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Kataklysm
Astral Empire
Album: The Prophecy (Stigmata of the Immaculate)
Genres: Metal
Devastating and accessible, Kataklysm offer a fierce challenge for both the intellect and the emotions. Awesome!

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	Opening with a melancholic melody and a punch-drunk tempo, �Astral Empire� soon picks up pace -- a very fast pace. Cascading blast-beats and tricky, dissonant riffing signal the song�s next transition until, like a car crash, everything halts and vocalist Maurizio Iacono belches the line �third from the sun!� Following a chugging breakdown of steamroller proportions, guitarist Jean-Francois Dagenais unloads a ripping, In Flames-esque lead. The song then returns to the cascading blast-beats and dissonant riffing, only to return to the relative calm of the melancholy opening melody.

	*Nathan T. Birk*
	Nathan T. Birk is currently the associate editor of INK19. Though he is graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Florida, for the past seven years Nathan has been writing about music most of the law-abiding public wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. And contrary to popular belief, he doesn't only like heavy metal.