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KATAPULT – “The Hands of the Devil” video out now!

Video for “The Hands of the Devil”

Death/thrashers KATAPULT unleash music video for ‘The Hands of the Devil‘ from debut album “Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes”.

Watch the video for The Hands of the Devil’ HERE and stream the debut album HERE

Happy birthday album! Today marks the one year anniversary of when Swedish/Swiss melodeath/thrash combo KATAPULT released its debut album Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes through Discouraged Records. With the album, the band has made a lasting impression with its aggressive energy, impressive chops and smart songwriting, which has received praise by international press.

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Today, KATAPULT unleashes its fifth music video from the album, this time for the song ‘The Hands of the Devil’, and once again the video has been created by the band’s visual wizards Florian Moritz and Johan Norström. The song is about the hypocrisy of religion, how power corrupts and becoming the very thing you loathe.

Singer Johan Norström states on the song:

“Let’s say I’m kind of skeptical against religion as a whole, with Christianity as the figurehead for religion. Considering all the pedophile assholes who found their way to high positions within the church, it’s not a long leap to say the Devil has his hands far up their asses, pulling the strings.”

Watch the video for the first single Nihilism for the Gods
Watch the video for the second single Comfortably Dumb
Watch the video for the third single Schädel
Watch the video for the fourth single Sweetheart Come

Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes can be ordered on CD HERE.

Born in a backstage area in Sweden in the summer of 2017, KATAPULT is the brainchild of Florian Moritz and Johan Norström. As everyone and their grandmother know, not many bands born in backstage areas survive their infancy, but despite being raised in both Switzerland and Sweden, KATAPULT endured. As time went by, Joel Purificacion was invited to shred some solos on their debut EP, A Fistful of Truth, and being such a good fit, he ended up joining the ranks. Similarly, Felix Bacher and David Stutzer ended up sticking with KATAPULT while being invited to track bass and drums, respectively, during the production of the second EP, Shut the Fuck Up and Press Play.

The upcoming album Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes is a merry-go-round of dark emotions, filled with 13 tracks ranging from blistering rage to immense sorrow, all sprinkled with a layer of “go fuck yourself” attitude. Where tracks like “Comfortably Dumb” deal with the hypocrisy of accepting the meat industry, “21st Century Gladiator Boy” points and laughs at all influencers trying to out-stupid one another, “Litany of Spirals” was written during a sleepless night caused by burnout borderline depression, and “Bränn bilder och minnen” is a giant “Fuck you” to that guy from school who is a proud fucking nazi nowadays. To fuel this record with unusual elans, KATAPULT has utilized the services of a special batch of musicians and their artistry, including vocals, percussion, pedal steel, Hammond, violin, cello, and orchestral arrangement.

For Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes, no less than six videos are in production as KATAPULT continues to have a strong visual presence. This is not just a bold statement as band members Johan and Florian both work professionally as filmmakers. Johan is an experienced editor, colorist, and animator, and Florian is an exceptional director of photography. Keeping in mind that the video for their track “Du brinner ihjäl” received awards for its storytelling and cinematography, Katapult has all the intentions to surpass that video with what comes next.

In the meantime, KATAPULT eagerly awaits their first live performance. The pandemic outbreak and the geographical distance between Switzerland and Sweden have not even allowed all the band members to congregate under one roof.

Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes Track Listing

01. The End
02. Comfortably Numb
03. The Hands of the Devil
04. Sweetheart Come
05. The Arsonist
06. Nihilism for the Gods
07. Litany of Spirals
08. Invite the Sin
09. Schädel
10. All This Because of Greed
11. 21st Century Gladiator Boy
12. Bränn bilder och minnen (feat Fredrik Lindkvist)
13. Oh God for One More Breath


KATAPULT is:

Johan Norström (Terrortory, ex- Starship Monolit) – Vocals
Florian Moritz (ex-Arcturon) – Guitars
Joel Purificacion (ex-FallDown) – Guitars
David Stutzer [ex-Darrow, Breakdown of Sanity (by proxy)] – Drums
Felix Bacher (Hektor, Britney, ex-Arcturon) – Bass

Discography:

Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes (CD/ Digital Album 2022, Discouraged Records )

Shut the Fuck Up and Press Play (EP 2020, self released) 

A Fistful of Truth (EP 2020, self released) 

Siege, Destroy, Annihilate (singel 2018, self released) 

Follow KATAPULT:
https://linktr.ee/katapultthrash
https://katapultthrash.com
https://www.facebook.com/katapultthrash
https://www.instagram.com/katapultthrash
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwBmCwdd3lPtIaKhtkul_Nw

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