{"product_id":"heavens-venom","title":"Heaven's Venom","description":"Quebec 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":51463219904799,"sku":"727361255701","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/9c78b9832b1d9258109c58084bd7e541_efaa0b9f-5fc3-4ca0-a86d-97cbde543dc3.jpg?v=1777846782","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/heavens-venom","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}