 Vienna in ashes!!!... |
24.02.2010 |
We’re still extremely chuffed about last weekend’s extraordinary shows, it took us a couple of days to recover! We’ve been invited to support Heaven Shall Burn for two shows, one of which was a special “300” show (check out the pics here http://www.party.at/Photos/Archiv.2010/Streifen.2010.02.20.001/index.php?offset=20 and enjoy the armour). We stuck to the basics of metal and delivered a double set of mayhem which was received very well by two sold out crowds, the mosh definitely took place on those two nights! We had to take off in the middle of sunday night to make it home in time, but then again after all it’s been well worth it. Oh and we made it to austria’s most famous vegan restaurant and stuffed our bellies with great tasting food – absolutely worth the extra trip! Thanks to Werner for setting the whole thing up and also to HSB and Days Of Loss for the amazing shows!
We’re going back into the caves now to keep working on our next album, we’ll keep you all updated!
| Cataract supporting HSB in vienna!... |
03.02.2010 |
We’re happy to announce two last minute shows; we got the opportunity to support our buddies from Heaven Shall Burn (DDR), which we gladly accepted now that we god some time on our hands. We will be sharing the stage at Szene Vienna on the 20iest and 21st of February (that’s sat and sun evening) and if you check out the location’s website you will notice it’ll be quite an event. So make sure to come out and mosh it up!
| News roundup 2010!... |
28.01.2010 |
It’s murphy’s law. As soon as you have everything sorted, everything changes again. Here we go: our planned stay in the studio will be moved towards june/july, this will give us more time to sharpen the blades so it’s not a bad thing after all. However, the release date will also be moved and we’ll keep you posted about it as soon as we know more. We’re already more than busy with the new material and we will have a pre production done in feb/march.
Regarding shows – we will add some dates very soon as these changes give us some space. However, we will keep the amount of shows to a minimum so we don’t obstruct the preparations/work on the new album. Check our dates section and our myspace to see the dates we have confirmed. Changing the studio also means we’ll have to cancel some shows for summer which have already been confirmed but not yet announced. We’re sorry about this but you’ll understand that our 6th album is our top priority.
| Kliffrock fest was a blast!!!... |
18.01.2010 |
Our final show before we hit the studio kicked some serious butt! Maroon, Born From Pain, Fear My Thoughts and Frequency of Hate helped us tearing the place up, what a way to start the new year! We met a lot of good old friends and made some new ones too; great sound and great audience included! So once again thanks to you all, especially to Gerry for setting everything up! We’re locking ourselves up now to finish the songwriting for our 6th album… more info about that soon!
| Last news roundup before we hit 2010!... |
28.12.2009 |
We sure hope you've had some chilled out holydays so far and some even more
relaxed days are coming ahead. we're getting ready to start off 2010 with a
boom, this first off being a smashing Kliffrock fest alongside Maroon, BFP and
many others (also Fear My Thoughts' final show) on the 9th of January and then
secondly us getting ready for the 2010 follow up album to our s/t chartcrasher!
We'll keep you updated on what's going on... so far we're starting to spend
more nights in our rehearsal space than in our beds so the new songs will kick
serious butt. the first tracks have been hammered into our mp3 recorder and so
far it sounds bonecrushingly brutal!
however, to all of you all the best in 2010, see you on tour and keep
supporting cataract and metal/hardcore!
| News roundup!... |
10.12.2009 |
It’s about time… we’ve had a kick ass final show for 2009 in Quedlinburg, a packed club and a whole lot of great food hah! once again thanks to Jen and Muschkel for everything and of course everyone coming to see us, you people rocked the house! We’ve got another show coming up in very early 2010, and then it’s time to get really busy with pre production etfc for our upcoming album – well tell you more about it as it develops.
We’ve also got some new merch in stock, so look no further than our webstores if you’re lacking a sexual x-mas gift! We’ve got a bunch of new mesh shorts (larger prints + side pockets) and also a brand spanking new windbreaker jacket is coming in, the pics will be online as soon as we have them! Season’s beatings, cataract
| Chur: hung, drawn and quartered!... |
16.11.2009 |
Last weekend’s Furious Metal Night pt 3 was a blast, we’re still stoked!! We’ve played with Switzerland’s new breed of metal/hardcore, this time massively incorporated through Shallow Bloodhood, Several Minutes Later, Set the Destroyer and Road to Nowhere plus Hungary’s ugliest gipsies, Bridge To Solace! Just kidding Zoli, you’re not ugly. Just really, really smelly. However, since the curfew was approaching fast, all bands played short but intense sets and we enjoyed the honour of finishing the evening off in a packed Kulturhaus. Cheers to Päsce for organizing it all! Keep your eyes open for future Furious Events!!
| Thanks Bruneck!!... |
03.11.2009 |
We’ve recovered from a smashing show at UFO Club in Bruneck! First off thanks again to Stefano for the show and everyone helping out!! We got there pretty late and also needed to get back after the show so we kinda got a bit stressed out (we’re sooo nine-to-five, even on Saturdays). Nevertheless, a relaxed atmosphere got us all stoked up to play a late night show and amazingly, the people hadn’t left haha! So we had a crunching hour on stage and the crowd wouldn’t let us go (Ricola!! Ricola!!) so after all it took us way longer to get going… we made it with minutes to spare. Next up is Furious Metal Night with the best of grischun plus some punk band called Bridge To Solace!
| Wallis rules OK!!!... |
27.10.2009 |
We’re back from an entertaining weekend in beautiful Italy and Switzerland’s very own Wallis! We’ve been very well fed and got to play two amazing clubs you wouldn’t really expect in the middle (yeah yeah) of the mountains. Italy rocked and after a stunning drive through the mountains (word of warning – the customs there are very, very bored) Wallis rocked even more. We had the pleasure to co-headline the third edition of Wallis on the Rocks and got to see some great new and old bands ranging from rock to old school death metal and deathcore. We finally got to play around 2300hrs and boy it was a massacre. Even the security guys joined the pit – more or less voluntarily. Next show up is again in Italy – Bruneck is awaiting us and YOU this Friday!
| Mittwoch Metal! Live + Aftershow Party!!!... |
05.10.2009 |
This week’s wednesday we will be performing at the Headbanger with Vale Tudo, show starts at 2000hrs; Hive Club, Geroldstrasse 5 ZH! Damage 15chf, we will have a session guitarist jumping in for Tom who’s currently relaxing his bones, so be there for a unique show haha! Dani Beck will handle the turntables after the show so bring a friend or two and get stooopid. Love cataract!
| Hive moshed it up!!... |
05.10.2009 |
Dear friends, the Wednesday show at Hive Zurich was fab, once again thanks to everyone who showed up and an extra mention goes out to Jay Kukleta who (once again) jumped in to save the show, this time on guitar and he did a great job!!! Next shows up are in Romagnano Sesa/Italy and and Sion/Switzerland, this will be the usual line up! See you there!!
| Time for some news!... |
23.09.2009 |
We will play a special show on Wednesday, the 7th of october with our dear friends from Traktor Vale Tudo at Hive Club in Zurich! And yes the show is happening, all arrangements are done and it’s gonna be pretty pretty pretty pretty great! TC from Vale Tudo is organizing duh Headbanger, which hopefully soon will be a constant series of shows in a „new“ location (well for this kind of music at least…), reasonable prices and party with DJ Beck In Black! Make sure you bring a friend or two and start making the most boring day of the week something special! We will also add a show in Romagnano Sesia/Italy – check the dates - come out and mosh it up!!
| Fun&Crust cancelled!... |
05.09.2009 |
Today we had to cancel our show at the fun and crust festival in
Untershausen/Höchstenbach in germany. it was for personal reasons we could not
predict and we don't want to explain in great detail. however, it was
inevitable to return to switzerland to take care of it and we apologise to all
the visitors and especially everyone involved in the fest that we had to
cancel. we're sorry for all the inconvenience this may have caused and we hope
to make it up to everyone at another time. cataract
| Summerbreeze - Pics are up!... |
02.09.2009 |
Check Summer-Breeze.de and click on fedi’s face to see some great shots from our show at the summer breeze fest! See you all next weekend, we’ve got a load of shows coming up so make sure you’re there! We’ve also added another new show in bruneck IT for this fall. More news soon!
| Some shows added!... |
26.08.2009 |
We’ve added new shows, Quedlinburg and Ulm are up! We’re getting ready for Hell On Earth in Solothurn, Kiff Season Opening with Samael, Saarbrücken and Untershausen! MOOOSSHHHHH!
| Summerbreeze rules!... |
14.08.2009 |
While the fest is still going on, we’re back in switzerland after a more than hectic opening night! First off, we need to apologize to our fans for letting them wait but hey, it could have been worse!! What happened – well, our bus broke down. we couldn’t believe it, but just about 80kms from Dinkelsbühl the gear box said bye bye for good. We managed to stop in an emergency bay and called up Summer Breeze to let them know we’re right in the middle of s#!@t. we seriously thought we’ll have to cancel, but Jörg, Todde an Anja made it happen – you guys are f’ing amazing! We got picked up by a shuttle bus who took us and our equipment to the fest while Fedi and Tom went to sort out the paperwork with the rescue service. Of course this meant that we couldn’t play our original spot but the guys from God Dethroned agreed to switch positions and play earlier so we could still make it. So cheers again guys, you rule! So we went on stage after the epic Powerwolf and rocked the night to a fantastic crowd – thank you all for supporting us and cheers again to God Dethroned and the Summer Breeze Crew for helping us out when we really needed it!
| Summerbreeze ahoy!... |
11.08.2009 |
We’re getting ready for this years summer breeze fest in Germany! Can’t wait to hit the partystage, kicking off four metal fueled days of noise and party! See you guys there and get ready to mooooooshhhhh!
| New Merch arrived and new shows!... |
27.07.2009 |
F’Yeah!! we got amazing new merch in stock now, check out our webshop and Imperial.com to get an eye full of these crushing designs. The „Church“ design has been up for a while now, but the „Goatskull“ design is brand spankin‘ new! We will have it in our swiss shop too, just get in touch with your local dealer and get buffed up for whatever this summer is gonna be like! We will be playing this years season opening of our beloved Kiff club, it’ll be on Thursday, the 3rd of September and it will feature Samael as the headliner and I guess some more bands! We’ll be adding some more shows soon, keep checking back.
| Back from Gehofen!... |
20.07.2009 |
We’ve had another rainy party weekend with a lot of nudist fun going on! Gehofen was very welcoming (lets forget about that little tomtom gps style detour over some brick roads just before we arrived), and the least we can say is that no one gave a F about the weather, so YEAH we had a smashing show! We also decorated the backstage room with explicit drawings, downed all the chili, Nico somehow got kidnapped - luckily we found him in a car’s trunk (naked), we also forgot to get petrol and almost ran out of it (…again!!!)… as you can see we’ve been very busy. Cheers to all the people involved, Kevin and his team for setting it all up and bearing with us; a special thank you goes to the bands helping us out with backline etc, you guys rule! We’re taking a little break now, you won’t notice but we’re still telling you. We’re gonna be back to play the Summer Breeze opening night so hope to see lots of you folks there!!!
| Freezing our asses off…... |
13.07.2009 |
We played the second edition of Huttwil’s own „Mätteli Open Air“ in the middle of nowhere and again we’ve been surprised how much effort the people have put into it. Everything had been catered for and taken care of, so the visitors and bands stayed happy, including the picky bitches (us). we suffered a little bit from the cold (and local roadworks I might add), but that was only till we entered the stage in the witching hour, blasting some metal into the otherwise quiet valley! Our appreciation also goes out to all the people staying up and moshing the s#!@t out off the grass and emitting cloud after cloud of steam into the night! We’ve added some songs to our setlist but apparently it still wasn’t enough so we also added The Ramones as an encore much to the delight of the local punks haha! Now we’re getting ready to play gehofen next weekend, hope to see some of you there!
| Frankfurt, Stapelmoor, Pfarrkirchen, Kleinwenkheim - thank you!!!... |
29.06.2009 |
We're back from two weekends full of great fun, about 4000kms of driving and pounding metal into people's heads! To sum it all up, we had great shows, starting off with a cozy open air named "Queens Of Metal" whose aim is to prove that pink (not black) is the colour to wear for real metalheads and we also got interviewed live during Tankard's show. No idea if you could understand a word, but those crazy guys from Metal Only thought it's a great idea (check www.metal-only.de for a possible release). Then we headed off to Frankfurt to play Nachtleben with the mighty Left Me Breathless and Affective Insanity (thank you guys again for helping us out!) and kick sunday night's ass! Last weekend supplied us with loads of traffic jam fun - must be germany's number one entertainment regarding the popularity - and one hell of a thunderstorm shortly before we arrived at Bogaloo to mosh it up with United Blood, Cemetery Dust and Misbegotten. even though we arrived more or less shortly before we played we had enough time to hang out and develop some new moves for the stage... we only had a short night as we had to drive to the very north of germany to play the Free For All fest in Stapelmoor. But hey, it was well worth it; this event was free for absolutely everyone (the name kinda gives it away innit...) and the bands performing offered a wide spectrum of music, from death metal to electropop and people seemed to enjoy themselves. We played a raging show to a excessively partying crowd and more or less finished the evening off... unfortunately we didn't have any MJ songs ready to play so we got booed back to switzerland! Thanks a lot to all the people involved, you guys rule!
| Greenfield was a blast!!!... |
15.06.2009 |
We're back home, tired, sunburnt, dirty and smelly; but also very very happy! we had an amazing weekend at greenfield even though things got a bit hectic on sunday (the time schedule had to be compressed), the show surely was one to remember! Starting off quite relaxed some work on stage started taking more and more time, and suddenly the stage time for the opener was overdue - but we wouldn't be real pro's if we didn't handle that right? So Dry Conditions, us and August Burns Red had to hurry up with the change over and soundcheck to make up for the lost time. however, due to the late start we also got to play to a steadily increasing number of people... by the time the crusader took off we were looking at about one million people ready for some metal, headbäng and mosh! we played a condensed set, long enough though to introduce us to the crowd - and short enough to help the stage people back on track haha ;). And most important, the crowd liked it; we had pure pressure coming out of the towers and hundreds of people joining the early morning exercise group, getting those circlepits and wall of death going! but enough of us, we also got to hang out and see some truly great and entertaining shows so lets hear it for everyone involved: WOOOOOOOOOO! CRAZY!!!
Next weekend we're off to germany again, and just to keep the confusion down, the show at Holz/Niesky has been cancelled (venue exploded or something), Queens of Metal fest and Frankfurt are both fine! So see you there!
| Signing session at Greenfield + new merch!... |
11.06.2009 |
Some last news before we hit Greenfield: we will have a signing session at the Leech Redda stall on sunday starting around 1400hrs! so come by and say hello! We will also have new merch with us which we will be selling through Leech Redda, we'll also add it to our shop soon! Enough now, see you moshing!!
| One week 'till greenfield!... |
08.06.2009 |
It's getting closer now, and we're getting ready to play switzerlands largest rock festival this sunday in Interlaken! we also got some pics from our crazy show in Dresden, Click and have fun!
| Another great weekend for the lovely swiss boys!... |
02.06.2009 |
We're back from playing Glarus in the middle of Switzerland, Osnabrück and Dresden in Germany and we had a shitloads of fun! Glarus was great event though we almost didn't find the venue. Holästei is an amazing little club with a nicely mixed crowd, beer bellies next to teen grasshoppers, a well stocked bar and a techno club next door for the aftershow pleasures; Wolfpit and Pigskin supported us and helped us out with equipment and a face paint machine, Mike and his team made us feel at home. Saturday had us driving all day to get to the Bastard Club, luckily traffic wasn't too bad, we got there way ahead of our schedule so we got to watch HSB's dvd in the bar while drinking and eating; the show wasn't too wild but very entertaining; cheers to Withering Eternity and Order Denied for helping us out! We had a cosy night (thanks schnalli!), got kicked out early - thanks again schnalli!!! :-) - and landed in dresden much too early. we took the chance and had a look around town and ended up sipping macchiatos and being rock stars in some cafe. we splitted up the band about 5 times during an internal table footie tournament and a song guessing contest but reformed to play the show! We got supported by Through Devastation, Capital Punishment and Myra who all played raging sets before we had the pleasure to play a completely packed Chemiefabrik - it must have been one of the sickest shows we played in the area, we almost collapsed from the heat but a completely mental crowd had us going on and on! thanks to all of you, especially to manuel and all at the chemiefabrik for putting up with our nagging and whining.
next up is Greenfield where we will headline the mainstage if I got the timeschedule right....
| Greenfield ahoi!!!... |
25.05.2009 |
Yeah it's true and we couldn't believe it either, but we've been confirmed to play this years greenfield festival on sunday, along with Korn and Slipknot!! Of course we're looking very very much forward to this, it'll be one of this year's highlights for us! we got the news while we were on the road in italy and austria playing the Pieffe Factory (still one of the nicest clubs!) and Summer Nights Open Air, which also rocked big time thanks to a professional and helpful crew. next weekend has some more shows coming up, we'll be in Glarus, Switzerland and Osnabrück and Dresden, both in Germany - so come out and rock out!
| Hackenbuch hacked to pieces!... |
19.05.2009 |
Seriously we thought our navi pulled a good one on us when we approached the village, but then we spotted the area and the noise coming from the tent let us know we've found it! One thing was for sure, they guys organizing it must have been to loads of festivals as they thought of everything to make either bands or visitors happy - cheers to that again. we got great food, great sound and a great response from the crowd - allthough some them still must be wandering the woods! thanks to all the bands and everyone coming out to support rural metal in austria haha! there's some pics and a review (in german) on Metal-underground.at.vu we're gonna be back in the area this very weekend when we play Lucinico's Pieffe Factory in Italy and the Summer Nights Open Air in Frauenstein, Austria! See you there!
| Cancer got its ass kicked!... |
11.05.2009 |
We had great fun playing the annual Guitars Against Cancer fest along with Punish, Draven, Omaphagia, Them Bones and Lost Area - even though our premier table footie team lost to complete nobodies. cheers to the people organizing the event, all the bands helping them out and of course all the metalheads showing up! Special thanks to Phil from Requiem, you know why haha! Cataract is getting ready for this weekend's Zonk festival in Austria now, so everyone show up, aight! up the irons, cataract
| Howdy!... |
04.05.2009 |
We've had a very exhausting weekend but nevertheless it was still great and very exciting - in many ways. first off, we spent 11 hrs on the road to magdeburg checking out germany's finest radio programmes (it's basically the same but with different names) while we were standing in a 200km traffic jam. we basically made it to the show just before midnight, however it was still great fun! thanks to the bands for lending us equipment and to the whole crew too! Zedtwitz had a lot of trouble in store, before we even started playing there were about half a dozen fights going on (atzen vs ratzen) and Snatch Club had to stop their set after three songs due to the trouble. however, we got to play a bit later and got the circle pits going - cheers to Fall Down for the Backline!
After a way too short nap we headed off to belgium to play pacrock fest, we were up in the afternoon with Maroon (thanks again guys!), Ektomorf and Dagoba and even though it was quite early for the metal part of the fest, the venue was nicely packed!
Next show is this weekend, benefit for Guitars Against Cancer with loads of other bands, make sure to come out and support the cause!
| Birkfeld rocks!... |
21.04.2009 |
Okay okay it's a bit late, but we gotta let you know we've had a great show at this year's Burn Out fest in Birkfeld/Austria. I took us ages to get there and when we started climbing up some mountains we seriously doubted this village exists but it just was our dear navigation system fooling us once again... however we got to the place where the first unit started off already and we were amazed how good this show was organized, so here's to all the guys and girls involved!! we played quite late but nonetheless added some more songs to the set and finished off the show with The Ramones! Our extra special thanks go to Geri and Max for taking care of us, you guys rule!
| Back from Athens!... |
15.04.2009 |
We had one hell of a show in athen with the one and only Walls Of Jericho, great supports, incredible fans and a smashing location! Thanks to Dimitris and his team for a short but insane time, and cheers to WOJ and the guys from Poison the Well who already were hanging out in Athens for some great laughs! Our weekend started with our last minute support slot for Samael at Fri-Son/Fribourg, once again great show in this classic venue and with such a renowned act too! Then it was time for - I guess - switzerland's oldest HC fest, Dance Of Days is back and people couldn't wait - it sold out in the presales and especially during Bane's furious show the place was overpacked just as we're used to it! Once again, it kicked major ass, and let's hope this fest will continue every year now! Next up is Burn Out Fest in Austria see you there!
| Bloody easter from cataract!... |
08.04.2009 |
Need a reason to skip family meetings? EASY! there's a few dead hot shows going on to get away from uncle freddie naging about your haircut and auntie selma slobbering up and down your face - first off, it's Cataract supporting switzerland's dark metal legends Samael this thursday, 09.04.2009 at Fri-Son in Fribourg SWI, then its Cataract again joining the back from the dead, better than ever Dance Of Days fest at Gare de Lion in Wil SWI on Saturday, 11.04.2009 and ultimately it's - you guessed it - Cataract vs Walls Of Jericho on easter monday, 13.04.2009 in Athens GRE!! see you there!
| Busdrive to Guitars Against Cancer fest... |
30.03.2009 |
Draven have organized a coach to take their fans to the show in Adliswil and are offering the free seats to anyone interested! The schedule is not final, so they may add more stops upon request.
Here's the deal so far:
Bern Schützenmatte - 13:30hrs
Münchenbuchsee, Reisebüro GAST - 13:45hrs
Schönbühl, Denner - 13:50hrs
Alchenflüh, Gasthof Bären - 14:00hrs
Utzenstorf, Reisebüro GAST - 14:10hrs
Wangen an der Aare, Al Ponte - 14:45hrs
Reservations under info[at]gast.ch or under 032/6664080 (Gast Travel). Price is 42chf for the ride, admission to the fest is not included. So take the chance to get a ride minus the usual hassle of falling asleep behind the wheel, puking friends and speeding tickets!
| Check out Warwick's Homepage... |
25.03.2009 |
Nico's profile is up and ready to be checked out Warwick Website have fun!
Regarding our upcoming shows here's a little note: the Dance Of Days Fest will - as usual - take place at the Remise in Wil (a.k.a. Gare De Lion). As the fest is going to be crowded we suggest you use the presale, i.e. www.ticketcorner.com or www.shop.leechredda.com. We're also adding some new old songs to our setlist. If we can remember them. Love, cataract
| Cataract Show Updates... |
19.03.2009 |
And we've got some good ones! We can confirm a new show for athens, after we had to skip the last one we'll finally make it now on the 13th of april - fingers crossed! We'll be supporting no one else than Walls Of Jericho whom we know from somewhere, but we cant remember exactly. The name rings a bell... Some more shows in Austria, Germany and Switzerland have been added too, check out the dates + see you there!!
| Cataract supporting Samael... |
19.03.2009 |
We added another last minute show, this time it's none less than switzerland's dark/black metal legends Samael who asked us to slaughter some goats on stage on thursday, the 9th of April at Fribourg's Fri-Son. So make sure to show up and worship uuuuuuuusss!!
| Thank you Lucerne... |
16.03.2009 |
To all the people showing up, Cyril and his crew, the folks at Schüür and of course the dj: great f'ing night that was! we have to make sure to come back soon and see some more people climbing up the roof for stagedives hah! thanks also to implosion circle, contracrash and of course the fab teamkiller for supporting us, you guys rock!
we know we owe you a show update and it'll be coming this week alright! so don't... yeah! lots of physical love, cataract
| Vienna in Ashes and Cataract in snow...... |
08.03.2009 |
On a scale from one to ten, we clearly had the Spinal Tap value. This must have been the shittiest (sorry) weather we ever had to drive in, it almost doubled the time we had planned for the travelling.. damn! well, at least we had an excellent show in vienna, great fun before and after the show plus some wreckage on the drum side which kinda made the final song sound a bit funny on stage...! cheers to all the people coming out and making this show a blast, we sure hope to see all of you guys again soon! it even made us forget clearly being cheated away from the table footie!
we're getting ready for this weekend's show in lucerne, make sure you come along and mosh it up!
| Bern in Ashes, Vienna up Next!... |
02.03.2009 |
First off, thanks to all the metalheads and mosh addicts for showing up and wrecking the place! the show was sold out in the presales so we kinda expected a great show but you people are clearly mad! thanks to the Bloody Krooks for sharing the stage with us and another special thanks to Simon and the whole rest of the ISC team for preparing such a rockstar backstage for us haha! I'm sure it's not gonna take another 10 years until we make it back to switzerland's capital! see you out there, cataract
| Bern and Vienna calling!... |
26.02.2009 |
Tomorrow's the day, we finally play Bern and it's in none other than the famous ISC! The Bloody Crooks will be supporting us and we can't wait for the mosh! We also finally got the confirmations for the vienna show next week, we will play the birthday Bash for Vienna's favourite metalclub Escape!! Check out the link in our dates, there's shitloads of bands playing and we will be headlining friday! see you there, raising hell!
| Wohlen wrecked, Bern up next!... |
16.02.2009 |
Well we could have guessed, but the show in Wohlen was brootal as f##k!! The small venue was sold out long before and along with our show, the artist Rolf Bruehwiler (www.demonthrone.ch) opened his exhibition of truly disturbing art. We played a room smaller than our rehearsal room, the drumkit took up almost the whole stage and Tom had his hair wrapped around some light bulbs all night, but we really had a great time and the crowd went nuts from the first breakdown! So thanks to all the metalheads and hardcore kids for moshing it up!!
Next up is the famous ISC in Berne, word has it you should use the presale as the tickets seem to go fast! we've added some more shows for the upcoming summer! stay heavy and party hard! check out the dates too, we added some more shows for this summer!
| No - no... nooo - no - no - no...... |
04.02.2009 |
for the few who witnessed our obvously completely underrated version of 2Unlimited's disco classic at yesterday's Karaoke From Hell, thanks for cheering but no thanks for not cheering loud enough! Just kidding. We had a great night out and a lot of fun looking like tits again (pics are coming soon I hope), the place was insanely crowded and the heat increased by the minute! So I guess it's see ya next year haha! Last weekend's show at the Winter Freeze fest in Abtsgmünd was packed too, we rocked the stage with the likes of Crematory, Volbeat and Callejon along half a dozen other metal bands! Once again cheers to everyone moshing it up! up next is our little arty mc farty show in Wohlen, I guess the few tickets have gone by now but nevertheless, come out and tear the place up with us, it's been a while since we played a living room sized club!
| Guestlist for sale!... |
29.01.2009 |
We're getting ready for this weekend's Winter Freeze Fest and of course our annual contribution to the Karaoke From Hell birthday! And we've got great news about that - we're selling off the guestlist places. No just kidding, since we're a hardcore band we can't do that (thanks!!!) so we're giving them away; 12 places are up - send a mail to info@cataract.cc with the header "I'm a bum, I can't afford 10chf for a party", first come first serve! ONE CONDITION - you have to be there at 2000hrs, the guestlist will be obsolete after 2100hrs. Our guests will get fingerfood and a free drink (prosecco for the cüplirockers hah!)! So make sure you are able to show up early.
Noch in Deutsch:
Wir verlosen für's Karaoke From Hell vom nächsten Dienstag 3.2.2009 12 Gästelistenplätze! Bekannterweise haben wir ja keine Freunde. Eigentlich wollten wir auf Ricardo versteigern, aber die Anwälte vom KFH haben uns da nen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht! Schreib ne Email an info@cataract.cc mit dem Betreff "ich bin es landei und ha die zäh stutz für de bus bruucht", wer zuerst kommt... EINE BEDINGUNG - wer auf der Liste ist, sollte um 2000h da sein, es gibt Apero und einen Welcome Drink. Nach 2100 ist die Gästeliste weg, furt, aus, amen, adios, tuet mer leid, leider nein! GO!
| Back on track!... |
19.01.2009 |
We've had our first shows this year and both rotterdam and weinheim were a blast! cheers to Ringworm and Inertia for turning the heat up and especially for letting us trash their equipment haha! our next show is gonna be the Winter Freeze fest in Abtsgmünd/Germany and it seems this fest is sold out already so it should be fun! One last addition, we will perform at Karaoke From Hell's 5 year birthday on the third of February! It's not a real show - it's a cover competition, we will play a coverversion looking like a bunch of cocks and possibly end up being boooo'd off the stage... Vale Tudo, Cloris, Snitch and many more will also take part so show up and sing along! love, cataract
| Let's get it started... |
06.01.2009 |
Dear cataractians, we've had great holydays, a lot of food and drinks, gained a lot of weight, made some resolutions and broke them all the next day - and we sure hope you've had an amazing time too! our last shows in 2008 were fantastic, thanks to all the people coming out and moshing it up in Zurich and Weil Der Stadt!! We got some more shows confirmed which we will add to our calendar, and more will be coming in soon - For the first time ever we will be playing Rotterdam in Holland in about two weeks, and on the way back we're paying a visit to Weinheim's Cafe Central. More shows in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Austria are coming up, we're also working on loads more all over europe... one hopefully being the replacement for the cancelled show in athens! more news and more shows soon!
| Some last minute shows added!... |
21.12.2008 |
we'll be playing Weil Der Stadt / Stuttgart this weekend and early next year we'll be visiting the Baroeg in Rotterdam, singing "noiken in de keuken" and Weinheim's Cafe Central! come out and mosh it up!
| Athens Show Cancelled... |
17.12.2008 |
Our Show in Athen (with Bury your Dead) unfortunately was cancelled due to the club is more or less in the middle of the epicenter and i guess Dimitris doesn't want a bunch of fried tourists because our lyrics to "Burn the Snake" were misinterpreted. We're trying to fix a follow up date as soon as possible. Sorry about that.
| Pics from Zug online!... |
09.12.2008 |
Check www.rabbitriot.net for loads of crazy pics from us, Solid Ground, Bleed Into One and Teamkiller! lovely stuff!
| Farewell to Solid Ground and Santa Claus... |
08.12.2008 |
To sum it all up, we've had a smaching weekend!! on friday we bowed down to the mighty Solid Ground who rocked Zug for a last time, the whole place went nuts with stagedives, pile ups and headwalks and every song was celebrated by people coming from all over switzerland. RIP guys and we know you'll be back sooner or later haha! Cheers to everyone coming out and all the bands who made it this such a great party! Saturday had us celebrating Mad Santa fest in a packed Schützenhaus in Olten; a very diverse line up and a very euphoric crowd made it an amazing night, so once again, thanks to Roman and his crew for setting it all up and making it such a great night! Next up is the X-mas Metal Battle at Abart in zurich, make sure you come along to mosh it up with Timor, Bridge to Solace and us!
| Cataract live this weekend!... |
05.12.2008 |
We'll be rocking out tonight at Industrie 45 in Zug/CH, bidding farewell to switzerland's hardcore masters from Solid Ground - yeah that's correct it's their last show ever and we're honoured to share the stage with them! Tomorrow we'll crank it up to 11 at Mad Santa Fest in Olten/CH - come out and mosh it up with yours truly and Roots Of Death, She Male Trouble, Bitch Queens ans more!!!
| Danggscheen Basel!!... |
01.12.2008 |
We've had an amazing show at basel's summercasino, cheers to all who came to
see us and especially Metin and his crew and the Emil Bulls for lending us
equipment for the night!! it's been a while since we played basel but it's been
absolutely smashing for us and we hope we'll make it back soon!
Next weekend will have us playing the Kingshot fest at Industrie45 in Zug/CH
and the Mad Santa Fest in Olten/CH, make sure to see us on one of our final
shows this year! Xmas Metal battle at Abart in Zurich/CH will be the last swiss
show this year... we've got some new shows ready to be put online, the dates
will follow this week!
| Hambiance Fest Cancelled!... |
21.11.2008 |
We are terribly sorry to announce the cancellation of tomorrow’s appearance at Hamme(r)fest in Belgium. Unfortunately Ricky was involved in a car accident yesterday morning and was slightly injured. Don’t worry he’s not in hospital anymore but was quiet happy with the turn out of the accident, as he was only slightly injured. Nevertheless he is not able to travel long distances nor is he able to play drums.
We are terribly sorry for all our Belgian fans and everyone involved in the hamme(r)fest, as this is the second show we have to cancel in a short period of time! Unfortunately the circumstances force us to cancel the show!
We are very looking forward to have the Belgium shows made up in the future for you and also wish you a lot of fun at the hamme(r)fest! Cataract
| Hell On Earth - We have to drop Eindhoven Show tomorrow... |
19.10.2008 |
Today's show in Mulhouse will be our final show instead of the one tomorrow in
Eindhoven. There's been a logistics problem and we can't get a new Van to drive
back from Eindhoven - so we have to kick it today and cancel Eindhoven :-(
sorry about that, it's an annoying situation.
| Hell On Earth Report - (Milan) Alcatraz... |
16.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport : 15.10.2008 Alcatraz, Milan. Fedi’s favourite town ;-) the club is huge. HUGE. There’s room for about 3000 people here, haha! But with a giant curtain the whole thing gets remarkably smaller and also a bit more clubby. We get a shitload of very tasty Italian food until late at night, we have to cut down on the sightseeing since we arrived quite late and we have a photo shooting on the rider. STYG open up furiously, followed by Animostiy and The Red Chord who both deliver. We are confident, winning over the crowd with Fedi’s fluent Italian and getting the people into circle and mosh pits; martins kick ass sound helps us to keep the more focused crowd listening and thus we leave the stage happy – we love Italy! Bus call is pretty early as we’re expecting the usual trouble at the border so I guess we’ve added an extra hour or two to the driving time for hassles with customs. Tomorrow means home to us so we’re all excited about great food and possibly also about seeing girlfriends… and getting rid of the dirty clothes.
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| Hell On Earth Report - (Munich) Backstage... |
15.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport : 14.10.2008 Backstage, Munich. So the whole place has been moved, rebuilt or whatever; it still looks like backstage and now it finally has some space on and off the stage, the sound was crushing and its great fun to play here! Things were a bit like in Vienna, most people preferred to listen to the first couple of bands and some danced, everyone seemed quite focused and saving the energy for later. We had a great response, more and more people got into it and by the end we had the crowd 2stepping and moshing the dancefloor left to right! Now we’re off to Milan, Italy – the show was almost cancelled by the way but now still happens since the presales have been doing good!
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| Hell On Earth Report - (Vienna) Arena... |
14.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport : 13.10.2008 Arena, Vienna
This must be one of the best clubs in Europe. I remember that we played here ages ago and now we get to see how much has changed in the past years. There’s loads of room for all the bands, half a dozen showers, very very decent food and a very spacious stage with enough room to put all our shit in. The show itself was very crowded, the hall filled up nicely and we met some old friends whom we spent most of time talking to; we had a very tight show and finally got the people dancing (they were very focused..) – Austria is also a place we definitely need to play more. After the show we chilled outside, talking and drinking and Nico went to show the mosh to some new friends. We had a very short drive to Munich and now we’re excited to play a completely different Backstage club!
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| Hell On Earth Report - (Prague) Abaton... |
13.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport : 12.10.2008 Abaton, Prague
What a night! It’s been a while since we played here but it seemed everyone who saw us in those other couple of times remembered to come along and make this an completely sick show for us! But to start off telling about an eventful day, lets just mention that our bus has no climate whatsoever or even functioning ventilation. So when it’s standing in the sun – like today – it’s just heating up in minutes to a level where you can’t breathe no more in the sleeping compartment. So we chilled outside, while about 15 – 20 people went to town. This is kinda important because after Action opened the night, the guys from STYG just arrived in time to play theyr set. But after them it was quiet. Animosity’s guitarists weren’t around, got lost in Prague – and as Red Chord also were partly absent there was no-one to really fill in. Red Chord were the first band to be complete so they went up as fast as possible. Animosity were completed while Red Chord were playing so everything worked out fine. When we went on stage, all hell broke loose, people went completely crazy and pushed us to the limits – topped by a girl jumping on stage to give our womanizer Nico a kiss haha! We went offstage feeling like kings and right now WOJ are kickin’ it. Can’t wait for Vienna!!!
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| Hell On Earth Videos - Youtube (Paris)... |
13.10.2008 |
check out Cataract live on Youtube! Just a quick note - there\'s a sh*tload of live vids from the Hell On Earth Tour to be found on youtube! Some sick guy in paris has added almost the whole set of this insane show! have fun browsing.
I take theses videos from the Paris show:
Paris 1/4 - Paris 2/4 - Paris 3/4 - Paris 4/4
There\'s only a few dates left on this Tour (Vienna, Munich, Milan, Solothurn, Stuttgart and Eindhoven) so make sure to take the chance and witness the brutality! stay heavy, cataract
| Hell On Earth Report - (Dresden) E-Werk... |
12.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport : 11.10.2008 E-Werk, Dresden. This show was going to be big. The presales ranged at almost 1’000 and when we entered the place we were looking at a huge hall which - like in Magdeburg - normally would hold techno parties, but luckily enough, it wasn’t going to be tonight. Our backstage was a white fluffy milky room which kinda reminded of the Clockwork Orange club, just without the drink. People tonight were very focused and rather stood there listening to the brutality dealt out by STYG, Animosity and The Red Chord; it was up to us to get the people moshing. It seemed they’re all waiting for something, and as WOJ entered the stage you would know what for. This show was just a blast and at the end the crowd was just going on an on chanting so Walls came back on stage a second time to finish everyone off with a fatal wall of death / circle pit combination package.
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| Hell On Earth Report - (Berlin) SO36... |
11.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport : 10.10.2008 (Berlin) SO36. Another show in this amazing club, in this amazing city. It’s always a peak experience here since this is MAD’s hometown and home to the whole road crew. As soon as we arrived we had to get the gear out as one of the busses went to a garage to get its starter fixed. We settled down in the backstage, got stuff done and then we enjoyed a shitload of tasty food at yellow sunshine.
Still in Berlin, after the show
Thank you Berlin for such a killer show! We loved every minute of it, you people kicked serious ass and as mentioned before, it was a peak experience once again. The show was completely sold out, somehow 1’000 people were jammed into SO36 and made this show a night to remember – not just for us! So thanks again, everyone involved and also thanks to Justin for lending us his spare lollipop drumkit, you rule! We’re off to get some more food now haha!
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| Hell On Earth Report - Schweinfurt (Stadtbahnhof)... |
10.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport : 09.10.2008 Schweinfurt (Stadtbahnhof). We’ve played this club like half a dozen times already so we were quite surprised when we got in, loads of changes have been made, the place will hold much more people now and seeing the masses of old and new school people turning up it was well necessary. The Red Chord were fucking killing tonight, and the crowd response was crazy, they were also joined by Jesse STYG and Leo Animosity for some guest vocals! After this massive performance we had to give a 100% to succeed and guess what we did haha. No seriously we’ve had a blast on stage, the kids went nuts and WOJ worked out behind the stage while we played. After the show we had to kickstart the tourbus which wasn’t that easy especially because someone forgot to release the handbrake. But now were driving towards Berlin, and as we heard the show is gonna be sold out!
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| Hell On Earth Report - Paris (Gibus)... |
09.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport :08.10.2008 Paris (Gibus). Finally we made it to Paris, last time we actually played here was on a boat with Maroon, and then we had the No Mercy Tour Bus fuckup which kept us from seriously damaging La Loco. So this time we landed near the famous place de la république to give it another go at Gibus (actually a hip hop club and boy we didn’t expect what would happen. The club was really small regarding the stage, so we decided to play over one drumkit only (thx to Justin WOJ) and use all the same guitar heads to keep the chaos down. Time was also playing hard on us since the curfew was very strict so there was no time to fuck around and STYG almost got cancelled because they’ve been looking at the mona lisa too long, thinking “dude I thought it was bigger”. There was also a local supporting band which got cancelled in the last minute because of the time schedule. The show was crushing, people loved the bands and we entered the stage full of anticipation – our last show on that boat was a massacre - and it went down the same alley. People were f’ing butchering each other, and after some guy got knocked out the bouncers were standing on the ringside, making sure it’s not going to be murder. So it’s been a hotter than hell welcome from paris and we definitely have to come back here more often!
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| Hell On Earth Report - Lindau (Club Vaudeville)... |
08.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 07.10.2008 Lindau (Club Vaudeville). Today we were really close to Switzerland and we had some little visitors from the holy land – girlfriends and in Tom’s case his two kids Mara and Demian who also helped us setting up he stage. After a long period of rain we also got plenty of sun today which heated up the bus to an unbearable 40°C upstairs along with about 100% humidity so everyone was hanging around in this nice venue waiting for the food (au usual).
The stage offered enough space for the equipment so today we didn’t have to pile things up on each side of the stage, change over was nice and quick, enough time for the monitoring and thus we got a smashing sound and a killer performance! Cheers to everyone coming out and partying!
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| Hell On Earth Report - Jena (F-Haus)... |
07.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 06.10.2008 Jena (F-Haus). To sum it up, this was just a fantastic evening! We had great sound, killer support, a crowd going nuts from start to finish and some half naked people running from and to the shower which is located in a small room next to the stage. So we had great entertainment, great food and we can’t forget to mention that little falafel shop which gave the whole tour a nice after show snack.
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| Hell On Earth Report - Zaandam (De Kade)... |
06.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 05.10.2008 Zaandam (De Kade) Another well renowned venue on this tour, and with its small rooms and angled passages it reminds a lot of the underworld in London. We had to set up and sound check straight away, as the show was set as an afternoon show and was supposed to be over by 2100hrs. Despite or should I say thanks to the constant heavy rain the place was packed quickly and STYG rocked the house! The only thing that bothered us was the lack of space for 40 people, no towels, no heating and the food was served exactly when we went on stage – so we had to visit a nearby Domino’s to get some pizza and eye candy hah! Bus call was 2200hrs and now we’re in Jena getting ready for load in!
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| Hell On Earth Report - Magdeburg (Froximum)... |
05.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 04.10.2008 Magdeburg (Froximum). Today is different from yesterday, we’re playing a huge storage hall which offers the sound qualities of a metal bin and the comfort of a off street dump. Why would you put a show in a place that’s basically being deconstructed? And WHY would you book a techno party right next to it – when there’s just a lousy gay courtain separating the halls? That’s right, the sweet mosh of Evergreen Terrace and WOJ was constantly backed up by utz utz utz. However, the hundreds and hundreds of people didn’t really care and got a full dose of Hardcore and Metal. Evergreen Terrace had their first how today and it was a mighty punch! So now we’re complete again and looking forward to tomorrow’s show in Holland.
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| Hell On Earth Report - Saarbrücken (Roxy)... |
04.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 03.10.2008 Saarbrücken (Roxy). This was the second completely sold out show on this tour, even though it was moved just shortly before the show. I guess it also was the peak of the tour so far, as the kids went nuts from the first band on, and within a minute the whole place was dripping water from the roof. We also got great food and a great sound too so the night was perfect, the only negative thing was All Shall Perish’s farewell from the tour which was duely celebrated by the mysterious appearance of two mummies on stage and a backstage drinking contest between ASP and MAD who’s winner still isn’t established. There’s not much more to say than thank you Saarbrücken for an amazing evening!
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| Hell On Earth Report - Hasselt (Muziekodroom)... |
03.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 02.10.2008 Muziekodroom, Hasselt. Once again, nice memories of this place, we played here with HSB and Maroon on our last Hell On Earth Tour and it was absolutely great! Since we’ve spent the night here we’ve been up quite early and there was no one who could let us inside the backstage so we could shower or just get proper internet access – even though the rooms were completely empty and we were about to get in there anyway sooner or later.
The show itself was suffering from the very clean and dry sound, I went to listen to every band for a couple of songs and it just sounded odd without all the dirt and noise this music needs to sound good, maybe that was also the reason why people have been very focused all through the night. However, we had a great show and made a lot of new fans so we went to bed happy.
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| Hell On Earth Report - On The Way... |
02.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 01.10.2008 on the way.
After we lost touch with WOJ’s nightliner we took the ride over the channel anyway, got an extra hour on the sea – don’t know why but it’s been for free so we should be thankful right!? We headed towards Antwerpen as the we should be able to get into a venue to chill out, get some electricity and spend the day not looking like trailer trash. On the way we waited up for the second bus, who managed to miss the right exit again.
We didn’t do much than getting some drinks off a petrol station and then decided to go to Hasselt anyway, where we are now. There’s not much we can do, just the club’s café is open and we have got hours to kill. So we went for a stroll in the city, got some nice Italian food and then watched Liverpool reigning supreme over Eindhoven and finally went back to the busses for a quiet sleep.
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| Hell On Earth Report - Sheffield (Corporation)... |
01.10.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 30.09.2008 Corporation, Sheffield. First off, the bad news strike us. Tomorrow’s show in Peterborough has first been moved and then cancelled completely, so we’ll have an extra day off which no one really want. Maybe well get the chance to wash a few things. We can’t get a reasonable way of getting back to Switzerland so we probably have to cancel the last show too.
However, the corporation in Sheffield holds some dear memories, as this has been the place for our first UK show on the Stampin’ Ground tour luckily we got to play the big stage this time haha! The show was marked by a very tight time schedule so it’s been a lot of come on come on hurry up ready yeah all night just to be kicked out of the club before midnight with absolutely nothing to do. A whole bunch of us, ASP, Animosity and STYG decided to go for a UV bubble party, then switched for a drum’n’bass party which we turned down as the door price was somehow 10£ and not 3 as some rather tipsy girls thought. So we headed back to the busses and decided to have a party there.
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| Hell On Earth Report - Plymouth (White Rabbit)... |
30.09.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 29.09.2008 White Rabbit, Plymouth. We arrived early so we had a lot of time to check out a shopping mall which was just next door, we got shitloads of stuff from primark and some nice flavoured coffee! Since everyone was so busy running around London, we’re all in the backstage catching up on t’internet, anserwing emails and adding friends haha! We’ve also been taking some new pics, and you might wanna check them out on our myspace!
29.09.2008 during the show…
WOJ have just entered the stage and we’re sat backstage, enjoying the noise! Our show was great, we had a three rows of (more or less) serious headbangers in the front, hailing metal and manhood, or so. Anyhow, we enjoyed the show big time, lots of sweat had to go and we’ll file it under “nights to remember”.
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| Hell On Earth Report - London (Underworld)... |
29.09.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 28.09.2008 The Underworld, London. Yes, the show has been moved to one of LDN’s most famous clubs and since this is a first for us, we’re stocked to play here. Today’s line up has change quite a bit, we’re already up early but it leaves us time to hang out with girlfriends and other friends haha! All of us got quite busy shopping around Camden market and eating delicious food from the many stalls! The show was awesome, the place was packed and HOT! We’ve played a new set due to a shorter playing time and it f’ing rips, Martin gave us a smashing sound and so we kicked some ass! After the show we had some more vegan all you can eat and some delicious Indian curries, stuffing ourselves for the night. We left around 0200hrs towards Plymouth.
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| Hell On Earth Report - Essen (Fun Box Amalie)... |
28.09.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 27.09.2008 Fun Box Amalie Essen. We got kicked out of bed around 0400, one of the trailers broke down – great. We had to move the whole equipment into the busses, and pile the rest in the remaining trailer up to the roof. Happy memories… last tour with HSB and Maroon had the police stopping us because the trailer was too heavy. Oh well.
About the show now, Godzzfest was quite a surprise for us as it’s been ages since we last played Denmark and we had no idea what to expect. The club was really nice, we had a pool table, ping pong table, airhockey and more at our disposal so we looked forward to play. The kids already went nuts for All Shall Perish and they kept going wild for us! Megalolz! No seriously we were really happy with the show, it wasn’t the biggest audience but I dare say the prettiest. Jacob who helped us recording the album said hello and he also took some of us to a bar called Pitstop even though we couldn’t really stay as we had to go on an 8hr journey to Essen (which also featured the above mentioned incident).
Now we’re here, washing clothes, washing ourselves, setting up, the usual shitload of fun you have on tour haha!
28.09.2008 still in Essen… YO! I guess today was the best show so far, for every band I watched. Stick to your Guns set the standards with an absolutely mental show, the kids loved it and went berserk – and so did the band. Only All Shall Perish were actually able to match that madness with an astonishing display of insanity (or should I say wackiness?) people stormed the stage after their show to rip them off their goods. Honestly, it was hard to keep up the pace after such a blast, but the audience played along and supported us, so once again we had an amazing show! Bus call is in a couple of minutes and then it’s over to en-gur-land, en-gur-land, en-gur-laaaaaand!
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| Hell On Earth Report - Kolding (Godzzfest )... |
27.09.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 26.09.2008 Godzzfest Kolding. Last night’s show was a blast, once again. We’ve been here about 4 times now and we spread out to get our individual food (i.e. vegan burgers for the veggies and roasted duck for the murderers) and made it back just in time to see STYG rip it up. The Markthalle finally offered enough room for everyone’s equipment so setting up wasn’t such a pain but still very stressful. Apart from the come on, come on beforehand it turned out to be our best show so far, we had a killer sound out there and a great response from the audience.
While half of us and half of All Shall Perish indulged in an all night game of poker, some guys went to the reeperbahn and some posers went to bed. We left around 0600 towards danmark and now were here, waiting for our tour managers to get up so we can load in. fucking punks.
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| Hell On Earth Report - Hamburg (Markthalle)... |
26.09.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 25.09.2008 Markthalle Hamburg. Yesterday our troops were reinforced by the more or less local A Traitor Like Judas who also opened the set, after them Stick To Your Guns played an amazing set (I’m still feeling sorry for that bassdrum) and then Animosity, The Red Chord and All Shall Perish dealt out a serious amount of sonic torment. We were up next, and much to my discomfort the monitors were totally gone, so the first couple of songs probably sounded a bit whacky. But as soon as they were actually turned on, we steamrolled the place and left it to be completely torn down by the mighty Walls Of Jericho. Bus call was around 6 in the morning again, so we all had the chance to get a nice shower, try to impress Candace by lifting up some stone weights (she didn’t even bother) just to be outnumbered by Red Chords Singer. We ended up watching some X Factor Auditions, Alan Penfold’s version of the MJ classic “black or white” and Ant & Seb’s butchering of “mysterious girl” were the winners. It’s about 1000hrs on Thursday, we’re in hamburg, already parked behind the Markthalle and waiting to load in. Check back soon!
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| Hell On Earth Report - Hannover (Musikzentrum)... |
25.09.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 24.09.2008 Musikzentrum Hannover. we got here shortly after lunch and today was all about sorting out the merch, all the equipment and setting things up in no hurry whatsoever. WOJ did a long sound check so the sound will kill tonight; as a special local support A Traitor Like Judas are also joining in today for a single show, so it's packed on stage once again! right now we're getting some great food so cheers and check back soon!
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| PETA2 - Nico blogget von der Tour... |
25.09.2008 |
quick news from the tour! as you have noticed we're doing a blog on our webpage and on our myspace, we're also uploading some nice pic on our myspace as w go along. we're also doing a
german blog for www.peta2.de so check that one out too! cheers cataract!$
| Hell On Earth Report - Frankfurt (Batschkapp)... |
24.09.2008 |
Daily Tourreport: 23.09.2008 Batschkapp Frankfurt. First day! Were meeting up around 1000hrs, stuff our van with equipment, a ton of shirts and some bandmembers (cheers to alex for driving us) and then hit the road towards frankfurt. When we finally got there – as I understand the last ones - everyone else was already getting ready and setting up the backline, drumkits etc. All Shall Perish brought another drumkit which left the stage rather cramped. However, first days of a tour are always chaos, so things had to be arranged, stuff to be found and so on. The show started on time and even though animosity had to play a show with only one guitar, all the bands kicked ass and I can happily say that this package rips! We left the venue around 0600hrs to pick up animosity’s lost bandmember from the airport and now we’re heading to hannover!
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| We have to cancel Meadow Fest ... |
30.08.2008 |
We're extremely sorry but we have to cancel saturday's show at Meadow Fest,
Belgium. Fedi has an infected throat from last weekends cold and rainy mudbath
in Gränichen and as of today it still hasn't gotten any better. We waited until
the last minute but now we have no other choice than calling it off. We've been
looking forward to play Belgium again and we want to apologize to the promoters
for this and also to our fans for not being able to make it. I hope you can
understand.
| Video shooting cancelled ... |
18.08.2008 |
Dear all, we're sorry to inform you we have to skip the video shooting we've been planning, as of last week we lost the location for the shooting and it was impossible for us and the guys doing it to find an equivalent alternative. we'd have to change the date (again) and that would mean another short termed change for everyone involved, so we decided to cancel it and plan it again. thanks to everyone who wrote in and offered their help, we will get back to you - your loyalty won't be forgotten.
on the positive side we had a smashing show supporting the incredible Kill Switch Engage and the mighty As I Lay Dying (finally!) and we're looking forward to this weekend's show at Open Air Gränichen! All the best, cataract
| Cataract, Killswitch Engage, AILD Tuesday @ Rohstofflager!... |
12.08.2008 |
As mentioned earlier we will be sharing the stage with two of america's most renowned metal/hardcore artists, namely Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying. we will be opening the night quite early so do us a favour and be there or we will have a post-record-release trauma. more news soon!
yours, cataract
| Change Videoshooting Date to 23/24 August... |
31.07.2008 |
We had to change the date for the shooting to 23/24th of august, and we will need you girls and guys on Sunday, the 24th to show off a bit. Cheers to everyone who wrote in already, we hope you still can do it and we will send you additional information as soon as we have it. If you've got some extra time on that Sunday, just send us a note to info@cataract.cc! And btw it's not going to be jumping around in front of a stage.
Hier noch auf deutsch: wir mussten den Termin für den Videodreh auf den 23/24. August verschieben, und wir werden euch am Sonntag, 24. August benötigen um vor der Kamera rumzuprollen. Wer sich schon gemeldet hat - wir hoffen es geht auch weiterhin ok für euch und wir senden euch genauere Infos zu Ort, Zeit etc sobald wirs haben. Wer von euch bisher keine Zeit hatte und nun Bock hätte, an diesem Sonntag mitzumachen (und ihr müsst nicht einfach vor ner Bühne rumhüpfen), schickt ne Mail an info@cataract.cc! Danke jetzt schon für den Einsatz!!!
| The bitches from Cataract do it again!... |
25.07.2008 |
We're going to support As I Lay Dying and Killswitch Engage on the 12th of August at Rohstofflager, Zurich. We know, it's been a while since we've played there, but we would be mad to say no - especially since the bands themselves have asked us to play. However, you can complain at life sabitch@stfu.com everyone else be early to check us out, it's gonna be great!
some more news - leech redda will be handling all swiss orders from now on http://shop.leechredda.ch you can still order through our shop, but the deliveries etc will be handled by them. it got a bit too much lately haha! outside switzerland please use the corresponding contacts as stated on our website. We also have a facebook homepage now, so if you're on it, check us out! we're building it still up though!... cheers, cataract
| Looking for sexy MF's: new Video in the works!!... |
21.07.2008 |
We are looking for people to appear in the filming of a new video. if you're interested and able to make it to a place between Bern, Zurich and Winterthur on the 16/17th of August, feel free to drop a line to info@cataract and please put something like "videoshooting" in the header. We will issue more precise info soon, i.e. where and when we're gonna do it but you can already write in. we can offer you international fame and possibly a bitchslap! so get your a%&!s up and write us! Yes, you can take your friends with you and NO your dog has to stay at home. Yours truly, cataract
| Back from Dour Fest, Cavalera Conspiracy... |
20.07.2008 |
We are back from the Dour Fest where we had a crushing show on the eastpak core stage! Cheers to all the people filling the tent and the crew taking care of us and thanks to hsb for sharing the equipment with us. Our show with the Cavalera Conspiracy two weekends ago was another blast - again in a completely full Rohstofflager but with a little less room and time than in march, nevertheless with an amazing response! Next weekend has three festivals up for us, hope to see you there! Yours truly, cataract
| Cataract newsbash + show update!... |
11.07.2008 |
We've returned from an incredible With Full Force open air, once again it was smashing to play a completely packed hard bowl tent along the likes of Born From Pain and Madball! Cheers to everyone involved and about a million people moshing it up! We stayed for saturday enjoying great weather, great bands (Job For A Cowboy + Heaven Shall Burn = holy maccheroni!), great food and great fun! We will upload some pics on our myspace profile in the next days so keep checking back! Some more news: We've added new merch on our webpage so check it out, we added some shirts, longsleeves, etc..!
furthermore we've updated the show section; the Hell On Earth dates are up, please remember that they still might change. we've also added some other shows, this weekend we'll be supporting the Cavalera Conspiracy! we've been added last week that's why it's up so late. We'll also be playing the Fluff Fest in czech republic as a late addition on the 27th of july. ok that's it for now, stay heavy - cataract
| We saved the world + show update... |
16.06.2008 |
Cheers to all the people coming to check us out at the Viva La Natur fest and the RockSound open air. If anyone knows where all the 13year old girls squealing for Simple Plan were when we played, let us know - we just had a whole bunch of ugly metalheads, haha! If we want to see that we can look at ourselves! But seriously, we had two great shows so thx to the people involved, Thomas, Dano, Petra and especially Born From Pain for lending us equipment!
We're concentrating on watching the Euro Championships now... three of our teams are still in, two of them are qualified so let's see what happens. especially when we rehearse next time. Next show up is none other than the With Full Force open air, we will play friday and possibly hang around on saturday. Yes that is correct, the show in Graz as we planned is cancelled, due to a misunderstanding we thought we had a booking but... well we don't. So it'll be later this year.
| Rainforest Benefit Festival... |
04.06.2008 |
Cataract will play the "Viva La Natur" fest in Köln next weekend with Born From Pain, Misery Speaks, Narziss and many more, and this is a benefit which aims at raising money to safe millions of acres of rainforest from being destroyed! Here's the (german) press release from the organizers - and we sure hope to see you all there!
Liebe Rocker- und Rockerinnen,
in diesem Jahr präsentieren wir Euch voller Stolz das erste VIVA LA NATUR Festival in Köln! Nach dem Motto "Schwitzen für den Regenwald" wollen wir gemeinsam mit Euch am 13. und 14. Juni in der Essigfabrik die Wände zum Wackeln und den Boden zum Beben bringen! Wir haben uns "Schwitzen für den Regenwald" auf die Fahne geschrieben! Denn nur wir in der westlichen Welt haben in der Hand, ob Menschenaffen in Zukunft weiter existieren oder ohne Lebensraum schlichtweg ausgerottet werden. Durch diese Idee ist VIVA LA NATUR entstanden, ein zweitägiges Rockfestival in Köln-Deutz, bei dem wir Geld sammeln möchten, um wichtige Hektar Regendwald damit zu retten.
VIVA LA NATUR bietet euch: Zwei Tage feinstes Rock und Hardcore Entertainment. Wir haben euch ein Line-Up zusammengestellt, dass genreübergreifend mit Top Acts aufwarten kann.
Das Line-Up sieht wie folgt aus:
Freitag: ART BRUT - TURBOSTAAT - FIRE IN THE ATTIC - GHOST OF TOM JOAD - LOUIS LAMENT - WHISK?!
Samstag: BORN FROM PAIN - CATARACT - NARZISS - MISERY SPEAKS - THE BLACKOUT ARGUMENT - SIX REASONS TO KILL - CELLAR KIDS
DER DEAL IST EINFACH: Wir machen euch zwei geile Festivaltage, direkt vor der Haustür und zu enorm fairen Preisen, ihr kauft die Tickets und unterstützt damit unser Vorhaben, dem WWF bei der Erhaltung unserer Welt zu erhalten.
Keep on celebrating and go tell all your friends! Euer Viva La Natur Team
| Wolfsklause pics online... |
03.06.2008 |
check out This to find some great pics from our show with Epitome of Frail! Imagine 200 people stuffed into a room that's barely larger than your bedroom, add metal and lots of beer and that's what happened. cheers again to everyone coming out!
| Cataract's weekend was a blast!!... |
02.06.2008 |
We're back from two amazing shows in Aarau and Oberwolfach! We're still psyched about them, we had two packed venues (one was rather overpacked) and a shitload of fun! So cheers to all the people involved, Dinu and Jan for organizing, all the bands, and of course to the people coming out and moshing it up - it was absolutely smashing! We will upload some pics from the shows on our myspace, keep checking it... We're looking forward to this weekend where we will play Huttwil's Rock Sound Open Air along with Mercenary, Porcupine Tree, Within Temptation and many more - our show time has been moved to 20.45 on the outdoor stage, there should be enough room for everyone haha!!
We're gonna have a huge show update soon, I guess you all know why! stay metal!
| Une soirée puissante...... |
22.05.2008 |
We've had a fantastic show at one of switzerland's nicest clubs - bikini test in La Chaux De Fonds! We've spent some quality time driving through the infinite woods of the swiss jura mountains and we've been rewarded with an ass kicking crowd! Thank you all for coming out and partying out, we've had an amazing show and LOTS of fun haha!! We've met some crazy guy there, we'll upload the pic as soon as we get it!
Cheers to all the people involved and especially Blown for supporting us and hooking us up with equipment, you guys rock! We will come back, hopefully very soon! Check out our other dates, next shows up are at Kiff and Wolfsklause in Aarau and South Germany respectively! see you there!!
| Terra in Ashes!!... |
13.05.2008 |
Cheers to all the metalheads coming out and moshing it up last friday at terra - what an insane show! we knew the place was kinda small but if you imagine that the drumkit took away about half of the space we had you can figure out it was going to be a tight show haha! Vertebrae already heated up the place with some crunchy metal when we got ready to play a club which was actually smaller than our rehearsal room. We started off and the crowd turned the place into a madhouse - literally! Both PA and our equipment needed protection from being thrown over as the moshpit sometimes was bigger than the room... thanks to Phil and Terra for the show and everyone there for a wild night! Next show up will be this friday at Bikini Test in La Chaux De Fonds - see you all there!
| Cataract, many show update!... |
08.05.2008 |
We've added some more shows in germany, belgium and austria! remember to contact mad-tourbooking for show requests and please read the last bnew entry. our mailserver was bugged and we possibly lost all incoming mails in april, i.e. we never recieved them. if you're waiting for an answer from us, contact us again. cheeeeerio!
| Our mailserver was bugged... |
06.05.2008 |
Dear all, we're sorry to say that our mailserver wasn't working properly for most of april. we tried to work out what and how it did happen, but it remains a mystery. however, all adresses @cataract.cc seem to have been affected - most mails did not arrive and there was no notification to the sender which is the shit bit. some of the mails we've sent did not go out. if you're waiting for an answer by any of us, please be so kind and write us again. This was beyond our control and it's impossible for us to retrieve the lost mail. it's working again now - cheers, tobi!
for some better news, we're getting ready for this week's show at Terra Pfäffikon in Switzerland, it will be crazy as apparently the drumriser is a pooltable and the PA a broken TV set! the show also seems to be sold out so please try to verify that before you come... next weekend will have us play La Chaux De Fonds which will be our first show this year in the french part!
| Back from italy!... |
15.04.2008 |
Hello all, we're completely battered from our small tour through italy, but we're also very happy! Breed Agency did a fantastic job, we had really great shows and tons of fun!! Cirié got us started right away; even though we had to play very late we had a great audience partying it down especially in the after hours; Gorizia must have one of the finest clubs in the world and Modena definately needs a new traffic system hahaha! Seriously, we had a spectacular weekend, thanks to all the people coming to check us out and supporting us, it was f'ing great to play for such insane crowds! cheers to Mao + Mainline (especially for helping us out), the local crews for putting up with us, to all the bands we've played with and who lent us equipment, it's much appreciated! next time can someone please order sunshine, italy and rain just don't mix! ci vediamo, i cataract
| New merch added to the shop!... |
08.04.2008 |
we've added all our new merch to the online shop, check it out on our webpage! We're getting ready for our italian tour, it's gonna be great fun and hopefully a lot warmer than here! see you there! More news soon...
| We've updated our show section... |
06.04.2008 |
hey there cataractians, we've updated our show section, loads of shows have
been added and hopefully loads of you will show up! we're still suffering from
the release show aftermath... it's been well killing us haha! ok just a short
note - all the best to Ralph from Disparaged who helped us out on bass in the
past autumn, he's a daddy as of last week! check our dates! g'day mate!
| Cataract entering swiss album charts... |
05.04.2008 |
We've got some great news - we've entered the official swiss album top 100! Well on #79 but hey, better than nothing hahaha!! Allthough we've sold out all our copies of the limited edition cd's and the picture lp's at the release show (which doesn't count for the charts) there were still enough people buying our new album to have us enter the official top 100 - so maybe we would have made it to number one if we didn't sell it? everyone who got it at the rehearsal show shoud buy another copy!? However, the limited cd version and the pic lp are sold out at metal blade, we try's to get some more but MB say "nada!".
For the swiss residents - tonight Rockstation will broadcast an interview conducted with Fedi and Ricky, along with some bad ass metal and another Interview with our labelmates. check out www.rockstation.ch for infos - it's on tonight, thursday, 03.04.2008! Love cataract
| Cataract Newsbash! Relaseshow Pictures, Video... |
25.03.2008 |
Ultra mega thanxxx to all the people who came out and made our record release
and birthday bash a memorable day!!!!! The place was packed and we hope you all
had just as much fun as we did - once again thanks a lot to all you people for
supporting swiss metal! special thanks to requiem, switchback and shallow
bloodhood for supporting us, to dani and all of f&v for organizing everything,
all the helping hands especialy Martin Ain from Celtic Frost for the
announcement (it wasn't Brian Slagel), Martin king of excess DB for the sound,
Giusi for the roadie, King Kong for Homer's dance, Raffi for the singing and
all the other guys and girls taking part in the competition - you all rule!
There's a shitload of pics online already (metalpics.ch; skartnak.com and
rabbitriot.net, more will follow I guess) plus this cool video documenting the crowd surfer contest which lasted the whole song The Video!!! thanks to myrco for uploading it! We sold out of the limited
Edition CD version but we'll have it back soon. The Pic Disc has also sold out and as Meta Blade told us they don't have any of them left so well done for
those who got one!
more news coming up soon including a nice show update!
| The eagle has landed!... |
18.03.2008 |
The past weeks were a bit like x-mas for us, we've got a sh!tload of parcels from all over Europe and we're happy to announce that we will be selling all editions of our upcoming full length "cataract" at our release show! Beware though we only have limited quantities, there will be only 50 pcs of the picture disc for example. We will also have new merch on sale and it's looking vicious!!!
Here's some final additions to the release show: we decided to have some more people in the crowdsurfer contest, you'll have to register yourself at the merch table this thursday, first come first serve! Your aim should be to stay as long as possible on an air mattress on top of the crowd but beware the other contestants will try to make you fall! Winner gets free entry to all our swiss shows in 2008!
For those taking part in the fashion victim contest, register as early as possible at the merch table! Winner will get the full monty from cataract, but hopefully it'll take more than an edding on a white shirt to win!
We haven't said much about the cataract car boot sale a.k.a. our tombola – it's simple. We've got a bunch of tickets we will handout to everyone coming in (and yes they're limited, so first come first serve again), one out of ten is a winner! If you've got a number you can claim a prize! Kindly endorsed by DC Shoes and Kingshot Clothing!
Aight see you there!
| Cataract on TV this weekend!... |
14.03.2008 |
Für alle Empfänger des Schweizer Fernsehens SF2 – Cataract im Interview mit Dani Beck in der Musicnight am 15.3.2008! Sendung kommt um 0.15h in der Samstagnacht, es geht natürlich vor allem ums neue Album und die Band selbst! Fedi und Greg waren dort und haben sich extra schön gemacht… also für einmal einschalten oder Aufnehmen und auf youtube stellen!
If you're able to get the Swiss TV station SF2, turn it on this Saturday night, 0.15h! Fedi and Greg chatting away with Dani Beck about our new release and Cataract itself!
Cheeeeeerio!
| New Merch coming soon!... |
12.03.2008 |
In addition to the stuff we've already got in stock we'll have a load of new designs coming in for the record release show! We will upload pics as soon as we have it and of course we'll take it with us – new shirts, zippers, belts, caps it's all ready and kicks ass!
| Another brand spanking new song online!... |
11.03.2008 |
check metalblade's preview page and listen to "snake skin" off the new album, mr. T's personal uphill battle soundtrack! Previewpage The track is on there exclusively so don't tell us it's not on our myspace! We will add it soon enough. Keep checking back!
| New website launched!... |
10.03.2008 |
we re-designed our webpage and all files were uploaded this weekend, so check our webpage www.cataract.cc and have a look around! if you encounter problems, let us know...
it's only ten days to go for the record release show! the crowd surfer contest is definitely taking place, we've got a bunch of lunatics willing to do it! The fashion victim contest of course will be held during the night, register at the merchtable and keep the fingers crossed! Same goes for the cataract car boot sale, here you'll get a ticket at the entry and you can find out if you're a winner on the spot!
We're still selling tickets online, click the link and get as many as you want - this is the last week we'll have them up for sale! And again, they don't have a presale fee on them when bought directly from us. now enjoy the new page!
| We've got some great reviews!!!... |
08.03.2008 |
We're not able to tell you the exact content but if you've checked out the metalblade.de homepage you might have spotted that we will hit Rock Hard Mag's top three in the upcoming issue! and there are some more cool reviews from Heavy Mag, Slam Mag and Metal Hammer Mag coming too!
On another note, please use the presale for the release show, it will make things easier on the night - and again, it's without fee directly from us!
| Metal Blade launching preview page ... |
07.03.2008 |
Our label has released a preview page on the internets – go to metalblade.de and click on the opening pic to get there or go directly to Myspace.com/mbpreview and check out all available details for our upcoming album. There will be another song off "cataract" added so don't waste time and click click click! There's also a contest running so make sure you check it out!
| Record Release Show Contests! (Deutsch)... |
01.03.2008 |
English version see below… Um unseren Geburtstag and der Release Show kräftig
mit euch zu feiern haben wir beschlossen ein paar spassige Contests durchzuführen…
zu unserer Belustigung natürlich. Und damit ihr Euch freiwillig blamiert,
gibt’s ordentlich was zu gewinnen! Folgendermassen siehts aus:
1. Crowdsurfer Fight Contest: Dafür müsst Ihr euch anmelden unter info@cataract.cc.
Wir wählen fünf Nasen aus die mit einem von uns gewählten Hilfsmittel
Crowdsurfen gehen… wer am längsten oben bleibt hat gewonnen. Es gibt
keine Regeln, ihr dürft also eure Konkurrenten attackieren, sabotieren, mit
Müll bewerfen, etc! Der/die Letzte bekommt im 2008 gratis Eintritt an alle
unsere Shows in der Schweiz und natürlich die neue CD und ein Shirt dazu!
2. Fashion Victim Contest: Wir haben in unseren 10 Jahren ein paar dutzend Shirts
und andere Kleidungsstücke gemacht, aber leider war keines davon so richtig
stylisch und modisch. Da wir immer am Puls der Zeit sein wollen, machen wir also
unsern eigenen Casting Wettbewerb! Zur Teilnahme müsst ihr einfach euer eigenes
Cataract Teil designen, euren Hintern an unseren Merchtisch bewegen, Euch registrieren
und fotografieren lassen! Das Shirt solltet ihr dabei natürlich anhaben.
Die Band entscheidet welches Design gewinnt. Der Gewinner kriegt eins aufs Maul
weil er an so einem doofen Wettbewerb mitgemacht hat und obendrein noch freie
Auswahl aus unserm Merch (volle Montur: Shirt, Zipper, Cap, cd) – damit
ihr wegen eurem Look nicht noch mehr auf's Maul kriegt! Wie das ganze aussieht,
überlassen wir euch und euren dunklen Fantasien…. Ihr braucht euch
nicht unbedingt zum Affen machen um zu gewinnen.
3. B-day Tombola!: Wir haben nen Haufen Goodies dabei die wir irgendwo gestohlen
haben… und die geben wir an euch ab. Jeder Eintritt kriegt ein Los, also
hat jeder ne Chance was abzustauben! Zu gewinnen gibt’s Stuff von unseren
Endorsern DC Shoes und Kingshot Clothing.
Nochmals der Hinweis dass wir selber Tickets zu nem Vorzugspreis verdealen, keine
VVK Gebühr. Checkt den link auf unserer Homepage www.cataract.cc
!!! Over and out!
| Record Release Show Contests! (English)... |
01.03.2008 |
Howdy, english apeaking fellas. To celebrate our birthday we've decided to run
three contests at our release show. Here's the deal:
1. Crowdsurfer contest: Register by emailing to info@cataract.cc. We will pick
5 people who will be crowdsurfing with some kind of helping device during the
show. Whoever lasts longest, wins. It's a no rule match, so you may attack your
competitors… Winner gets free entry to all our swiss shows in 2008 and of
course the new cd and a t-shirt!
2. Fashion Victim Contest: Since we haven't managed to produce a megaselling fashion
item, we ask four advice – design you own Cataract garment, move your butt
to the merchtable and register. You choose what it will be and how it will look
like, can be a serious attempt to future fashion design, can be a request for
a beatdown… The winner gets to pick a whole outfit (shirt, zipper, cap,
cd) from our merch so you don't get bullied on the way home!
3. B-day raffle: We will get rid of a bunch of goodies during the night…every
entry gets a number, so everyone has the same chances! There’ll be a lot
of DC and Kingshot stuff to win!
Again, check out our presale for the show, we sell the tickets directly so no
presale fees etc. Check out the link on www.cataract.cc
! Over and out!
| New song online!!!! Ticket presale on Cataract.cc... |
20.02.2008 |
It's about time, isn't it?! we've uploaded a song of our upcoming new album on
our myspace Myspace.com/cataract if you're not already on it), make sure
to check it out! This is just a glimpse on what the whole record will sound
like, we've got some amazing reviews already and we're keen on hearing what you
think about it!
We've had two killer shows last weekend, one playing the infamous and
completely packed Juze Oettingen and the other one supporting the mighty Heaven
Shall Burn in Essen! We introduced our new bass player to the audience and Nico
did a great job (we're actually happy he didn't hurt himself in the pit during
Nasty), so we're looking forward to the upcoming shows. We will add loads more
next week by the way!
Talking about it, our record release show with Requiem, Switchback and Shallow
Bloodhood is going well, we're setting up the playlist this week and we'll
throw ina bunch of our new songs to show what cataract 2008 is all about. If
you didn't know we've got a presale section on our homepage (www.cataract.cc)
where you can get tickets without any presale fee directly from yours truly! So
take the hint and use it...
We've already got some new merch, we will post pics of it in our shop soon -
you have to get the zombie shirts, it's mental! and by the way, we're selling
out our old merch, check the shop on our homepage to see what's left!
later, cataractgo!
| We're in the studio again, Metalhammer Interview... |
28.01.2008 |
We've been locked into the eversound studios to record the bonus tracks for the
limited edition of our upcoming album. We had a lot of fun recording some great
tracks by the Cro Mags, Slayer, Pantera, Madball, The Ramones and many more!!!
we're still working on it but we need to give you some more information about
what's happened in our world!
first off, there is an article online at Metal Hammer mag's webpage, check out
what Fedi had to say about the new album and the recent history of Cataract.
Check this link (it's in german btw): Metal Hammer Interview
The ultra VIP tickets for the cover song karaoke at mascotte are long gone;
we're looking forward to tomorrows fun night out! It's not a regular show, we
will perform one song only, Mötley Crüe's "Kickstart My Heart" - so come out,
have a laugh and cheer for us!
Plus we've also been confirmed for this year's Gränichen Open Air, we've added
it to the shows, for details keep checking back or google...
| Tickets & Supportacts Record Releaseshow announced!... |
28.01.2008 |
Okay before it goes round and we're the last ones to blare it out, REQUIEM,
SWITCHBACK and SHALLOW BLOODHOOD will be supporting us on the 20iest of march!
Requiem and us shared the stage actually when they released their last killer
album; Switchback are just an incredible tech metal band and Shallow Bloodhood
blew us away when we saw them live lately! it's all swiss bands btw, even
though you can't understand when the guys from Shallow Bloodhood talk to each
other. Tickets are on sale NOW, you can purchase them for 25 swiss money per
ticket directly from us either by email or keep checking our page, we'll have a
link up in a bit. no presale fee whatsoever, just add 2 swiss money for
the postage per mailing. Of course you can also get them via Pitfire.net and
ticketcorner.com if you think we'll just stash the cash and ... uh thats a good
idea. gotta go!
| Cataract launch guest list contest... |
22.01.2008 |
hey y'all, we have 12 guest list places for the 4 years karaoke from hell party
on the 29th of january at mascotte, zurich and since we don't have friends we
decided to give them away in sort of a contest. the only thing you have to do
is be FAST and drop an email to info(at)cataract.cc, first come first serve.
the rules - mail only if you will show up, if we doubt it, you're "too late".
Don't ask if we can put your friend on too. don't ask anything actually. if
you're not there by 2200hrs some bum will get in and you get sweet FA.
swiss german text below...
so etz no uf schwiizerdütsch. mer händ 12 plätz für ultra super vip gäscht am
Karaoke from hell geburi und well mer i dä reale wält kei fründe händ, gämmer
die usä. schriibed es email a info(ät)cataract.cc, de schnäller isch de
gschwinder. bedingig isch nume dass au würkli chunnsch am 29.01., und NEI mer
chönd di nöd plus eis druftuä. also hopp dä bäsä.
| New Bassplayer, Releaseshow and more... |
21.01.2008 |
Allright cataractians, it's done, we're a five piece again! As of today Nico Schläpfer from End Of
Suffering and Timor has joined us as our new bassplayer! We are confident that
he too will add a lot of new spirit and blood to the band - not just because
he's a tiny bit younger than the rest of us haha!!! Of course we want to thank
all the guys who also were ready to ruin their lifes, we had to pick between
four guys and this decision was quite hard to make. We will give you more
information about our new member as soon as possible and we're excited to
present him on stage very soon!
Then, we'd like to announce our Record Release and 10th Anniversary show which
is scheduled for the 20.03.2008 which is thursday before Good
Friday/Karfreitag. It'll take place at Rohstofflager Zürich, we will have a
couple of supporting acts and we will take care of a good sound as well.
Tickets are available through pitfire.net and directly through us, we'll let
you know when. We've got some other things planned for the release of our fifth
full length and we will announce everything in time.
Talking about the new cd; it will be self titled as it's the right thing to do
right now and it's due on the 20iest of march (G/A/S) and the 25th in the rest
of Europe! you can check out the cover under metalblade.de! There will be a
limited Digipack version with a bonus disc where yours truly will play some old
school hardcore and metal candy and maybe we'll even play one or two on the
release show! We'll post the exact songs in their order as soon as we've got
that sorted out. Metal Blade will also release a limited edition on Picture
Vinyl by the way and it will look killer!
We also have some new merch on the way, we should recieve it by the middle of
february. We are currently selling out some of our older designs and have
lowered the prices, there's just a few (thats one or two) left of those items
so check the webstore on our homepage! We've also added some more shows btw, so
check the dates out too! Cataract 2008
| Last minute show added!... |
18.01.2008 |
We've added a show on the 15th of February; as we're driving up to support
Heaven Shall Burn's record release festivities we'll make a stop at the Juze in
Oettingen where we've played in november 2006 I think. We will add the other
bands as soon as we know who they are!
15.02.2008 Juze, Oettingen D
Other Bands: Tba
| Big news roundup!... |
08.01.2008 |
First of all as possible the last ones on the planet - have a great 2008! we
sure hope you survived new year's eve, gained a few pounds and made some
ridiculous resolutions. we will have a great 2008 - why? because it's our tenth
anniversary! so, happy birthday to us! you might wonder what kind of presents
we get - we can tell you one, a BIG one, namely our fabulous fifth full length
release which will be released in march and it will kill! We'll tell you more
about it soon as we've got some more great news coming along.
More shows: we've been confirmed for the With Full Force open air this year and
we will be playing an exclusive show with our buddies from Heaven Shall Burn on
the 16th of february to celebrate the release of their latest
album "iconoclast". check out the Rise Or Die fest online at
Riseordie.net as it has tons of other bands playing, make sure you
catch tickets for this event!
Again, to all the people writing in about the open bass player position, thank
you! we have an incredible selection and it will be difficult to sort out the
right guy. please be patient with us, we've been a bit overwhelmed yb the
respone. You can still write in if you think you're perfect. Allright that's it for now, cataract
| First shows for 2008 confirmed!... |
21.12.2007 |
They're snowing in now, we have the first extended weekend confirmed for 2008! we will have a small italian tour in the beginning of april, check out the dates section as it will be filled more and more. There are more shows in the pieline and we will announce them as soon as they are confirmed. please remember to contact MAD-tourbooking.de for all inquiries.
THANK YOU to all the people who wrote in about the open position as our bassplayer. we're still browsing, allthough we have some very interesting e-mails right here. if there is any doubt from our side we will contact you, if you don't hear back from us - well that's a good sign.
As for the new album, we've finished all the studio work (btw check out page 5 of the studio pic folder for some mental pics!!), the record is mixed and will now be proceeded to Metal Blade. Tue did an amazing job, the production kicks some serious ass! Keep checking back to get all the information!. yours, cataract!
| Cataract looking for the final (bass) player! ... |
12.12.2007 |
it's been rumoured that we're looking for a new bassplayer, and funny enough we
realized it's true when we were in the studio... damn! so here we are, looking
probably for YOU. here's what we want:
- obviously, it's great if you live in switzerland. we will rehearse at least
one and up to three times a week in zurich so you should be able to do that
without discussion.
- it's nice if you've played in a band before and you're familiar with having
shows, performing on stage, studio etc.
- it's also nice if we'd already know you in some way, allthough this is not a
must.
- we will be your social life from the time you join the band, you might want
to think about that. it's basically half the weekends and half the evenings of
a year you will have to endure the rest of us.
- you should have the skills.
- you should have proper equipment.
- you love music. your background should be metal and/or hardcore.
- you will be a full member of the band.
- you also will be asked to do your share of the band work.
please send us an email (info(at)cataract.cc) and tell us why you think you're
the perfect pick! we will invite you for a little jam session if we think you
are fit.
| Suchen geeigneten Tieftöner! ... |
12.12.2007 |
Cataract suchen geeigneten Tieftöner! Eine Überraschung ist es nicht wirklich, aber nun ist es offiziell: wir suchen
einen neuen Bassisten! ihr kennt den Song, aber hier ist er nochmal:
- am besten kommst Du aus unserer Nachbarschaft; wir proben mindestens einmal
und bis zu dreimal die Woche in Zürich, und das sollte für Dich ebenfalls
möglich sein, ohne Diskussion.
- idealerweise hast Du schon Banderfahrung, kennst ein Studio von Innen,
standest schon einige Male auf der Bühne, kennst einfach das ganze Drumherum.
- wenn wir Dich schon irgendwie kennen - um so besser, muss allerdings nicht
sein.
- überleg Diir den Schritt gut - die Band wird einen grossen Teil Deines Lebens
ausmachen! Zwei Abende Probe, Wochenenden gehen für Shows drauf und Urlaub ist
ebenfalls on the road.
- Du solltest Dein Instrument beherrschen.
- Du besitzt gutes Equipment.
- Du solltest Musik lieben, Dein Background sollte im Metal/Hardcore liegen.
- Du wirst volles Mitglied der Band.
- Du wirst ebenfalls Bandinterne Jobs übernehmen.
wenn Du der Meinung bist, du bist der Mann oder die Frau dafür, schick uns eine
Email an info(at)cataract.cc und sag uns warum du's bist! Wenn wir interessiert
sind, packen wir Dich in den Proberaum und hören uns an ob's kracht!
| Studioreport 2007 Day 13... |
26.11.2007 |
Last day! At least for Tom, Greg and myself. And it started with a bang – a computer bang, and we feel honoured to have met a Mac with a problem! Well the power supply has blown, so that’s good bye to the machine, we’re working on Tue’s Laptop now which is only a little bit slower. Tom has done some brutal extra vocals to brutalize the songs. B to da r to da fucking utal! Some last overdubs were also done and a final fart has been conducted too. So we’ve packed up our things are ready to leave, just waiting for the first very raw mix of the next cataract cd. As mentioned before we’re leaving Fedi behind to finish off the vocals we’ll keep you updated about the funny things happening on our trip back and at Antfarm.
Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 12... |
25.11.2007 |
Farewell is getting closer now. We spent half of the day on placing samples, fucking up guitars, cutting out parts, making intros, rearranging and erasing. We ended up with results hat blew us right out of the door and will make up for ear damages we might have obtained. Fedi finished two more songs, and we’ve been stressing him out quite a bit haha! But again, it’s worth the extra effort. There’s three songs left now which we hope to finish tomorrow or at least as much as we can put it on a cd and listen to it on the way home. Fedi will stay until Wednesday and has to make all lines sound like he was on coke. Looking forward to hear that!
Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 11... |
24.11.2007 |
Ok my face is kinda deformed so I had to go and see a doc today, don’t worry it’s all fine, I’m not a leper. Greg and Tom did almost all guitar solos and overdubs today, and Fedi continued with the songs. Since we can’t stress his voice too much we’re almost constantly finishing two song every day and if there’s time left we muse on editing the songs.
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| Studioreport 2007 Day 10... |
23.11.2007 |
Bwoah I’m sick as a dog. Seriously, check out the pics and if you see a guy with a football attached to his face, that’s me. I haven’t slept an hour and now I’m spending time sipping tea while the rest of the guys stuff their faces at Tue’s mansion. I hope they got dogfood! I’m not giving you the details of what I did today, you wouldn’t like it. Tom and Greg finished the bass while I went to the airport to pick up Fedi. I took him more or less directly to the studio were Mr. “which games are gonna be on TV tonight?” checked out our work and his happy face tells me he’s just been blown away! Well since they started to make fun of my big face I had to leave and I’ll tell you more next time.
Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 9... |
22.11.2007 |
Another busy day has passed, the last guitar tracks have been laid down and we’ve done the bass for five tracks already. It sounds more metal than ever, quite a difference from our old recordings! We’re progressing really fast now, which will leave us enough time to do the vocals and all the overdubs, solos, screaming, squealing… and of course the mixing, but that will be Tue’s job. Fedi’s coming in tomorrow and I guess we will be done with the bass lines by then – we’ll let you know! Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 3
... |
21.11.2007 |
We picked up work where we stopped yesterday; gave those two last takes a good listen and decided we could do better and then did so. It sounds easy but it did take a while until we were convinced they will tear shit apart… it’s funny how you start hearing the slightest mistakes, and hearing nothing but that one hit and not the rest of the song. Tue does a great job there, making us see the important things and not wreck ourselves on some detail no one will care about. We started on two new songs (we cant really tell you much about the titles as we just gave them numbers to reduce the confusion) and so far they’re also going through a night’s sleep too and tomorrow we’ll see where we’re going with them. It’s time for some Eddie Murphy now, so good night!
| Studioreport 2007 Day 4
... |
21.11.2007 |
Another long day is over but it was well worth the extra hours! We finished off the drum recordings, ten tracks of solid metal were hammered into shape and will be sharpened during the upcoming days! After we had the last three songs recorded, we went through all the songs again, did some final changes on two of them and now we can’t wait to start working back at the Antfarm… we will again add some more pictures today or tomorrow! Cheerio!
Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 5
... |
21.11.2007 |
After spending some additional hours at Feedback yesterday evening to remove the drums, today started with moving all the guitar stuff into a completely re-built Antfarm and setting things up for the guitar sessions. Tom and Greg basically spent all day searching for the perfect sound and the perfect combinations. We have an army of amps we can try out, but of course we also brought our own equipment. At the end we recorded two tracks including the bass to give it a listen at home, and it sounds very promising, even though no buttons have been touched! Looking forward to tomorrow!
Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 6
... |
21.11.2007 |
I actually stayed at home all day while Greg and Tom worked hard. They played guitar. All – day – long. Boring. Here’s what I did: slept another hour, got out of bed late, vacuumed and cleaned the kitchen, did the dishes, had some soup, made lots of mails, erased one hundred times more spam, ate Christmas chocolate, watched Knuckledust’s dvd and listened to the album, more mails, also did lots of myspace business and then had a biiiiig wank. Oh well since you might not be interested in my daily musing, Tom and Greg finished three more songs plus the ones from yesterday and it’s kicking serious ass! I’m surprised how the songs differ among themselves but it’s still pure Cataract!
Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 7
... |
21.11.2007 |
Alright a bit more on topic this time. Today was Tue’s day off, we actually thought we’d just hang out at home but we had the pleasure to work with Jacob Olsen, still at the Antfarm of course. We did some little changes to the rhythm guitars in two songs we’ve already recorded, but then again it was time for Ricky to sod off and be a housewife again. Greg and Tom went on working on the songs, they recorded two new ones which developed to be quite a piece of work but listening to the recording right now I have to say it was well worth it! I’m sure you’d agree if you could hear it… but you can’t. Not yet. Oh yeah if any Danish people recall what Tue did on Saturday night, he’ll be happy to know, he was wandering around the studio in his bare feet and mumbled something about 2 hrs of sleep and winning. Later guys!
Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 8... |
21.11.2007 |
We’re almost done with the guitars and even though there’s nothing done on the mix they sound massive! There’s one more song left now and then we’re probably gonna flip a coin to see who’s starting on the bass… I actually would love to, but apparently it’s not that easy. Fedi is going to meet up with us on Wednesday so we have plenty of time to work on those extra things and then of course the vocals. And that’s it for today, really…
Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 2
... |
16.11.2007 |
Today meant business. Ricky turned the drums to ashes and we recorded four songs
that we’re really happy with, you people will love them. We also did a first take for two
more songs but frankly, after six hours of noise…. we will decide whether they’re
good or not tomorrow. So we’re looking at the basics for five songs and we’re f’ing
happy with them to say the least. You people will love them. They’re polite death
metal. We’ll evaluate what that exactly means as soon as we know more about it. Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007Day 1
... |
15.11.2007 |
This day meant basically getting ready for recording the drums. We went back to that
place Feedback Studios where we’ve been for the “triumph” sessions and where
Knuckledust and Moonspell just did their drum tracks. We’re using a smaller room
though, it makes the drums sound amazing just as such so it’s less work on the desk
and more sound on the record. If you care, we’re using Tue’s own pearly white
Yamaha Set which sounds as nasty as it looks, it has coated skins giving a lot of
attack; a 14”x 5” metal snare nicely smashing eardrums, plus the usual variety of
cymbals including a amazingly noisy 20” china. No amps on the guitars, they are just
plugged in and sent through some guitarizer or whatever you may call it. Most time
we spent setting up, sound checking and rehearsing. We ended up starting with the
recordings, did one song and got started on two more, but then called it a day as we
still were battered. By the way we will try to add some pictures. I guess they will be
up on myspace pretty soon and later also on the webpage. Complete Cataract Studioreport
| Studioreport 2007 Day 0
... |
14.11.2007 |
Okay buddies, we’re online, as of Tuesday, the 13th of November. We had a little trouble hooking up to the internet but lets just say we had better things to do, actually! Here’s what we did so far:
Day 0: Drove up to Denmark, 1225kms more or less straight with a completely packed
Volkswagen Sharan; tons of drum accessories, cymbals, pedals; a collection of
guitars and amplifiers plus four bags full of Swiss bread, milk and chocolate so we
don’t starve in the home of the fluffy bread. We’ve met Tue, moved into a nice flat
which will be our home for the upcoming days, made some pasta and more or less
went straight to bed. Complete Cataract Studioreport
| This year's final show was a blast!!!... |
10.09.2007 |
We didn't really expect it, but how good are the shows that turn out to be just amazing? Playing the Estrich in Winistorf (which by the way is a really nice venue that just needs ventilation hah) was a f'ing blast! This place is literally out in the field and if you don't know where to drive to you have no chance to find it. lucky more than enough people did find it and the whole village was turned into a parking lot. The time schedule soon was gone AWOL but it didn't matter as the place was full and people seemed to enjoy the brutality. after all the death, mutilation and grind dealed out we kinda were the pop act of the night but apparently everyone was happy to get sissy punches from us! we've recorded half of the show and hopefully we'll be able to post some of the footage.
as this was (as far as we know now) our final show this year, we'd lie to thank all you people for booking us, feeding us, supporting us or just being there! we will tell you all in a bit what the plans are for the rest of 2007. keep checking back - you will love it!
| Joch'n'Roll battered, Metalfest destroyed... |
02.09.2007 |
what a weekend! we finally managed to play the Joch'n'Roll fest, it still was quite crazy - we switched positions with Volbeat in the last minute as they were stuck in traffic. nevertheless, we got to play the main stage like this so we wont complain especially not since the crowd went nuts and we had a nice farmer's pit going with lots of straw flying about! Metalfest in Uri also suffered from murphy's law as the mixing board kinda blew up while Inishmore were playing... the technicians managed to fix it but of course this took quite a while. we started with a delay of about one hour I think, but luckily with great sound so the festival ended loud as it's supposed to be!
this weekend's show in Winisdorf will be our last so far for this year, so come out and rock out at the estrich!
| some kick ass shows and lots of driving... |
29.08.2007 |
allright it's time for a big wash up; we've had half a dozen shows and of course we need to tell about our little adventures in the big big world. some weeks ago we went off to play an amazing Brutal Assault fest in Jaromer, CZ with ralph from Disparaged filling in on bass - thanks again bro!! It was a pity we had to leave after a fantastic afternoon show in front of a completely mad crowd (by the way metalpics.ch has some killer pics online) as we had to drive to germany for another show which was more or less in the middle of nowhere and left us in some trouble finding it. However, we ended up there just in time to rock out in the middle of the woods so cheers to all the people moshing the mud up haha!
last weekend we played Weinheim alongside Cracknail, Dresden's Boom Fest with Disillusion and The Bones and ultimately the one and only Ieper Fest with about a billion bands, this time Jay from Vale Tudo helped us out again. And boy this weekend was rock'n'roll. We ended up with a smaller van than planned so after 2hrs we gave up trying to pack our stuff and decided to drive with the van and a private car. Instead of splitting the ride between three drivers we more or less were constantly behind the wheels of steel, killing kilometers and praying for insomnia. It turned out well though, we only got flashed 4 times plus one possible case of "defamation of a civil servant on duty".
cheers to all the people setting those shows up and of course the crowds making it all worth it!
| Our crazy shows this weekend... |
07.08.2007 |
Just to avoid any confusion, here's the deal for this weekend: Our appearance at the Brutal Assault fest has been moved to Saturday, the 11th of august, showtime is 1615hrs! We have another show on that day at Rübenau/Marienberg at the WGSOAF fest, showtime around 2300hrs. We will play both shows, nothing is cancelled. Just to let you know. Ralf from Disparaged will be filling in on bass this weekend, by the way!
| Finland and Paleo were killer!... |
27.07.2007 |
Our trip to finland was total killer. even though we had to struggle a lot it all went really well. Jay learned the songs in more or less one rehearsal, then we had to make him go to finland one day earlier (cheers to low cost flying) and then he had to hang out all day with a bottle of rum until we finally arrived friday evening after an adventurous drive through finlands woods. we spent the night at ollis's place, completely knackered from the travelling and then we've been hanging out at the fest all day - we had a huge backstage with tv and a sauna haha! The show was spectacular, we had all equipment lent by other bands and it worked out really well! the place was on fire and we sure hope well get that guy who filmed the whole thing!
as soon as we were home as soon we also had to get to the Paleo festival wehere we played an outdoor stage in the village. It must have been the weirdest show this year, as we had to keep the sond really low - the drums were taped up with tissues and duct tape because they were too loud! So we don't really know if people heard us in front of the stage haha! nevertheless, it was great fun so cheers to all the people helping us out in these shows! Love cataract
| Würzburg kills... |
02.07.2007 |
Würzburg kills... and we're not referring to the shit traffic that had us arriving more or less right on time to enter the stage! it's been a while since we've last been to Würzburg (I think that was with Malm ages ago...) so we've been wondering how this fest will turn out and we've been very pleased - great sound, great set, lots of headbanging and moshing plus we even had a so called "wall of the death" tearing the place in two haha! So, Rock Falls proved to be a very cozy fest with an extraordinary stage, great food and a crowd that likes to party! cheers to chris and his crew for setting this up and see you all again!
| Some more or less shit news... |
02.07.2007 |
We have to infrom you that Kay is no longer part of the band. Jay from Vale Tudo will be filling in for the upcoming shows and when we're done we'll be looking around for permanent replacement. we'll update the shows in a bit so keep checking back!
| Greenfield's Hardest!... |
18.06.2007 |
It's been a day and a half to recover but we're still lacking the words to tell about the greenfield show. I guess the praise of the awesome location has to step back because this must have been one of our best shows ever! We guessed there'd be about 400 people who actually would listen to us - but boy were we wrong. Greenfield liked it the hard way! We had a packed tent and 40 minutes to finish off the chapter of metal, and the crowd loved every minute of it - and so did we. The sound was killer (not loud enough though haha), the response was overwhelming and there was probably the biggest mosh pit this fest has ever seen - along with some smaller ones! so cheers to the thousands in attendace, making this a night - well an afternoon to remember!!!
To those giving us praise after the show, it means the world to us. and those who can't believe we're from switzerland, listen to this: Mier händ denn imfall meh fründe uf myspace als die andere schwiizer bänds! also drs 3, fäcts und schwiizer familä: chönd üs gärn iilade. märsi.
over and out, cataract
| Some pics on the web... |
18.06.2007 |
Hey y'all, there are some nice pics from our appearance at the greenfield fest
online at tilllate, check the link to see them. Some more pics (from lucerne this
time) are also on the mighty rabbitriot page, also check out their videos!! Click
Here and Click Here
cheers, cataract
| Soul of Metal cancelled!... |
08.06.2007 |
We have to inform you that the whole soul of metal festival has been cancelled due to some tragic incidents around the main promoter of the show. All the best to Martin and keep your head up.
| Show log file for the last weekends... |
05.06.2007 |
we've played some crushing shows in the past days. First off was the Rock Hard fest where we played the probably nicest venue ever right after Crucified Barbara, that was also our first "big" show with the new line up and we loved it! Cheers to Stoney and Frank from RockHard for being such amazing hosts - we'll remember the hotel offer next time haha! Then we went off to Rostock to play a quite chaotic but nevertheless great show; it had to be moved due to the police raiding the original venue two days before. to top it off we played a sold out Sackfabrik in Magdeburg. Not only did we slaughter kay's beard with a carpet knife but we also played one of our craziest shows ever - people queued up for the stagedives and started jumping off the PA! And as we covered the redneck stomp fedi followed them - thanks for catching him folks! We literally ran out of songs, but seriously we couldn't expect such a response!! Thanks again to all involved and of course the bands helping us out!
Last friday we (along with Zatokrev) opened up for Type O Negative and MachineHead at the legendary volkshaus - even though our stage space was very limited and we had close to no monitor sound, the show kicked ass big time! we had to stop after 30 mins and sadly couldn't play encores, however thanks to all the people (and all the ladies from free&virgin) for the great support and the cheering after the show! Lucerne on saturday was another sold out show, small stage, hot venue and lots of moshing! thanks to Pippo and crew for setting it up and Fallen Century and Horatio for kicking it too!
Next up is the greenfield fest - lets see what happens there haha! love, cataract
| Cataract live @ Hell On Earth... |
04.06.2007 |
we just recieved some video footage of our h.o.e. appearance last year here in switzerland. cheers to hänu for putting his live on the line haha! the recording sometimes blacks out but I guess you can figure out why. View the video on Youtube website
| Big news update... |
25.05.2007 |
our ascension weekend was a f'ing blast!!! it started off in stuttgart where we played the moist pits of Prag club - cheers to all the metalheads coming to see us on such short notice, and xtra special thanks to seb from Epitome Of Frail and Tom from Bleeding Nose for setting things up! We then headed to Essen to headline the Filled With Hate warm up show along with the disciples of brutality Clobberin' Time, Brothers in Crime, Ruction and SelbstMordAttentäter... and 200 liters of free beer and half a dozen fistfights in an almost tropical atmosphere. cheers to Dennis, Rico and Axel for setting things up! To top it off we played a sold out Club de B in Torhout with Maroon, Spoil Engine who released their new cd and Distorted with almost 400 people going nuts during the show - some people climbed the pa for their stagedives! props to Steven and his crew for this amazing evening!
Good News / Bad News - our spot at the Greenfield has been moved, we now get to play later and longer which is cool. However, we have to cancel the Summer Blast fest, as the time gap for travelling to trier is simply too small. We tried to move our showtime there but its not possible and the people from Summerblast don't want to take the likely risk of us getting stuck in traffic. We're sorry for all the inconvenience caused. Concerning our show with Machine Head, Chimaira have cancelled their show so us and Zatokrev are both playing later. the ticket price has been reduced now and those who hold the original ticktes will get free drinks!
Some more shows have been added too: Rockfalls fest in Würzburg, Boom fest in Dresden, Ieper fest in duh! Ieper and No fest in Weinheim, check the dates! love cataract!
| Cataract playing Greenfield Open Air!!... |
16.05.2007 |
Now it's official! great news for us, bad news for the faint-hearted. Cataract will definately play this year's Greenfield fest in Interlaken, Switzerland! After Gränichen this is the second time we are playing an event like this in switzerland and boy it's the big one! To avoid any confusion, we also have a show announced in Trier on that day and we are currently sorting this out as we plan to play both shows, which will be another first for us. If anyone wants to sponsor us a helicopter, just write us an email, we will probably accept it! We will be appearing quite early on the tent stage (check www.greenfieldfestival.ch) and after the show head off to Trier to play the ultimate Summer Blast Fest, so as long as we don't announce something different here, both shows are happening.
Our show in Kufstein, Austria was killer by the way, some of the kindest people we've ever met - offering us beer on stage while we played haha! so cheers to Peter and the whole gang (Dryrot, Raypissed) for a great night!
We will have some more shows announced soon, so keep checking back!
| Tom's a dad - again!... |
08.05.2007 |
Right, this is some rather unusual news but we're very happy to announce the arrival switzerland's youngest death metal lunatic: as of now, Tom's a double dad! DEMIAN was born last week and will be raised to the sweet sound of possibly cannibal corpse, ion dissonance and of course cataract and disparaged! horns up to the family, may the blast beat be with you!
on some other, more usual but still great news - we've added another show we could slip in. We will be appearing at the earshakerdays on the 1st of June at the volkshaus in zurich, along with machine head, type o negative, chimaira and zatokrev!! we'll be on stage quite early (read around 1800hrs), so may we suggest you come in early. see you all there
| Last minute show in Stuttgart added!!... |
30.04.2007 |
Folks, we have a last minute show we can add, on the way up to the Filled With Hate warm up party we will make a stop in Stuttgart and play the thursday night at club prag. Epitome Of Frail will be playing with us plus another band we're working on, we will make that official as soon as we can - it will be our first show outside switzerland with the new line up, by the way!
come out and rock out!
| Blood, sweat... and no tears... |
23.04.2007 |
cheers to everyone coming out and supporting us and hardcore/metal last saturday at the Dance Of Days fest, we loved every minute of it!! The weather was a blast, the grill was greatSpecial thanks to the whole Remise Crew for another great fest and of course all the bands whom we shared that little stage with. another special thanks to the crowd for keeping it rough but fair in the pit - even though an old school buddy of Kay got his nose broken and other minor injuries occured everthing went nice and easy. check out some first pics on Rabbitriot.net !
some other news, the headliner for the Uri Metalfest has been announced: Entombed who took that same place apart not too long ago will return and finish the job! allright more is coming soon. yours, cataract
| Dance of days festival coming up... |
19.04.2007 |
Heya everyone, another great show is coming up, this time it's the dance of days fest at the Remise in Wil and yes that's spelled with one "L", unlike the back of about 173 tourshirts that obviously were done with thesaurus' autocorrect function activated. however, we're gonna rock out with Terror, Full Blown Chaos, Teamkiller and lots more, festival starts at 1500hrs, check out Danceofdaysfestival.ch for more information!
we've updated our shows section, there's some amazing shows coming up as the Lappeenranta Fest in Finland, we'll be performing (I have to write it that way) at the famous Paléo Festival in Nyon where maybe bjork will join us fo a slayer cover, who knows?! The festival is almost sold out already, even on the day's we're not playing, it's insane! more news, we've also added Brutalassault festival in the Czech Republic which will be quite extraordinaire, taking place in a fortress built in the 1780ies and featuring bands as Pain, Immolation, Sturnus, Katatonia and many, many more. We've also got some more shows confirmed but we don't have much information for those yet, we will update it as soon as possible. OK so long, see you grilling at the Dance Of Days Fest!
| Pics from our first show with tom... |
12.04.2007 |
hey you all, it's a bit late but what the heck; first off THANKS to all the people involved in the heavymetal.ch fest - our first show in the new line up! The venue was sold out with over 700 metalheads showing up and I can tell you we've been nervous, but after all it was amazing playing to an audience tearing the place apart with a massive wall of death!! We've got a weight off our shoulders now as we recieved tons of praise for the new kid on the block, Tom played a fantastic show and we're now looking forward to our upcoming shows twice as much! Cheers also to all the bands playing, especially Neil from Benediction/ex Stampin' Ground (say hi to your kid from us!), and last but not least, all the crazy people coming out to party with heavymetal.ch! check out our pics on Photopit.com and get some impressions of the show!
| Cataract out of hibernation... |
26.03.2007 |
We're officially out of hibernation as of next saturday when we will play our first show with the new lineup at the heavymetal.ch fest! come by if you want a full dose of metal as the line up is loaded with amazing bands!! we're looking forward to this show and of course next month's dance of the days fest where we will introduce the new line up to a hardcore audience (terror and full blown chaos will share the stage with us among tons of other bands)!
more news soon! cataract
| Tom's profile is online... |
26.02.2007 |
just a short note - we've added new pictures to the page layout and we also added Tom's profile to the band section. we're progressing well with the rehearsals so we're looking forward to the shows coming up! we've updated the shows section, keep checking back as we're adding and updating constantly.
over and out, cataract
| Cataract back for good!!!... |
15.02.2007 |
Yes it's true, we are back to a five piece! And we're glad we can stop the guessing and rumouring by officially welcoming Tom Kuzmic whom you might know from death metal monsters Disparaged to the mighty realm of Castle Cataract!
We also thank all the people who wanted to ruin their lives by joining us on our trip to hell or volunteered to jump in case we couldn't find someone - you guys fucking rock! We are confident this is the best that could have happened as Tom has more than 100% of what we were looking for!
We already started rehearsing with the new line up and things are looking great for the shows we wisely didn't cancel haha! So once again to end all discussion - we will play shows, starting March 31st! We will keep you posted on the progression.
| Cataract looking for new guitarist... |
22.01.2007 |
Deutsche Version weiter unten! allright, as we announced here's a little hint
on what we're looking for. of course it doesn't have to be a 100% coverage, we
will discuss it as you write in, but make up your mind about these points. we're
not just looking for someone who can play our songs, but for someone who brings
his own style and wants to push our music further. We're not looking for someone
with rock star dreams, but for someone who loves metal and hardcore as we do,
who loves music and who is willing to kick ass with us. so here we go:
- experienced concerning playing in a band and on stage
- appropriate skills on the instrument of course
- you have your own ideas to add to our sound
- musical background can be as open minded as you want, but the main thing
should be death/thrash metal alongside with the brutal end of hard- and metalcore.
- rehearsing 2x/week in Zurich
So let us hear about your vision and don't be shy!
Okay, hier noch auf Deutsch - unten sind ein paar Punkte aufgelistet, die ihr
euch durch den Kopf gehen lassen könnt bevor ihr schreibt. Es geht nicht
darum, einfach jemanden zu haben, der unsere Songs spielen kann. Es sollte jemand
sein, der sich mit uns im Proberaum verschanzt und die Musik von Cataract mit
seinem Stil und seinen Ideen erweitert. Wir brauchen keinen, der "Rockstar"
Träume hat, sondern einen, der Metal und Hardcore genau so liebt wie wir,
der ohne Musik nicht leben kann und der Bock drauf hat, mit uns Arsch zu treten!
Also:
- Band- und Bühnenerfahrung sind von Vorteil
- Entsprechendes Können auf dem Instrument
- Du trägst Deinen Teil zum Songwriting bei
- Dein persönlicher Geschmack kann so breit sein wies nur geht, aber
Death und Thrash Metal sowie die harte Seite von Hardcore und Metalcore sollten
dominant sein.
- Es sollte kein Problem sein, zweimal die Woche in Zürich zu Proben.
Also, auf geht's!
| Cataract in hibernation... |
15.01.2007 |
Dear Cataractians, we have some rather big news for you all. We've had several discussions between different members about our future concerning music, shape, form and structure of Cataract and of course the year lying ahead. And, after a final meeting this friday, we agreed to disagree - our founding member Simon decided to part ways with Cataract to pursue his own projects, which you will run across sooner or later. We had nine incredible years and all of us will remember the times we had. we're parting in peace as we all agreed that this is the best way for both sides.
Simon says the following to his departure: "Sometimes you come to a cross road in life where there is only one way to go. I choose the path of facing a new personal and musical challenge. I have been part of this band as a founding member for nearly 8 1/2 years. I am thankful for the great experiences I have made and for all the old friends, new friends, promoters, journalists and tons more - you know who you are - I met over the years through the band. I want to thank all bandmembers - previous and past - that shared a vision. I wish cataract all the best."
We have decided to take a break until we worked out all the band bizness and we'll use the time to evaluate simon's successor. We unfortunetely had to cancel the show in Aarau but we will make up for it as soon as we're a five piece again. All other shows (we will add them soon) are still hot and will happen. If you have any questions, contact us.
Of course we're looking for a new guitarist now, we will make another posting with our ideas and requirements in short time. If you already think you have got "it" then contact us on info@cataract.cc.
Simon, all the best on your way, we all know you will make it!
| Happy New Year everyone!!... |
05.01.2007 |
right on, whether you were dipping carrots, fucked up on drugs, going mental or even sleeping - we hope all of you had an a great time starting the new year because we sure did hehe! we'll be posting some more news soonish since we're sorting out the shows for this year now and we'll start posting them.
Our latest album "kingdom" was voted "album of the year" in Slam Magazine which is absolutely amazing!
keep checking back as the heat will be increased throughout the month!
| Onward to termination ! Last Show for this Year
... |
13.12.2006 |
Our last show for this year is coming up, we're looking forward to it as it will be a special event featuring wicked metal and crushing hardcore and tons of giveaways from DCshoeco - please note that you will need a presale ticket to take part in the drawing which will take place during the night. please check Kingshot.net for details!
| Kaisten In Ashes
... |
06.12.2006 |
cheerio cataractians, just a short update. we played our second last show for this year in kaisten and it turned out to be kicking a lot of ass!! so thanks for all the people coming out and moshing it up and of course to danny and his crew for setting the whole fest up.
our last show is due on the 22nd of december, make sure you come and check us out thrashing it up with Soul Demise, Dark Day Dungeon, Vale Tudo, Taste of Tears and 5 Days Rain. Check Kingshot.net for the flyer and more informations...
see you there! Cataract
| Cataract at X-Mas and new Merchandise
... |
22.11.2006 |
hey everyone, we've had a incredible weekend playing small club show in oettingen and oberwolfach, both shows were absolutely packed and the response was just incredible! Cheers again to Honig and Jan for setting things up (next time it won't be such a hassle) and of course to all the people who came out to see us - even if it was next to the end of the world haha!
some news:
We have two shows left this year: 02.12. in Kaisten, Switzerland and our last show for 2006 at the X-mas Metal Mosh in Zug, Switzerland. Presales for the latter one have just started on Pitfire.net and Kingshot.net, be sure to get there, it's gonna r.o.c.k.! The show on the 20iest will be cancelled as it was booked to follow the X-Mass tour which we won't play now.
Imperial-clothing.com are our latest ally when it comes to merchandise - they will sell some of our actual merch plus some exclusive designs in germany and the whole rest of Europe. Now this will be interesting for EU citizens as it will be much, much cheaper to order from them - less postage and no taxes. So check them out but DO NOT look at other merch than ours. okay? OKAY???
thats it then, see you around, cataract
| Some other News... |
24.10.2006 |
We have some new merch which should also be uploaded soon, plus there will be various new designs made by Imperial Clothing. And we will also upload some more pictures soonish.
We also started booking shows for 2007, first date confirmed is the Rock Hard Festival where we will play Friday with Heaven Shall Burn, Grave Digger and Amon Amarth. We’re working on a trip to southern Europe, plus on a headlining tour next year.
We’re not going on the X-Mass tour as you might have catched, this is final. We’re sorry about this and thank all the people who sent emails and phoned in – we will make sure we come by soon, especially to Paris.
Finally we will be presenting the X-Mas Mosh on the 22nd of december with Kingshot, besides us Soul Demise, Dark Day Dungeon, Vale Tudo and Taste of Tears will be entering the stage of the Galvanik in Zug.
| Back from Hell - With a massive news update
... |
23.10.2006 |
We’ve had a very successful three weeks on the hell on earth tour passing England, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Danmark and fo course the center of the world, Switzerland. We’ll be finishing the tour report soon so you can check out where we’ve been rocking out.
We want to thank all the people who made this trip so f’ing amazing for us, most of all Schlumpf “der Kassierer” and MAD for making it happen, all our drivers (we stopped counting at five), AK, our drinking buddies in Heaven Shall Burn including Benny and Maroon plus Pappe, Narziss, God Forbid, Purified in Blood (Manowar form Norway) and our french compagnons from Perfect Murder – très bien. All hail to the local promoters for making it all possible and once again the people coming to the shows, especially the crowd at Kofmehl Solothurn for making it one of our best shows ever!
| Hell On Earth 2006 Tour-Report complete
... |
16.10.2006 |
Hello at all. It is done, the complete Tourreport from the Hell on Earth Tour 2006 is now available on our Website. Go to our Press-Section on the Download Page. Click here and download the complete Tour-Report from the Hell On Earth Tour 2006 as Pdf File.
| Hell On Earth 2006 Tour-Report Day 4-6
... |
22.09.2006 |
Hello all, here is the next Tourreport from the last UK Days 4 - 6 in Manchester at Jilly’s Rockworld, Southhampton at The Nexus and Milton Keynes at The Pitts. Click here and read the Tour-Report as Pdf File.
| Hell On Earth 2006 Tour-Report Day 1-3
... |
19.09.2006 |
Hello, this is the first Tourreport, day 1-3 from the Hell On Earth Tour Read about the first 3 days in United Kingdom. The Report for the next days coming soon. Click here and read the Tour-Report as Pdf File.
| Hell On Earth - we're coming!
... |
11.09.2006 |
There's only a few days left now until we will hit the roads as a part of the mighty Hell On Earth tour, three weeks of shows and not one day off sound very promising! we will keep you updated about it (also check our myspace shite for that matter) and once again we will be working on a tour diary, fuck it up or loose it by the end of the tour and then bring up a lame apology - well you know it. business as usual.
We also have some new merch ready for this occasion and we also plan to drag Martin from Eversound along who will fix us a nice sound every evening. okay that's it for the tour, you'll be hearing enough of it later.
there's a new interview (in german) online, conducted by pitfire with ricky. it's pretty long and has some detailed information about our origins so have a cup of tea and go to http://www.pitfire.net. Shelley from www.metalpics.ch and Caroline from www.photopit.com have added some amazing pics from Metalcamp in slovenija, check them out!
ok that's it for now, see you on tour! cataract
| Cataract fivepiece, Back with Full Force !
... |
07.08.2006 |
After having him as a temporary replacement during July we want to welcome Kay Brem (on the left on the pic!) as a full member of the Cataract Team ! View the new Promotionphoto, click here. is We are proud to welcome him to the team. He is a very talented bassplayer with experience of more than a decade as bassplayer. He played in several bands (Tribes Of Cain, etc.) and to top it off, Kay is a very cool person. It is like he would have been part of Cataract forever.
For more infos about Kay Brem check Cataract Memberpage or Myspace.com/4stringkiller
We will destroy stages again with full force. Stronger than ever. Be prepared.
| Video - Denial Of Life - Online
... |
06.08.2006 |
Yo, our video Denial of Life is online now! Thanks go out to Lowlife Media und Seb for doing it! You can see and download the video "Denial of Life" here on our Page or visit Metalblade.de!
We want to thank the whole Metalcamp crew for the great event. We will have pictures online soon! Also we are set with our new bassplayer. An announcement will follow later this week.
Hell on Earth - it coming.
| Cataract Goodies to win !
... |
11.07.2006 |
Hell on Earth is near! You want to win some free cataract goodies? Go to Hell On Earth site and win some brand new shrirts and CDs from us! There are also videos from all the bands on the page (click on the TV!) now. Check final dates section for a show near you! And last but not least, A perfect Murder got added to the bill. This tour will blow you away!
Click here for Hell On Earth Website
More announcements on all cataract matters soon! Thats it for now. Over and out.
| Thank you, keep the word for kingdom
... |
07.07.2006 |
we want to thank all our fans worldwide for picking up our CD so far!!! We are more than happy with the response you gave us so far! We cant wait to present all the news songs to all of you - thank you, keep the word for "kingdom" going!
| Hell on Earth, most dates are confirmed
... |
07.07.2006 |
Hell on Earth! Most dates are confirmed and settled. Mosh!!!! See in the
dates section. We will also have tons of more show nailed soon for fall. We will
announce this shit soon!
| Denial of Life, Video right now finished
... |
07.07.2006 |
We are right now finishing off our Video to "Denial of Life". Our good friend Maurice from LowlifeMedia is working on it. If you don't know. He plays in Legion of the Damned too! Check out their CD. Its Thrash Metal the way it has to be! The Video will be all over website for download and stuff in about 2-3 weeks! See you there!
| Bassplayer, amazing response from all over this planet
... |
07.07.2006 |
The one's who assume we are not busy, are so fucking totally wrong, you cant imagine! Read this! First we want to thank to everyone how dropped us a mail applying for shredding the bass for cataract. We got an amazing response from all over this planet - crazy. We are happy to say that we have someone filling in for all the July shows and most likely being the one guy for cataract. He is super cool and shreds like hell. We want you to give him a warm welcome. So come along and see for yourself on the next summer shows!
We also have to announce that the show in Frankfurt got cancelled. It seems
like this summer is cancellationfestival time for us.
| Hell on Earth - More dates and Bands confirmed!
... |
15.06.2006 |
Folks, we just got news about Hell on Earth Tour! We cant be happier to
be part of this great event. What a fucking great line-up with GOD
FORBID, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, MAROON, PURIFIED IN BLOOD and FULL BLOWN
CHAOS beside us!! To share the stage with some of our favorite bands is
just mindblowing! Check the Shows section and see where its stopping
near you!
| Cataract Seeking New Bassplayer !
... |
15.06.2006 |
After several descussions, Cataract and Bassplayer Michael decided to
part ways. We thank him for everything in the past 8 years and wish him
all the best for his future!!!
We are now looking for an
immediate replacement. We need a dedicated person, that is willing to
play a lot, take part in regular rehearsals, spend your holydays
touring with the coolest bands, take some crazy rides and spend
weekends in vans, on stages and in foreign beds.
You should bring
talent and experience in bands if possible, and it would be ace if you
listen to lots of metal and hardcore. You should be loving this as we
do, willing to share a future vision in the band and not being afraid
of changes and discussions. Creativity is a must.
We offer all
of the above and some nice extras such as an endorsement deal, a record
contract, forthcoming touring all over europe and more. There is a
bright future ahead for Cataract. We want you to be part of it.
Just
send your application to info@cataract.cc. Write everything we would
need to know about you. Dont forget to write down your phone number
too! You will get an answer within a few days.
Attention - SHOWS
CANCELLED: due to the missing link in the band we are forced to call
off the shows in Stuttgart/LKH and Berchtesgaden/Kuckucksnest.
Ready, steady, go!
| Cataract cancel Flamefest ... |
06.06.2006 |
Dear all, we had to cancel our show at italy's biggest event for metal/hardcore music, the Flame Fest in bologna. our apologies go out to the promoters who got us on the bill in the last minute and of course to all the people who were there expecting us. here's why we couldn't make it:
Number one: Our Van broke down on the way back from our show in Quedlinburg on saturday, a hose of the charging system bursted - I hope I'm translating this right. We got help from the road rescue who could fix it but told us to look for the nearest service station to get the hose replaced. We agreed with the rental company to return the van in zürich.
Number two: the rental offered us a replacement van for monday morning, but they couldn't tell us what time. so we had to cancel our plans of driving to milano, spending the night there and travelling the second half on monday. As we finally got an availability time for the new van (1000hrs monday morning), we also faced a serious time problem: there was no chance we could drive to bologna in 4 hours, especially as the main route through St. Gotthard tunnel is currently closed. So we decided to call it off.
Again, we're very sorry about this whole hassle; we tried to inform the promoters but we couldn't reach anyone with the numbers we had. we will return.
On a different note, our shows in Bischofswerda and Quedlinburg were killer and definately worth the 12 hours it took us to get there! cheers to all the bands we've played with (especially detrimental threat for lending us the drumkit) and of course the whole crew at Eastclub and Reichenstrasse. Last but not least, all of the maniacs for showing up, supporting the metal and hardcore underground... especially the 350 madmen and women in Quedlinburg - another night to remember! also thanks to the guy explaining us how to make "hackepeter" out of a pig, hahaha!
cataract
| What a weekend !!!... |
30.05.2006 |
First of all, thanks to all the people who came to our record release party and rocked the house last wednesday!! It was truly a night to remember, a packed club and a crowd we could only dream of - cheers to every single one of you for showing up and supporting swiss metal! thanks especially to those who helped making it possible: Oli "chom gib em nochli!" and the whole Abart crew, our lovely ladies for their help with the merch; Martin for a killer sound, Dark Day Dungeon for increasing the pressure and Mosh for joining us on stage, our special guests Dani PX-Pain, Martin Solid Ground, Wini 5 Days Rain, Raffi New Morality and Sven Snitch and whoever else made it on or in front of the stage to sing along! We also already got the first pictures of this blasting show: check out www.rabbitriot.net and www.browar.ch/gallery !
There's one thing we need to set straight now - everyone coming to the show was supposed to get a small present (a keyholder / lanyard) at the door, and apparently this didn't work out. So what we are offering you is to just ask for it next time you see one of us, come to one of our shows etc etc, we made enough of them to keep you all happy.
We took thursday off to chill out and then went on a trip through the mountains and played the Eternity Of Rock Festival in Lichtenberg, Italy on friday in a truly unique spot - a nice and cozy site surrounded by mountains! Saturday had us playing the tenth anniversary of Ancient Spirit mag and we got to see the german national football team entering a plane just nearby haha! So cheers too to Gunny and Hage for these fine festivals!!¨
see you all again! cataract
| Kingdom #1 most added at college metalradio US/Canada... |
26.05.2006 |
Cataract's "Kingdom" is #1 most added at college metal radio US/Canada! Friends, our new album "Kingdom" was officially #1 most added at college metal radio this week @ CMJ's Loud Rock and FMQB's Metal Detector charts, beating out such heavyweights as Dissection and Eighteen Visions. Unbelievable but true!
CMJ's Loud Rock chart consists of airplay from college stations all over the
U.S. and Canada, and FMQB's Metal Detector chart is compiled of spins from
high wattage college stations and commercial specialty programs.
This marks something special to us! After great reviews and response from press and all our european fans so far, this is just awesome as hell!
So, get your copy now. There are still some digipacks around for Europe only of course.
| New website layout online!... |
22.05.2006 |
well I guess it's not news to you anymore as you've already seen it - the new
layout fot the webpage is ON! there's not only changes to the layout though,
we've also added some things we've been asked for - we have a link section and a
community/forum now! the forum's here for cataract matters only: if you need
confirmations about a show (for booking requests check the contact page), if you
wanna now what we ate last sunday, if we think it sucks that Derek Roddy left
Hate Eternal - the community is here for you. No flaming, breaking-the-law-ing,
advertising etc - read the disclaimer, we will live up to it. We have also
changed our online shop, and we added a shitload of new items - yes, the KINGDOM
merch has arrived! Please report any inconvenience that you may have with the
page to the webmaster, it will help us to get this thing roling!
Now lets talk about our release show:
- Cataract's Backstage Contest Winner has been drawn - we dressed up as ladies
and smeared ourselves with oil while our lucky lady Corina picked the winner -
it's NATHALIE NOHL from MEILEN yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee clapclapclap (I hope I got the
name right...)!!!!
- The cover versions have been picked too - we actually realized it would have
been a good idea to limit the poll to the people who will actually show up on
wednesday hahaha! But thanks to all those who participated, I guess we'll keep
one or two of them for special occasions!
- We sold about four times more tickets in the presale as of now! However, there
are still tickets available, but you'll have to be there early. Abart does take
reservations but you must remember to pick up the tickets on time!!!
- and yes we still do have some surprises for all of you!
Then a big cheers to Josef and all at the Springbreakfest for having us, it was
more or less our main rehearsal for the record release and it seems the new
songs kick ass too! See you guys around - thanks too to Prefume and everyone who
lent us equipment!
OK thats it, gotta go - cataract
| Record Release today !... |
20.05.2006 |
Ladies and Gentleman,May 19th!!!!! Its the day in Germany, Switzerland when the Kingdom is rising! Our record "KINGDOM" hits the
streets! Get your limited piece or art now. You better hurry to be honest, there
is already only a few left!
We are totally blown away by the quotes and
reviews about the record so far. We are for example No. 1 at www.metalfactory.ch and www.helldriver-magazine.de! Rock Hard votes us on No. 4
where we quite left some big names behind us and Metal Hammer 11 in the May
issues! This is just a few. Here are some reviews we got so far:
Reviews:
ancientspirit.de
vs-webzine.com
lordsofmetal.nl
hornsup.net
osnametal.de
music-scan.de
helldriver-magazine.de
adl.at
heavyhardes.de
sellfish.de
allschools.net
dosenmusik.de
And of course some
interviews...tons more will follow!
Interviews:
getreadytorock.com
adl.at
hardcoresounds.net
| Cover List online !... |
11.05.2006 |
of course you just noticed that the coverlist for our
record release show is online from now on. Hopefully you made sure to choose you favorites covers so
you can sing along at the show. The poll will be running till the 20th of
may. Ticket presale are going strong so if you don't wanna miss this special show use
the ticket presale on pitfire.net and
starticket.ch !
Kingdom's rise
| Record Release Show... |
02.05.2006 |
our record releas show is getting closer and closer and we can't wait to get
on the abart stage. This record release show will definetly be something to
remeber as we will have tons of specials for you. Check this out and get your
ticket right now on starticket.ch and pitfire.net !
specials:
- special
guest appearance
- special guests: dark day dungeon
- party with dj clitgun & ls tee
- win a backstage package
- coverset - choose one your favorite coversongs
- the list
with the covers will be online soon
- we will play the 10 most rated
coversongs with specials guests
- everyone will get a free cataract goodie
with their ticket
- doors : 21.00 h - get a free cataract gift with your
ticket
- tickets: starticket.ch
or pitfire.net
Backstage Package
Poll - Win a backstage package !
you and a friend will spend the afternoon with
the band, get access to the vip area with your vip passes, food & drinks,
signed cd and the brandnew
kingdom t-shirt ! To be the lucky winner you just need
to answer the question below and email us the right answer before may 20th to
Cataract . Only one winner will be
drawn from all correct answers!
what's the name of cataract's record label ?
roadrunner
century media
metal blade
write here !
Got it ? Be fast and don't miss the deadline !
Turn
on your speakers to the max and click here to check out the
CATARACT online
player! Listen to TWO NEW SONGS and win some cool
goodies: Cataract
Player
| Amiens, Gent and Lucerne folks...... |
24.04.2006 |
Those shows sure topped our expectations!! Killer fest
was insane, Gent kicked serious ass (and that on a construction site hahaha) and
Lucerne was beyond of what we could think of! So cheers again to Arnaud, Koen
and Jerome for setting things up; and to the crowd - all we can say is thanks
for these great kick off parties to our new show season! We've got a ton of
dates ready for you, allthough there have been quite some changes to what we
planned... Metalliga Fest and Devil Days Fest got cancelled, some holydays also
got cancelled so we're trying to fill the empty dates up with shows.
Our
newsletter got a bit delayed (of course) but a new one is on the way right now
with lots of news. and of course you can still register to recieve it!
The
presale for our record release show has also started pretty well and you can now
also get your ticket on Pitfire.net. Make
sure you don't miss this special show as there'll be tons of surprises, gifts
and special guests!
all hail, cataract
| Cataract Songs from "Kingdom" available online. Enter the Kingdom!... |
20.04.2006 |
From today on you can listen to 2 songs from "Kingdom" online here: Cataract
Player. Spread the word, enter the competition and get your limited Digi-Pack
Version now ! The Digi-Pack will be a very special edition with Bonus CD and special
Layout! We love it and we hope you guys and girls do too! Be prepared! Dont forget:
The "Kingdom" will rise may 19 in switzerland, germany and austria, as well
as may22 for the rest of europe. Tickets for the record release show are available
only at Starticket.ch
!
| Record Release Party Tickets avaiable now !... |
19.04.2006 |
Folks, A lot has been happening lately. First, the Releasedate for "KINGDOM" has
been set on May 19th for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Rest of Europe will
follow on May 22nd! Mark theses dates in your schedule! In support of "KINGDOM"
we have a lot of shows lined up in May, June and July. We are working on some
more and maybe another great tour in June! Keep checking for that i nthe next
days. As far as confirmed tours we have all the dates for this years XMAS FESTIVAL
confirmed. We are so happy to be part of this great tour! AND yep, rumors are
true, we will be part of Hell on Earth 2006! Great bands will be on that one too!
More details will follow on that. We are also working on some special things for
our release show in May. Also the support band will be announced soon! More soon.
Important ! The ticket presale has started, you can buy your ticket at Starticket!
While you are surfing the net check out these new sites: www.metalblade.de.
Our home, very cool new site - and www.antfarm.dk.
All about the magic of recording. And last but not least dont forget to buy our
friends new record "When worlds collide" by Maroon! Its killer!
| "Kingdom" will be released in may 2006 !... |
18.04.2006 |
You might have heard it or read it and as far as things have been carved in stone, we can confirm it now - our upcoming full length will be titled "Kingdom", and it will be released in the middle of may (release dates may vary)!!! We will also keep you posted about the artwork, as soon as we have the final layout ready we will post it here! The song titles have also made their way on the internet, we will also post them as soon as the layout is done.
We've played two amazing shows with Soulfly, if you were there cheers for supporting us (especially the mad italians!!) and making a lot of noise whilst we were on stage. as you probably have noticed, our second guitar player Simon was missing due to serious health problems, therefore the sound might not have been as massive as usual. However, Simon's getting better daily and we're starting rehearsing again soon.
More News soon!
By the way, register for the newsletter over there.
yourr truly cataract¨
| Cataract supporting Soulfly!!!... |
17.04.2006 |
we just got confirmed as the supporting act for Soulfly's two swiss dates which is pretty neat to say the least! we hope you've all got tickets as the shows apparently are sold out. The dates are: 14. March 2006 @ Frison, Fribourg and 15. March 2006 @ Rohstofflager, Zürich. Stagetimes are 2100h and 2000h respectively.
see you there! cataract
| Shows updated - tours are coming in!... |
16.04.2006 |
Fellow cataractians, we've updated our shows section, theres loads more as we got confirmed for the X-Mass Festivals this year (along with Six Feet Under, Krisiun, God Dethroned and two more bands yet to be confirmed), plus some festivals, plus some single shows here and there. This years first show is coming up this friday, it's the Rock vs Cancer benefit show at the Ebullition in Bulle - we hope to see you there!
Then, as for more good news, we've got the final mix from Mr. Antfarm, and it f**ing blew us away. Now we really can't wait for it to be released! By the way, Metal Blade are running a low price promotion with the Media Markt chain throughout Switzerland, Germany and Austria, so if you want to get a spare copy of our cd or a means to annoy your neighbours, take the chance - it's running until the end of march!
right, thats it for now - cataract
| Studio Update 1... |
15.04.2006 |
we've made our way to danmark - 1260kms and about 10hrs of driving to be precise! ok we've spent a luxurious night in a formula1 hotel but a bunch of partying russians made the night quite long. however, it all doesn't really matter when you're getting ready to record a new album with tue madsen!we've been setting up the drumkit today, got all the equipment in and tomorrow we'll use tue's day off to do some final rehearsing before shit gets real and the red light's on! We're facing eleven tracks of all new cataract music in the month of february and we're positive they're going to be the best ones so far.
keep checking back, we'll try to update every other day.
| One week to go !... |
14.04.2006 |
this is the last week before we'll take off to the Antfarm and start the recording of the new album! two weeks are scheduled for the instruments, fedi will join us in the second week to record the vocals. he will stay a bit longer than we do to finish things off and then it's up to the magic hands of tue madsen to make it a vicious blow to the head! we've also added some more shows, more are coming up!
| Prerecordings done! Pics done! Newsletter done!... |
13.04.2006 |
Hi'all, we' ve finished the prerecordings at eversound.ch and it sound very promising. we will add some final touches and then it's already time to wrap up our belongings and move to Tue Madsen's antfarm studios - we'll be there for almost the whole month of february and we will let you know how we're proceeding! We've done a fotoshooting with cindy frey last weekend, some on the roofs of zurich and some in the pits of hell (which is the Kon-Tiki bar), we will upload a selection of pictures as soon as the new design for the webpage is up - and that will happen as soon as the new record is out. We've asked you before and now we're telling you - sign up for the newsletter which will be coming monthly! we've finished the first one, it comes in english and german and contains collected and more detailed news about what's going on around cataract - for example our big blowout sale which we will start any day from now. We have older merch on offer plus free give aways (and we're not talking stickers or buttons here...) if you order new stuff! so sign up, it's worth the 30 seconds it takes.
gotta go - cataract
| Happy new year... |
12.04.2006 |
Lets get it started ! First off, we hope you've all survived the new year bashes all over the world and recovered from the damages you might have taken haha! secondly, we're working hard on the new tracks and we'll be entering eversound studios this weekend to make a pre-recording for the upcoming full length. third, register for our newsletter NOW!
the first newsletter will be ready around the middle of the month, after we did the pre-recordings!
so far so good, cataract
PS: register now or well go out and run over innocent lifeforms with our panzers! and it'll be YOUR fault!!!!
| Newslist... |
11.04.2006 |
English: Just on a short note; take a few seconds and register in our mailing list! We will start sending out more informations than we possibly can put on here starting in january. It'll be a bilingual newsletter (german/english) so we hope this will cover the universe now.
Deutsch: Registriert euch für unseren Newsletter!
Wir werden ab januar einen newsletter versenden der neu auch deutsch geschrieben sein wird (ja wir wissen das dies schon lange fällig ist! ruhe jetzt!). tragt euch in unsere mailing liste ein und ihr bekommt detailiertere infos und news zu allem was im cataract-land abgeht! Natürlich wird cataract.cc weiterhin die aktuellsten news beinhalten, jedoch können wir im newsletter viel detailierter und umfangreicher auf die verschiedenen punkte eingehen! also nehmt auch die paar sekunden und tragt euch ein!
again, happy new year!! cataract
| Happy holiday... |
10.04.2006 |
Happy Holydays and a fantastic new year to all of you! we want to thank you all for the amazing support you've given us taking us to places we could only dream of when we started the band years ago!!! We've had a killer last show joining the persistance tour in a completely sold out Kofmehl - and what a great venue it is! thanks again to the whole team and of course the MADmen for helping us through the evening! Here's a small schedule for the upcoming for what's coming up next with Cataract:
- We will concentrate on rehearsing the new material and ultimately, we will enter the Antfarm again to record our fourth full length cd at the end of january.
- Join our mailing list to recieve a now more regular newsletter! we'll be sending out more detailed news and informations through the newsletter starting in january.
- We will have a blowout sale of our old merch, we will keep you posted on it as we still have to figure out how we want to do it.
- We will start playing shows again in march.
- We are also working on tours, we'll keep you posted as soon as things get confirmed!
allright, take care of yourselves! cataract
| Cataract joines Persistance Tour !... |
09.04.2006 |
dear all, just a short reminder - we will be special support for this thursday's Persistance show at Kofmehl/Solothurn
(Switzerland), our stage time will be around 2000hrs. it'll be our last show for a while, nevertheless we're already
booking shows for next year so dont forget to check back now and then.
cheerio, cataract!
| Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... |
08.04.2006 |
yeah fellas, we're back from a little piece of history. allthough it took us 13hrs driving to Budapest the event was well worth it - one of the two unique live appearances of Trial. We saw amazing shows by Black Friday, Sunrise, Undying (minus the drum kit) and H-street, but nothing could top what over 600 people from all over europe were waiting for. A breath taking, ass kicking "be there or be square" appearance by Trial! Even though the show lasted until almost 0300 in the morning, the place was completely packed till the last chord and you could tell no one wanted this night to stop. thanks again to the whole budapest crew for another night to remember!
Watch out for our last show in switzerland: on the 08th of december we will be special support on the persistance tour! come by and mosh it up with a truly amazing line up!
cheerio, cataract!
| Big Cataract news roundup!!... |
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NEW ALBUM COMING UP - as you might have seen, we don't have any shows planned at the moment, and that has a specific reason of course. it's pointless to keep it a secret as everyone can figure it out. we're preparing for the recordings of our fifth full length album! we're jamming a lot and working hard on the new songs, tom is driving us crazy with 5 minute solo outbursts, greg insists on songs that only consist of mosh parts, fedi wants to sing about flowers and ricky is officially down to one fully functional cymbal. but seriously, we're very excited about the new stuff!!! once again we will enter the antfarm studios in denmark where we will hammer the crude metal into shape with the help of tue madsen! More on that soon!
BASS PLAYER SITUATION - first off and once again we'd like to thank Ralf from Disparaged and Jay from Vale Tudo for helping us out on those past shows! Of course we're still missing a steady 5th member and in time we will be looking for the right guy, but as of now we aren't. cheers to all the people who have already contacted us about it and those killing our nerves (you know who you are haha), but we are not officially auditioning for a bass player. Not yet. As soon as we will, you will know as we will make it public. You can write us but seriously we're too busy to sort this out now.
CATARACT ON TV - we went to a casting session this past weekend and it was quite an experience. hopefully will be picked to take part in a TV show, and you'll possibly see us making complete twats out of ourselves. we'll let you know how it goes! if we're not too ugly it should be allright and it'll be lots of fun! as usual it'll take between 1 week and 1 year until we finally know.
that's it for now, we'll keep you posted about the album e.t.c. see ya 'round, cataract
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