{"id":7053,"date":"2008-03-20T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=7053"},"modified":"2013-06-01T13:19:48","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T13:19:48","slug":"album-review-cataract-cataract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-cataract-cataract\/","title":{"rendered":"CATARACT – Cataract (2008) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CATARACT
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\nMetal Blade (2008)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cataract are Swiss hardcore legends, although they often get lumped into the abused metalcore genre. Cataract is the band\u2019s fifth album and celebrates their decade long dominance of their scene. Coming on the heels of 2006\u2019s Kingdom<\/em>, an album that leans more towards the metal side of the music, the band continues to utilize a heavier, fuller sound than their initial trio of releases did and the result is a pounding, pummeling work of anger that buries Kingdom<\/em> in its wake. <\/p>\n

Cataract is a riotous album that continues to prove how unrelenting this band is. I wasn\u2019t a big fan of the Kingdom<\/em> album so I went into this one a bit apprehensively. \u2018The Separation Of Life And Time\u2019 kicks the doors to your eardrums in right away but that\u2019s about all it is able to do. It gets lost in the metalcore splendour the band dabbled in on Kingdom<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t until the breakdown in the second track, \u2018Blackest Hour\u2019, that longtime fans will settle in as the more familiar Cataract sound slowly starts to take over. \u2018Deathwish\u2019 does its part in bringing the sound back to what you remember as well and it does it early enough that your spirits stay high. <\/p>\n

As the band settle into their namesake, the songs seem to spring to life more, offering dirty crunch, pulsing breakdowns, and hardcore defiance in abundance. \u2018Choke Down\u2019 is a solid nod to the NYC hardcore scene with its grunt heavy destruction, while songs like \u2018Burn At The Stake\u2019 and \u2018Breeze Of The Kings\u2019 entice scenesters everywhere to start a circle pit around them and scream the latter song\u2019s moniker at the top of their lungs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the epic \u2018Tonight We Dine In Hell\u2019 though that forces the spotlight upon itself. An amalgamation of murderous sounds and grinding metal, you really can read this book by its cover. Its fiendish sound fits perfectly into this album and gives fans something entirely new to chew on as Cataract enters the next decade of their career. <\/p>\n

Cataract have long since proved themselves, but I think fans will find this much to their liking. The band continues to get heavier while re-embracing the old a bit more and even offering something entirely new this time out. The album stumbles a bit right off the bat but recovers fairly quickly. As a matter of fact, the second and third time around with this album you\u2019ll find a lot of nuances that you initially missed; this isn\u2019t as \u201cwhat you hear as what you get\u201d stylistically as some of the band\u2019s prior works.<\/p>\n

Hardcore and metal fans can come together over Cataract<\/em> for sure, and there is enough of the individuality of each to keep the band in the good graces of even the most jaded diehard genre fans. <\/p>\n

Mark Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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