KAT "Metal And Hell" CD Self-financed
It was 1985. For their first album, a polish band created a milestone in
the speed metal history. Plus this outfit arrived with a solid musicianship
and a harsh vocalist. Opener "Metal And Hell" is an hymn full of metal mayhem.
"Killer" is a great threatening anthem that will always makes posers shit
in their pants. "Time Of Revenge" is a mid-tempo song that haunts your mind
after you listened to it. "Devil’s House Part 1" and "Devil’s House Part
3" delivers the wild fury from the gates of darkness. "Vampire" is just a
magic heavy tune. "Devil’s Child" and "Black Hosts" bring brilliant attacks
of speed metal. "Oracle" is another threatening anthem which is more than
effective. The savage and demonic "666" is perfect to close the album. Just
first class material. It is 2006, "Metal And Hell" has stayed a timeless
masterpiece of evil speed metal, and for me the best album come from Poland.
No more words are needed here. If you don’t have this classic in your records,
make yourself a favour : find it quickly. You definitely won’t regret it
!
Patrick Lefevre
KAT "666" CD Self-financed
You know what I think of this album, as "666" is the polish version (or the
original version if you prefer) of "Metal And Hell". So the only difference
is the langage in the vocals, and Roman Kostrzemski is more killer when he
sings in polish ! But in fact there are two other differences too. First,
you will note with your ears that the tracks order is not the same than the
english version. Second, the sound on this version is better and more powerful
than the english one, which is strange. I use the remaining space for talking
about the packaging. Both cd’s (self-financed by the band, as there is no
label records mentioned on the back cover or on the disc, isn’t it unreal
?) comes in a beautiful digipack, with a booklet including the lyrics and
story notes. Of course, the infos are in polish on the polish version. But
the infos are also in polish on the english version ! Hey guys, you really
don’t have a friend which could have translate in english the story ? Except
for that critic, thank you for the re-release of your cult first album in
the two versions !
Patrick Lefevre
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