Taking The World By Storm - Music

Kataklysm Is A Canadian Death Metal Band. They Have Released Fourteen Studio Albums One EP And Two DVDs As Of 2020. Kataklysm Won Their First Juno Award Canadian Equivalent Of The Grammy For Best Album Of The Year In The "heavy Metal" Category For Their 2015 Album Of Ghosts And Gods. The Band's Albums Have Charted Throughout The World Including The Billboard Top 100 In The United States. Kataklysm Was Formed In Montreal Quebec In September 1991. At The Beginning Of Their Career They Were Known For Their Fast And Technical Brand Of Death Metal Known As The "Northern Hyperblast". Nuclear Blast Soon Took Notice Of The Band In 1992 After Noticing The Band's Debut Demo The Death Gate Cycle Of Reincarnation Which Gained Significant Praise From The Underground Metal Scene. In 1994 Kataklysm Signed To Nuclear Blast And Released Their First EP The Mystical Gate Of Reincarnation Followed By Their Debut Album Sorcery In 1995. This Was Followed In 1996 By Their Second Full-Length Album Temple Of Knowledge Which They Accompanied With Their First Music Video For The Album's Track "The Awakener". Following The Release Of This Album However Founding Member And Lead Vocalist Sylvain Houde Departed From The Band. This As Houde Himself Confessed Was Due To The Emotional Effects Surrounding The End Of His Romantic Relationship. Subsequently The Band's Bassist Maurizio Iacono Replaced Houde As Vocalist Ceding His Duties As Bassist To Stephane Barbe. The Band's Musical Direction Shifted From Being Primarily Spearheaded By Houde To Both Iacono And Founding Guitarist JF Dagenais Instead. In 1998 The Band Released Their Third Studio Album Victims Of This Fallen World Iacono's First As Vocalist Which Has Been Noted As Incorporating A More Groove-Oriented And Melodic Musical Style Of Death Metal. The Following Album The Prophecy Stigmata Of The Immaculate Released In 2000 Consolidated This Style Lessening The Chaotic Nature Of Their Work Thus Far And Incorporating Greater Influences From Thrash Metal. The Band's 2001 Album Epic The Poetry Of War Added Further Melody To The Band's Approach To Death Metal And The Band Continued To Gain Attention And Positive Critical Reception. In The Following Year The Band Released Shadows & Dust Which Has Been Viewed By Critics As One Of The Band's Most Successful Releases Because Of The Overwhelmingly Positive Reception The Band Received And The Increase In Sales Compared To The Band's Prior Releases Being The First Album To Chart In Countries Such As Germany Austria And Switzerland And Featured One Of The Band's Most Recognisable Tracks "In Shadows & Dust". Two Years Later In 2004 The Band Released Serenity In Fire. The Album Was Notable For The Absence Of Drummer Max Duhamel Kataklysm's Drummer Being Temporarily Replaced By Martin Maurais Due To Injury. The Album Was Again Positively Received And Featured Two Of The Band's Best Known Tracks "As I Slither" And "The Ambassador Of Pain". Duhamel Eventually Recovered And Played On The Band's Eighth Studio Album Released In 2006 Titled In The Arms Of Devastation. The Album Was A Considerable Success With Sales Exceeding 50 000 Units And Saw The Band's Highest Charting Entries Thus Far. The Band's Following Album Prevail Continued To Display The Band's Growing Popularity With Sales Again Exceeding The 50 000 Mark. The Album's Single "Taking The World By Storm" Also Became The Band's Most Highly Viewed Track On YouTube With Over Three Million Views. The Band Released Their 11th Studio Album Waiting For The End To Come On October 29 2013 Followed By Their Twelfth Album Of Ghosts And Gods On July 31 2015 Both To High Praise. The Band's Thirteenth Studio Album Meditations Was Released In June 2018. The Album Gained Their First Album To Chart On The Billboard Top 100 Charts Positioning At #61 Alongside Being Their Highest-Charting Album In Germany Austria Switzerland And The Band's Native Canada. Kataklysm Released Their Fourteenth Studio Album Unconquered On September 25 2020. Three Weeks Before The Album's Release The Band Announced Drummer Oli Beaudoin Had Left The Band And Was Replaced By James Payne. Studio Albums
Sorcery 1995 Temple Of Knowledge 1996 Victims Of This Fallen World 1998 The Prophecy Stigmata Of The Immaculate 2000 Epic The Poetry Of War 2001 Shadows & Dust 2002 Serenity In Fire 2004 In The Arms Of Devastation 2006 Prevail 2008 Heaven's Venom 2010 Waiting For The End To Come 2013 Of Ghosts And Gods 2015 Meditations 2018 Unconquered 2020 read less