Meditations

"It seems that the name of this album is indicative of what you're getting here. There's a variety of kinds of meditations here, for sure. Meditation on the old, meditation on the state of ourselves, the state of the world, and the reflection on what is to come. Musically, there are real moments of pause, and they are the corner stone this time around. The rage and impressive skill in these musicians is ever apparent, and the variety of changes they have consisted and run with, proves that KATAKLYSM are a band that continue to grow, and create more music with a purpose".

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"What is to be expected when a critic reviews one of his favorite bands? Too often "honesty" or "fairness" is conflated with arbitrary fault-finding, and that's a waste of time. I don't enjoy Kataklysm because I'm blinded by bias; I enjoy Kataklysm because they write great music, and Meditations is no exception. This is meat and potatoes death metal in the truest form: packed with energy, lacking in fat, great for building strength, and an always reliable comfort when times get tough that isn't decadent but actually good for you".

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"Hvis du er vild med dødsmetal, der skifter i tempo og svinger lidt mellem traditionelt og melodisk i stilen, så er du bestemt ikke gået forkert med et band som Kataklysm - tværtimod! Efterhånden som pickuppen arbejder sig gennem hver eneste rille i pladen, opdager man, at samtlige skæringer er unikke og velspillede, og man er slet ikke i tvivl om, at der er blevet lagt liv og sjæl i arbejdet med musikken - de mange timer i isolation har virkelig båret frugt".

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