A FEW DEADLY FACTS ABOUT OUR GROTESQUELY-GREAT METAL BAND, OTHERWISE KNOWN, AS THE ALMIGHTY "CATHARCYST". 1997, on a damp, cold, dark, day in Lively, Ontario, Canada, and deep within the woods of the Northern Hemisphere, this butchered and beaten band was born to wreak havoc and bang heads. Ah. .... the good ol' days when emo music didn't exsist and you could smoke in bars. They played a slew of shows and were known around town as the very deadly but distinguished "Diversity". After some dreadful departures in 1999, and the new gathering of souls, "Diversity" disposed of their sick ridden name and became the ever so popular but stimulating, "State Of Aggression".
"SOA" released their first and only gastly record in the Y2K rigged year of 2000 entitled "Utopia Is Humanless". The classic, crushing 6 song, plus bonus track masterpiece, was recorded,mixed and mastered at Easter Island Studios in Sudbury (available @ Rock Topic in Sudbury). Things were definetly blood-suckingly smooth for the band. They ravaged everywhere and played anyplace including Manitoulin Island, Canada. In 2002, a member decided to end his role in the band, and end his era of terror. The band now consisted of Paul Cipriani (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Bill Moores (guitar, vocals, keyboards, didgeridoo), Joel Ferris (bass & effects) and Jay Maloney (Drums & Percussion). Paul dialed up the name "CATHARCYST".
The band "Catharcyst" is defined as what ever you want to define it as. We don't believe in putting a label on our brand of music. Anything goes but we are definetely metal. The word "Catharcyst", comes from two root words, Catharsis & Cyst. Catharsis, is defined as the purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through a work of art (music in our case). It is also defined as purgation (a release). Cyst, is defined as an abnormal saclike growth of the body in which matter is contained. Put it all together, and you have one ferocious sac of metal brilliance, waiting to explode onto the forefront of the music scene and on the stage.
In the summer of 2003 ... Catharcyst participated in a battle of the bands at the 1500 Pub in Sudbury, organized by a Toronto outfit called Supernova. The band sold many tickets and did what they set out to do ... they won 1st place with through online voting. They beat out all the competition to ensure that they were the best metal band in Sudbury. The whole bar was packed from the stage right to the back of the bar. People were being escorted out of the bar for moshing ... that's what happens when Catharcyst explodes on stage.
"Catharcyst" put out their first ravishing record in 2004. It was entitled, "Feast On The Flesh" (also on sale @ Rock Topic in Sudbury). They self-produced, mixed, mastered, and manufactured copies of the 11 song disc. They played numerous nullifying performances,including speading their plague and terrorizing towns and cities such as Toronto, North Bay, Sturgeon Falls and of course The Greater City Of Sudbury. Highlights of this era included opening up for Despised Icon, Ion Dissonance, Eclipse Eternal, Fuck The Facts and more.
In early 2006, another member of the core Bill Moores, left the band to pursue other musical interests such as
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My Poor Brother
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Lateral Flow
In the summer of 2007, Joel Ferris, bass player for 10 years and good guy all around on and off the stage, decided to leave the band. Never the less, "Catharcyst" is still going strong in 2009, 12 years after they blazed onto the scene.
A new record will be coming out in 2009 entitled - "A Purgative Bondage". They will be recording with Sudbury industrial metal legend Kipp Grose.
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Kipp joined Catharcyst @ the end of 2007. He used to play in the industrial punk/metal outfits you might remember as "Satan's Dollhouse", "Flambo", & "Inherent Noise". His role as bass player for Catharcyst soon took shape and they found themselves opening up for some well known bands like Cryptopsy, Origin, The Last Felony, Estuary, Behold ... The Arctopus, Yakuza ... and the list goes on .
Catharcyst is definetely back with a purpose and meaning. They will be self producing, mixing & mastering "A Purgative Bondage". This groundbreaking new CD will be available to the masses through ITunes, Amazon.com and various other download sites. You'll be able to order the new record through any HMV location, Chapters, as well as any CD Plus location. So stay tuned, there's still a hell of a lot more to come from this hellacious metal band. Catharcyst is definetely one of the most heavy bands that Northern Ontario, Canada, has to offer. They are very proud to be a part of the Canadian Metal Scene and proud to be a metal band from Sudbury. So greetings from the rock covered landscape that is The Greater City Of Sudbury!!!
DARKNESS.........FOLLOWS..........HAUNTING..........SHADOWS. ....
OFFICIAL CATHARCYST LYRICS TO "A PURGATIVE BONDAGE"
TEMPTRESS DRESSED IN BLACK GARMENTS
Welcome moonlit nights and never ending winters
Walking alone in this hell, my soul is bleeding
A whisper in a shrill wind, it beckons to me
“Come closer my dear I wait for theeâ€
My eyes fixed with lust engulfed by her beauty
With lust in her eyes
(Chorus)
Temptress dressed in black garments
Our eyes become one, seducing in ecstacy
Temptress luring me inside, our bodies become stitched
She gives herself to me
With teethmarks on her neck and claw marks on my back
Our pain turns to pleasure
My stiff cock has no conscience or morality
Stillettoes dig in as she wails with howling screams
Her lips taste like wine
(chorus)
A love so anomalous a love so sweet divine
An anecdote to share with those whose passion is alive
As the cum begins to flow there is no doubt she’s mine
She is my temptress
A FINAL FLAME
Ebony set the scene, a calm before the storm sent for most of us, for most of us
Pull the drapes and set the stage, thespians parade like pawns for all of us, to gain our trust
(Chorus)
This candle lit it’s final flame
As the wax melts we fade away
What is our human legacy
Who’s match lit the wick?
... your’s, your’s, your’s and your’s and your’s and your’s
... a final flame
Can’t taste the daylight but I can smell the rotten stench of hollowness, in all of us
I hold the candle tight, as I lay lifeless in my own blood I shall not flicker and die
(chorus)
Can’t taste religeon but I can smell the falsness hidden between the lines, don’t read the lies
A paradise that was built to last, a final stab at this world we once called our home, there’s no more fucking home
(chorus)
NO SIGNS OF LIFE
This is the starting of, of a humanless age
An age where we shall not exist and nothing shall remain
Across the frayed and smoldering plains, a distant silence
A putrifactive theme, apocalyptic dream
(Chorus 1)
Where are we going? Where should we turn?
Do not resuscitate when there are no signs of life
When there are no signs of life
Say goodbye to your glorious life and say hello to death
Nothing’s left but ashes and a barren wasteland
We are erased, now the earth has a second chance
No signs of life, only signs of death
(Chorus 2)
We’re out of line and out of time
Do not resuscitate when there are no signs of life
When there are no signs of life
(repeat chorus 2)
No - Signs - Of - Life ... no fuckin’ signs here (2X)
Do not resuscitate when there are no signs of life ... of life
THIS MEANS WAR
(Chorus)
This means war (2X)
World rage fuels the fire inside of every mortal
Judgement day as rivals collide
Their actions will be justified
(Prechorus 1)
Collapse of the middle east
Breeds hate for the western world
A power struggle tug of war
Did we bring this on ourselves
Or are we drunk with greed?
Is this worth fighting for? ... YES
(chorus)
Frontline has been breached
A call to arms has been unleashed
Bullets are astray, innocent decay
Battle’s underway, see the mass graves
Always dropping bombs, always loaded guns
Never had a chance, down with everyone
Peace is far out of reach
(Prechorus 2)
The rise of the middle east
A firestorm in the golden west
My bullet will meet your flesh
Fuck you don’t tread on me
Fuck you and all your beliefs
Is this worth dying for? ... YES
(chorus) (prechorus 2) (chorus)
A PURGATIVE BONDAGE
Thanx for the memories
A passion builds inside of you and me (for the love of metal)
This is no dream but our reality (and it’s harder than steel)
Emotions fill the pus within the cyst (and it’s ready to burst)
A cathartic cleansing of the mind, body, and soul
(Chorus)
A purgative bondage enslaves me
Creating for those who are listening
A purgative bondage enslaving
We want you to know that we love you
Who says you need to scream to be metal? (what do you know)
I’ll sing and say and do what I want to (who wrote the rules?)
I don’t paint my face and wear leather (I chop cords of wood)
And I’ll swing my ax into your fucking mind, body, and soul
(chorus)
Thanx for the memories
(chorus)
LOVE FOR HATE
Anger is rising, gritting teeth and clenched fists
My face is ugly, full of malicious intent
The worst is brought out in me and this time I’m gonna break
These feelings have taken over, changing a man into a beast
(Chorus)
This world is black, darkness follows haunting shadows
My love for hate will never fade with time
The wait is over, you met your match now meet your maker
I am your nemesis, soon you will be forgotten
The adrenaline has kicked in and it’s full force and out of control
This display of furious anger has left you numb and cold
(chorus)
I will destroy you ... love for hate
If what I say is bleak, if what I say is true
Then son you’d better run, I’m following you
Reaper is my name and killing is my game
Die you motherfucker, die
Love is the greatest gift of all
Hate is so over rated
Love For Hate
Love for hate will never fade
My love for hate will never fade
In time, in time you’ll never shed the curse ...
INSANE ASYLUM
I awake, I find myself in a padded room
With no escape, this cell becomes my tomb
Sores upon my wrists, must be from the leather straps
I smell like piss, my kidney’s failed from malpractice
(Chorus)
I am insane (schizophrenic)
I am insane (there’s blood on my hands)
I am insane (escaping)
I am insane (from the insane asylum)
I must escape, these walls won’t hold me in
The guard has the keys that will unlock my freedom
Planning carefully, kill the guard and take his clothes
Returning back to society, I can say that
(chorus)
Death, Torture, Ravaged, The Dead (2X)
I’ve returned for my dear Seline
My love for her shall never be broken ... broken
ZERO = NOTHING
This is our destiny, could it be mankind’s fate?
Breed to destroy and poison every fuckin’ thing
This present has no future, the prophecies have come to life
We will be nullified
The cries of pure distress will fall upon deaf ears
(Chorus)
Zero = Nothing
Nothing shall remain
Our paradise dying
Who is listening?
Searching for something, another step in problem solving
Right to know and question every fuckin’ thing
This future’s cold and lifeless, the sun has burned it dry
We will be nullified
The cries of pure distress will fall upon deaf ears
(chorus)
We are lost, we’ll never find the way out of this mess, hope is fading
We are lost but surely we can change ... We can change
(repeat verse 1)
The cries of discontent will fall upon deaf ears
(chorus)
ETERNAL SUFFERING
Rot in hell
Welcome to the dawning of our dead future
A place where the sun don’t shine, forever winter
We’re forced to hunt for food, we are forced to kill
Back to basics once again, kill or be fucking killed
(Prechorus 1)
The weather has cracked my skin
The cold has left me frostbitten
I must keep on moving before I become a casualty
(Chorus)
A frozen hell
A hypothermic spell
Losing everything, but what have we gained?
Eternal Suffering
Welcome are the scavengers and their quest for food
Consuming everything and soon they’ll consume you
Forced to build a make-shift shelter, I am forced to hide
If I fall victim to sleep then they will eat my fucking hide
(Prechorus 2)
Jack Frost is nipping at my face
These hunger pains won’t go away
I must find a victim so I can keep on living
(chorus) (repeat verse 1) (prechorus 2) (chorus)
And now that you’re all alone
Nobody will hear you screaming
And now that the sun is gone
It’s so very cold here ... eternal suffering ...
***All lyrics - Copyright by Catharcyst 2009
***All lyrics reprinted with permission from Paul Cipriani
CATHARCYST LINKS
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MUSICIANS FOR THE TUNES ABOVE:
Paul Cipriani
Jason Maloney
Kipp Grose
Joel Ferris appears on all Catharcyst (Feast On The Flesh & Live @ Club Rockit) & all State Of Aggression recordings
Bill Moores appears on all Catharcyst (Feast On The Flesh & Live @ Club Rockit) & all State Of Aggression recordings
Dave Viljanmaa appears on all State Of Aggression recordings