In expectation of a Katatonia album, Fan has always been looking forward to an uncompromising suffering sound bath. But at some point there are no more new mixtures; the range of narcotic, morbid-sweet bath additives is finite. The Swedish dark prog metallers must have guessed this with their work "Dead End Kings": Instead of a regular successor, they pushed the deconstruction with "Dethroned & Uncrowned", followed by a tour on which other Katatonia tracks shone in light versions.
