Meditations
Kataklysm · 2018
159 min · 39 tracks · death metal
A relentless barrage of aggressive riffs and guttural vocals, embodying the essence of modern death metal.
Top tracks — play these first
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Guillotine — Opening the album with ferocity, this track showcases blistering guitar work alongside intense drumming, setting the tone for the entire record.
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What Doesn't Break Doesn't Heal — This track combines melodic hooks with aggressive instrumentation, illustrating the album's theme of resilience through adversity.
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Achilles' Heel — A standout for its lyrical content and dynamic shifts, it encapsulates the struggle between strength and vulnerability present throughout the album.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- philosophical introspection amidst chaos
- wave-like pacing with intensity
- cathartic release through aggression
- dynamic peaks and valleys
- engaging live performance energy
Maybe skip if you
- prefer straightforward, short songs
- seek consistent, mellow vibes
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released on January 1, 2018, Meditations is Kataklysm's thirteenth studio album, coming after their critically acclaimed 2015 release, Of Ghosts and Gods. At this point in their career, the band had solidified their position within the death metal genre while experimenting with melodic elements and lyrical depth.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Cryptopsy· Dying Fetus· Nile
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 Guillotine 2:56
- 2 Outsider 3:57
- 3 The Last Breath I'll Take Is Yours 3:15
- 4 Narcissist 2:42
- 5 Born to Kill and Destined to Die 3:57
- 6 In Limbic Resonance 4:51
- 7 ...And Then I Saw Blood 4:39
- 8 What Doesn't Break Doesn't Heal 3:21
- 9 Bend the Arc and Cut the Cord 3:51
- 10 Achilles' Heel 5:18
Disc 2
- 1 Intro (live) 0:46
- 2 In Shadows & Dust (live) 2:45
- 3 Beyond Salvation (live) 4:16
- 4 Why These 2 Albums? 0:48
- 5 Illuminati (live) 7:02
- 6 Chronicles of the Damned (live) 4:31
- 7 Bound in Chains (live) 3:31
- 8 Rediscovering These Albums 1:36
- 9 Where the Enemy Sleeps... (live) 6:35
- 10 Centuries (Beneath the Dark Waters) (live) 5:53
- 11 We Have a Different Drummer Now 3:44
- 12 Face the Face of War (live) 6:32
- 13 Years of Enlightment / Decades in Darkness (live) 5:27
- 14 Intermission 2:33
- 15 The Ambassador of Pain (live) 2:46
- 16 The Resurrected (live) 3:35
- 17 The Fans 3:22
- 18 As I Slither (live) 4:57
- 19 For All Our Sins (live) 7:34
- 20 Generations 3:20
- 21 The Night They Returned (live) 5:39
- 22 Serenity in Fire (live) 5:51
- 23 Drumming on the Different Albums 0:55
- 24 Blood on the Swans (live) 3:02
- 25 10 Seconds From the End (live) 4:19
- 26 The Tragedy I Preach (live) 4:51
- 27 Meditations 3:26
- 28 Under the Bleeding Sun (live) 7:01
- 29 Credits 3:35
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