A new album every two years is a good average for musicians intent on delivering quality. The first two albums by this Stockholm quintet, “Timeloss” and “Kallocain” from 2002 and 2004 respectively, have already proved this. With their third release, “Silence Of Another Kind”, Paatos featuring vocalist Petronella Nettermalm continues this trend. However, this time around they have also injected a heavier element into their sound. So as well as appealing to fans of Björk and Portishead, they may now cross over to listeners of bands such as The Gathering or Green Carnation.

Reissue of the debut album with 16-page booklet and video.

To put away three clichés right from the beginning: In winter, there are not months of darkness in Sweden. Not all Swedish have blonde hair. And in Sweden there are not only folk groups or harsh guitar rock à la Hellacopters or Fireside. Furthermore, the quintet Paatos, based in Stockholm, weightlessly moves between musical worlds: a few passages revive improvised rock from the Seventies, on the other hand singer Petronella Nettermalm reminds of Björk’s only seemingly naive charm. And when the mellotron supports the music with soft strings, some listener feels as if reminded of the hypnotic vortex of some Led Zeppelin passages – while Paatos use daydreaming and melancholic moods in modern styles instead of riff power. Melancholic? Okay, this one often used feature for Swedish music be accepted. As a kind of reference the name ”Can” may be mentioned