Tonight's Decision Explained

Tonight's Decision
Type:	Album
Artist:	Katatonia
Cover:	TonightsDecision.jpg
Recorded:	February–April 1999
Genre:	Alternative rock^[1]
Label:	Peaceville
Producer:	Katatonia
Prev Title:	Discouraged Ones
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Next Year:	2001

Tonight's Decision is the fourth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released in 1999 by Peaceville Records. It was reissued in 2003 with two bonus tracks.

Background

Around this time, the band were being influenced less by metal and more by alternative, with Renkse citing Jeff Buckley, whose song "Nightmares by the Sea" was covered on this album, as well as Radiohead as examples.^[2]

Renkse's close friend, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, was present to help record, produce and work on ideas for vocal tracks.

Personnel

Katatonia

• Jonas Renkse – vocals
• Anders Nyström – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Fredrik Norrman – bass
• Dan Swanö – session drums

Additional personnel

• Mikael Åkerfeldt – additional vocal production
• Travis Smith – artwork, design, layout
• Paul Loasby – management
• Mia Lorentzson – mastering
• Joakim Petterson – engineering
• Tomas Skogsberg – engineering
• Camilla Af Geijerstam – photography
• Martin Bencik – desert photography assistant
• Brad Gilson Jr. – photography

Notes and References

1. York, William. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r530733|pure_url=yes}} Tonight's Decision review] allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
2. Web site: Rocher. David. Azevedo. Pedro. Bromley. Adrian. 2001. Songs of Quintessential Sorrow: CoC interrogates Jonas Renkse of Katatonia. Chronicles of Chaos.