Kataklysm

 
Kataklysm

Background information
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre(s) Death metal (see below)
Years active 1991–present
Label(s) Nuclear Blast
Associated acts Dechrist
Website kataklysmrocks.com
Members
Maurizio Iacono
Jean-Francois Dagenais
Stephane Barbe
Max Duhamel
Former members
Sylvain Houde
Martin Murais
Nick Miller
Ariel Saied

Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. They call their musical style "northern hyperblast" after an advertisement in M.E.A.T. magazine describing another band, Fear Factory, as "hyperblast". The term refers to the extremely fast blast beats that Kataklysm's drummer, Max Duhamel, fuses into the music.


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[edit] Biography

Kataklysm was formed in 1992. At the beginning of their career they were mostly known for being one of the fastest, most chaotic metal bands. However, their music changed after Sylvain Houde left the band, and bassist/backing vocalist Maurizio Iacono took over Houde's vocal duties, and another full-time bassist was recruited.

In 1998, the band released Victims of this Fallen World, an album which was noted as being a change in musical style from previous albums. The following album The Prophecy (Stigmata of the Immaculate), however, saw the band return to its previous style, though less chaotic and with a touch of thrash metal.

Drummer Max Duhamel is said to have been forced out of the band because of injuries. Eventually, Duhamel recovered from his injuries and participated on Kataklysm's ninth album, In the Arms of Devastation.

Kataklysm's line-up has remained relatively stable compared to many other bands within the metal genre. The band only has one missing original member, Sylvain Houde. Drummers make out most of the band's "former members" list.

The band latest album is called Prevail.

[edit] Music

Kataklysm is well known for their incorporation of movie-quote samples in their music.[1]

They are a Death metal band, but are also known to experiment with Brutal, Melodic, Technical and Progressive elements of Death metal music into their music.

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[edit] Current members


[edit] Former members

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 KATAKLYSM LYRICS

album: "The Mystical Gate Of Reincarnation" (1993 MCD)

Frozen In Time (Chapter 1 - Will Of Suicide)
Mystical Plane Of Evil (Chapter 2 - Enigma Of The Unknown)
Shrine Of Life (Chapter 3 - Reborn Through Death)
Orb Of Uncreation


album: "Vision The Chaos" (1994 7")

Vision The Chaos
Shrine Of Life


album: "Sorcery" (1995)

Sorcery
Mould In A Breed
Whirlwind Of Withered Blossoms
Feeling The Neverworld
Elder God
Garden Of Dreams
Once...Upon Possession
Dead Zygote
World Of Treason


album: "Temple Of Knowledge" (1996)

The Unholy Signature
Beckoning Of The Xul
Point Of Evanescence
Fathers From The Suns
Enhanced By The Lore
In Parallel Horizons
The Awakener
Maelstrom 2010
Exode Of Evils


album: "Victims Of This Fallen World" (1998)

As My World Burns
Imminent Downfall
Feared Resistence
Caged In
Portraits Of Anger
Extreme To The Core
Courage Through Hope
A View From Inside
(God)head
Embracing Europa
I Remember
World Of Treason II


album: "The Prophecy (Stigmata Of The Immaculate)" (2000)

1999:6661:2000
Manifestation
Stormland
Breeding the Everlasting
Laments Of Fear & Despair
Astral Empire
Gateway To Extinction
Machiavellian
The Renaissance


album: "Epic: The Poetry Of War" (2001)

Il Diavolo In Me
Dmanation Is Here
Era Of The Mercyless
As The Glorious Weep
Shivers Of A New World
Manipulator Of Souls
Wounds
What We Endure
When Time Stands Still


album: "Shadows & Dust" (2002)

In Shadows & Dust
Beyond Salvation
Illuminati
Chronicles Of The Damned
Bound In Chains
Where The Enemy Sleeps
Centuries
Face The Face Of War
Years Of Enlightment / Decades In Darkness


album: "Serenity In Fire" (2004)

The Ambassador Of Pain
The Resurrected
As I Slither
For All Our Sins
The Night They Returned
Serenity In Fire
Blood On The Swans
Seconds From The End
The Tragedy I Preach
Under The Bleeding Sun


album: "In The Arms Of Devastation" (2006)

Like Angels Weeping (The Dark)
Let Them Burn
Crippled & Broken
To Reign Again
It Turns To Rust
Open Scars
Temptation's Nest
In Worlds Of Desperation
The Road To Devastation


album: "Prevail" (2008)

Prevail
Taking The World By Storm
The Chains Of Power
As Death Lingers
Blood In Heaven
To The Throne Of Sorrow
Breathe To Dominate
Tear Down The Kingdom
The Vultures Are Watching
The Last Effort (Renaissance II)

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