Review by Rexorcist for KAT - Oddech wymarłych światów (1988)

In comparison to KAT's debut album Metal and Hell, as well as their very slightly better live album 38 Minutes of Life, there are a number of notable improvements.  While we still get some general bursts of tropes, such as the entire midsection of dziewczyna w cierniowej koronie, we see a number of more intriguing compositional chocies, such as the first and third acts of that same song.  Tempos range out more, allowing the band to try to be artists.  The band will even jump to some wonderfully weird, abrupt and unexpected surprises that never break the vibes.  It also helps a lot that the voice of the singer, Roman Kostrzewski, has improved in a number of ways.  He has a good high-pitched growl, a decent low growl and a decent actual singing voice.  The practice he must've gone through, it's actually a bit inspiring.  As well, the production is no longer the quality of a better demo or a cheap live album.  This is totally clear on every level.  BUt there is ONE downside to the stlyistic changes: the black metal aspects are severely neglected.  Thnakfully, the album manages to keep a strong artistic flow, so I'm still quite satisfied with the direction they took.

91.5