Nuclear Blast Americ
2008
Prevail
About This Album
As Kataklysm's eleventh album, simply named Prevail, rolls off the assembly line -- just like clockwork -- in mid-2008, one may find it difficult not to take these enduring Canadians for granted; such is the dependable quality of their technically efficient, yet never quite revolutionary brand of death metal. True to form, none of Prevail's ten tracks do much of anything to address the latter characteristic (there are simply no world-shattering innovations to be found here), but that's not to say that Kataklysm aren't evolving in their own way, as they continue to offset familiarly forceful onslaughts like "The Chains of Power" and "Tear Down the Kingdom" with other, increasingly accessible songs. Early standout "Taking the World by Storm," for example, is both slower in tempo and simpler in makeup than most of the band's previous work; and another, "As Death Lingers," is threaded with a captivating Gothenburg-like melodic thread that some extreme-minded purists may find lacking in intensity. But then, Kataklysm have never really tried to compete with the ultra-complex, unbearably brutal death metal contingent (Suffocation, Nile, etc.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7)

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