Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSMwere honored recently at a performance in Stuttgart Germany, with a plaque commemorating their 15 year relationship with Nuclear Blast Records. Footage of the band receiving the award on stage can be viewed below.
KATAKLYSM - Award for 15 Years Nuclear Blast
KATAKLYSM are currently in writing mode working on the follow up to their 2008 release, Prevail. Guitarist J-F Dagenais will once again handle the recording process, while the Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, SUICIDE SILENCE, WINDS OF PLAGUE, DARK TRANQUILITY) will handle mixing duties this time around..
Kataklysm - Crippled And Broken
Catch KATAKLYSM on tour w/ Kreator, Evile, Lightning Swords of Death, Lazarus A.D. this March! Four tour dates, visit the bandsMySpace page!
Nuclear Blast is an independent major record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic death metal, grindcore, power metal and black metal bands, as well as tribute albums. Nuclear Blast is widely respected as the top label for the melodic metal scene, along with fellow non-RIAA label Century Media. The label's main office is in Donzdorf, Göppingen. Nuclear Blast America is distributed through Century Media, as part of a strategic partnership between the two independent metal labels. Their most successful artists include Mnemic, Blind Guardian, Soilwork, In Flames, Meshuggah, Therion, Dimmu Borgir, Nile, Anthrax, Death, Behemoth, Sonata Arctica, Epica, Eluveitie, Wintersun, and Nightwish.
In 2007, Nuclear Blast released two discs to celebrate their 20th anniversary as a record label. The discs are intended to showcase the talent on their roster. The albums are much in the same vein as Roadrunner United. The first album, Into the Light features songs composed and written by Rage guitarist Victor Smolski with singers Tobias Sammet (of Edguy), Peter "Peavy" Wagner (Rage), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica), Mats Levén (Therion), Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer (Destruction), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Andi Deris (Helloween), Oddleif Stensland (Communic), Marco Hietala (Nightwish), and Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish). The second disc, Out of the Dark was written by former Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers and features the drumming of former Soilwork drummer Henry Ranta and current drummer Dirk Verbeuren and also includes ten tracks with Anders Fridén (In Flames), Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy), Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun), Christian Älvestam (Ex-Scar Symmetry), John Bush (Ex-Anthrax), Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork), Maurizio Iacono (Kataklysm), Mark Osegueda (Death Angel), Richard Sjunnesson (Sonic Syndicate) & Roland Johansson (Ex-Sonic Syndicate) and Guillaume Bideau (Mnemic).
Credits Idea: Markus Stiger. Created, compiled & realized byMarkus Stiger, Andy Siry Sandra Eicher & Marko Sirac for Nuclear Blast GmbH. DVD motion design: Marko Schmier, Torsten Pflug. DVD Authoring: Marko Schmier. Screen: 16:9 PAL. Sound: PCM Stereo. Country Code: All. Duration DVD1: approx. 165 min. Duration DVD2: approx. 185 min.
---DVD 1--- :
- 01. NIGHTWISH - Amaranth - - 02. AFTER FOREVER - Energize Me - - 03. AMORPHIS - Silent Waters - - 04. SIRENIA - The Other Side - - 05. SONATA ARCTICA - Paid In Full - - 06. EPICA - Never Enough (long version) - - 07. RIDE THE SKY - New Protection - - 08. BLIND GUARDIAN - Another Stranger Me - - 09. HAMMERFALL - Natural High - - 10. TAROT - Ashes To The Stars - - 11. THUNDERSTONE - Face In The Mirror - - 12. SCAR SYMMETRY - The Illusionist - - 13. THRESHOLD - Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams - - 14. GOTTHARD - The Call - - 15. CHROME DIVISION - Serial Killer - - 16. DEATHSTARS - Blitzkrieg - - 17. SAMAEL - Slavocracy - - 18. DIMMU BORGIR - The Serpentine Offering - - 19. KATAKLYSM - To Reign Again - - 20. AGNOSTIC FRONT - Peace - - 21. DEW-SCENTED - That's Why I Despise You - - 22. SONIC SYNDICATE - Denied - - 23. CHIMAIRA - Resurrection - - 24. IN FLAMES - Come Clarity - - 25. THREAT SIGNAL - Rational Eyes - - 26. CLAWFINGER - The Price We Pay - - 27. EKTOMORF - Outcast - - 28. MNEMIC - Meaningless - - 29. ALL SHALL PERISH - Eradiction - - 30. GOREFEST - For The Masses - - 31. KNORKATOR - Alter Mann - - 32. DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER - Dance With Me - - 33. THE DESTINY PROGRAM - Project Hoax - - 34. THERION - Son Of The Staves Of Time - - 35. MESHUGGAH - Rational Gaze - - 36. SOILWORK - Exile - - 37. ANTHRAX - Deathrider - - 38. EDGUY - King Of Fools - - 39. SUBWAY TO SALLY - Sieben - - 40. NIGHTWISH - While Your Lips Are Still Red
---DVD 2--- :
Report (4 features presented by Schmier (Destruction))
- 01. Floor 1: the years 1987-1992 - - 02. Floor 2: the years 1993-1997 - - 03. Floor 3: the years 1998-2002 - - 04. Floor 4: the years 2003-2007 -
Bonus-Parts:
Treasures From The Dark Cellar:
- 01. Pungent Stench - Viva La Muerte - - 02. Hypocrisy - Inferior Devoties - - 03. Benediction - The Grotesque - - 04. Gorefest - Erase - - 05. Therion - The Beauty In Black - - 06. MESHUGGAH - Transfixion - - 07. Kataklysm - The Awakener - - 08. Dimmu Borgir - Entrance (live in Poland - rough version) - - 09. Hammerfall - Glory To The Brave - - 10. Destruction - The Butcher Strikes Back -
More Clips:
- 01. DIMMU BORGIR - Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse - - 02. NIGHTWISH - Nemo - - 03. HAMMERFALL - Last Man Standing - - 04. IN FLAMES -Touch Of Red - - 05. HYPOCRISY - Eraser - - 06. EXODUS - Now Thy Death Day Come - - 07. DEATH ANGEL - Thicker Than Blood - - 08. WINTERSUN - Beyond The Dark Sun - - 09. DEATHSTARS - Virtue To Vice - - 10. SONIC SYNDICATE - Enclave - - 11. MESHUGGAH - Shed - - 12. SONATA ARCTICA - Don't Say A Word - - 13. CANDLEMASS - Black Dwarf - - 14. MNEMIC - Ghost - - 15. KNORKATOR - Wir Werden - - 16. AGNOSTIC FRONT - So Pure To Me - - 17. ANTHRAX - Deathrider - - 18. DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER - Friede Sei Mit Dir - - 19. BELPHEGOR - Bluthsturm Erotica - - 20. COMMUNIC - Conspiracy In Mind -
NUCLEAR HELLFIRES:
- 01. NUCLEAR BLAST PORTRAIT - by Marcus Pils - 02. THE OWNER MARKUS TALKS ABOUT HIS COMPANY - by Andreas Geiger [english] [deutsch] - 03. NUCLEAR BLAST AMERICA PORTRAIT - by Gerardo Martinez - 04. NUCLEAR BLAST SOUTH AMERICA PORTRAIT - by Gerard Werron
