KATATONIA have posted their brand new video, 'July', shot and directed by Charlie Granberg, at YouTube.com here.

Granberg comments: “It’s basically a performance video. But I wanted the feeling of the band playing in a very rough, abandoned or even bombed out house, in an extremely warm country like Mexico or somewhere in the middle east. Dark on the inside, but with sunbeams searching their way through the dust, hitting the band-members here and there. I really wanted the feeling of the outside world being so much better and brighter than the place the band is in. The biggest challenge with this video I think, was that I wanted to use really warm and grainy colors, which is kinda rare in this type of music, but at the same time wrap it in a gloomy, apocalyptic feeling. But I think the balance is there and I’m happy the band liked it so much.”

In other news, Peaceville has pushed the release date of the physical July CD single to April 9th, but pre-orders are now taken from Snapper Music. The digital download was released on February 26th and can be purchased now from iTunes, Napster, Sonicstage and Emusic. Apart from the title track, the single will also feature a brand new/unreleased downhearted affair called 'Unfurl'. There will also be an exclusive remix of 'Soil’s Song' done by none other than Swedish artist Krister Linder - highly respected and admired for his work in ENTER THE HUNT, DIVE and various soundtracks/projects.

As previously reported, Fascination Street studio owner and producer Jens Bogren will mix Katatonia's The Great Cold Distance in a surround sound 5.1 version. The album will be released as a double digipak with the 5.1 mix on disc 1 and the original album version plus two bonus tracks ('Displaced' and 'Dissolving Bonds') on Disc 2. The entire layout has been mirrored to a negative look of the original art to enhance and differentiate the packaging. The release date is set for March 12th via Peaceville.