CATHARSIS "Light from a dead star I." DLP PRE-ORDER
Two decades ago, before the music industry began to colonize it, the do-it-yourself underground was a space of exodus and experimentation, often in violent opposition to the rest of the world. This was the context in which Catharsis appeared, one of a new wave of bands to meld metal drama with the raw urgency of hardcore punk. They quickly distinguished themselves by an almost self-destructive intensity and uncompromising anticapitalist ethic. Inverting Christian iconography to champion the struggle of the individual against a hostile cosmos, they took up the centuries-old banner No Gods, No Masters, extending this project of total defiance into their increasingly tumultuous lives. This apocalyptic orientation in turn informed their music, as they sought to hit upon the magic combination of words, harmonies, and rhythms that could spark a global conflagration.
Catharsis broke up in 2002, following relentless touring on three continents and a final catastrophic five months in Europe. After a decade of watching the old records sell for absurd prices while bootleggers profited off substandard editions, we’ve finally taken it upon ourselves to offer a proper collection of their work.
“Light from a Dead Star I.” double LP includes their debut 7”, and "Samsara" LP, packaged in a gatefold cover with oversize booklets offering all the original artwork.
This is a co-release between CRIMETHINC. (USA) and REFUSE RECORDS (Europe).
(regular)
(limited)
Track list:
Side A "Samsara" album pt.1
1.One minute closer to the hour of your death
2.Exterminating angel
3.Bow down
4.Choose your heaven
5.Every man for himself and god against them all
Side B
1.Sacred and Profane
2.In solitary
3.Pariah
4.Choose your heaven - or are you ready to die?
Side C "Samsara" album part II, and eponymous 7"
1.(the evolution of dying)
2.I Corinthians 1:18-29
Side D
1.In the belly of the demon
2.What the Thunder said
3.Ritualized
4.Isaac
Pressing info:
100 copies, red and black vinyls, additional cover, hand numbered (SOLD OUT)
400 copies, black vinyls (SOLD OUT)
Release: July 2013
Release-show: Fluff Fest 2013
(also available during Refuse Anniversary Fests in Berlin and Warsaw)
Shipping: 15-31.08.
Ordering: refuseorder@gmail.com
http://www.refuserecords.prv.pl http://www.refusemusic.net
CATHARSIS "Light from a dead star II." DLP PRE-ORDER
Two decades ago, before the music industry began to colonize it, the do-it-yourself underground was a space of exodus and experimentation, often in violent opposition to the rest of the world. This was the context in which Catharsis appeared, one of a new wave of bands to meld metal drama with the raw urgency of hardcore punk. They quickly distinguished themselves by an almost self-destructive intensity and uncompromising anticapitalist ethic. Inverting Christian iconography to champion the struggle of the individual against a hostile cosmos, they took up the centuries-old banner No Gods, No Masters, extending this project of total defiance into their increasingly tumultuous lives. This apocalyptic orientation in turn informed their music, as they sought to hit upon the magic combination of words, harmonies, and rhythms that could spark a global conflagration.
Catharsis broke up in 2002, following relentless touring on three continents and a final catastrophic five months in Europe. After a decade of watching the old records sell for absurd prices while bootleggers profited off substandard editions, we’ve finally taken it upon ourselves to offer a proper collection of their work.
“Light from a Dead Star II.” double LP includes their “Passion” LP, split Lp's w/ Gehenna and Newborn. It also includes the final Catharsis song, “Absolution,” recorded alongside “Arsonist’s Prayer” in their last session but never released. Packaged in a gatefold with oversize booklet offering all the original artwork.
This is a co-release between CRIMETHINC. (USA) and REFUSE RECORDS (Europe).
(regular)
(limited)
Track list:
Side E "Passion" album
1.Passion...
2....Obsession
3.Panopticon
4.Into the eyeless sockets of the night
5.The witch's heart
Side F
1.Threshold: to enter, the heart must break
2.Duende (the soil is closer than the sky)
3.Deserts without mirages
4.Sabbat
Side G "Live in the land of the dead" recording and final tracks
1.Sacred and profane
2.What the thunder said
3.Unbowed
Side H
1.Arsonist's prayer
2.Absolution
Pressing info:
100 copies, red and black vinyls, additional cover, hand numbered (SOLD OUT)
400 copies, black vinyls (SOLD OUT)
Release: July 2013
Release-show: Fluff Fest 2013
(also available during Refuse Anniversary Fests in Berlin and Warsaw)
Shipping: 15-31.08.
Ordering: refuseorder@gmail.com
http://www.refuserecords.prv.pl http://www.refusemusic.net