Stating that THY CATAFALQUE is one of the most productive and multifaceted Hungarian phenomena is likely no exaggeration. A dozen of albums, with the majority released by Season of Mist, is more than a substantial achievement to prove the band’s creative value. The one-man studio project, started out by Tamás Kátai, has now grown into a large team of live performers that keep their audiences captured with innovation, multi-layered creativity, and professional delivery.
Listing the genres you would NOT find in THY CATAFALQUE’s music is easier than the way around.... initially looking for answers to the eternal questions of life through atmospheric, experimental black metal, the mastermind of the band eventually completely erased all boundaries, plunging into a progressive, dark sound, wandering into avant-garde and beyond. Goth shades intertwined with death metal riffs, canonic echoes of black metal nostalgia, a wide range of vocals, complex compositions and seemingly incompatible and contrasting musical passages – THY CATAFALQUE’s work is extremely diverse, complex, yet always based on heavy guitars.
It’s amazing how these complicated compositions blend into a coherent, balanced and solid theatre of atmospheric, dark art on stage. Metal jazz or rule-breaking metal? Soaring between the realms of time, space and nature, THY CATAFALQUE focuses on feeling, impression, and urges you to never stop dreaming...
