What is Kataklysm?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Kataklysm | Img = Kataklysm Strasbourg 81007 01.jpg | Img_capt = Annihilator performing in [[Strasbourg]]; June 10, 2007 | Img_size = 250px | Landscape = yes | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] | Genre = [[Death metal]], [[melodic death metal]]<ref> https://www.nuclearblast.com/pages/kataklysm</ref><ref> https://www.nuclearblast.com/blogs/news/kataklysm-release-music-video-for-second-single-die-as-a-king-32392</ref> | Years_active = 1991–''present'' | Label = [[Nuclear Blast]] | Associated_acts = Dechrist, [[Ex Deo]] | URL = [http://www.kataklysm.swizcorp.com/ Official website] | Current_members = Maurizio Iacono<br>Jean-Francois Dagenais<br>Stephane Barbe<br>Max Duhamel | Past_members = Sylvain Houde<br>Martin Murais<br>Nick Miller<br>Ariel Saied Martinez }} '''Kataklysm''' are a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[death metal]] [[band]] from [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. Kataklysm was formed in 1991. The band released their debut studio album ''[[Sorcery (Kataklysm album)|Sorcery]]'' on February 10, 1995 and their second full-length album on June 26, 1996. Lead singer Sylvain Houde left the band afterwards and Maurizio Iacono took over the lead vocals. Stephane Barbe was also recruited to the band during this time. Their third album ''[[Victims of this Fallen World]]'' which was released on March 7, 1998, saw a change in musical style from Kataklysm's previous albums. They returned to their former style when they released ''[[The Prophecy (Stigmata of the Immaculate)]]'' but it was less chaotic and with a little bit of [[thrash metal]]. Iacono had vocal lessons for the death metal genre after he was complaining that he was losing his voice during or after the band performed concerts. Their fifth studio album ''[[Epic: The Poetry of War]]'' was released on September 17, 2001. The album featured a little bit of a melodic approach to death metal however they did not step into the boundaries of [[melodic death metal]]. The band released their six