CATARACT: New Album Details Revealed

January 18, 2008

2008 marks CATARACT's tenth year of existence, and it will also be the year in which the Swiss metalcore act releases its self-titled fifth full-length album.

Since 1998, CATARACT has been evolving from a project band into one of Switzerland's premiere metal outfits.

The last couple of years have brought a lot of changes for the band. A new guitar player and a new bass player were added, a whole new album was written and the group still managed to stay out on the road in Europe, kicking some serious ass.

CATARACT's new formation has added a lot of fresh blood and creativity to the sound, as can be heard on the new album, which is scheduled for release in Europe on March 25. This self-titled fifth release is by far the band's most progressive to date, showing a lot more variety by adding a lot of brutality and speed but also more melody and heaviness. The massive production of Tue Madsen rounds off the package, which will be available in three editions: as a regular CD, as a limited-edition CD with a bonus disc (for which the band recorded a whole bunch of cover songs) and as a picture disc on vinyl (limited to 500 copies).

"Cataract" (cover artwork) track listing:

01. The Separation Of Life And Time
02. Blackest Hour
03. Snake Skin
04. Choke Down
05. Deathwish
06. Burn At The Stake
07. Tonight We Dine In Hell
08. Breeze Of The Kings
09. Doomed Steps
10. In Ashes

Track Listing - Bonus CD (in no particular order):

CRO-MAGS - World Peace
INTEGRITY - Vocal Test
AGNOSTIC FRONT - Friend Or Foe
MADBALL - Smell The Bacon
WARZONE - As One
MÖTLEY CRÜE - Kickstart My Heart
SLAYER - Postmortem
PANTERA - Fuckin' Hostile
SEPULTURA - Refuse/Resist
OBITUARY - Redneck Stomp
RAMONES - Blitzkrieg Bop

CATARACT is:

Tom Kuzmic - guitar
Greg Maeder - guitar
Federico Carminitana - vocals
Ricky Duerst – drums

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