The Great Cold Distance is the seventh studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released on 13 March 2006.

The album was recorded and mixed at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro between May and August 2005.

[9] There is also a special Swedish edition of the album, which came in a limited edition box with an exclusive Katatonia poster, a set of Katatonia postcards and an enhanced video of "My Twin".

Music videos were also released for singles "Deliberation"[10] and "July".

[4] All lyrics are written by Jonas Renkse; all music is composed by Renkse and Anders Nyström, except "Deliberation", co-written by Fredrik Norrman