Oct Tide were a short-lived side task for Katatonia associates Fredrik Norrman (guitar, bass) and Jonas Renkse (guitar, drums, vocals), in charge of releasing a set of LPs in 1997’s Rainfall Without End and 1999’s Gray Dawn (also featuring vocalist Marten Hansen). Nevertheless, although quite capable efforts within their very own rights (specifically the last mentioned), these differed small however you like from Katatonia’s function in the doom/loss of life field, which probably explains Oct Tide’s following dissolution without very much promotion or fanfare.