With Triumph Comes Loss
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| Oct 2004
Reviews
mike
Reviewed 2004-10-25
Reviewed 2004-10-25
Cataract – With Triumph Comes Loss (Metal Blade)
Metalcore, pure and simple. Huge, heavy guitar sounds with a million riffs (though they all sorta sound the same), vocals you can almost understand, nice breakdowns and little variation between tracks. From Switzerland yet they sound a lot like the German metalcore bands, especially Heaven Shall Burn. These guys are actually one of the older metalcore bands having been around for about 6 years. This is their 3rd release. One refreshing thing about this record is that while most of the metalcore scene seem to be imploding, with most of the bands feeling like they have to sing all pretty to get on MTV, this band keeps it to screams, relentless and heavy.
**1. Starts with a big scream and a quick guitar riff and you can just feel the on coming pummeling. Sure enough the mid paced head banging kicks in. Very thrash-y with a small breakdown.
2. Starts slower with simple guitar run. This reminds me of Hatebreed a little bit with the vague, angst-y lyrics and more NYC style chugging guitar.
**3. More of a metal sound with a guitar riff right out of Testament’s catalog and double bass drums. Emo style lyrics that come across a little bit silly (don’t they always?) being screamed all angry.
**4. After a quiet beginning comes a huge scream and a quick riff very much like track 1. A bit faster. Anti-war lyrics but with a bit more understanding of what’s going on.
5. Ha, funny Slayer-like riff, double bass drums, all mixed with some hardcore guitars.
6. Interesting slow paced riff that’s almost a gallop with the other guitar doing a techie run.
7. Quiet vocal sample to begin into a big slow riff.
8. Starts quick and faster overall.
9. Another more hardcore track with the NYC sound like Hatebreed.
10. Straightforward, short head banger.
**11. Guitar feedback fades in. This track is almost twice as long as any of the others. Sounds like Slayer. Stays slow for a while with the vocals way up front. Big breakdown, with samples, that chugs away and slowly fades out, turning to feedback. The track ends with about a minute of feedback.
Good stuff. -mph
Metalcore, pure and simple. Huge, heavy guitar sounds with a million riffs (though they all sorta sound the same), vocals you can almost understand, nice breakdowns and little variation between tracks. From Switzerland yet they sound a lot like the German metalcore bands, especially Heaven Shall Burn. These guys are actually one of the older metalcore bands having been around for about 6 years. This is their 3rd release. One refreshing thing about this record is that while most of the metalcore scene seem to be imploding, with most of the bands feeling like they have to sing all pretty to get on MTV, this band keeps it to screams, relentless and heavy.
**1. Starts with a big scream and a quick guitar riff and you can just feel the on coming pummeling. Sure enough the mid paced head banging kicks in. Very thrash-y with a small breakdown.
2. Starts slower with simple guitar run. This reminds me of Hatebreed a little bit with the vague, angst-y lyrics and more NYC style chugging guitar.
**3. More of a metal sound with a guitar riff right out of Testament’s catalog and double bass drums. Emo style lyrics that come across a little bit silly (don’t they always?) being screamed all angry.
**4. After a quiet beginning comes a huge scream and a quick riff very much like track 1. A bit faster. Anti-war lyrics but with a bit more understanding of what’s going on.
5. Ha, funny Slayer-like riff, double bass drums, all mixed with some hardcore guitars.
6. Interesting slow paced riff that’s almost a gallop with the other guitar doing a techie run.
7. Quiet vocal sample to begin into a big slow riff.
8. Starts quick and faster overall.
9. Another more hardcore track with the NYC sound like Hatebreed.
10. Straightforward, short head banger.
**11. Guitar feedback fades in. This track is almost twice as long as any of the others. Sounds like Slayer. Stays slow for a while with the vocals way up front. Big breakdown, with samples, that chugs away and slowly fades out, turning to feedback. The track ends with about a minute of feedback.
Good stuff. -mph
Recent airplay
Killing Tool
Baptism of Solitude — Nov 19, 2004
Skies Grow Black
Baptism of Solitude — Nov 05, 2004
Killing Tool
Popular Enough To Be Different — Nov 04, 2004
Killing Tool
Brownian Motion — Nov 03, 2004
Killing Tool
Baptism of Solitude — Oct 29, 2004
Skies Grow Black
Popular Enough To Be Different — Oct 28, 2004
Charting
2004-10-25 — 2004-12-27
Loud
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 21 | 1 |
| Nov 7 | 3 |
| Oct 31 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Killing Tool | ||
| 2. | Nothing's Left | ||
| 3. | Banished in the Dark | ||
| 4. | Skies Grow Black | ||
| 5. | As We Speak | ||
| 6. | Godevil | ||
| 7. | Fuel | ||
| 8. | Reborn From Fire | ||
| 9. | Seaking Shelter | ||
| 10. | Hallow Horns | ||
| 11. | With Triumph Comes Loss |