Soilwork + Kataklysm + Horizon Ignited
Soilwork and Kataklysm, the legends of melodic death metal, will play three concerts in Poland. The bands will join forces as part of a spring European tour. Kataklysm are currently promoting their 2020 album 'Unconquered', while Soilwork are promoting their over an hour-long album 'Övergivenheten'. Finnish representatives of the Nuclear Blast label - Horizon Ignited - will play as a support band.
Soilwork are a perfect example of a band that cannot stand still. Stagnation is a word absent from their vocabulary. From the very beginning, the Swedes played melodic death metal against convention and focused on its hit rather than extreme aspect. At times, they reached stadium levels of feistiness, and did it all with unheard-of class, chic and without deviating from the basics of the style, which consisted of rushing riffs and pampered melodies. Their latest album entitled. Övergivenheten proves that nothing has changed in the band - they are constantly outdoing themselves and jumping over high-slung bars. Despite their seniority or merit, Soilwork do not make a name for themselves, they are constantly on the lookout and this is how they show their greatness.
Kataklysm rules above all because of their iron consistency. They have released fourteen albums since 1995, and have not scored a single extended career break. Even starting with meaty and raw death metal, they have moved into its melodic areas without losing the cohesion of their style or escaping into obscurity. The Canadians know that a characterful riff, a punctuating melody and deep growling are important in this music. They know this, which is why they apply themselves to a five-plus. The band's Unconquered, released two years ago, says more than a thousand words - Kataklysm are one of the rulers of the throne of melodic death metal and it is unlikely that anyone will conquer that throne for them. Horizon Ignited are a Finnish metalcore/melodic death metal band formed in 2017 and have been associated with metal label giant Nuclear Blast since 2022. They have two studio albums to their credit, the most recent being Towards the Dying Lands (2022).
