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Cataract | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B000FC2F24
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #350,106 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Slayer-inspired metalcore, October 25, 2006

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Murat Batmaz (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kingdom (Audio CD)

On their fourth album, Cataract continue to do what they do best: combine strong rhythm guitars, pounding bass, rampaging bass, and raging scream vocals. For sure, this has been done to death before, and frankly, there's nothing new about Cataract's music, but the genre's fans will be pleased nonetheless.

After the slow, doomy intro, the band quickly offers "War of Cultures", replete with numerous hardcore breakdowns, cool drum fills, and heavy, really heavy guitar work. The best thing about Cataract is that their riffs are more innovative than most others bands' and they really know how to compose a song that rocks. Mind you, guitar solos are terribly missing throughout the album, they do get into a Slayer-esque twin lead on the aggressive "Denial of Life", and really try out a thrash metal experiment during the middle section of "On This Graveyard", a song that boasts fierce riffery and a tenacious rhythm quality. "March with Your Battleforce" is perhaps their most complex song, as it reeks of dynamic twin guitar work where both guitarists inject intricate chord progressions into the sound while retaining a distinct Euro thrash metal like vibe through its course. The opening of "Sacrificed for the Wealth" is bound the catch the attention of any drummer who is concerned with perfect timing and a thick bottom. Up until "Unforgotten", the band plows through the same formula, but at least the aggression that's meant to define the metalcore genre is maintained. "Unforgotten" has a slightly death metal touch to it in that the vocals and the staccato riffs are woven around a more non-hardcore song structure.

If you're not a fan of hardcore and metalcore or the newer material of Slayer, chances are you won't enjoy Cataract. Otherwise, it's worth a listen for sure.

5.0 out of 5 stars EVERY SONG IS KILLER, November 3, 2007

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Donald Baird (Mt. Carmel IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kingdom (Audio CD)

This is a must have if you are reading this you are probably looking for something heavy. This is fast. Guitarists are freakin riff masters. Hooks in every song. I listen and hear more music. Opens my ear to create more from them. Really, this guy on vocals sounds like Phil, but is Fedi this Swiss guy. Drums very tight. Double bass, snares killer. Lyics excellent powerful. Top 5 of 2006.

4.0 out of 5 stars Me like!, August 16, 2007

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Lamar_125 "lamar_125" (Hockessin, DE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kingdom (Audio CD)

Good stuff. Not terribly original, but if your're going to follow the crowd you better do it well. And Cataract does. There riffs are nice and heavy with some good drumming to back it up. Check it out!