Like all big things, Thy Catafalque come from small beginnings. Back in the late '90s, Tamás Kátai started the project in his Hungarian hometown as a black metal duo that was never intended to leave the studio. Now, two decades later, the two-time Fonogram winner and his lively band of collaborators are about to release their most imaginative album yet.
"After twenty-five years creating delightful avant garde concoctions of folk, electronica, extreme metal, and progressive-minded good ol' fashioned rock, you'd almost expect Tamás Kátai to run out of ideas", writes Everything Is Noise. "And yet, as proven by their twelfth album, Thy Catafalque isn't showing any signs of slowing down."
XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek comes out tomorrow, Friday, November 15, but you can hear all 10 dark and dreamy songs today by listening to the full album stream on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
Listen Below.
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New fans and long-time appreciators can now rediscover just how much Thy Catafalque has grown since their humble beginnings as a duo. This year, Season of Mist re-issued Thy Catafalque's first seven albums.
These reissues include first-edition pressings, limited color vinyls, UV-prints, 3D etchings and new artwork, plus bonus tracks.
Order:https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/ThyCatafalqueReissues
Thy Catafalque's twelfth album looks back longingly at the past, Tamás Kátai isn't stopping to smell the roses. With A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek, he shows that the beautiful dreams are yet to come.
Recording Lineup
Tamás Kátai – guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, programming
Guest musicians
Martina Veronika Horváth – vocals on Track 1, 6
Ivett Dudás – vocals on Track 8
Helga Kreiter – vocals on Track 4, 10
Gábor Dudás – vocals on Track 2, 5, 6, 10
Bálint Bokodi – vocals on Track 2, 4, 9
Gábor Veres – vocals on Track 3, 8
Attila Bakos – vocals on Track 1
Zoltán Kónya – vocals on Track 3
András Vörös – vocals on Track 4
Breno Machado – lead guitar on Track 2
Zoltán Vigh – lead guitar on Track 3
Krisztián Varga – lead guitar on Track 4
Daniele Belli – acoustic guitar on Track 2
Miguel Velasquez Matija – fretless bass on Track 2, 6
Edu Giró – oud, bouzouki, baglama on Track 2,7
Grigoris Mitropoulos – bouzouki, mpaglamas on Track 7
Sanja Smileska – violin on Track 3
Jo Quail – electric cello on Track 8
Issar Shulman – contrabass on Track 2
Cal Rustad – French horn on Track 2, 8
Manuel Domenech – cor anglais on Track 8
Khachatrian Lernik – clarinet on Track 2
Gergő Bille – flugelhorn, trumpet on Track 7
Joakim Toftgaard – trombone, trumpet on Track 7
Fabian Hernandez – saxophone on Track 5
Viktória Varga – narration on Track 3
Annamari Sánta – narration on Track 7, 8
Recording
Recorded in various countries: Hungary, United Kingdom, Romania, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Greece, North Macedonia, Israel, U.S.A., Colombia, Brazil.
Producer & Sound Engineer
Tamás Kátai, Gábor Vári
Mixing & Mastering
Miracle Sound Szeged, Hungary. Mixed and mastered by Gábor Vári.
Artwork
Front cover by Dániel Szécsényi and Tamás Kátai
Illustrations by Orsolya Pintér.
Follow Thy Catafalque
https://thy-catafalque.hu
https://www.facebook.com/thycatafalque
https://www.instagram.com/thy_catafalque
https://www.youtube.com/user/kataitamas
https://thycatafalque.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4sgTqbA7htxYkRRJBPZIom
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/thy-catafalque/372164196
Booking contact: info@thy-catafalque.hu
Available Formats
Digital download
CD Mediabook (First Pressing Only)
12" Vinyl Gatefold (Black)
12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold (Transparent Yellow & Black Marbled)
12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold (Turquoise & Black Marbled)
12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold (White with Gold Splatters)