is their ninth album. I can’t really comment on what’s gone before, but if the intensity of this release is anything to go by, then their back catalogue is worth looking out.