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Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek



8.4 | 178 votes |
Release date: 15 November 2024
Style: Avantgarde black metal

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01. Piros Kocsi, Fekete Éj
02. Mindenevő
03. Vasgyár
04. Világnak Világa
05. Nyárfa, Nyírfa
06. Lydiához [Ferenc Sebő cover]
07. Vakond
08. Ködkirály
09. Aláhullás
10. A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek

Top 20 albums of 2024: 5

Line-up
Tamás Kátai - vocal, keyboards, guitars, bass, programs

Guest musicians
Zoltán Kónya - vocals
Gábor Dudás - vocals
Attila Bakos - vocals
Gábor Veres - vocals
Helga Kreiter - vocals
Martina Veronika Horváth - vocals
Ivett Dudás - vocals
András Vörös - vocals
Bálint Bokodi - vocals
Sanja Smileska - violin
Joakim Toftgaard - trombone, trumpet
Fabian Hernandez - saxophone
Edu Giró - oud, bouzouki, baglama
Annamari Sánta - narration
Viktória Varga - narration
Krisztián Varga - guitars
Zoltán Vigh - guitars
Breno Machado - guitars
Miguel Velasquez Matija - fretless bass
Cal Rustad - french horn
Gergö Bille - flugelhorn, trumpet
Jo Quail - electric cello
Manuel Domenech - cor anglais
Issar Shulman - contrabass
Khachatrian Lernik - clarinet
Grigoris Mitropoulos - bouzouki, mpaglamas
Daniele Belli - acoustic guitar

Additional info
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.
Mixed and mastered by Gábor Vári at Miracle Sound Szeged, Hungary.

Front cover artwork by Dániel Szécsényi and Tamás Kátai.
Illustrations by Orsolya Pintér.

Staff review by
musclassia
Rating:
8.4
With such a breadth of ideas and influences in the songwriting of Thy Catafalque, there’s room to orient different albums towards distinct vibes, whether it be the playfulness of Naiv or extremity of Alföld; 2021’s Vadak did a good job of spanning the whole range of the project’s scope, and XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek is similar in its intentions.

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published 23.11.2024 | Comments (8)

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Comments: 17   Visited by: 400 users
21.08.2024 - 21:29
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
This guy is just relentless, his one of the busiest, and most ambitiously talented musicians in black metal right now, and what a line-up of guests he had working beside him on this as well. As usual I'll be looking forward to hearing this.
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22.08.2024 - 18:52
Rating: 9
JayMo4
Good god that is a lot of folks collaborating. I’m excited as always to hear how this turns out. Kátai hasn’t disappointed me yet.
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22.08.2024 - 18:55
Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I quite enjoyed the last release, so I'm looking forward to this!
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24.08.2024 - 16:22
24emd
Theory Snob
That's one insane lineup. Guest list alone is a reason to listen.
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21.09.2024 - 09:12
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So far he's released real quality singles after a fairly short wait since last album. This man is insane.
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15.11.2024 - 00:08
Rating: 9
Maxder
The genius is back again. There are a lot of great moments on this one.

Favorite tracks: 03. Vasgyár (the end in particular), 04. Világnak Világa, 09. Aláhullás
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15.11.2024 - 13:03
Rating: 8
Vellichor
Are these last three albums thematically connected? I’ve listened to a handful of albums but not super familiar with his work. I just noticed they are all folksy looking people with a landscape background that seem to hold a common theme.
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15.11.2024 - 14:53
Rating: 8
Vellichor
Just finished my first listen and goddamn, this is a fine piece of work. So many different styles covered here and the albums flows perfectly. I need a few more listens but I could see this growing to AOTY level!
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15.11.2024 - 21:49
Rating: 9
Doge of Venice
Listened a few times today and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it's connected a bit more with me than the previous two. The blend is working really well for me and there's some great tracks on here
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16.11.2024 - 18:36
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
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Contributor
Just as I expected, another top quality album, I shouldn't expect anything less really. I can't say whether I prefer it to the previous two albums before it yet as each album has it's very own uniqueness, and quirkiness, and outstanding moments. One thing I must say though is that the production is spectacular.
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16.11.2024 - 21:09
Rating: 9
Caio
20 years now without a single bad release, only quality stuff.
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21.11.2024 - 08:04
Rating: 10
tomkri85
I am proud when I see that the greatest composer puts my country on the metal map again.🤟🫶🎸
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22.11.2024 - 22:40
Rating: 8
Paz
777
Elite
Lol, I just find out that "Lydiahoz" is a cover of the Polish classic folk song "Czerwone Korale" by Brathanki:



Edit: Actually, the composition was written by Ferenc Sebő. Sorry my bad

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26.11.2024 - 07:12
Rating: 9
Zyk
Tamás showing his versatility yet again. It's ridiculous and impressive that he just released an album last year but still felt like sneaking a new one in before this year was over, and they're both really good. And this is the third time he's released 2 albums in less than 2 years between. It's rare to see high quality and frequent output go hand in hand. Alföld was his most metal album in a while but this is arguably even heavier in some ways. Personally I would have liked just a little more weirdness but I still love it. Lydiához is the only song which I don't find quite as strong as the rest but that makes sense since it isn't really his song. I still like it even though I always think they are about to start singing the old Batman theme.

This is easily my AOTY but to be fair it didn't have much competition.
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30.11.2024 - 21:00
Rating: 10
metalbrat
This is pure bliss. This guy is someone from future. What a variety of music he has delivered !!!! 😍 Not even a single track that you can skip.
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01.12.2024 - 12:52
Rating: 9
Reaper_Redeemer
It is incredible how Tamas manages to recycle his music. Absolutely phenomenal considering he creates music with that frequency and consistency.
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