Max Duhamel, drummer of the Montreal based death metal powerhouse, KATAKLYSM, recently announced that he is taking a break from the band and won’t be performing on their new record. “I have been struggling with many personal issues the last year but lately, the main one has been alcohol,” commented Duhamel previously. “It’s been affecting my body in a very negative way to the point that when I came home after the EX DEO tour we just did, I tried to stop drinking for few days and it’s been very hard without having any with drawls symptoms. I’ve also lost a lot of weight as some of noticed recently and I’m not in good shape.”
KATAKLYSM have released the following statement in response:
“We as a band of brothers stand by Max‘s decision to get better and to rise from his demons. We all have them; some of us try to hide them and pretend they don’t exist, some of us have the courage to confront them. Max has shown strength to fight his. We stand by him and hope that he returns home when he is ready. In the meanwhile, I want everyone to know for those who haven’t seen the Iron Will documentary that this band’s story is one of drama, pain and the long road to victory. We will practice what we preach on our album and we will come out swinging hard and strong with this new record. We will find a suitable replacement and we will announce him in the next few weeks. We will not disappoint any of you. We have read the messages of encouragements you have posted; we have the best fans. As the saying goes ‘the show must go on.’ Here’s a cool clip we found from Rocky that describes well what is to come from your veterans (http://youtu.be/dtjGvBnAxVE). ‘Horse power.’ See you soon.”
Montreal based death metal powerhouse, KATAKLYSM, have been quietly working on new material for the past several months for their long awaited follow-up to the highly successful Heaven’s Venom album. Heaven’s Venom was released on August 24th 2010 in North America and debuted at #196 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart, making it the band’s highest charting album and their biggest first week sales to date. This will now be the band’s longest stretch between records.
“Well it’s been a seriously busy ride since our last album Heaven’s Venom was released over 3 years ago,” commented vocalist Maurizio Iacono. “From a successful world headlining run, to Ozzfest, into a recap of our 20 years as band with the Iron Will DVD. We’ve been writing in a very humble fashion behind the scenes for the last six months. It’s time to take KATAKLYSM to higher levels and dig deep into our capacities as musicians and songwriters. We know exactly what we have to do, that’s why we have taken our time and why we’ll be taking most of the Summer to complete the new album. The record will deal lyrically with mortality and the purpose of ones being on this earth. The moment we are born we start to die. It’s a sort of deal we make with life, and with that I title the new KATAKLYSM album Waiting for the End to Come.”
Waiting for the End to Come is tentatively scheduled for a late 2013 / early 2014 release. The album will be recorded by guitarist Jean Francois Dagenais and mixed by Zeuss (SUFFOCATION, HATEBREED, ARSIS) Read the rest of this entry »
Montreal based extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have made a posted a lyric video for their brand new track “The Iron Will” here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqUcC6CWm5o. The songs comes off their upcoming multidisc DVD entitled The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined, which can now be pre-ordered via the Nuclear Blast USA web shop.
The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined will be released on July 3rd and will feature a documentary and bonus CD materials. The set will depict the ups and downs of the band’s long, turbulent career, as well as footage of KATAKLYSM‘s performance at last year’s Summer Breeze festival, which took place August 18-20, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The cover art for the release was created by artist Colin Marks (ORIGIN, EXODUS, NEVERMORE) and can be viewed above. The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined Track Listing:
DVD I
IRON WILL Part I
The Early Years 1991-2004
1. Let’s Start A Band 1991-1993
2. Signing to Nuclear Blast in 1994
3. Mexico in 1995
4. Max Leaves the Band
5. The Temple of Knowledge
6. The Reformation in 1997
7. Leaving NB in 1998
8. The Prophecy Returns to NB in 2000
9. EPIC 2001
10. In Shadows & Dust
11. Max Quits, Again
DVD II
IRON Will Part II
The Rebirth 2004-2011
1. Serenity In Fire with Martin in 2004
2. Max Comes Back
3. In The Arms… 2006
4. Prevailing in 2008
5. 2010 Heaven’s Venom
6. Ozzfest
7. Albano’s & Saverio
8. The World Tour
9. Transylvania
10. SPQR Rome
11. Touring with Kids
12. New Orleans
13. 2 Decades of Congrats
14. Credits
Iron WIll
video clip
DVD II & CD I
ON FIRE AT SUMMER BREEZE
Live at Summer Breeze Open Air 2011
1. Determined (Vows Of Vengeance)
2. Taking The World By Storm
3. The Awakener
4. To Reign Again
5. Manipulator Of Souls
6. As I Slither
7. At The Edge Of The World
8. As My World Burns
9. Drum Solo
10. Blood On The Swans
11. Astral Empire
12. Feeling The Neverworld
13. The Orb Of Uncreation
14. In Shadows And Dust
15. Crippled And Broken
16. Push The Venom
CD II
BEST OF KATAKLYSM
1. Iron Will
2. Like Angels Weeping (The Dark)
3. Push The Venom
4. In Shadows And Dust
5. Manipulator Of Souls
6. Crippled And Broken
7. Prevail
8. As I Slither
9. The Awakener
10. The Resurrected
11. Let Them Burn
12. At The Edge Of The World
13. Taking The World By Storm
14. Blood In Heaven
15. The Ambassador Of Pain
16. Where The Enemy Sleeps
17. The Road To Devastation
18. Sorcery
19. The Orb Of Uncreation
Check out the music video for the new single “Iron Will” on YouTube: http://youtu.be/KSs6Jp7X0uY. The track was recorded in Montreal, Canada with guitarist/producer Jean-François Dagenais and mixed by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, BEHEMOTH, MNEMIC) in Denmark. “Iron Will” can also be streamed here: http://listn.to/kataklysm.
KATAKLYSM’snew album Heaven’s Venom was released on August 24th 2010 in North America and sold around 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 7 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart and #196 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart, making it the bands highest charting album and their biggest first week sales to date. Heatseekers lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Heaven’s Venom was recorded by KATAKLYSM guitarist J-F Dagenais (MALEVOLENT CREATION, MISERY INDEX) and was mixed by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, DARK TRANQUILLITY).
Montreal based extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have unveiled the complete track listing for their multidisc DVD entitled The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined. The DVD will be released on July 3rd and will feature a documentary and bonus CD materials. The set will depict the ups and downs of the band’s long, turbulent career, as well as footage of KATAKLYSM‘s performance at last year’s Summer Breeze festival, which took place August 18-20, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The cover art for the release was created by artist Colin Marks (ORIGIN, EXODUS, NEVERMORE) and can be viewed above. The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined Track Listing:
DVD I
IRON WILL Part I
The Early Years 1991-2004
1. Let’s Start A Band 1991-1993
2. Signing to Nuclear Blast in 1994
3. Mexico in 1995
4. Max Leaves the Band
5. The Temple of Knowledge
6. The Reformation in 1997
7. Leaving NB in 1998
8. The Prophecy Returns to NB in 2000
9. EPIC 2001
10. In Shadows & Dust
11. Max Quits, Again
DVD II
IRON Will Part II
The Rebirth 2004-2011
1. Serenity In Fire with Martin in 2004
2. Max Comes Back
3. In The Arms… 2006
4. Prevailing in 2008
5. 2010 Heaven’s Venom
6. Ozzfest
7. Albano’s & Saverio
8. The World Tour
9. Transylvania
10. SPQR Rome
11. Touring with Kids
12. New Orleans
13. 2 Decades of Congrats
14. Credits
Iron WIll
video clip
DVD II & CD I
ON FIRE AT SUMMER BREEZE
Live at Summer Breeze Open Air 2011
1. Determined (Vows Of Vengeance)
2. Taking The World By Storm
3. The Awakener
4. To Reign Again
5. Manipulator Of Souls
6. As I Slither
7. At The Edge Of The World
8. As My World Burns
9. Drum Solo
10. Blood On The Swans
11. Astral Empire
12. Feeling The Neverworld
13. The Orb Of Uncreation
14. In Shadows And Dust
15. Crippled And Broken
16. Push The Venom
CD II
BEST OF KATAKLYSM
1. Iron Will
2. Like Angels Weeping (The Dark)
3. Push The Venom
4. In Shadows And Dust
5. Manipulator Of Souls
6. Crippled And Broken
7. Prevail
8. As I Slither
9. The Awakener
10. The Resurrected
11. Let Them Burn
12. At The Edge Of The World
13. Taking The World By Storm
14. Blood In Heaven
15. The Ambassador Of Pain
16. Where The Enemy Sleeps
17. The Road To Devastation
18. Sorcery
19. The Orb Of Uncreation
Check out the music video for the new single “Iron Will” on YouTube: http://youtu.be/KSs6Jp7X0uY. The track was recorded in Montreal, Canada with guitarist/producer Jean-François Dagenais and mixed by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, BEHEMOTH, MNEMIC) in Denmark. “Iron Will” can also be streamed here: http://listn.to/kataklysm.
KATAKLYSM’snew album Heaven’s Venom was released on August 24th 2010 in North America and sold around 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 7 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart and #196 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart, making it the bands highest charting album and their biggest first week sales to date. Heatseekers lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Heaven’s Venom was recorded by KATAKLYSM guitarist J-F Dagenais (MALEVOLENT CREATION, MISERY INDEX) and was mixed by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, DARK TRANQUILLITY).
Vocalist Maurizio Iacono (KATAKLYSM, EX DEO) issued the below message in the wake of the news that Roadrunner Records was shutting down its European offices, and that their CEO Cees Wessels was stepping down:
“This is just the beginning Not buying albums is affecting the labels who in return invest in the bands, tour support, recording .. it’s destroying all newcomer bands and its making middle class musicians poor. You’re not hurting the labels by illegal downloading, you’re killing the bands.
Starting a band these days is a suicide mission. If music becomes a hobby for musicians, then no more tours, no more good music. Dark times ahead. Well, wait, we have holograms now, don’t need REAL people on stage… my bad …
It’s not true that bands don’t need labels. Ask a 16-year-old kid who just started a band what to do. The power of record labels to fly journalists, to market, to distribute is SUPER important. With time you get the knowledge to do a lot of things, but to run a business (yes running a band is business) + touring worldwide to please fans that want to see you is nearly impossible. You need labels. Even if they become more of a management thing in the future, you need them.
Right now, with record sales getting lower and people buying less and less product, labels are saying ‘Sure, we’ll buy your flights, we’ll promote the band, we’ll give you tour support to buy a van or rent, but give us your merch.’ After you do that you starve to death.
Again, it’s not about me. I’ve had a great 20 years; if it ends tomorrow I can keep my head help up high for what I’ve done, but what about the new comers and the future of music? NOT good. It’s not you the fans’ fault, don’t get me wrong. It’s the system that let it happen. Governments, etc. could have stopped it. They didn’t. Now it’s up to us, the fans, to help out.
Buy a shirt, CD, vinyls, download on iTunes, Amazon, the songs you like .. DO SOMETHING! I love you all, and always remember, you guys have all the power to build or destroy, we are only messengers of your voice.”
Metal Sucks presents: Kataklysm “The Iron Will Tour 2012″ to kick off this August
MONTREAL, QC – Canadian death metal act, Kataklysm, will release a multidisc DVD on June 19th entitled The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined, featuring a documentary and bonus CD materials. The set will depict the ups and downs of the band’s long, turbulent career, as well as footage of Kataklysm’s performance at last year’s Summer Breeze festival. The band has posted a third trailer for the upcoming release on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqfAaOJ2lSU.
Check out the first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rGLFjJ2q18&feature=relmfu and second: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MpyZU_rPtgtrailers for even more preview footage of the impending release.
Cover art was created by artist, Colin Marks (Origin, Exodus, Nevermore).
METAL SUCKS presents: KATAKLYSM “The Iron Will Tour 2012”… w/ special guests: Origin, Fleshgod Apocalypse & Rose Funeral
8/11 – Montreal, QC – HEAVY MTL
8/12 – Toronto, ON – HEAVY TO
8/13 – Detroit, MI – Blondie’s
8/17 – Regina, SK – The Exchange*
8/18 – Calgary, AB – The Distillery*
8/19 – Kelowna, BC – Sapphire Night Club*
8/20 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre*
8/21 – Prince George, BC – The Generator*
8/22 – Edmonton, AB – Pawn Shop*
8/23 – Brandon, MB – North Hill Inn*
8/24 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre*
w/ special guests: Fleshgod Apocalypse, Vital Remains & Rose Funeral
8/25 – Saint Paul, MN – Station 4**
8/26 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Rock Club**
8/27 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
8/31 – Springfield, VA – Jaxx
9/02 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
9/04 – Houston, TX – Numbers Night Club
9/05 – Dallas, TX – Trees
Halifax based Spread The Metal Festival who’s goal is to raise $100,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada with 100% of ticket revenues is proud to announce the first round of Canadian bands supporting the fest and charity fundraiser.
“Spread the Metal Records has lofty ambitions for this festival and as it grows each year, I want to prove that the label is as committed to philanthropy as we are to releasing phenomenal records. We take on the responsibility to help those who cannot help themselves, and this festival has the power to help a lot of people, year after year.” – Matt Day STM owner and festival organizer commented.
ABOUT: Spread The Metal Fest was inspired by STM Records owner Matt Day, whom previously worked for HSF as a volunteer and decided it was time to give back to the community and help an organization and cause that promotes awareness of heart disease along with financial support.
About: Spread the Metal Records is an artist-oriented label. They recognize the commitment of all those who have signed with them and those who continue to support them in other ways. A label is only as strong as its artists, and indeed the job of the record label is to create an environment where they can pursue their artistic vision. That means giving straight answers, holding themselves accountable, taking responsibility for their mistakes, and recognizing their own limitations. STM believes in every release that they put out and they have more respect for the fans than to expose them to a sub-par album. STM demands the best from themselves, and so they can’t accept any less from the bands that they represent.
MONTREAL, QC – Canadian death metal act, Kataklysm, is presently wrapping up its highly successful world tour that has brought the band to the four corners of the world. The Heaven’s Venom mania will continue this summer with the band’s appearance at the famous Wacken Open Air this August. The band will also perform and headline Brutal Assault festival in Czech Republic, Metal Mean Open Air in Belgium and the very anticipated 20th anniversary show at the Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany to an already sold out 30,000 + fans!
In other news, the band recorded the single “The Iron Will” last week in Montreal, Canada with guitarist/producer J-F Dagenais. Tue Madsen will mix the track this fall in Denmark. The song will be released with videoclip and iTunes one month before THE IRON WILL: 20 Years Determined documentary DVD, which will depict the band’s long career, through the ups and downs that have made Kataklysm one of today’s top bands in extreme music. The DVD will be released in April 2012 and will include the live performance at Summer Breeze.
Stay tuned for more information on Kataklysm.
KATAKLYSM are nearly done with their highly successful world tour that has taken the band to the four corners of the world. The “HEAVEN’S VENOM” mania will continue this summer with the band’s appearance at the famous WACKEN Open Air this August. The band will headline the BRUTAL ASSAULT festival in Czech Republic, perform at METAL MEAN Open Air in Belgium, and play their very anticipated 20th Anniversary show at SUMMER BREEZE Open Air in Germany to an already sold out audience of 30,000 metal fans!
In other news, KATAKLYSM recorded the single “The Iron Will” last week in Montreal, Canada with guitarist/producer J-F Dagenais. It will be mixed this fall by TUE MADSEN (The Haunted, Behemoth, Mnemic) in Denmark and will be released with a video clip on iTunes one month before the release of the documentary DVD THE IRON WILL: 20 Years Determined, which depicts the ups and downs of the band’s long, turbulent career… one that made KATAKLYSM one of today’s top names in extreme music.
THE IRON WILL DVD will be released in Spring 2012 and will include this year’s live performance from the Summer Breeze festival.
Albano’s, the restaurant owned in part by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono, was named the #1 Italian restaurant in the country by the Travel Channel’s “Chowdown Countdown” TV show. Watch the clip of the show here (Coverage of Albano’s starts at around 4:48). Photos of HYPOCRISY, KEEP OF KALESSIN and SWASHBUCKLE at Albano’s are attached.
Watch the video clip for the song “At the Edge of the World” at the following location http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD1BBE-XYxQ . The footage was taken from the bands hometown show at Club Soda in Montreal, which was part of their recent “Spread the Venom” headlining world tour. “At the Edge of the World” comes from the bands latest acclaimed album Heaven’s Venom. The video clip was filmed by director Tommy Jones (DEATH ANGEL, SOILWORK), who is also helming the bands upcoming Documentary /DVD “THE IRON WILL: 20 YEARS DETERMINED”.
KATAKLYSM were recently made the first band to feature Rock Band’s new double bass drum pedal application! This feature is now on Rock Band versions 2 and 3. The following songs are now available for purchase and game play:
KATAKLYSM’snew album Heaven’s Venom was released on August 24th in North America and sold around 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 7 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart and #196 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart, making it the bands highest charting album and their biggest first week sales to date. Heatseekers lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Heaven’s Venom was recorded by KATAKLYSM guitarist J-F Dagenais (MALEVOLENT CREATION, MISERY INDEX) and was mixed by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, DARK TRANQUILLITY).
Montreal based extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have made the video clip for the song “At the Edge of the World” available for streaming at the following location http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD1BBE-XYxQ (and below). The footage was taken from the bands hometown show at Club Soda in Montreal, which was part of their recent “Spread the Venom” headlining world tour. “At the Edge of the World” comes from the bands latest acclaimed album Heaven’s Venom.
Already a favorite amongst fans and satellite radio providers such as SIRIUS/XM, the “At the Edge of the World” video clip will be filmed by director Tommy Jones (DEATH ANGEL, SOILWORK), who is also helming the bands upcoming Documentary /DVD “THE IRON WILL: 20 YEARS DETERMINED”.
KATAKLYSM were recently made the first band to feature Rock Band’s new double bass drum pedal application! This feature is now on Rock Band versions 2 and 3. The following songs are now available for purchase and game play:
KATAKLYSM recently wrapped up the North American leg of their “Spread the Venom 2010 – 2011 World Tour“ with groove ladden death shredders ALL SHALL PERISH, technical/progressive death masters DECREPIT BIRTH, Sumerian Records‘ touring juggernautCONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE, and Relapse Records‘ modern death metal merchants ABYSMAL DAWN.
KATAKLYSM: "Heaven's Venom"
KATAKLYSM’snew album Heaven’s Venom was released on August 24th in North America and sold around 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 7 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart and #196 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart, making it the bands highest charting album and their biggest first week sales to date. Heatseekers lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Heaven’s Venom was recorded by KATAKLYSM guitarist J-F Dagenais (MALEVOLENT CREATION, MISERY INDEX) and was mixed byTue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, DARK TRANQUILLITY).
KATAKLYSM recently shot a video clip for the song “Push The Venom” with director Ivan Colic (TYPE O NEGATIVE, UNLEASHED, DEATHSTARS, EX DEO) in Belgrade, Serbia. The clip can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlUNc8vA1Tg.
Montreal based extreme metallers KATAKLYSM will film a video clip for the song “At the Edge of the World ” this Sunday at the bands hometown show at Club Soda in Montreal. This will also mark the end to the bands “Spread the Venom” European/North American tour. “At the Edge of the World” comes from the bands latest acclaimed album Heaven’s Venom.
Already a favorite amongst fans and satellite radio providers such as SIRIUS/XM, the “At the Edge of the World” video clip will be filmed by director Tommy Jones (DEATH ANGEL, SOILWORK), who is also helming the bands upcoming Documentary /DVD “THE IRON WILL: 20 YEARS DETERMINED”.
Last but not least, the band will sport the cover of Montreal’s most important weekly paper this week, The Mirror, for the first time ever! Check out the cover here http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/
KATAKLYSM were recently made the first band to feature Rock Band’s new double bass drum pedal application! This feature is now on Rock Band versions 2 and 3. The following songs are now available for purchase and game play:
KATAKLYSM are currently wrapping up the North American leg of their “Spread the Venom 2010 – 2011 World Tour“. With them are groove ladden death shredders ALL SHALL PERISH, technical/progressive death masters DECREPIT BIRTH, Sumerian Records‘ touring juggernaut CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE, and Relapse Records‘ modern death metal merchants ABYSMAL DAWN.
NORTH AMERICA
KATAKLYSM, ALL SHALL PERISH, DECREPIT BIRTH, CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE, ABYSMAL DAWN 03/17/11 Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA
03/18/11 AlRosa Villa – Columbus, OH
03/19/11 Evening Star Music Hall – Niagara Falls, NY
03/20/11 Club Soda – Montreal, QC – CANADA
KATAKLYSM’snew album Heaven’s Venom was released on August 24th in North America and sold around 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 7 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart and #196 on the Billboard Top Current Albums chart, making it the bands highest charting album and their biggest first week sales to date. Heatseekers lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Heaven’s Venom was recorded by KATAKLYSM guitarist J-F Dagenais (MALEVOLENT CREATION, MISERY INDEX) and was mixed byTue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, DARK TRANQUILLITY).
KATAKLYSM recently shot a video clip for the song “Push The Venom” with director Ivan Colic (TYPE O NEGATIVE, UNLEASHED, DEATHSTARS, EX DEO) in Belgrade, Serbia. The clip can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlUNc8vA1Tg.
Hank Pearl from THE DAILY ROCK (http://www.thedailyrock.com) interviews Jean-Francois Dagenais, guitarist for Canadian melodic death metal band KATAKLYSM, before the band performs at Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago on their “Spread The Venom” tour.
The two discuss how a band that has been around for two decades can just now break Billboard’s Heatseakers chart, the various meanings behind the new “Heaven’s Venom” album, and why a man like Dagenais, who performs with and produces many other acts, keeps coming back to KATAKLYSM no matter what.
Fallen Earth, LLC, developers of the self-titled massively multiplayer online game, Fallen Earth, announced their latest collaboration with Nuclear Blast Records, the world’s largest independent heavy metal label, inviting players and fans of both the popular post-apocalyptic MMO and hit artist Kataklysm to post their burning questions about the band, set to be answered and documented during the group’s North American tour.
Fans are encouraged to post their questions—either in text or video format—on the Fallen Earth Facebook page beginning today through Tuesday, March 8.
Making a pit-stop to the Fallen Earth development studio during their present tour, Kataklysm band members will sit down with developers to answer and record player questions later this month. The visit will be documented for Kataklysm’s forthcoming DVD, The Iron Will: 20 Years Determined, and will be available for players and fans via Fallen Earth’s in-game “Nuclear Blast Radio” and the Fallen Earth website.
Formed in 2003, FALLEN EARTH, LLC is a special purpose entity born out of Icarus Studios dedicated to the production of the independently produced and published, massively multiplayer online game (MMO) unlike any other, Fallen Earth. Set in the Grand Canyon in 2156 and mixing first-person shooter-style action with role-playing game design, Fallen Earth allows players to explore a post-apocalyptic world through crafting, trading, and scavenging. Fallen Earth is co-developed with Icarus Studios using the patented technology xScape Platform and available exclusively for the PC. Fallen Earth is rated “M” for “Mature” by the ESRB.
KATAKLYSM have begun the long process of putting together elements for their upcoming 20th anniversary DVD. Titled THE IRON WILL: 20 Years Determined, this documentary will begin with the band’s inception in 1991 and tell the lasting story behind of one of the most important extreme musical exports in Canada’s short 143-year history. Director & producer Tommy Jones (Lamb Of God, Soilwork, Death Angel) will catch the band’s heartbeat on the road and to put the memories together. Expected release date is Spring 2011.
TheDVD will also include interviews with a wide range of characters, including the band’s infamous first frontman Sylvain Houde, who sang on the first three KATAKLYSM albums: The Mystical Gate Of Reincarnation (1993), Sorcery (1996), and Temple Of Knowledge (1999).
A single and a video clip for the title track “The Iron Will” will be recorded this summer. The massive content of the DVD will include KATAKLYSM’s upcoming headlining show at Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany where the band will perform classics from all of its eleven releases.
KATAKLSYM frontman Maurizio Iacono shares:
“This is something that we are doing first for ourselves to look back at the long and hard road traveled and to be grateful that twenty years later, this band is stronger than ever and still means something in the music world. It’s an accomplishment to exist this long and this DVD is dedicated to our fans who solely kept us alive in this destructive and turbulent scene. I decided to scrap my book idea (it was taking way too long and time is of the essence) and instead tell our story on THE IRON WILL in detail to get things off my chest once and for all. We’ve been the underdogs for so long and looking back, this is a good a place to be.”
In North America, 2010’s Heaven’s Venom debuted at #7 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and at #196 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, making it the highest charting album of KATAKLYSM’s career. In Europe, Heaven’s Venom debuted at #32 in Germany, #35 in Austria, and #53 in Switzerland.
KATAKLYSM also holds the honor of being the first band to have their songs feature Rock Band’s new double bass drum pedal application, available now on Rock Band versions 2 and 3. Click on the following song titles to purchase them from the RockBand Network:
Watch the “Push The Venom” video by director Ivan Colic:
North American tour dates for KATAKLYSM’s headlining “Spread The Venom 2010-2011 World Tour“ with All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth, Conducting From The Grave, and Abysmal Dawn are as follows:
2/24 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
2/25 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
2/26 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
2/27 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
2/28 Park Theatre - Winnipeg, MB – CANADA
3/02 Starlite – Edmonton, AB – CANADA
3/03 Lake City Bowl – Kelowna, B.C. – CANADA
3/04 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, B.C. – CANADA
3/05 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
3/06 Branx – Portland, OR
3/07 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
3/08 The Whisky – Hollywood, CA
3/09 Soma – San Diego, CA
3/10 Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
3/11 El Cien – Amarillo, TX
3/12 Ridglea Theatre – Ft. Worth, TX
3/13 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
3/15 State Theater – St Petersburg, FL
3/16 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
3/17 Jaxx – Springfield, VA
3/18 Al Rosa Villa – Columbus, OH
3/19 Evening Star Music Hall – Niagara Falls, NY
3/20 Club Soda – Montreal, QC – CANADA
