The second part of our tour blog has now been posted on UltimateGuitar.com. Check it out!

That’s right, the first part of our tour blog has been posted on the Ultimateguitar.com site. Have a read and see what we’ve been up to on the tour so far. Part 2 will follow on Monday, so keep a look out.

Katatonia will appear at Sweden’s Peace & Love festival in Borlänge on Friday July 2nd at 23:15.

Katatonia will appear at Belgium’s Graspop festival on Sunday, June 27th at 13:15.

All five gigs since the beginning of the current tour have sold out. Make sure to get your tickets in advance as they are not guaranteed to be available at the doors!

Also, if you or any of your friends have taken killer photos from the current tour, we want to see them! Email a link to photos@katatonia.com.

Watch the video for The Longest Year off of our new album Night is the New Day below. The video was directed by Charlie Granberg. As previously mentioned, we will be releasing The Longest Year as a four track EP on March 15th.

And in case you haven’t heard — we’re now on tour in Europe. Check the full list of tour dates here.

‘The Longest year’ EP is now available for pre-order from Omerch as an exclusive EP/t-shirt bundle. Also, a lot of brand new designed items such as t-shirts, girlies, hoodies, beanies, wristbands, mugs, stickers, dogtags, pendants and patches has been added to the Katatonia merchstore. Designs range from various motives with the old school logo, the mid era logo and the new logo, so no matter what your fave past or present era of the band is – you’re guaranteed to find something you’re looking for!

Katatonia will appear on Switzerland’s Long’I'rock Music Open Air on Friday, May 14th.

The Longest Year, a new four track EP from Swedish masters of melancholy Katatonia is released on Peaceville Records on March 15th.

Alongside new single The Longest Year, taken from the recent Night is the New Day album, this new EP also features the previously unreleased track Sold Heart, Day & Then the Shade remix and an alternative version of Idle Blood plus the videos for both The Longest Year directed by Charlie Granberg (Katatonia, My Dying Bride) and Day & Then The Shade directed by Lasse Hoile (Porcupine Tree, Opeth).

The EP is now available to pre-order from the Peaceville store. The video for The Longest Year will be online next week so check back for more details. Here are a couple of stills from the shoot.

Katatonia has been confirmed to appear on the Ylex stage between 16-17 pm at Finland’s Ilosaarirock on Saturday, July 17th.