Viva Emptiness

Viva Emptiness
Studio album by Katatonia
Released	March 24, 2003
Recorded	October–November 2002
Genre	Alternative metal, doom metal
Length	52:45
Label	Peaceville
Producer	Anders Nyström, Jonas Renkse
Katatonia chronology
Tonight's Music (2001) Viva Emptiness (2003) My Twin (2006)

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Viva Emptiness is the sixth full-length album by Katatonia, released in 2003 by Peaceville Records. Its main subjects are loneliness, social relations, crime, lying and depression. Viva Emptiness incorporates more of a rock style, with a strong but melodic doom metal sound that incorporates influences from progressive rock and alternative metal.

The song "Wait Outside" was recorded during the album sessions, but was not released until 2005 on The Black Sessions.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Renkse, all music composed by Renkse and Nyström, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ghost of the Sun"	4:07
2.	"Sleeper"	4:08
3.	"Criminals"	3:47
4.	"A Premonition" (F. Norrman, Nyström, Renkse)	3:33
5.	"Will I Arrive"	4:09
6.	"Burn the Remembrance"	5:22
7.	"Wealth"	4:22
8.	"One Year from Now"	4:02
9.	"Walking by a Wire"	3:32
10.	"Complicity"	4:01
11.	"Evidence"	4:36
12.	"Omerta" (Renkse)	2:58
13.	"Inside the City of Glass" (instrumental)	4:08

Personnel

Katatonia

• Jonas Renkse – vocals, guitar, programming
• Anders Nyström – guitar, keyboards, programming
• Fredrik Norrman – guitar
• Mattias Norrman – bass, slide guitar (8)
• Daniel Liljekvist – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1)

Additional personnel

• Travis Smith – art direction, design
• Dan Swanö – additional editing
• Jens Bogren – mixing
• Peter In De Betou – mastering