Catharsis – Light From A Dead Star I 2xLP - The edges of the cover have very light wear & the cover has a few minor crease marks from shipping to Stickfigure.
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Catharsis – Light From A Dead Star I 2xLP - The edges of the cover have very light wear & the cover has a few minor crease marks from shipping to Stickfigure.
"North Carolina’s Catharsis are a seminal political hardcore band that was initially active from 1994 to 2002, before reforming in 2012. Since then, they have continued to tour in line with their DIY philosophy. Their recorded output has been brought together under two compilation LPs, Light From A Dead Star I & II, reissued by Refuse Records and the band’s own CrimethInc label.
‘Will you dare to break your chains, to feel life pounding in your veins, don’t settle for nothing, choose your heaven’.
Light From A Dead Star I brings together both the band’s first full-length, Samsara (1997), and their self-titled debut EP (1995). Musically, Catharsis are renowned for their ambitiously structured hardcore. Raspingly growled vocals interplay with fiercely intense metallic guitars, and a rhythm section that is as nuanced as it is brutal. This lays the foundations for the band’s exuberant inventiveness, ranging from the haunting opening of Invocation: One Minute Closer…To The Hour Of Your Death and the darkly menacing spoken word interludes amidst the unrestrained velocity of Exterminating Angel and Pariah, to the dramatically evocative nine-minute instrumental track (The Evolution Of Dying).
‘Subjugate our nightmares, bend them to their ends, And the offer to share the dividends? A place in the shadow of the great guillotine’." - Foundation Vinyl