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Artist
Catharsis
12+ albums
Power metalhardcoresymphonic metalrussianmetal
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There are several different artists under this name: 1) hardcore and crust band from USA (1994-2002, 2013-present) 2) Russian power metal band (1996-present) 3) French art band 4) US technical power metal 5) Deathcore band from Wiscasset, Maine 6) Polish Technical Death Jazz metal 7) Band from Moldova 8) UK Heavy Progressive Rock 9) Israeli deathcore 10) French death industrial/dark ambient 11) Kansas rapper 12) Indonesian Technical Death Metal 13) Drum & Bass and Dubstep producer 14) Death/Thrash metal band from Belgium (1998-?, split-up) 1. Catharsis is an influential American hardcore band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina that was active from 1994 to 2002. They reunited to play shows in 2013 and released a new album in 2025. Catharsis were known for writing extremely lengthy songs (sometimes broken into multiple parts) with complex title names and unusual time signatures. They were related to anarchist collective Crimethinc.. After a couple of releases, vocalist and studio guitarist Brian D began releasing the band's albums through the anarchist decentralized collective [http://www.crimethinc.com]Crimethinc., with which he was heavily involved. Several members of the band went on to join or form other notable bands such as Zegota, Paint It Black, Requiem, 3 Inches Of Blood, Trial, Neptune, Undying, Walls of Jericho and Cathode. Catharsis briefly reunited in January of 2013 for a series of four shows and to issue the definitive Catharsis box-set "Light from a Dead Star".
