Once again, Thy Catafalque tread upon the path less traveled. With a European tour fast on the horizon, Tamás Kátai and his avant-garde metal troupe are channeling the celestial energy of an old Hungarian classic. Their new single puts a hard charge into “Babylon”, which was originally written and recorded by the space rock band Omega.
“I had recorded a cover of this song years ago for fun in instrumental form”, Kátai says. While it won’t be on Thy Catafalque’s next album, “Babylon” was revisited during their most-recent recording sessions. “When we were in the studio working on our next album, the idea popped up to finish it with vocals. So that’s what we did.
“The song isn’t connected musically or lyrically with the next album”, he continues. “Instead, think of it as a bonus song between records.”
Stream : https://orcd.co/thycatafalquebabylon
Production Credits for “Babylon”
Recording lineup
Gábor Dudás – vocals
Tamás Kátai – guitar, bass, keyboards, programming
Produced by Tamás Katai.
Recorded at Miracle Sound Szeged, Hungary.
Mixed and mastered by Gábor Vári at Miracle Sound Szeged, Hungary.
Artwork by Tamás Kátai
Later this week, Thy Catafalque will head off on a 10-date tour of Europe, which includes a sold-out appearance at Munich’s Dark Easter Metal Meeting. They’ll be joined by their fellow collaborators in the transcendtal doom duo The Answer Lies in the Black Void.
Thy Catafalque 2024 Europe Tour
with support from The Answer Lies In The Black Void
29th March 29 – Vienna, AT @ Szene
30th March 30 – Prague, CZ @ Kasárna Karlín
March 31 – Munich, DE @ Dark Easter Metal Meeting – SOLD OUT!
April 1 – Colmar, FR @ Le Grillen
April 2 – Oberhausen, DE @ Kulttempel
April 3 – Kortrijk, BE @ DVG Club
April 4 – Eindhoven, NL @ Effenaar
April 5 – Rotterdam, NL @ Baroeg
April 6 – Copenhagen, DK @ Stengade
April 7 – Hamburg, DE @ Martkthalle-Marx
Get tickets: https://www.thy-catafalque.hu/live.html
New fans and long-time appreciators can now rediscover just how much Thy Catafalque has grown since their humble beginnings as a duo in Makó, Hungary. This year, Season of Mist is re-issuing Thy Catafalque’s first four albums.
Their seminal debut, Sublunar Tragedies, as well as their more progressive follow-up, Microcosmos, are available now with new artwork on special edition vinyl and deluxe CD Digipacks.
Tűnő idő tárlat, which exhibited Katai’s evolution into neo-classical folk and industrialized electronics will be reissued on April 5. Their mysterious breakthrough, Róka Hasa Rádió, will follow on May 3.
Order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/ThyCatafalqueReissues
THY CATAFALQUE is a metamorphic entity that’s constantly evolving, showcasing musical ingenuity that’s as limitless as it is daring. Meaning “The Great Plains,” ‘Alföld’ is grounded in the Avant Garde project’s heavy beginnings. While the record takes a cue from THY CATAFALQUE’s early days, mastermind Tamás Kátai’s modern progressive instincts shine through, elevating the record beyond the realm of metal as-you-know-it and once again creating a cutting-edge sound that’s far ahead of its time.
“‘Alföld’ is the most straight forward and classic extreme metal album the project ever recorded,” says mastermind Tamás Kátai. “This time I just wanted to do metal without any innovation or progression, focusing on songs and riffs rather than experimenting and breaking new grounds. Had to let the old ideas out, so I did it with enjoyment. Alföld means The Great Plains, a massive flat part of South-East Hungary where I was born and raised and we shot the video for ‘Néma vermek’ in the middle of the barren lands, in Makó-Bogárzó.”
Originally, THY CATAFALQUE emerged as a black metal band founded by singer/keyboard player Tamás Kátai with the aid of guitarist/bassist János Juhász. Following their joined debut ‘Sublunary Tragedies’ (1999), the Hungarians evolved into quite different directions, but steadily gaining more followers in the process through the following albums, ‘Microcosmos’ (2001) and the self-released ‘Tűnő idő tárlat’ (2004).
On their fourth full-length, ‘Róka hasa Rádió’ (2009), THY CATAFALQUE invited Ágnes Tóth from neo-folk outfit THE MOON AND THE NIGHTSPIRIT and Attila Bakos to add their haunting vocals. With fifth album ‘Rengeteg’ (2011), Tamás Kátai finally went solo with the help of guest musicians that again included Ágnes Tóth an Attila Bakos. Dubbing his eclectic musical amalgamation avant-garde metal, the Hungarian explored new sonic possibilities with ‘Sgùrr’ (2015). The sixth full-length turned out to be slightly more complex than its successor, ‘Meta’ (2016), which returned to a more direct approach without losing the steadily growing sonic diversity. In 2018, THY CATAFALQUE continued this path with the release of ‘Geometria’. THY CATAFALQUE delivered another spectacular musical mosaic with their ninth full-length entitled ‘Naiv’, inspired by the “Naïve Art” movement.
In 2021, THY CATAFALQUE return with ‘Vadak’. Meaning “Wildlings” in Hungarian, the album title is a deliberate clue to the exotic and feral essence of ‘Vadak.’ Like seedlings scattered throughout the forest by the mere forces of nature, THY CATAFALQUE’s imaginative sound grows with an organic sense of whimsy, cultivated within the vast influences of our megacosm. Thematically, ‘Vadak’ is a foreboding lesson in mortality. Emphasizing the fragility that is shared by man and beast alike, the record explores our Freudian life instincts, in which we inherently fear and run from the ultimate goal of existence: death.
Now, the visionary is looking to the past as it journeys onward and upward with its latest opus, which is just as familiar as it is forward-thinking, certain to mesmerize a vast swath of metal enthusiasts across all genres.
THY CATAFALQUE is : Tamás Kátai – Guitars, Bass, Synths, Programs & Vocals
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