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Kat - Bastard

Masterpiece - 100%

demental69, September 23rd, 2005

What can I write about true masterpiece and the best Polish album ever recorded? I think that a lot, but everything I write is too little.

KAT had started with heavy/hard rock then turned into black/thrash/speed beast quite similar to early Venom (great "Metal And Hell"/"666"). The next step in their career was briliant Metallica-influenced "Oddech Wymar³ych Œwiatów" - probably their most well-known record.

And then... Then heavens stepped asunder bringing down to the world divine "Bastard". First of all they've changed style into... hmm... imagine perfect combination of elements taken from thrash, death, black and even jazz and punk. Strange? Disorder? No way! In this music prevails brutal, melodic and (awesome) technical thrash metal. You won't find anything similar to It in creation of Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Annihilator, Overkill, Kreator and others... KAT made something beyond thrash music.

Feast for your ears begins with 'W Bezkszta³tnej Bryle Uwiêziony'. Strong structure compounded of heavy drumming, complicated riffs and rough vocals. Next one, 'Zawieszony Sznur', is in my opinion the best song KAT has ever made - beautiful melodies, great bass-playing, dissonance in chorus and twisted solo. And so forth... Every smallest piece of "Bastard" is worthy of note and should be examined for a long time. Potential of band members is fully stretched on these masterpiece. Pay attention to 'N.D.C.' and '£za Dla Cieniów Minionych'. The first one is over two minutes long instrumental brilliant, explosion of technical skills and sense of melody. The second is slow and melancholy ballad. Forget shit like 'Nothing Else Matters'! This one is really heavy!

Word about voice of KAT. Roman Kostrzewski did great job making various, strong and original vocals. He also wrote an interesting lyrics (only for Polish-readers, ha!) about life and its shades.

There is also magnificen cover art with frightened angel and devilish-lady... You must see it on your own eyes!

49 minutes and 52 seconds of true perfection! Seek for "Bastard" and listen to It till death!