Nuclear Blast has issued the following press release:

The countdown to KATAKLYSM’s most anticipated release, Prevail, has begun!

To give the fans an opportunity to share their excitement along with their fellow metalheads, the band have launched a countdown clock exclusively at springwidgets.com.

Now everyone can copy the widget code to post and share on their web pages and join in on the suspense!

This widget will count down the days up to the minute to the worldwide debut of the track 'The Chains Of Power', which will be revealed exclusively on the band’s MySpace page.

'The Chains Of Power' comes from the upcoming release, Prevail, which was mixed at AudioHammer Studios in Orlando, Florida with producer Jason Suecof. The CD, which is scheduled for release via Nuclear Blast Records on May 23rd (Europe) and May 27th (North America), features guest solo appearances by Pat O'Brien (CANNIBAL CORPSE), Dave Linsk (OVERKILL) and producer and guitar shredder Jason Suecof himself.

Prevail will ALSO include a BONUS DVD with a full performance recorded from a live internet concert stream at DeepRockDrive studios in Las Vegas, NV on December 3rd, 2007.

Bonus DVD track listing: 'Like Angels Weeping The Dark', 'As I Slither', 'In Shadows & Dust', 'Crippled And Broken', 'The Ambassador Of Pain', 'Let Them Burn', 'Manipulator Of Souls', 'The Resurrected', 'Face The Face Of War', 'Where The Enemy Sleeps', 'The Road To Devastation'.

Northern hyper-blasters Kataklysm have been confirmed as direct support to SHADOWS FALL on a US tour this April. Also appearing on the bill will be THE SHOWDOWN, ARSIS and DROID.

As previously announced, Kataklysm will also be direct support to THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER on this year's Summer Slaughter Tour alongside VADER, CRYPTOPSY, THE FACELESS, DESPISED ICON, ABORTED, BORN OF OSIRIS, PSYCROPTIC, and WHITECHAPEL.

Kataklysm filmed a video for the track 'Taking The World By Storm' last month in New York. The clip was directed by David Brodsky, who has previously worked with GOD FORBID, GWAR and STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, among others.