in Polish thrash metal music was formed in year 1980. From the moment their debut singles ..Last camp../ ..Devil..s nights.. were released they received important exposure from local Radio Katowice .That session instigated many a rock festival appearance for the band.
KAT..s successful performance as part of the Jarocin Rock Festival in 1981 resulted in them winning the acclaimed Audience Prize.
With their popularity in the singles market rising, KAT toured with Finnish legends HANOI ROCKS. Their performances were met with rapturous reviews, and lead to the recording of their debut album ..Metal and hell.. for Belgian Ambush Records (May 1986), and the Polish version titled: ..666.. for Musical Club ..Razem... This was an important precursor for the publishing house, leading to their eventual establishment of & in polish thrash metal.
KAT was joined to Metal Mind Productions and in May played at Metalmania ..the biggest Polish festival with HELLOWEEN, OVERKILL and RUNNING WILD.
This alliance was to inspire some very spectacular and innovative concerts which even incorporated the use of ballet.
As headliners of the Jarocin Rock Festival in 1986, the band starred in a documentary film for BBC Television entitled: ..My blood, your blood.. . This program was dedicated to Polish rock music.
In 1987 KAT played in Katowice twice- Spodek with METALLICA and at the Metalmania Festival.That same year they released ..38minutes of life.. comprising the highlights of these two shows.
The successive album ..Breath of extinct worlds.. released in 1989 marked an exceptional progression in KAT..s direction.This album displayed a tendency towards a much more modern sound.
Musical differences caused the band to take a break for two years but in 1992 KAT returned with a vengeance releasing the ground breaking, genre defying album .. Bastard.. proving they were always one step ahead and a force to be reckoned with.
That Summer KAT issued ..Ballads.. which revealed their more sensitive side. Legendary Polish rock music composer JOZEF SKRZEK ( SBB) participated in the recording of this album. An extensive tour followed the album..s release culminating with a concert with MOTORHEAD in Zabrze city.
1996 heralded the release of the monumental, lofty and multi-layered album ..Roses of love mostly grow on graves ... 1998 was the year of ..Jeerings mirror.. followed by an intensive touring schedule.
In 2000 KAT underwent a line-up change with the departure of their guitarist who they replaced in 2003 when they hit the road once more with the successful ..KAT on tour again..
In November 2003 the band appeared at the Mistic Festival with IRON MAIDEN, which resulted in the appropriately titled DVD album.. Somewhere in Poland.. (2004).
A year later KATchanged the name on KAT & Roman Kostrzewski. Their last official release was a DVD concert taken from the Mega Club in Katowice (April 2007) from the previous tour which ended in February- March of the next year.
Now in KAT & RK plays:
Roman Kostrzewski- vocal, Ireneusz Loth- drums,
Michal Laksa- bass guitar,
Krzysztof Pistelok- guitar,
Piotr Radecki- guitar.
Zapraszam ponownie na nasza strone, nowe zdjecia i troche innych nowosci. Okolo za miesiac bedzie cos nowego do uslyszenia! Pozdrawienia ze Szwecji! //Alex, Death Maze
Hails from Poland and Scotland. Kalvaria "The Gate That Once Was Open" demo is finally out. 30 minutes of total Death Metal you can have for FREE!!! If you want to get our demo just visit our profile and send us a message by Halloween (31 October 09) and we'll send you the demo CD-R for FREE (no hidden charges!). After this time it will cost 4$ (CD-R demo + postage&packaging to anywhere in the world).
Zapraszam do lektury Wywiadu z Gitarzystami zespołu Kat & Roman Kostrzewski, Piotrem Radeckim& Krzysztofem "Pistoletem" Pistelokiem na stronie Magazynu Gitarzysta:
Dzień doberek! Dzięki za koncert w Semaforze, CMOKaśnie było...Mam nadzieje, że zapamiętacie ten set, a szczególnie ze względu na lecące w strone sceny...swetry :D. Pozdrawiam i czekam na kolejne koncerty. Zapraszamy w piękne świętokrzyskie.
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