Prevail finds Kataklysm expertly balancing extremity and melody. There are plenty of ferocious riffs and blast beats to keep the music firmly in the death metal genre. There's also a lot of groove and melody and very catchy songs. Diversity in death metal is sometimes hard to find, but Kataklysm varies their tempos pretty well. From brutal fast songs to groovy medium tempo tracks and even a slow song or two, their musicianship is always razor sharp.
I like Maurizio Iacono's vocals. He varies his pitch from deep growls to higher pitched yells, and you can actually understand what he's saying, which is relatively rare in this genre. Prevail is another dose of simple, direct and powerful death metal.
(released May 27, 2008 on Nuclear Blast Records)
