DVD/DTS Poll Katatonia - NIGHT IS THE NEW DAY [DTS DVD]

[sjcorne]

Please post your thoughts and comments on this 2019 reissue of the 2009 album "Night Is The New Day" by Katatonia.
This deluxe edition from Kscope includes a new 5.1 surround mix of the album by Bruce Soord.
96-khz/24-bit lossless 5.1 FLAC files can be purchased at Immersive Audio Album.

Pre-release thread for all shipping/ordering queries and non-poll related posts:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...t-is-the-new-day”-box-set-with-5-1-mix.26137/

 

[edisonbaggins]

Somehow I missed the box set announcement, but I recently downloaded the lossless 5.1 FLACs from iaa.com
I plan to rock them soon! This is among my favorite Katatonia albums.

 

[sjcorne]

Some great songs on this one, "Idle Blood" and "Inheritance" would certainly make my personal Katatonia best of playlist. Bruce Soord's 5.1 remix is, for the most part, really well-done: Jonas' vocals and the bass guitar are fixed to the front stage, while backing vocals, keys, rhythm guitar, electronic percussion, and tom fills emerge from the rear speakers. The mix really shines on the mellower passages ("Inheritance" - wow!), but the heavier moments are somewhat marred by an unpleasant harsh quality to the cymbal crashes. If the cymbals were less piercing at high volume and heavy guitars were a touch more prominent, the surround mix would be nearly perfect in my book.

I gave The Great Cold Distance a "7" and The Fall Of Hearts a "9", so this gets an "8" from me.