NUCLEAR BLAST
Canada’s melodic death institution rally against oppression
Kataklysm have turned out 14 albums of reliable melodeath, and their latest is as towering as its subject matter. Dark Wings Of Deception is a strident opener, double kick drums and winding guitar pummelling eardrums before hitting breakneck pace with Maurizio Iacono’s bark. Die As A King and Bringer Of Vengeance are hook-laden takes on modern DM full of blastbeats and punk-stained defiance. Aggressive and contemptuous of division and dysfunction, Goliath is also everything you could want and expect from a Kataklysm record, marrying thrash, punk and melodeath into a lean, muscular whole. ■■■■■■■■■■