"The Great Cold Distance" was a step beyond the metal stage. such a softness entwined with the aggressiveness of sadness is unbearable, yet comforting. Katatonia is a beautiful creation.
You come clean Waves collide now Defenseless numb arms And no voice of reason So how come you invited me too? You knew I wanted you You glide above So this night belongs to you I know this isn't through Are you dead to love? I see the bright lights It's the month of July It's violent here Why have you left me? If only you could stay And keep me in It's violent here Why did you run from me? So how come you invited me too? You knew I wanted you You glide above So this night belongs to you I know this isn't through Are you dead to love? Heat Night devour me Heat Night devour me Repeat, repetition I see the bright lights It's the month of July It's violent here Why have you left me? If only you could stay and keep me in It's violent here Why did you run from me?
One of my favorite bands of all time . and I didn't find out about them till I was 55. have seen them live 3 times. awelcome awesome band. I get so sick and tired when I hear people my age age say there isn't any good music. love insomnium,opeth wolves at the door and a ton more .
@@aprild9577 same here, been into metal since I was 8 when cousin gave me all his records (yes, I said records) I am 53 now. Never stopped seeking new metal bands. YT helped tremendously with this. There's been great metal bands every year since I was 8 in 75. Too many too list
You come clean Waves collide now Defenseless numb arms And no voice of reason So how come you invited me too You knew I wanted you You glide above So this night belongs to you I know this isn't through Are you dead to love I see the bright lights It's the month of July It's violent here Why have you left me If only you could stay And keep me in It's violent here Why did you run from me Heat Night devour me Repeat Repetition
This song perfectly captures the feeling of sleepless, sweltering, sweaty, heartache-ridden summer nights. Nights where you walk up the walls and stew in your own juices and your memories haunt you. Anger, regret, sadness. Manic depression. Timeless. The band's masterpiece. I'm already looking forward to next July, hahaha...
it is a big mistake to compare this to their older work. this is the most progressive and most technical album of them.. and this song is one of album's best.. they keep changing their music as the albums pass but never lose their dark atmosphere. One of the most consistent and yet suprising groups ever.
I love the band and all the changes they have made from album to album. It keeps their music fresh. Their newest album that just came out is amazing. Even the acoustic albums are amazing.
Right? The Great Cold Distance is their best album by far. I've lost a bit of interest in them since Night is the new Day, even tho they are still a great band.
You can't force these things sadly. It's about how they were feeling in that moment of time, that has to progress or stagnate and Katatonia have at least continued to not sell out and make great interesting albums.
I bought this album when it came out in 2006. I was in high school. CZcams was super new back then. It is one of the best metal albums ever, and katatonia's best. Every single song in this album is killer. Back then, I gave the album to my friends. They never stopped listening to them since. One of them still has it lying around after 16 years. I know people love the vocalist. But man .. the guitarist is PHENOMENAL. One of metal's best in my opinion. Also, the bass lines are monumental. They don't make music like this anymore.
The power and artistry of this band cannot be expressed, matched or compared. Every year I find more meaning and depth in Katatonia's music. It is quite incredible that such refined music is written and composed in our base epoch. Renkse and Nystrom are two poetic visionaries who gave us some of the most beautiful and sad songs ever written. A case in point: the paradoxical warmth of this chilling, heart-breaking master piece. "I see the bright lights, it's the month of July." Ohhhhh...
 July Katatonia Lyrics You come clean Waves collide now Defenseless numb arms And no voice of reason So how come you invited me too You knew I wanted you You glide above So this night belongs to you I know this isn't through Are you dead to love I see the bright lights It's the month of July It's violent here Why have you left me If only you could stay And keep me in It's violent here Why did you run from me Heat Night devour me Repeat Repetition ... . . . . ... Just a friendly reminder that if you find yourself replaying this more then a few times in one sitting you probably should just buy it :)
Opeth and Katatonia have some similar sounds because Akerfeldt and Renkse have been best friends for many, many years. They have similar influences, and they have worked together on various projects. Instead of comparing the two, simply recognize them both as fantastic bands.
A lil hurt just reminded me of this song after all these years passing me by without a single trace of mercy. I still enjoy it while all those great lyrics are bleeding through my veins tho I'm aware of the fact that it ain't summer in my soul anymore and every single beginning of fall makes me wanna fall 🖤🤘🏻
I've seen Katatonia live in SLC and they were so amazing LIVE!! Jonas voice is both powerful and calming at the same time!! The Old Hearts Fail Tour was nothing short of CONCERT PERFECTION!!!
He conocido hace poco a Katatonia y me parecen espectaculares, la estructuración de sus temas, el desarrollo de éstos , la complejidad , sus paradas y sus colores , espectaculares.
Haven't listened to Katatonia in a long time, and this was a nice piece to my morning :D I love the contrast between the bass/guitars and keys. Classic doom elements
No I just meant heavy, and I know they used to be more leaned to Black Metal back in the day but I meant their usual sound that's focused on clean vocals and Alternative/Gothic/Doom Metal, as they don't really have heavy riffs or breakdowns tbh but songs like this are one of their heavier examples (and songs like Forsaker)
midnight_storm It IS heavy. Just because it's open-note chugging doesn't mean it's not heavy. And it's as far away to deathcore as it could be. Gojira and Meshuggah are two of the heaviest bands in the world with chugging like that.
tbh the heaviest genres I've heard using guitars would be Brutal Death Metal and Slam. Gojira is amazing but I wouldn't say their style is heavy af, it's more progressive whilst Meshuggah always delivers that poly-rhythmic down tuned guitar that many modern Prog Metal/Djent bands took inspiration from.
2023, here. Personally, I'm not in love with this... but I feel like this is super underrated. I'm just now hearing this and I've loved bands in this realm for half my life. I'm sad I'm just now hearing, lmao. Doesn't matter. Good tunes, good vibes! Well written!
"saddest music is the best music" : steven wilson
The difference between Sadness and Happiness is that the first has no boundaries nor depth. - me. 😂
Saddest music is the bestest music, you meant.
@@6drk6mrc6 There ks no bestest lol, its best
@@magistermilitum1206 Really, oh my god, how couldn't I notice that? Thank you for correcting the joke mate.
Undisagreable!!!
Listening to this the whole year, not just July.
But in July it’s extra
Come listen with me, friends
Dance of december souls
Saw them in Atlanta in December of 2023. They played this.
Core memory.
"The Great Cold Distance" was a step beyond the metal stage. such a softness entwined with the aggressiveness of sadness is unbearable, yet comforting. Katatonia is a beautiful creation.
Opeth is Opeth, Katatonia is Katatonia. I love both bands.
so do I! love them so much!
Im Fromer Brasil and opeth and katatonia os my favorite bands
@Fabian Abiyoga Testament goes soft, still not bad
For me Katatonia > Opeth, but i love Mikael's work on Brave Murder Day
I was lucky to see them both when they toured the states. Katatonia stole the show,
01.07.2023. 💗 love for this song and band is never-ending
You come clean
Waves collide now
Defenseless numb arms
And no voice of reason
So how come you invited me too?
You knew I wanted you
You glide above
So this night belongs to you
I know this isn't through
Are you dead to love?
I see the bright lights
It's the month of July
It's violent here
Why have you left me?
If only you could stay
And keep me in
It's violent here
Why did you run from me?
So how come you invited me too?
You knew I wanted you
You glide above
So this night belongs to you
I know this isn't through
Are you dead to love?
Heat
Night devour me
Heat
Night devour me
Repeat, repetition
I see the bright lights
It's the month of July
It's violent here
Why have you left me?
If only you could stay and keep me in
It's violent here
Why did you run from me?
Country musician : Country music is the saddest music.
Katatonia : Hold my beer.
his voice is so original and good.
It's been 12 years, let's come and listen again :)
@@mezzalna8895 merhabaa
@@alesyatlanc merhabaa
sounds like chevelle or trust company...
One of my favorite bands of all time . and I didn't find out about them till I was 55. have seen them live 3 times. awelcome awesome band. I get so sick and tired when I hear people my age age say there isn't any good music. love insomnium,opeth wolves at the door and a ton more .
What about type o negative
Kyle Higgins - better late than never dude!
Just now discovering them myself..good band..great band
I know what you mean. Our generation likes to say stuff like that but I always say there's still great music if you keep looking
@@aprild9577 same here, been into metal since I was 8 when cousin gave me all his records (yes, I said records) I am 53 now. Never stopped seeking new metal bands. YT helped tremendously with this. There's been great metal bands every year since I was 8 in 75. Too many too list
You come clean
Waves collide now
Defenseless numb arms
And no voice of reason
So how come you invited me too
You knew I wanted you
You glide above
So this night belongs to you
I know this isn't through
Are you dead to love
I see the bright lights
It's the month of July
It's violent here
Why have you left me
If only you could stay
And keep me in
It's violent here
Why did you run from me
Heat
Night devour me
Repeat
Repetition
Outside
A fellow Arab metal head? Awesome :)
Mohamed Ibrahim it's July again
shukran habibi
@@tarabee3350 Another here
This guys voice is truly amazing
These days he is an even better singer, if you didn't listen to City Burials, you should
@@somberone8259 I FREAKING LOVE THIS ALBUM, WHAT ARE UR FAV 3 TRACKS THERE?
@@somberone8259 His vocals on the latest album is great too, and I agree about CB
@@azschrreff Hard to choose! OK. 1) My Twin 2) July 3) Rusted
Bass playing in this song is fantastic
Why am I just now hearing this song? It´s f*cking awesome!
I cannot believe this song is this old, still love it, it's one I find myself randomly singing.
This song perfectly captures the feeling of sleepless, sweltering, sweaty, heartache-ridden summer nights. Nights where you walk up the walls and stew in your own juices and your memories haunt you. Anger, regret, sadness. Manic depression.
Timeless. The band's masterpiece. I'm already looking forward to next July, hahaha...
Drummer wearing a Daylight Dies shirt, another awesome band
KATATONIA must be the most underrated band in musical history. And think of the competition.
I say it 20x a year
absolutely
was having the same thought while listening to this song
Underrated for sure, but definitely not THE most underrated... they're up there though.
Still makes my soul shiver.....kings of sweden
One of the most emotional and qualified metal songs.
who's listening in 2020 during the pandemic
Δεν υπάρχει πανδημία εισαι άνθρωπος κοιτά μπροστά there is no pandemic u are human being look forward regards from Greece
Χρηστος Πατσιος nice words ❤️ best regards to you and to Greece ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Me, from Poland 😊
@@san.absekt4617 welcome
i love Poland very much
I've been in Warsaw before
@@mohamedmagdy642 Oo great! Where are you from? Welcome you again :D
It's violent here, why have you left me? ❤️
Heh.. me ♥️
*Left you in the grey park of the "Brave Murder Day"!*
💜🧡🖤
@@clandestinepress9176 Grey park still lools the same... and the days are paler still.
OMG This song is so addictive
katatonia - follower as well :)
Especially while driving
@AsiNnoX Just got into them.
This song is PERFECT!
in july 2020 this song still alive. Forever
This song and Burn the Rememberence take me somewhere that I cannot describe or explain. I love those songs deep in my heart
It's July, 2022 and I keep coming back to this video since the day it was posted. Timeless song 🤘🏻
It's one of these special songs which keep with you forever.
Indeed! 🙂
слушаю в июле 2023 :)
it is a big mistake to compare this to their older work. this is the most progressive and most technical album of them.. and this song is one of album's best.. they keep changing their music as the albums pass but never lose their dark atmosphere. One of the most consistent and yet suprising groups ever.
This comment is still relevant 15 years later, long live katatonia
I love the band and all the changes they have made from album to album. It keeps their music fresh. Their newest album that just came out is amazing. Even the acoustic albums are amazing.
16 years comment WOW
@@Vardok7hehehehe yes.
Yes, but the Fall of Hearts is also f... complex. Although 16 years ago we only had TGCD, so I agree.
listening to this in august because I didnt get the memo in time
Nice heritage pic
I listen to this song in the cold snowy winter to get warm.
I remember the day I I downloaded july, I listened to it around 10 hours nonstop. Katatonia makes next level metal music
cлушаю в июле 2022 =)
same
That breakdown is so mysterious, evil and sick and beautiful.
I wish they'd go back to the sound of this era.. :/
Right? The Great Cold Distance is their best album by far. I've lost a bit of interest in them since Night is the new Day, even tho they are still a great band.
@@bolchert Agreed, this album then Viva are my faves.
Yes! Same!
I know this is an old comment, but no one should sleep on dead end kings, its great. though i find thier newer stuff takes many listens to sink in
You can't force these things sadly. It's about how they were feeling in that moment of time, that has to progress or stagnate and Katatonia have at least continued to not sell out and make great interesting albums.
I bought this album when it came out in 2006. I was in high school. CZcams was super new back then. It is one of the best metal albums ever, and katatonia's best. Every single song in this album is killer. Back then, I gave the album to my friends. They never stopped listening to them since. One of them still has it lying around after 16 years. I know people love the vocalist. But man .. the guitarist is PHENOMENAL. One of metal's best in my opinion. Also, the bass lines are monumental. They don't make music like this anymore.
Same experience. The only other album I ever loved from the very first listen, start to finish with no exceptions, was Lateralus.
Katatonia forever 💪🤘
Katatonia is life.
And here we go again. This time of the year.
🤘
🤟🤘
🤟🤟🤟
Today is 1/7
I always listen to this song in one july 😍
Same here!
Mee too, and in this year haha
Life changing album.
There is two timeline in my life, the second one have started after The Great Cold Distance. Still stucked in...
слушаю в июле 2021 =)
The power and artistry of this band cannot be expressed, matched or compared. Every year I find more meaning and depth in Katatonia's music. It is quite incredible that such refined music is written and composed in our base epoch. Renkse and Nystrom are two poetic visionaries who gave us some of the most beautiful and sad songs ever written. A case in point: the paradoxical warmth of this chilling, heart-breaking master piece. "I see the bright lights, it's the month of July." Ohhhhh...
Beautifully said
just remembered that it’s THE MONTH OF JULY🖤🤘🏼
How is it possible this is the first time of heard of this INCREDIBLE band? Criminal just criminal. Damn I'm hooked 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Still one of the greatest!
Katatonia have such a special tune that no one can replicate it. Extremely good content..
Wonderful song for every time.
Perfect music
The 13th year that I was blessed with this song. Playing it daily in my car ♥️
The band of my life.
Came here from Lost in Vegas reaction. Loved it.
Even when I'm listening July in March it's still great experience
This song is an air-drummers dream. Love it.
Took me a while to correctly air drum the section at 2:12
I knew about this band only now.
Good youtube recommendation
I love this song so much never get tired of it
This is art.
This album has extracted my tears for exactly 10 years now.
2019, still listening to this masterpiece.

July
Katatonia
Lyrics
You come clean
Waves collide now
Defenseless numb arms
And no voice of reason
So how come you invited me too
You knew I wanted you
You glide above
So this night belongs to you
I know this isn't through
Are you dead to love
I see the bright lights
It's the month of July
It's violent here
Why have you left me
If only you could stay
And keep me in
It's violent here
Why did you run from me
Heat
Night devour me
Repeat
Repetition
...
.
. .
.
...
Just a friendly reminder that if you find yourself replaying this more then a few times in one sitting you probably should just buy it :)
I love Katatonia..through their wonderful music, they express such powerful emotions.
one of the few bands that can have a cd where every song is awesome. love his voice.
1st July 2019 . And the tale goes on and on. ..
1st of July 2020, it's violent here...
I LOVE this! It's got a great Tool vibe!
I love the screams echoing in the background when he sings the word "so..."
Opeth and Katatonia have some similar sounds because Akerfeldt and Renkse have been best friends for many, many years. They have similar influences, and they have worked together on various projects. Instead of comparing the two, simply recognize them both as fantastic bands.
AH SHIT HERE WE GO AGAIN🖤
i love this song haunting..
1st July 2022
One of the best songs ever
Song that started it all. My katatonia experience.
It's okay to cry with this celebration of music and Jonas Renkse's emotions. :'(
Thank you Jonas and Andrew. You're living legends with hard emotions!
You saved my life.
Best band in the world, truly!!
i've seen them live a couple of months ago with moonspell. They were awesome, one of the best show i've ever seen
Such a brilliant band. Where have you been all these years? It's like a perfect middle ground between beauty and brutality.
They're definately hiding. A true gem
13 years ago... Today youtube recommended me this... Thank you youtube
great band
It’s almost end of August and it feels like July...
A lil hurt just reminded me of this song after all these years passing me by without a single trace of mercy. I still enjoy it while all those great lyrics are bleeding through my veins tho I'm aware of the fact that it ain't summer in my soul anymore and every single beginning of fall makes me wanna fall 🖤🤘🏻
I Love Katatonia
Their Music Are So Powerful Emotional Epic. Has Everything
And This Is Another
MASTERPIECE WOW
Great Daylight Dies T-shirt !!!!
Every Katatonia fans should listen to Daylight Dies !!
It's the month of...
Kí ORBS My birthday 😁
July again
Get out
April
Depaaaaaarter
I believe this is the best album of their career, it's really great!!
Hey, come and listen again :)
I presume the same. Although I love the Night Is the New Day almost same
So einfach nur genial und schön! 👍🏼💥
ja!
Нереально крутий гурт🔥
Мелодика та голос - заворожують.
this song brings so many emotions
awesome song
This singer had a unique voice.
love this song
I've seen Katatonia live in SLC and they were so amazing LIVE!! Jonas voice is both powerful and calming at the same time!! The Old Hearts Fail Tour was nothing short of CONCERT PERFECTION!!!
He conocido hace poco a Katatonia y me parecen espectaculares, la estructuración de sus temas, el desarrollo de éstos , la complejidad , sus paradas y sus colores , espectaculares.
Haven't listened to Katatonia in a long time, and this was a nice piece to my morning :D I love the contrast between the bass/guitars and keys. Classic doom elements
amazing
one of my favorite songs
This track is amazing.
2:50 always gets me pumped, gotta love the heavy side of Katatonia \M/
No I just meant heavy, and I know they used to be more leaned to Black Metal back in the day but I meant their usual sound that's focused on clean vocals and Alternative/Gothic/Doom Metal, as they don't really
have heavy riffs or breakdowns tbh but songs like this are one of their heavier examples (and songs like Forsaker)
midnight_storm_(vǫrðr) dude, people have different opinions of heavy. Your opinion isn't the only correct one in the world
midnight_storm It IS heavy. Just because it's open-note chugging doesn't mean it's not heavy. And it's as far away to deathcore as it could be. Gojira and Meshuggah are two of the heaviest bands in the world with chugging like that.
tbh the heaviest genres I've heard using guitars would be Brutal Death Metal and Slam. Gojira is amazing but I wouldn't say their style is heavy af, it's more progressive whilst Meshuggah always delivers that poly-rhythmic down tuned guitar that many modern Prog Metal/Djent bands took inspiration from.
Gojira's first two albums are as heavy as it gets. Satan is a lawyer's latter half for instance..
So awesome.
love this music ...
Such an awesome song !
amazing riffs
I love it!🌺
I love listening to this song very (marvelous)
2023, here. Personally, I'm not in love with this... but I feel like this is super underrated. I'm just now hearing this and I've loved bands in this realm for half my life. I'm sad I'm just now hearing, lmao. Doesn't matter. Good tunes, good vibes! Well written!
Masterpiece!