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Band
Kataklysm
Title
Victims of This Fallen World
Type
LP/EP
Company
Hypnotic Records
YOR
1998
Style
Heavy/Extreme
3/19/2003 - Review by: Nate Turpin
Kataklysm - Victims of This Fallen World - reviewed by: Souldestroyer

Track Listing1. As 2. My World Burns
3. Imminent Downfall
4. Feared Resistence
5. Caged In
6. Portraits Of Anger
7. Extreme To The Core
8. Courage Through Hope
9. A View From Inside
10. (God)head
11. Embracing Europa
12. I Remember
13. World Of Treason II

This album marked the departure from Nuclear Blast and also marked them to slow down their pace from crazy to just midpaced. What once was Northern Hyperblast is no longer on this album.

I remember when it came out and all the critics were calling this album "hardcore". They are right, partially. Now the guitar riffs do sound somewhat hardcore-ish. Other than that the vocals are still intact from the older albums. The music that is churned out is still Kataklysm but like I said its slowed down, so to me its not the goddamn same.

Pretty much the only track that stands out for me on this is "World of Treason II", and that's a friggin instrumental track. The track that utterly horrifies me is "(god)head". It has a nice little groove beat at the beginning, YAY! ok so that was sarcasm folks.
Thats all I have to say about this.

Rating 3 out of 10


--Souldestroyer 03.19.03
  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
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ALL REVIEWS FOR: KATAKLYSM
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DOR
COMPANY
REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Heaven's Venom
2010
Nuclear Blast
Ben McCraw10/11/2010
4
In The Arms of Devastation
2006
Nuclear Blast
Etiam3/15/2006
2.5
Meditations
2018
Nuclear Blast
David Loveless5/30/2018
3
Prevail
2008
Nuclear Blast
Hail and Kill9/19/2008
4.5
Victims of This Fallen World
1998
Hypnotic Records
Nate Turpin3/19/2003
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