Live Consternation

Live Consternation is a live album and video by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released in both CD and DVD format through Peaceville Records, on 28 May 2007. The double album features a live performance recorded at Germany's Summer Breeze Open Air festival, on 17 August 2006. The artwork was designed by Travis Smith and is close to the visual concept for The Great Cold Distance.[5]

Live Consternation
Live album by Katatonia
Released	28 May 2007
Recorded	17 August 2006
Studio	Summer Breeze Open Air, Germany
Genre	Doom metal, gothic rock, hard rock[1]
Length	51:51
Label	Peaceville
Director	Ronald Matthes
Producer	Roaxfilms
Katatonia chronology
The Great Cold Distance (2006) Live Consternation (2007) Night Is the New Day (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
Exclaim!	(favorable)[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jonas Renkse, Anders Nyström, and Fredrik Norrman.

1. "Leaders" – 5:11
2. "Wealth" – 4:48
3. "Soil's Song" – 4:15
4. "Had To (Leave)" – 4:53
5. "Cold Ways" – 5:23
6. "Right Into the Bliss" – 5:20
7. "Ghost of the Sun" – 4:07
8. "Criminals" – 4:03
9. "Deliberation" – 4:05
10. "July" – 4:42
11. "Evidence" – 5:01

Note

• Tracks 1, 3, 9 & 10 from The Great Cold Distance
• Tracks 2, 7, 8 & 11 from Viva Emptiness
• Track 4 & 6 from Tonight's Decision
• Track 5 from Discouraged Ones

Personnel

Band

• Jonas Renkse – vocals
• Anders Nyström – guitar, backing vocals
• Fredrik Norrman – guitar
• Mattias Norrman – bass
• Daniel Liljekvist – drums

Production

• Travis Smith – art director, artwork, designer
• Petri Eskelinen – photography
• Ronald Matthes – director, executive producer
• Erik Fugmann-Brandt – editor
• Roaxfilms – producer
• Kaja Kargus – executive producer
• David Castillo – mixing engineer, mastering engineer

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-consternation-mw0001086155
2. Bowar, Chad. "Live Consternation review". About.com. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
3. Mason, Stewart. "Live Consternation review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
4. Wiebe Taylor, Laura (September 2007). "Live Consternation review". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
5. "Katatonia's 2006 Summer Breeze festival performance to surface on Live Consternation". BW&BK. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2010.