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Katatonia announce Japan shows for autumn 2026

Author Stefanie Nysand - 10.12.2025

As the Swedish dark metal band Katatonia has just announced, they will play two shows in Japan just before their Australia and New Zealand tour in autumn 2026. The dates for the shows in Osaka (“Umeda Club Quattro”) and Tokyo (“Shibuya Club Quattro”) can be seen below. Tickets and further information can be found here. Katatonia are currently on a UK and European tour with Evergrey and Klogr as guests.

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Katatonia delivers melancholic and dark riffs at Kulttuuritalo – check photo gallery here!

Katatonia’s return to Helsinki’s Kulttuuritalo on November 12 delivered exactly what the band’s fans came for: a brooding, atmospheric journey wrapped in impeccable musicianship. The venue’s warm acoustics suited the group perfectly, allowing Jonas Renkse’s melancholic vocals to float effortlessly over the dense, melodic guitar layers. The setlist blended newer material with classic tracks, each...

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Echoes of Nightmares: Katatonia’s First Night in Gothenburg, a powerful and passionate performance.

Katatonia delivered a very impressive show in Gothenburg together with Evergrey and Klogr The sold-out Pustervik was packed with fans wearing Evergrey and Katatonia shirts. For Katatonia, this was their first show of this tour in Sweden after several concerts in Finland and Norway. The band is currently promoting Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking...

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Katatonia announce Australia and New Zealand tour in autumn 2026

The Swedish dark metal band Katatonia has just revealed their tour dates for Australia and New Zealand in autumn 2026. The dates for the tour, which takes place in October 2026, can be seen below. Tickets and further information can be found here. Katatonia are currently on a UK and European tour with Evergrey and...

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Iron Maiden announce support acts for their tour in 2026

Iron Maiden have announced that the following bands will join them for the European leg of the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026: MAY 2026 23 – Athens, GREECE – OAKA (Anthrax) 26 – Sofia, BULGARIA – Vasil Levski Stadium (Anthrax) 28 – Bucharest, ROMANIA – Arena Națională (Anthrax) 30 – Bratislava, SLOVAKIA –...

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Musical grayscale in vibrant hues – Katatonia and Evergrey in Tampere 11.11.

As Katatonia singer Jonas Renkse remarked at one point during last Tuesday’s show in Tampere, the band began the tour for their previous album “Sky Void of Stars” in the very same city in 2023. For a while it seemed like history would repeat itself, as Tampere was initially billed as the opening night for...

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Katatonia reimagines KISS classic with haunting new cover “A World Without Heroes”

From Stockholm, Sweden, melancholic prog metal outfit Katatonia has released a new single, “A World Without Heroes.” The track arrives via Napalm Records as a standalone digital cut, showcasing the band’s moody touch on a classic originally penned by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Lou Reed, and Bob Ezrin for KISS’s 1981 album “Music from ‘The...

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Stockholm’s “Mammut Bar” is surprisingly closing this month; The Gems’ single release party relocated

It was only in March 2024 that the Swedish musician Martin “E‑Type” Eriksson (Dampf) opened “Mammut Bar” in Sweden’s capital Stockholm with a grand opening party. Now, it has been surprisingly announced that the rock bar, located in a 17th-century cellar in the historic Gamla Stan district, will close later this month: “THE FINAL ROAR FROM...

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Katatonia reveal dates for their Waking State Of North America 2026 tour

Swedish band Katatonia announces dates for their “Waking State Of North America 2026 tour”. The trek will run as follow. 2/9 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Café & Music Hall2/27 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall2/28 – Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater3/1 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater3/3 – Austin, TX – Come...

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