Genres Hardcore punk Associated acts Requiem Record label CrimethInc. Members Alexei Rodriguez | Years active 1994–2002 Genre Hardcore punk Albums Catharsis | |
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Labels Fifth Column Conspiracy
CrimethInc. Past members Brian D
Stef
Alexei Rodriguez
Josh Mosh
Christopher Huggins
Mark Dixon
Jimmy Chang
Johnathan Raine
Dan Young
Matt Miller
Ernie Hayes Origin Greensboro, North Carolina, United States (1996) Similar Gehenna, Clinton McKinnon, His Hero Is Gone, 3 Inches of Blood, Trial | ||
Catharsis was an American hardcore punk band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina that was active from 1994 to 2002. Catharsis were known for writing lengthy songs (sometimes broken into multiple parts) with complex title names and unusual time signatures. They were related to anarchist collective CrimethInc.
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History
Catharsis was formed in 1994 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
After a couple of releases, vocalist and studio guitarist Brian D began releasing the band's albums through the anarchist decentralized collective 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 2013 for a series of four shows and to issue the definitive Catharsis box-set "Light from a Dead Star".
Influences
Catharsis took appreciable influence from Integrity, Neurosis, His Hero Is Gone, Breakdown, Starkweather, Amebix, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Diamanda Galás, GISM, Refused and the early demo recordings of Belgian hardcore band, Negate. The dark, reggae-styled song, 'Deserts Without Mirages' on the album, Passion, is perhaps a reflection of the singer's appreciation for Peter Tosh. The song's lyrics borrow from the spoken word passages in the Godspeed You! Black Emperor song 'The Dead Flag Blues'. Passion album also samples from Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man.
Members
Songs
Deserts Without MiragesPassion · 1999
Choose Your HeavenSamsara · 1997
Bow Down: Every Bent Knee Too Shall Break1997