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We Are The Catalyst
official contacts
Labels:
We Are The Catalyst Productions info@wearethecatalystofficial.com
Raw Street Noise/ Flick Records ("Perseverance" album) - johannes@flickagency.se
Publishers:
Flick Records ("Perseverance" album) - johannes@flickagency.se
Sentric - support@sentricmusic.com
Booking
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Band:
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Voices about WATC
"An Alternative masterpiece. Heavy, suggestive and horribly beautiful. - This band does exactly what they want. And they do it damn well."
Sweden Rock Magazine - Score 9/10 - Review of "Friction"
“Like Ghost and Meshuggah before them,
We Are The Catalyst are built on a creative independence that forbids
anyone the ability to rightfully compare their sound to another band.
While We Are The Catalyst have a wildly dark, inventive sound all to
their own, you wouldn’t be faulted for seeing the connection to nu-metal
and early 2000’s hard rock.
The band’s strengths- vocals, catchy metal hooks and wicked
instrumental chemistry position them as the new coming of the
more one-dimensional aspects of that era while showing just how
well done those ideas can be executed when done with integrity.
Since releasing their debut album, Monuments nearly four years ago,
We Are The Catalyst have built a reputation as one of Sweden’s most
promising rock and metal bands. With their upcoming album, Ephemeral
set to drop early next year, the first single “Predators” is the
perfect wetting of the appetite to raise anticipation and intrigue.
If Ephemeral contains tracks half as good as “Predators”, We Are The
Catalyst can very well find themselves sitting a top the mountain of
rock and metal bands of this era.”
Joe Hughes - Alternativenation.net -
“We Are The Catalyst are a shining light in the rock and metal world
right now. It´s rare to find a band who can hook you and captivate you
as well as this band do. By combining soaring vocal lines and catchy
melodies, We Are The Catalyst have set the benchmark for modern
metal bands – providing an intense and awe inspiring listening
experience that will have you begging for more. Their new album Elevation
is going to take the world by force!”
- Matt Seddon - UK Promoter
"Spoiler alert: it kicks ass. In fact, this is exactly how to present a
sophomore album"
- Metalstorm.net Review of Elevation
"WE ARE THE CATALYST has fulfilled their purpose to be a guiding light
in the dark and then some with this release. - "Ephemeral" showcases
the beautiful sides of the shadows and to never be afraid of them."
Metal-temple.com - Score 10/10 - Review of Ephemeral.
She (Cat Fey) has the most wonderful voice and it´s one that allows
the listener to immerse themselves in both song and lyric. Yes, they are
dark songs, that can not be ignored, but somehow the dark (and it´s
something that returned time and time again as I wrote this) is
never imposing, but rather is used to inspire you to open up to your
own feelings and let them out whilst listening to the music. The wall of
sound, where the music simply fills each of the headphone speakers as
you sit listening, no, absorbing the music, is truly uplifting.
A cold dark January morning feels like nothing when the light of
WATC cuts through the gloom.
Powerplay magazine March 2019 - Score 9/10
“WHA?!? Yes. We were kicked in the face and thrown down that stairs on
that high castle beyond the mountains.
WE ARE THE CATALYST is a mix of what Evanescence brought to the game,
and the vibes that made Linkin Park tremendous. ‘Predators’ is So good.
It’s a ‘cleansing’ in a way. Our cobwebs from our head are broken.
The haze is gone.Cat Fey’s vocals strength helps propel the song into new heights.
Fast rising is a correct assessment for WATC. Look out for more
singles prior to the upcoming ‘Ephemeral’ due to drop early 2019.
Hell’s yea!”
- Comeherefloyd.com - Predators single review
"10 / 10 Mind-blowing vocals... the most exciting prospect to emerge out
of the Nordic nation in the last few years"
- GMA
"We Are the Catalyst are an insatiable band that put memorability
and singalong chorus together with beefy riffs and some incredible
moments."
- Sam Liddicott - musicmusingsandsuch
Biography
CATALYST: A PERSON OR THING THAT PRECIPITATES AN EVENT OR CHANGE.
"This band does exactly what they want. And they do it damn well."
That statement from a review of the latest album "Friction" in Sweden Rock Magazine pretty much says it all.
We Are The Catalyst is the Alternative Metal band that refuses to let anyone else dictate the terms of their success. Since their formation in Sweden in 2012, this fiercely independent band has amassed millions of streams, sold thousands of songs, and toured festival stages across Europe and Asia - always on their own terms.
Every aspect of their career is in their hands: songwriting, recording, mixing, mastering, music videos, photography, marketing, booking, and social media. No label, no middlemen - just pure dedication and complete creative control. And that’s exactly how they want it.
Fronted by the one-of-a-kind Cat Fey, whose instantly captivating melodies, storytelling, strength, and a voice built for anthems, We Are The Catalyst stand out in today’s crowded rock and metal scene.
Their latest album “Friction”, released on November 29th, 2024, underlined this yet again. Sweden Rock Magazine hailed it as an “alternative masterpiece”, awarding it 9/10.
With their innovative and experimental approach to music, We Are The Catalyst have carved out a space as something truly different – proving time and again that they are not the band that follows, but the band that leads the way.
History:
The members Cat Fey , Kenny Boufadene, Håkan Strind and ex-member Joni Kaartinen spent years touring with their former band, the Modern Metal act One Without (sharing bills with Dead By April, Evergrey, Katatonia and more, as well as releasing albums on Lifeforce Records and other labels) and have channeled their skills and passion into We Are The Catalyst.
The band’s debut EP from 2013, Panem Et Circenses, showed off an experimental and catchy Rock style that instantly put We Are The Catalyst on the map as a band to keep an eye on.
The debut album, Monuments released in October of 2014, topped everything expected from WATC. Released worldwide by Ferocity Records, it hit harder, it soared higher, and it cut just a little bit deeper. Case in point was their single for “Don’t You Worry Child,” a blunt assessment of the heartbreaking truths surrounding child abuse in the world and the steps that we can all take to help end this terrible affliction. At the start of the music video for the single none other than talk-show legend Jerry Springer is addressing the viewer with a request to help raise funds, as all profits from the single go to The Fostering Network and helping children in need find loving homes.
In March of 2015, We Are The Catalyst embarked on a 10 day tour of China, doing their second show ever being specially invited to perform at the prestigious “Sound of the Xity” music expo in Beijing, as well as playing stand-alone shows and Chinas biggest music festival “Strawberry Festival” in Shanghai, where WATC headlined the “Planet Stage”.
In June of 2015 WATC won first prize in a competition organized by Metal Hammer, Bloodstock and the Dutch Symphonic Metal band Delain, where the prize was to perform at Bloodstock Open Air, with bands like Trivium, Sabaton, Within Temptation and more, as well as opening for Delain at their Birmingham show on their UK tour. This coincided with WATC doing their first UK headline tour of 13 shows in October/November.
In December of 2015 WATC returned to the UK for the third time that year, now headlining the second stage at the festival “Planet Rockstock” with bands like The Darkness, FM and Rival Sons.
With their album “Elevation”, released on September 2nd of 2016, the band took their sound to a new level. Darker, heavier and more emotional while still maintaining the WATC trademark melodic modern sound.
2018 was spent recording and perfecting the new album “Ephemeral”, that was released on February 13th 2019 with great reception from fans and critics alike, being hailed as the best the band has ever done and “certainly the album that should break the band in the global market”. The album was followed by shows and festivals in UK and Sweden.
In 2020 and 2021 We Are The Catalyst recorded and released the fourth album “Perseverance” – also signing a licensing deal with Raw Street Noise (Part of Despotz records) who released the album on November 26th of 2021.
In 2022 the band started work on their fifth studio album and released the first single “Hollow” on june 9th 2023, showcasing their new futuristic and atmospheric sci-fi sound. The fifth studio album ”Friction” is set for relase on November 29th 2024.