Montréal based melodic death metallers KATAKLYSM are set to unleash their new studio album, Meditations on June 1st, 2018 through Nuclear Blast Records.
Today, the front man Maurizio Iacono discusses his vocal evolution. Watch the trailer here:
Maurizio Iacono comments, “In 20 years, I would say that the last 10 years I’ve been comfortable with it. The last 5 years I’ve mastered it to the point where I know what I’m doing exactly. I think the last 3 records I’ve done have been really on point. That all came by working hard on the way I portray my breathing techniques and the way I push out the screams and everything, I;m much more comfortable and much more calm than before, I don’t feel like I have to prove something to people. I am who I am now, you either like it or you don’t”
Pre-order Meditations now: http://nblast.de/KataklysmMeditations
Meditations – Track Listing:
01. Guillotine
02. Outsider
03. The Last Breath I’ll Take Is Yours
04. Narcissist
05. Born To Kill And Destined To Die
06. In Limbic Resonance
07. And Then I Saw Blood
08. What Doesn’t Break Doesn’t Heal
09. Bend The Arc, Cut The Cord
10. Achilles Heel
Singer Maurizio Iacono states:
“Guillotine is a powerful track that holds some of Kataklysm‘s most important traits : fierce and fast riffing, melodic accents and groove landed power punches to the gut, we are focused and determined, dedicated to you worst enemy”
Produced by the band’s own guitarist J-F Dagenais and drummer Oli Beaudoin, the record was mixed by Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR a.o.). Mastering duties were handled by Paul Logus (PANTERA a.o.).
The artwork was created by Ocvlta Designs by Surtsey, who also crafted the artwork for KATAKLYSM’s previous record, Of Ghosts And Gods.
Meditations marks the return to old work ethics. All four band members wrote and composed together under the same roof for the first time in over a decade and returned to the old days of songwriting efforts which saw the band’s classics such as Shadows & Dust, Serenity In Fire and In The Arms Of Devastation come to life.
