Prevail (Bonus Dvd)

Kataklysm | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
• ASIN: B00171TE6M
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,163 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Includes DVD.Prevail is the 2008 full-length studio album by Canadian death metal band Kataklysm. This will mark the band's ninth full-length studio album. A music video was filmed for the track "Taking The World By Storm". 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. Kataklysm is well known for their incorporation of movie-quote samples in their music.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't fail to prevail, May 28, 2008

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Michael (FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prevail (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

When I started listening to Kataklysm, the first cd I listened to was Shadows & Dust. It was alright, but In The Arms Of Devastation took me by surprise. Like many bands that have been around for a while, they've changed their sound, and it's upset a lot of fans. In Flames, Machine Head, Deftones, even Metallica. For most bands, evolution is needed. No band wants to make the same record twice. For the most part, Kataklysm has always been a death metal band, even when they changed vocalists. Their last couple of records (Serenity In Fire and In The Arms Of Devastation) had more groove metal style tempos. Prevail picks up where In The Arms of Devastation left off. The title track, which is the first song on here, starts off like their other albums by way of a sample clip from a movie. I never know what movie, but the clips always sound dark, and fit in perfectly. The band has never really been known to have guests on their albums until their last album, which featured Morgan Lander from Kittie, ex-Into Eternity guitarist/vocalist Rob Doherty, and founding Into Eternity guitarist Tim Roth. That trend continues here with three guest guitarists: Dave Linsk from Overkill, who absolutely rips on Blood In Heaven, Pat O'Brien from Cannibal Corpse, who lends his virtuoistic skills on the instrumental The Last Effort, and Jason Suecof (who also mixed the album) shreds it on The Vultures Are Watching. Prevail is a pretty straight-forward heavy, beautiful record that I'm sure will please die-hard fans as well as newer fans who started by way of the band's newer albums. Fans of metal in general should not pass this up.

Also, this album includes a bonus dvd featuring the music video for Taking The World By Storm, a photo gallery, and a performance from Las Vegas at DeepRockDrive studios. I wasn't expecting much when I figured out that the performance was part of a live internet stream with fans watching on their computer while sending in questions and comments, and only 30 fans at the show in attendence. However, despite the atmosphere, and the usual setlist of songs, it was a cool show. The sound quality was perfect, even close to the quality on the Live In Deutschland dvd. So, if you have that dvd, plus the bonus dvd from the special edition of In The Arms of Devastation, and you're wondering "why would I need another dvd from this dvd," do check it out when you pick up Prevail.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Kataklysm, July 21, 2008

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C. Pedersen (Lake Mary, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prevail (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

This is Kataklysm...Same bruising style, no new gimmicks. I dig everything this band is doing and don't mind getting more and more of it. The songs on here aren't as memorable as the last couple of releases, but they are still very enjoyable.

5.0 out of 5 stars North American Metal, January 15, 2011

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Matt Rutherford "LoverovMetal" (Pittsburgh, PA (unfortunately)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prevail (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

Very few bands in North America capture the true essence of metal. This is a big statement coming from me. I love American cars (before 1974 American Muscle!) American made products and American jobs. When it comes to metal though, any wannabe emo band is called metal here. I mean really Five Finger Death Punch is metal???? Yea and I like show tunes. Kataklysm has an almost surreal tone to every album. This album is no exception. In the Arms of Devastation and Prevail put into words the struggles of my own life over the last few years. From the lyrics "It wasn't so long ago, I remember cuz when life was so cold..." to "the time has come crush the enemy one by one!..." it was the empowerment I needed to continue. I started mymetal journey on the black album from metallica when I was a pup and over the last 15 years my tastes have evolved and devolved with bands like Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Darkthrone, Nile, Behemoth, Hypocrisy, Amon Amarth, In Flames, Dark Funeral, Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, and so many more. Kataklysm is like... if early dimmu borgir mounted at the gates in cannibal corpse's rec room.... You see where this is going. If you want raw driving metal with lyrics that have a place in the every day man's life this album knocks it out of the park.