Sky Void of Stars is the twelfth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia. It was released on 20 January 2023 and was generally well received by critics. In April 2020, Katatonia released their eleventh studio album, City Burials. The band had initially planned on touring in support of the album, but the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic halted all plans. Upon realizing that this was not a short-term issue, but something that was going to be completely halting their ability to tour, they instead turned to releasing further music. These plans including releasing a new live album Dead Air (2020), a compilation album Mnemosynean (2021) a box set Melancholium (2022), and forging ahead into writing and recording a twelfth studio album.