Kátai Tamás
Encyclopedia
Kátai Tamás is a Hungarian avant-garde
musician
. He is most notable for being in the avant-garde post-
black metal
group Thy Catafalque
. He has been in a number of different bands and has also done numerous solo material.
In the Hungarian language, surnames come first and first names come after, so his first name is Tamás, while his surname is Kátai. This is why two different versions (Tamás Kátai, Kátai Tamás) can be found about his name.
Thy Catafalque
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
musician
Musician
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. He is most notable for being in the avant-garde post-
Post-metal
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
black metal
Black metal
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group Thy Catafalque
Thy Catafalque
-History:The band was formed by Hungarian musician Tamás Kátai, along with a fellow bandmate from a previous group, Gort. In their early years, the band started off playing black metal. As time progressed, so did the band's overall sound. They began adding in much more electronic and experimental...
. He has been in a number of different bands and has also done numerous solo material.
In the Hungarian language, surnames come first and first names come after, so his first name is Tamás, while his surname is Kátai. This is why two different versions (Tamás Kátai, Kátai Tamás) can be found about his name.
Darklight (solo)
- Holocaust In Fairyland - Demo, 1994
- The Shades Inside - Demo, 1994
- Aeternus - Demo, 1995
- Tinctures Of Nightfall - Demo, 1995
- In Igne Et Terra - Demo, 1996
- Feast Of November Dawn - Demo, 1997
- Virrasztanak a holtak... - EP, 1999
- Theatrum October - Full-length, 1999
Gire
- On Dist. - Demo, 1996
- Energire - Demo, 1999
- Hét Madár - Demo, 2000
- Metabiosis - Demo, 2002
- V - Demo, 2003
- Nádak, erek - Demo, 2004
- Gire - Full-length, 2007
Thy CatafalqueThy Catafalque-History:The band was formed by Hungarian musician Tamás Kátai, along with a fellow bandmate from a previous group, Gort. In their early years, the band started off playing black metal. As time progressed, so did the band's overall sound. They began adding in much more electronic and experimental...
- Cor Cordium - Demo, 1999
- Sublunary TragediesSublunary TragediesSublunary Tragedies is the first full-length release from Hungarian avant-garde metal group Thy Catafalque.-Track listing:#"Erdgeist" - 5:00#"Ashesdance" - 6:12#"Triumph Lightless" - 8:36#"Come Lateautumn Rains" - 9:26#"Via Millennia" - 9:27...
- Full-length, 1999 - MicrocosmosMicrocosmos (Thy Catafalque album)Microcosmos is the second full-length release from Hungarian avant-garde metal group Thy Catafalque.Their first music video was made for the song "Paths Untrodden".-Track listing:#"The Sileni And Sylvans And Fauns" - 8:30#"Mirkwood Sonnet" - 9:37...
- Full-length, 2001 - Tűnő Idő TárlatTűnő Idő TárlatTűnő Idő Tárlat is the third full-length release from Hungarian avant-garde metal group Thy Catafalque. This album showed their shift from symphonic black metal to a more electronic and atmospheric based sound, while still retaining their traditional black metal elements.Promo videos for...
- Full-length, 2004 - Róka Hasa RádióRóka Hasa RádióRóka Hasa Rádió is the fourth full-length album from Hungarian avant-garde metal group Thy Catafalque. It is a concept album about "the relationship between the ever evolving, solid and massive physical matter and the fragileness of humans and all living spirits, throughout distant childhood...
- Full-length, 2009 - RengetegRengeteg-Track listing:-Credits:* Tamás Kátai – Vocals, keyboards/synthesizers, guitar, bass guitar, programs-Guest musicians:* Attila Bakos – vocals* Ágnes Tóth – vocals* Mihály Simkó-Várnagy – cello...
- Full-length, 2011
Towards Rusted Soil (solo)
- Forsaken In Fog - Demo, 2000
- A Landscape Slumbering - Demo, 2003