Released on the Peaceville label in August 2012, Katatonia's home for the past 14 years, Dead End Kings was the band's most successful album to date and cemented Katatonia's position as masters of a unique kind of hard-edged atmospheric rock. In September 2013, the band unexpectedly return with Dethroned & Uncrowned, a radical reinterpretation of Dead End Kings and the band's first release on Kscope, Peaceville's sister label. Dethroned & Uncrowned finds Katatonia exploring the more ambient and progressive elements of Dead End Kings, while remaining truthful to the core of the album's songs. "The synopsis is simple and album title won't lie; the drums will be dethroned and the distorted rhythm guitars will be uncrowned! We'll place the emphasis on the many layers of ambience, with the melodies staying central and the vocal harmonies representing the heart of the album."- Anders (Katatonia)
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