{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Short description|Russian death metal band}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Katalepsy | image = Katalepsy Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 18.jpg | image_upright = 1.2 | caption = Katalepsy performing in Schlotheim in 2016 | origin = Moscow, Russia | genre = {{hlist|Brutal death metal|technical death metal<ref name="genres" >{{cite web | url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/katalepsy-the-future-of-our-dying-race/ | title=Katalepsy: The Future of Our Dying Race | date=20 September 2020 }}</ref>|slam death metal (early)<ref name="genres" />}} | years_active = 2003–present | label = Unique Leader | website = {{url|katalepsy.ru}} | current_members = *Anatoly Shishilov *Andrey Patsionov *Anton Garasiyev *Igor Filimontsev | past_members = }}
'''Katalepsy''' is a Russian death metal band from Moscow. The group formed in 2003, and have released two split albums, one EP, three full-length albums, and one demo. The band's name is a variation of the word "catalepsy", a disorder involving catatonic schizophrenia. Some lyrical themes of the band include gore, violence, splatter, murder and perversions. They are currently signed to Unique Leader Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/katalepsy-signs-with-unique-leader-records/|title=Katalepsy Signs With Unique Leader Records – Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date=28 May 2011|accessdate=17 March 2014}}</ref> Following the departure of guitarist "Helv" in 2009, no original members remain in the band.
In the 3rd of September 2021, guitarist Dmitry Dedov died due to electric bike accident.
== History ==
=== Formation and split album (2003–2004) === The band was formed in 2003 in Moscow. In 2004 they released a split album with the bands Smersh, Barbarity and Posthumous Blasphemer. The split features 28 songs and length is around 54 minutes in length.
The band released a demo named, ''Your Fear Is Our Inhabitancy''. The release consists of only two songs.
=== ''Musick Brings Injuries'' (2007–2008) === {{Infobox album | italic_title = no | name = ''Musick Brings Injuries'' | type = ep | artist = Katalepsy | cover = Katalepsy Musick Brings Injuries.jpg | alt = | released = 23 February 2007 | recorded = October 2006 | venue = | studio = | genre = Slam death metal | length = 24:14 | label = Soulflesh Collector | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Triumph of Evilution | next_year = 2008 }}
{{Album ratings |rev1 = Sputnikmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/33463/Katalepsy-Musick-Brings-Injuries/|title=Katalepsy – Musick Brings Injuries (album review) – Sputnikmusic|publisher=Sputnikmusic|date=15 November 2009|accessdate=24 April 2013}}</ref> }}
In 2007, Katalepsy released their first EP entitled ''Musick Brings Injuries''. In 2008, the band released another split album along with an EP in the same year. Both the EP and split album have the same title name; ''Triumph of Evilution''. ''Musick Brings Injuries'' was recorded, mixed and mastered in October 2006 at Z-Studio & Navahohut Sound, Zelenograd, Russia except tracks 5 and 6 recorded and mixed in November 2006 at Zvuk l Golos Studio. It was released 23 February 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Katalepsy/Musick_Brings_Injuries/142332|title=Katalepsy – Musick Brings Injuries – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum|date=17 January 2007|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> The album was released on iTunes on 25 December 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/musick-brings-injuries/303874605|title=iTunes – Music – Musick Brings Injuries by Katalepsy|publisher=iTunes|date=25 December 2008|access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref>
==== Track listing ==== {{Track listing |title1 = Gialo |length1 = 03:32 |title2 = Sluggish Cranial Grinding |length2 = 03:44 |title3 = Rots of Fuck |length3 = 02:49 |title4 = Rabid (Mortician cover) |length4 = 02:18 |title5 = Consuming the Abyss |length5 = 03:40 |title6 = Necroviolated to Liquid |length6 = 03:46 |title7 = S.O.D. (Megadeth cover) |length7 = 04:25 |total_length = 24:14 }} {{Clear}}
=== ''Autopsychosis'' (2010 – Present) === {{Infobox album | italic_title = no | name = ''Autopsychosis'' | type = studio | artist = Katalepsy | cover = Autopsychosis album cover.jpg | alt = | released = 8 January 2013<br />22 January 2013 (Russia) | recorded = Recorded at Cosmos Studio & SFC Studio. | venue = | studio = | genre = Technical death metal | length = 40:10 | label = Unique Leader Records, Soulflesh Collector Records | producer = | prev_title = Triumph of Evilution | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = Metal Storm |rev1score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Troy|last=Killjoy|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=12177|title=Katalepsy – Autopsychosis review – Metal Storm|publisher=Metal Storm|date=9 December 2013|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> |rev2 = Sputnikmusic |rev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Jack|last=Boaden|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/58924/Katalepsy-Autopsychosis/|title=Katalespy – Autopsychosis (album review) – Sputnikmusic|publisher=Sputnikmusic|date=15 September 2013|accessdate=24 April 2013}}</ref> |rev3 = Metal Forces |rev3score = {{Rating|6.5|10}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Neil|last=Arnold|url=http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/album-review-katalepsy-autopsychosis/|title=KATALEPSY – Autopsychosis (2013) – Album / EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine|publisher=Metal Forces|date=|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> |rev4 = Metal Temple |rev4score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Cameron|last=Ervin|url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/k_2/katalepsy-autopsychosi.htm|title=Katalepsy – Autopsychosis review – Metal-Temple.com|publisher=metal-temple.com|date=11 February 2013|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> }}
In 2013, the band released their debut full-length album, entitled ''Autopsychosis''. The album was released on 8 January 2013 through Unique Leader Records,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Katalepsy/Autopsychosis/361562|title=Katalepsy – Autopsychosis – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum|date=22 December 2012|accessdate=25 April 2014}}</ref> and through Soulflesh Collector Records on 22 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Katalepsy/Autopsychosis/361562|title=Katalepsy – Autopsychosis – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum|date=22 December 2012|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> The album was made available through iTunes on 8 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/autopsychosis/id656518843|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305132048/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/autopsychosis/id656518843|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2015|title=iTunes – Music – Autopsychosis by Katalepsy|publisher=iTunes|date=8 January 2013|accessdate=24 April 2013}}</ref> A music video for "Evidence of Near Death (E.N.D.)" was released on 21 September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wVtjKoWg1M|title=KATALEPSY – Evidence Of Near Death (E.N.D.) (OFFICIAL VIDEO) – YouTube|publisher=YouTube|date=21 September 2012|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref>
==== Track listing ==== {{tracklist |all_music = Katalepsy, Serge Penzensky, Serge "Cann E" Levochkin |all_lyrics = Anatoly, except Unearthly Urge to Supremacy and Gore Conspiracy by Mirus and Anatoly |title1 =Lurking In the Depth |length1 =3:39 |title2 =Evidence of Near Death (E.N.D.) |length2 =2:39 |title3 =Body Bags for the Gods |length3 =3:00 |title4 =Cold Flesh Citadel |length4 =3:41 |title5 =The Pulse of Somnambulist |length5 =4:04 |title6 =Unearthly Urge to Supremacy |length6 =3:37 |title7 =Gore Conspiracy |length7 =4:00 |title8 =Amongst Phantom Worlds |length8 =4:06 |title9 =Needles of Hypocrisy (Interlude) |length9 =1:59 |title10 =Knifed Humility |length10 =4:23 |title11 =Taedium Vitae |length11 =5:02 |total_length = 40:10 }}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/autopsychosis-mw0002456825|title=Autopsychosis – Katalepsy – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|date=|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="booklet">Katalepsy – ''Autopsychosis'' (Liner Notes). Unique Leader Records. (2013) pg. 21</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Katalepsy/Autopsychosis/361562|title=Katalepsy – Encyclopaedia Metallum – The Metal Archives|publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum|date=22 February 2012|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> {{Clear}}
== Members == ;Current *Anatoly Shishilov – bass (2005–present) *Andrey Patsionov – drums (2007–2009, 2017–present) *Anton Garasiev – guitar (2008–present) *Igor Filimontsev – vocals (2011–present)
;Former *Nikita Siminov – bass (2003–2005) *Ardentis – vocals (2003–2005) *Osip Danko – drums (2003–2006) *Sergey Levochkin – guitar (2003–2007) *Konstantin "Helv" Dyatlov – guitar (2003–2009, died in 2024) *Nikita "Cain" Arzhantsev – vocals (2005–2007) *Alexey Semyonov – drums (2006–2007) *Ruslan "Mirus" Iskandaroff – vocals (2007–2011) *Dmitry Dedov- guitar (2010–2021; his death) *Evgeny Novikov – drums (2011–2017)
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== Discography == ;Studio Albums * ''Autopsychosis'' (Unique Leader Records, 2013) * ''Gravenous Hour'' (Unique Leader Records, 2016) * ''Terra Mortuus Est'' (Unique Leader Records, 2020)
;EPs * ''Musick Brings Injuries'' (Soulflesh Collector Records, 2007) * ''Triumph of Evilution'' (Soulflesh Collector Records, 2008)
;Splits * ''Barbarity / Katalepsy / Smersh / Posthumous Blasphemer'' (More Hate Productions, 2004) * ''Triumph of Evilution'' (Soulflesh Collector Records, 2008)
;Demos * ''Your Fear Is Our Inhabitancy'' (Soulflesh Collector Records, 2010)
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/discography.php?band_id=4880&bandname=Katalepsy|title=Katalepsy – Discography – Metal Storm|publisher=Metal Storm|date=|accessdate=18 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Katalepsy/70880#band_tab_discography|title=Katalepsy – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|date=|accessdate=18 March 2013}}</ref>
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