{"product_id":"heavens-venom-1","title":"Heaven's Venom","description":"Personnel: Maurizio Iacono (vocals); Jean-Francois Dagenais (guitar); Max Duhamel (drums).\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixer: Tue Madsen.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: JFD Studio, Ste-Marthe sur le lac, QC.\u003cbr\u003eQuebec is easily the most European-like part of North America. Stroll the streets of Montreal or Quebec City, and you feel like you could be in a European city. So bearing that in mind, it makes sense that French Canadian death metal band Kataklysm picked up some European metal influences along the way -- and one can hear those European influences on Heaven's Venom, which is a death metal album first and foremost but sometimes incorporates elements of Scandinavian black metal (including blastbeats and black metal-style rasp vocals -- lead singer Maurizio Iacono usually favors a Cookie Monster growl but can also handle a black metal rasp when he's in the mood). There is no shortage of thrashiness and high-speed ferocity on Heaven's Venom; moshers will not be disappointed by \"Faith Made of Shrapnel,\" \"At the Edge of the World\" or the opener \"A Soulless God\" (which, in true Kataklysm fashion, starts out with a movie soundbite). But this 2010 release, for all its bombast, isn't an exercise in all thrashiness all the time. There are tempo changes and melodic moments as well; melodic death metal of the Swedish variety is a definite influence on tracks like \"Blind Savior,\" \"Suicide River,\" and \"As the Wall Collapses.\" So even though Heaven's Venom is a brutal pile driver of an album, it isn't without nuance -- and Kataklysm achieve some variety but always sound quite focused. Heaven's Venom is unlikely to convert those who have resisted Kataklysm in the past, but this 46-minute CD demonstrates that after 18 years in the mosh pit, they could still bring the noise with exciting results. ~ Alex Henderson","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51505613734175,"sku":"727361255725","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/d226e8286b625eb9ebc51994519b30d8_5c512138-81c6-47be-bee7-9e1daadd687e.jpg?v=1777875722","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/heavens-venom-1","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}