Comments on: Kataklysm – Heaven’s Venom

By: ShaolinLambKiller

ShaolinLambKiller — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:32:13 +0000

I listened to this band since Sorcery and I’ve enjoyed everything up till In the Arms of Devastation. It was vastly different from even shadows and dust. it was just -core sounding garbage to me. I haven’t and won’t be giving them another chance. I can go back and listen to all the other albums I enjoyed and forget they are even an active band anymore.

By: gabahoul

gabahoul — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:36:45 +0000

cool I’ll check this out now, last thing I head was Shadows and Dust. good review J!

By: stiffy

stiffy — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:58:33 +0000

Good last paragraph, Jodi. That sums it up.

By: stiffy

stiffy — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:56:18 +0000

I like this album. They are just a good melodic death band now. I miss the blasts. Last really good album I thought was Serenity in Fire. Still, just can’t go wrong with Kataklysm.

By: JH DOOM

JH DOOM — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:46:54 +0000

This band stopped being good a loooooooooong time ago. Now it’s just painful.

By: mccumberv

mccumberv — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:41:55 +0000

2000’s The Prophecy(Stigmata of the Immaculate) and 2001’s “Epic: The Poetry of War” were my favorite two Kataklysm albums and it seems to me each album after that they have gotten progressively worse, offering nothing new, just stickiing to the formula, I dont know why I keep buying them. There are other bands out there that can get away with this formula (Bolt Thrower is a good example) but those other bands have massive riffs and great songwriting. Kataklysm just keep putting out the same record with the same lame artwork. haha, but yeah, I’ll probably continue to buy their albums, because I am OCD and a completist.

By: Biff_Tannen

Biff_Tannen — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:57:28 +0000

Here’s a Simpsons quote that I think applies to this band:

“Hey, I think I hear a fog horn…
BOOOOORRR IIIINNNNNNNGGGGGG”

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:54:00 +0000

This is the best one since Shadows and Dust

By: Staylow

Staylow — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:26:14 +0000

I like this one more than Prevail, and think it’s also a bit more aggressive than that one. Actually, this might be one of my favorite Kataklysm albums. I don’t care much for the Houde era stuff, and the next few albums that followed are good, but not great. I honestly think they’re hitting their stride now.

By: Andy Synn

Andy Synn — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:19:08 +0000

I thought this album had a bit more in terms of new nuances than you have given it credit for, but otherwise really like the review!

Although i’m not tired of the quotes at the beginning of the albums, I just wish they’d choose some cleverer ones, and keep them short (this one is waaaaaayyyy too long).

After all, “pain has a face…”