Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have secured the new producer who will handle the mix and master of the band’s new album in 2013. The group states: “The band chose a different person this time which should help elevate the bands sound to the next level. His name will be revealed next week.”
As has been the case with KATAKLYSM‘s previous recordings, the band’s next CD will be engineered by guitarist Jean-François Dagenais at JFD Studios in Montreal and Texas. He states: “Expect a different, more complex death metal anthem this time around — high velocity, extreme but melodic while maintaining the band’s signature trademark crushing grooves. We are refreshed from the time off and are working very hard on this album. We don’t follow trends; we are inspired to create our own.”
KATAKLYSM‘s multidisc DVD, “The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined”, entered the German chart at position No. 98. The set depicts the ups and downs of KATAKLYSM‘s long, turbulent career, as well as footage of the band’s performance at last year’s Summer Breeze festival, which took place August 18-20, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The cover art for the release was created by artist Colin Marks (ORIGIN, EXODUS, NEVERMORE).
KATAKLYSM‘s latest album, “Heaven’s Venom”, sold around 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 8 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
KORPIKLAANI, MILKING THE GOATMACHINE, MERCENARY, HUNTRESS and ACCUSER are now confirmed for Beastival 2013, taking place May 30th – June 1st in Geiselwind, Germany.
Current lineup: SABATON, The Big Teutonic 4 (KREATOR, SODOM, DESTRUCTION, TANKARD), WINTERSUN, KATAKLYSM, SATYRICON, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, U.D.O, DARK TRANQUILLITY, KORPIKLAANI, VARG, EISREGEN, ASPHYX, NACHTMYSTIUM, HEIDEVOLK, MILKING THE GOATMACHINE, MERCENARY, MAJESTY, HUNTRESS and ACCUSER.
“We are thrilled to announce that seminal thrash metal legends, SLAYER are confirmed as the third and final headliner for Bloodstock 2013. The Californian four-piece will close the Ronnie James Dio stage on Sunday night at Catton Park, bringing their face-melting, monster riffs to the metal hordes.”
Slayer guitarist Kerry King comments: “Can’t wait to hit the stage at Bloodstock! Metal Festival in England? Fuck yes!! It’s going to be hell on earth and I’m looking forward to having a party with all my British friends.”
The Bloodstock Open Air 2013 lineup now features: ACCEPT, AMORPHIS, ANTHRAX, AVANTASIA, DARK FUNERAL, DEVILDRIVER, EX DEO, FIREWIND, FOZZY, KATAKLYSM, KING DIAMOND, LAMB OF GOD, MUNICIPAL WASTE, NEGLIGENCE, WHITECHAPEL.
More bands will be announced soon. Bloodstock Open Air 2013 info at Bloodstock.uk.com.
Nuclear Blast has announced that the ultimate KATAKLYSM 2DVD/2CD package „Iron Will: Twenty Years Determined“ hit the German Charts on position #98! The release is a retrospective swollen with pride, a live all-inclusive-package and an in-depth gift to all of the band’s faithful followers. A true all-round carefree package.
Maurizio Iacono comments: „We did this DVD with no expectations. Our little story immortalized with the luck of a label that would support it, I guess our great fans in our second home Germany have showed their love and brought a DVD release into the Top 100 album charts of the country. Tthis is very unusual and we are very humbled by it, thank you!“
A five-minute video clip in which members of CANNIBAL CORPSE, KREATOR, LAMB OF GOD, ABORTED, VOIVOD, MAYHEM, KRISIUN, KEEP OF KALLESIN, CRYPTOPSY, DANKO JONES and EQUILIBRIUM congratulate Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM on their 20th anniversary can be seen below.
KATAKLYSM released a multidisc DVD entitled “The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined” on July 3 via Nuclear Blast. The set, which features a documentary and bonus CD materials, depicts the ups and downs of the band’s long, turbulent career, as well as footage of KATAKLYSM‘s performance at last year’s Summer Breeze festival, which took place August 18-20, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The cover art for the release was created by artist Colin Marks (ORIGIN, EXODUS, NEVERMORE) and can be viewed below.
On June 6, Aniruddh Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with vocalist Maurizio Iacono of Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
Metal Assault: Your new DVD, “The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined”, is coming out on June 19th. What can fans expect from it? It seems to be quite a complete package and everything about the band’s 20-year history is in there.
Maurizio: Well, it’s something that we’ve been planning for a long time. We knew that the 20th anniversary was coming and we wanted to do something very special. The whole idea started with me wanting to write a book about the music industry and my own personal experiences, and what I’ve been through with KATAKLYSM. But then, as it turned out, withe everything that I’ve got going on, I just couldn’t put the book together on time and so we decided to hire a director and the record label decided to do this type of in-depth-style documentary about our entire career. I think it kind of represents a lot of the working-class type of metal bands out there, that are either struggling or making it, just both ends of it. So, it’s very very detailed. People that have seen it have said that it’s the most complete documentary they’ve ever seen, so that’s very good to hear. It’s five and a half hours and comes with our complete 20th-anniversary show in Germany, which we did last summer. We headlined that show in front of almost 20,000 people. It also has the “best-of” record and the CD version of the concert, too. So it’s a very complete package for sure. It’s very worth the money.
Metal Assault: So, while putting together this documentary, did you guys look at any other band documentaries to kind of study how to do this thing, or was it just like completely natural and you just put in whatever you filmed?
Maurizio: Well, two things. First of all, we didn’t want this to be like a sob story. It wasn’t meant to show the band in a way like, “Oh, look at us. We’re fucked up and we struggled and it was hard.” It wasn’t like that. We didn’t want to do that. It’s a good story, it’s the story of a band that’s been on its way to get recognition at some point. We’ve taken a huge risk because it’s so long, and in the beginning we were a little bit worried because we had decided to do something nobody had done before, and it’s a very, very detailed documentary. The only band that did anything close to it was CANNIBAL CORPSE, but theirs was four hours and ours is five and a half. There is also a lot of footage that’s not even in there, that we just couldn’t put because it was already too long. And also, we tried to do it in a different way as well. If you watch it, you’ll see that it’s not just somebody talking. There’s a lot of footage and there’s a lot of stuff where it’s comical. It’s a very emotional roller coaster, the whole thing. The director, Tommy Jones, has done an excellent job with this thing. It was a massive job to put together and we’re very happy with the fantastic job he’s done. So far the reviews are killer, and we couldn’t ask for anything more.
Metal Assault: You said that the way things are done in the States is not healthy for bands. What are some of those things?
Maurizio: There’s a lack of interest for small bands. America is based on the really big and the really small, and there’s not enough of the in between. There’s problems with the way the costs of developing bands is going, because there’s so little money for them to tour that bands are just breaking up before having a chance of going towards pursuing metal as a living. In Europe, they have tour buses that can accommodate up to four bands, and when we put four bands on a tour, we save on the cost of gas and hotels, and it gives bands the chance of spreading their fan base. That’s how KATAKLYSM did it, and I know that if I had to pay all of my way through when I was a teenager, there was no way I would have survived. Even at the beginning, when we were kids, we were used to be being put on a bus, and we were like, hell yeah, we don’t have to pay anything and we just go and play. That’s how we built our fan base and this is one thing America has to learn. It all has to come together and things need to be done in a different way than before, because I’m very worried about how the industry is going. There’s been no new bands that are breaking out there and making a big noise. Like I’ve said this before, PANTERA, to me, was the last rock-star band. There hasn’t really been anything since then that has made a huge impact or changed the industry, unless you want to say SLIPKNOT. But other than that, there hasn’t been anybody. We’re still worshiping all the really old-school bands and there’s nothing new that’s making an impact — in my opinion, at least.
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