Cataphract - traditional black metal in Kansas, U.S.

Cataphract

Coercion and Clairvoyance

Sordid Curse Productions

June 4th, 2021

This Kansas, U.S. traditional black metal band (2017-present) is Hagged (Nick VanWalleghem) on guitars and vocals [ex-Stonehaven]; Jotanar (Dan Johnson) on bass (2018-present) [Varlok, Verräter (live), ex-Stonehaven, ex-Typhon, ex-Mürderhead]; Nolan Weber on drums (2018-present) [Emerald Eye, Garoted, Varlok, Verräter, Vänlade, ex-Typhon, Chafed Taint, Relic]; and Drew Frerking on guitars (2018-present) [Garoted, Varlok, Verräter, ex-Typhon, Chafed Taint, Dr. Fvck, ex-Ritual Combat].

They did a demo in 2017. This here is the full-length; eight full songs in 45 and a half minutes. The songwriting is direct, no-nonsense raging black metal with lunatic, unhinged shrieking vocals, blasting drumming and frenzied tremolo guitar spiraling upwards and downwards, with a sense of hypnosis-inducing maniacal execution. It is not melodic per se, but it results in melodicism through the spiraling guitar. The album starts and next thing you know, it’s over and it’s time to begin again. Bang your head or be in a trance-like state in which the speed is so fast that it is seems to stand still. Awesome.

Coercion and Clairvoyance by Cataphract