Thy Catafalque Explained

Thy Catafalque
Background:group_or_band
Origin:Makó, Hungary
Genre:Avant-garde metal, experimental rock, post-black metal
Years Active:1998–present
Associated Acts:The Moon and the Nightspirit, Gire, Towards Rusted Soil
Website:http://thycatafalque.bandcamp.com/
Current Members:Tamás Kátai

Thy Catafalque is an avant-garde metal band formed in Makó, Hungary, with its activities extending to Edinburgh, Scotland, reflecting the movements of its founder.

History

The band was formed by Hungarian musician Tamás Kátai, along with a bandmate from a previous group, Gort. In their early years, the band started off as an "Avantgarde post-black metal project". As time progressed, the band left most of their traditional black metal influences behind for an "extreme variety of songs" in their 2004 album, Tűnő Idő Tárlat.[1] In February 2009, the band was signed to the avant-garde independent record label Epidemie Records. They have had a number of guest musicians over the years, including vocals by Ágnes Tóth of neo-folk duo The Moon and the Nightspirit.

In 2009, they released their concept album Róka Hasa Rádió, about "the relationship between the ever evolving, solid and massive physical matter and the fragileness of humans and all living spirits, throughout distant childhood memories and scientific explanations of nature. Revolving, rotating movements of past and future, colours, sounds, long lost scents by a strange transmission from a timeless radio."[2] It features a mix of atmospheric instrumental music, Hungarian folk elements and traditional black metal, making it very experimental.[3] The album narrowly missed the winner's place in the 2009 HangSúly Hungarian Metal Awards, which was won by Dalriada.[4]

In 2011 the band signed to Season of Mist.[5] Their fifth album entitled Rengeteg released in 2011, was the first Thy Catafalque album written and recorded by Tamás Kátai alone without János Juhász, who did not contribute to the recording this time.[6] Sgùrr was next released in 2015.[7]

In 2020, the band released the Zápor EP via GS Productions on CD and via Casus Belli Musica and Beverina Productions in vinyl.[8] Kátai originally intended the band as a studio-only project, but a number of musicians who were eager to hear Thy Catafalque songs played live reached out to him in 2021 to suggest a live performance with a revolving door of musicians; this eventually took place at the Fekete Zaj festival in Sástó, Hungary; Kátai himself played took part on bass on a few songs. The performance was released as a live album called Mezolit - Live at Fekete Zaj.[9]

Members

Former members

Mezolit live performance

Discography

Studio Albums

Compilations

Live Albums

EPs

Demos

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thy Catafalque . 10 October 2007 . avantgarde-metal.com . Originally Thy Catafalque has been intended to be an Avantgarde post-black metal project . 23 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100817120556/http://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/bands2.php?id=29 . 17 August 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Interview with Tamás Kátai. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002070433/http://www.mortemzine.net/show.php?id=1815. dead. 2 October 2011. 16 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Thy Catafalque - Róka hasa rádió . Swen . Reuter . 22 July 2009 . powermetal.de . Weihrauch Medien Verlag . German.
  4. Web site: Dalriada készítette az év metal lemezét . Hungarian . 10 March 2010 . Kultúra.hu . Hungarian Ministry of National Resources . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721112302/http://www.kultura.hu/main.php?folderID=951&articleID=298019&ctag=&iid=11 . 21 July 2011 .
  5. Web site: Thy Catafalque (news, biography, albums, line-up, tour dates) Official Season of Mist band. Season of Mist. 16 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Thy Catafalque Reveals New Album Details - in Metal News (Metal Underground.com) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011171212/http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=71485 . 2012-10-11 . 2011-09-07.
  7. Web site: 19 August 2015 . Thy Catafalque - "Alföldi Kozmosz" (audio) (premiere) . 16 November 2020 . PopMatters.com.
  8. Web site: Islander . June 24, 2021 . Thy Catafalque: "Vadak" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210629125553/https://www.nocleansinging.com/2021/06/24/thy-catafalque-vadak/ . June 29, 2021 . May 19, 2023 . No Clean Singing . en-US.
  9. Web site: Így kell meghódítani egy makói kisszobából indulva az egész világot! – Kátai Tamás-interjú. March 26, 2022.

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