Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2013

cataract - killing the eternal

i'm a big cataract fan since their 2003 album 'great days of vengeance' on lifeforce records. after that they released two killer albums, 'with triumph comes loss' and 'kingdom', and i saw them play live numerous times. always good live shows, they were. then, in 2008 and after some line-up changes, they released their self-titled and fifth album 'cataract'. that record sucked. i don't know if it was the missing of simon füllemann, the former main songwriter, or if it was just me. this album felt bloodless and weak. two years later and 'killing the eternal' came out. i had a hard time with it in the first place.
it took at least one year, i think it was even in 2012 when i first recognized the greatness of this record. i don't why, because when i compare 'killing...' to the two aforementioned 'with triumph...' and 'kingdom', they are not that far apart from each other. somehow 'killing...' needed to grow on me but it finally clicked. unfortunately cataract are on hiatus right now. hopefully they'll be back soon. want some new stuff!
metal blade released the cd version and this time they let some other label handle the vinyl version. the 'cataract' album from 2008 just got the shitty picture disc treatment by metal blade. the, to me unknown, label leech records took care of it. they pressed black vinyl and 500 copies of this clear red with black splatter vinyl. regarding the choice of colour, i can't say that i'm much of a fan of this. the colour-way seems random and doesn't match the cover art. comes with a printed dust sleeve. leech records. 2010.