Maurizio Iacono, frontman for French Canadian hyperblast legends KATAKLYSM, is featured in a new interview with Aniruddh Bansal at Metal Assault discussing the band's forthcoming DVD, Iron Will: 20 Years Determined. An excerpt is available below:

Q: While putting together this documentary, did you guys look at any other band documentaries to kind of study how to do this thing, or was it just like completely natural and you just put in whatever you filmed?

Maurizio: "Well, two things. First of all, we didn’t want this to be like a sob story. It wasn’t meant to show the band in a way like, 'Oh, look at us. We’re fucked up and we struggled and it was hard.' It wasn’t like that. We didn’t want to do that. It’s a good story, it’s the story of a band that’s been on its way to get recognition at some point. We’ve taken a huge risk because it’s so long, and in the beginning we were a little bit worried because we had decided to do something nobody had done before, and it’s a very, very detailed documentary. The only band that did anything close to it was CANNIBAL CORPSE, but theirs was four hours and ours is five-and-a-half. There is also a lot of footage that’s not even in there, that we just couldn’t put because it was already too long. And also, we tried to do it in a different way as well. If you watch it, you’ll see that it’s not just somebody talking. There’s a lot of footage and there’s a lot of stuff where it’s comical. It’s a very emotional roller-coaster, the whole thing. The director Tommy Jones has done an excellent job with this thing. It was a massive job to put together and we’re very happy with the fantastic job he’s done. So far the reviews are killer, and we couldn’t ask for anything more."

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Iron Will: 20 Years Determined, which features a documentary and bonus CD materials, will be released on June 19th. The set will depict the ups and downs of the band's long, turbulent career, as well as footage of Kataklysm's performance at last year's Summer Breeze festival, which took place August 18th - 20th, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.

It is available for pre-order via the widget at the bottom of the page.

Iron Will: 20 Years Determined tracklisting:

DVD I

Iron Will Part I - The Early Years 1991-2004

'Let’s Start A Band 1991-1993'

'Signing to Nuclear Blast in 1994'

'Mexico in 1995'

'Max Leaves the Band'

'The Temple of Knowledge'

'The Reformation in 1997'

'Leaving NB in 1998'

'The Prophecy Returns to NB in 2000'

'EPIC 2001'

'In Shadows & Dust'

'Max Quits, Again'

DVD II

Iron Will Part II - The Rebirth 2004-2011

'Serenity In Fire with Martin in 2004'

'Max Comes Back'

'In The Arms... 2006'

'Prevailing in 2008'

'2010 Heaven’s Venom'

'Ozzfest'

'Albano’s & Saverio'

'The World Tour'

'Transylvania'

'SPQR Rome'

'Touring with Kids'

'New Orleans'

'2 Decades of Congrats'

'Credits'

'Iron WIll' (video)

DVD II And CD I

On Fire At Summer Breeze - Live at Summer Breeze Open Air 2011

'Determined (Vows Of Vengeance)'

'Taking The World By Storm'

'The Awakener'

'To Reign Again'

'Manipulator Of Souls'

'As I Slither'

'At The Edge Of The World'

'As My World Burns'

Drum Solo

'Blood On The Swans'

'Astral Empire'

'Feeling The Neverworld'

'The Orb Of Uncreation'

'In Shadows And Dust'

'Crippled And Broken'

'Push The Venom'

CD II

Best Of Kataklysm

'Iron Will

'Like Angels Weeping (The Dark)'

'Push The Venom'

'In Shadows And Dust'

'Manipulator Of Souls'

'Crippled And Broken'

'Prevail'

'As I Slither'

'The Awakener'

'The Resurrected'

'Let Them Burn'

'At The Edge Of The World'

'Taking The World By Storm'

'Blood In Heaven'

'The Ambassador Of Pain'

'Where The Enemy Sleeps'

'The Road To Devastation'

'Sorcery'

'The Orb Of Uncreation'

Check out the third teaser for the upcoming release: