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Welcome fellow travellers to the first volume of Katella Magazine

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Ritual Mass - Cascading Misery LP xx2002 or the LP of musiqueThe debut full length album from Pittsburghs Ritual Mass is more than a collection of songs, its a series of calculated assaults on the virtue of the holy. Evolving beyond earlier EP and demo releases, Cascading Misery, encapsulates the bludgeoning infliction of pain and the slow peel of skin by flame, rife with both sonic chaos and extinguished hope. From the outset of album opener Obsidian Mirror the atmosphere is oppressive, thick with a