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CATARACT
Kingdom
Metal Blade |
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From the Metal Blade Web Site:
Swiss hardcore/metal monsters Cataract have been going strong
for almost six years now – their releases blasting through the
world’s stereo systems and their live performances burning
stages all over Europe and the USA. It’s about time to shift to
a higher gear and run the engine at full speed – Cataract has
signed to Metal Blade Recordings as of May 2004.
Cataract saw the light of day in the summer of 1998 as a fresh,
metallic breeze to the European hardcore scene. What started out
as a project band with members of Mine, Damage I.D. and Cease
quickly progressed into a thunderstorm as the band recorded a
demo CD that sold over 2,000 copies and introduced them to the
hardcore/metal audience.
After a 7” EP and some compilation tracks, Cataract recorded
their first full length “Golem” in April 2000 and went looking
for a good label to release it. One of America’s finest indie
labels, Ferret Music, got to listen to it and soon added
Cataract to their roster of innovative and brutal hardcore bands
and released “Golem” onto the hardcore/metal community.
Early 2001 brought Cataract’s only line up change so far. Fedi,
a very talented and gifted vocalist, replaced previous singer
Mosh, allowing the band to rehearse more often and regularly.
Shortly after, Cataract recorded five songs for the “Martyr’s
Melodies” EP, which was released on 7” and as a MCD. The 7”
release came along with Cataract’s US-tour in late summer 2001,
taking them up and down the east coast. The band played the
famous Hellfest, and various shows with Poison The Well, Bane,
Unearth, Nora, 18 Visions, Most Precious Blood, etc.
2002 started off with two small headlining tours to support
“Martyr’s Melodies”, taking the band around eastern and central
Europe. The rest of the year was dedicated to working on
Cataract’s second full-length CD release, “The Great Days Of
Vengeance”, which was released through LifeForce Recordings in
March 2003. Starting off with a sold out record release show in
Switzerland the band kept promoting their latest output all
through the year and finished it off with a two week tour
through the United Kingdom, supporting the UK’s own Stampin’
Ground.
In March 2004 Cataract entered Antfarm Studios to record their
upcoming (third) full-length release “With Triumph Comes Loss”.
Recorded and mixed by one of Europe’s top metal producers Tue
Madsen, this new release easily crushes all their previous
material and offers a storming mixture of power laden, violent
hardcore metal in the vein of Hatebreed, Slayer and The Haunted.
The new album will be released through Metal Blade Records in
September 2004. This cooperation offers the band a whole new
platform to spread their music and thoughts; several tours are
coming up plus various live performances at Europe’s biggest
festivals.
Live appearances:
Far over 150 shows so far with bands as: 18 Visions, Absidia,
Bane, Benediction, Biohazard, Born From Pain, Brother’s Keeper,
Buried Alive, Caliban, Cephalic Carnage, Course of Action,
Deadlock, Death Threat, Dew-Sentenced, Earth Crisis, Fear My
Thoughts, Grade, Heaven Shall Burn, Knuckledust, Liar, Poison
The Well, Pro Pain, Randy, Reach The Sky, Settle The Score, Sick
Of It All, Sidekick, Six Reasons To Kill, S.O.D., Stampin’
Ground, Teamkiller, Undying, Unearth, Waterdown and many, many
more.
Festivals: With Full Force (Ger), Hellfest (USA), Fluff (CZ),
SanFeliu (E), Ieper (B), Goodlife Summer and New Year’s Eve (B),
Alveran (Ger), Southside Rebuilding (Ger), Poison Free (Ger),
LifeForce showcase (Ger), Saalfeld Conspiracy (Ger), and many
more.
On tour: United Kingdom 2003 (w/Stampin’ Ground), Central Europe
2002 (w/Absidia), Eastern Europe 2002 (w/Paint The Town Red),
Eastcoast USA 2001, Central and Northern Europe 2000/01 (w/
Brother’s Keeper), Central and Southern Europe 1999 (w/ Grade).
Track Listing:
1.Kingdom's rise
2.War of cultures
3.On this graveyard
4.Denial of life
5.Tongues spitting hate
6.March with your battleforce
7.Sacrificed for the wealth
8.Definition of the scared
9.Legions at the gates
10.Unforgotten
11.For their sins
Homepage:
http://www.cataract-collective.com |
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