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CATARACT [New Record out now!]

"CATARACT"

About Me


A new decade upon us!
Since 1998, Cataract have been evolving from a project band into one of Switzerland’s premiere metal outfits and one of Europe’s constant parameters in the modernthrash and metalcore genre.
In 2006, Cataract entered Tue Madsen’s Antfarm Studios to record the follow up to their furious first full length release on Metal Blade and “Kingdom” hit the stores inmay 2006 being the band’s most acclaimed release thus far! Blessed with a crushing sound, 11 tracks of the band’s own characteristic style unleash their rage upon thelistener; storming, violent, still hardcore infused metal in the vein of Slayer, Bolt Thrower, Hatebreed and the likes. This record made its way into various top ten lists for2006 and was even voted album of the year by Austria’s Slam Magazine..
In January 2007, the band parted ways with founding member Simon and added Tom Kusmic as their new second guitarist shortly after. .
The story so far... Cataract were formed in summer 1998 by Simon F..llemann, Greg M..der and Ricky D..rst, bringing a fresh, metallic breeze to the European hardcore scene. Whatstarted out as a project band quickly progressed into a thunderstorm as the band recorded a demo cd which sold over 2000 copies and introduced them to thehardcore/metal audience. After a 7” ep and some compilation tracks, Cataract recorded their first full length “Golem” in April 2000 which made its way to one ofAmerica’s finest indie labels, Ferret Music, who soon added Cataract to their roster and released “Golem”.
Shortly before the recording of the “Martyr’s Melodies” mcd in 2001, a very talented and gifted vocalist named Fedi, switched positions with previous singer Mosh. Theband’s first US Tour followed where the band played Hellfest and various shows with Poison The Well, Bane, Unearth, Nora, 18 Visions, Most Precious Blood etc. Most of2002 was dedicated to working on the second full length album, “The Great Days Of Vengeance”, which was released through LifeForce Recordings in march 2003.Starting off with a sold out record release show the band kept promoting their most metallic release thus far all through the year and finished it off with a two week tourthrough United Kingdom, supporting UK’s own Stampin’ Ground.
Cataracts constant progression caught Metal Blades attention and ultimately had the band signing to the label in 2004. This new cooperation allowed the band to takelarger steps, and the first one had them entering the Antfarm Studios of the up and coming producer Tue Madsen. They left with a pounding album, whose power loadenproduction gave the band their own distinctive style and added the aggression and ferocity they were always looking for. “With Triumph Comes Loss” was released inSeptember 2004 and received raving reviews all over the world and had the band playing the traditional No Mercy Tour in Spring 2005, followed by a multitude offestivals and weekend trips to promote their latest release.
With their 2006 Release “Kingdom” the band has established itself as one of the leading forces in europe’s metal/hardcore landscape and promoted the album withvarious live appearances, including a crushing Hell On Earth tour with Heaven Shall Burn, Maroon and God Forbid. Before they took off Kay Brem joined the Band as anew bass player after Michael left to join a less busy band. Cataract had to cancel their participation in the at the time moribund X-Mass Festivals (you might remember it was cancelled after several other bands also quit thebilling) and finished the year with a the furious X-Mass Mosh fest in Zug/Switzerland.
The first weeks of 2007 brought some big changes for Cataract – the band agreed to disagree and as a result founding member Simon quit the band to pursue his owngoals with a new project. Cataract decided to go on hibernation until the end of march to sort out the band business and force the search for the new guitarist. Itwasn’t for long that Tom Kuzmic from Swiss death metallers Disparaged was found as a perfect replacement, adding a lot of new spice to Cataract’s sound andcompleting the line up after a few weeks.
Cataract 2008...The past time has brought a lot of changes for the band. A new guitar player and a new bass player were added, a whole new album was written and still they were out on Europe’s stages to kick some serious ass. The band’s new formation has added a lot of fresh blood and creativity to the sound and the best prove will be the new album scheduled for march/april 2008. This self titled fifth release is by far their most progressive to date, showing a lot more variety by adding a lot of brutality and speed but also more melody and heaviness.
2008 marks the band’s tenth year of existence, it will also be the year in which Cataract will release their highly anticipated and self titled fifth full length album.
Cataract will be promoting their massive new release with tons of shows and various tours all over the world! Be prepared for a mighty blow!
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Member Since: 7/4/2004
Band Website: cataract.cc
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Sounds Like: A storming mixture of power loaden, violent hardcore metal in the vein of Hatebreed, Slayer and The Haunted.

Current releases s/t demo cd on D.I.Y. and Infinite Records (CH; 1998/99)

War Anthems three song 7 on Join The Team Player Records (Ger, 1999)

Golem full length cd on Ferret Records (USA, 2000)

Golem vinyl release on Life Force Records (Ger, 2000)

Martyrs Melodies three song 7 on The Life Recordings Company (USA, 2001)

Martyrs Melodies five song MCD on LifeForce Records (Ger, 2002)

Great Days Of Vengeance full length cd on LifeForce Records (Ger, 2003)

With Triumph Comes Loss full length CD on Metal Blade Recordings (Ger/US/Jap 2004)

With Triumph Comes Loss full length LP on Dead Serious Recordings (Ger, 2004)

Kingdom full length CD on Metal Blade Recordings (Ger, 2006)

Record Label: Metal Blade Records / www.metalblade.de/.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

09.07.2008 - Cataract newsbash + show update

we've returned from an incredible With Full Force open air, once again it was smashing to play a completely packed hard bowl tent along the likes of Born From Pain and Madball! Cheers to everyone...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:39:00 PST

16.06.2008 - We saved the world + show update

cheers to all the people coming to check us out at the Viva La Natur fest and the RockSound open air. If anyone knows where all the 13year old girls squealing for Simple Plan were when we played, let ...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:05:00 PST

04.06.2008 - Rainforest Benefit Festival

Cataract will play the "Viva La Natur" fest in Köln next weekend with Born From Pain, Misery Speaks, Narziss and many more, and this is a benefit which aims at raising money to safe millions of a...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:55:00 PST

02.06.2008 - Cataract’s weekend was a blast!!

We're back from two amazing shows in Aarau and Oberwolfach! We're still psyched about them, we had two packed venues (one was rather overpacked) and a shitload of fun! So cheers to all the people invo...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:30:00 PST

19.05.2008 - Une soirée puissante

we've had a fantastic show at one of switzerland's nicest clubs - bikini test in La Chaux De Fonds! We've spent some quality time driving through the infinite woods of the swiss jura mountains and we'...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Tue, 20 May 2008 02:12:00 PST

13.05.2008 - Terra in Ashes

cheers to all the metalheads coming out and moshing it up last friday at terra - what an insane show! we knew the place was kinda small but if you imagine that the drumkit took away about half of the ...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Tue, 13 May 2008 04:23:00 PST

07.05.2008 - Cataract show update!

we've added some more shows in germany, belgium and austria! remember to contact mad-tourbooking for show requests and please read the last bnew entry. our mailserver was bugged and we possibly lost a...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Wed, 07 May 2008 05:34:00 PST

06.05.2008 - Our Mailserver was bugged

Our mailserver was bugged...dear all, we're sorry to say that our mailserver wasn't working properly for most of april. we tried to work out what and how it did happen, but it remains a mystery. howev...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Tue, 06 May 2008 12:42:00 PST

16.04.2008 - Back from italy!

Hello all, we're completely battered from our small tour through italy, but we're also very happy! Breed Agency did a fantastic job, we had really great shows and tons of fun!! Cirié got us started ri...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:56:00 PST

09.04.2008 - New merch added to the shop!

we’ve added all our new merch to the online shop, check it out on our webpage! We’re getting ready for our italian tour, it’s gonna be great fun and hopefully a lot warmer than here!...
Posted by CATARACT [New Record out now!] on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:34:00 PST