Montréal based melodic death metallers, Kataklysm, will kick off the European leg of the Death… Is Just The Beginning tour with label-mates Hypocrisy and The Spirit this Thursday. Today, the band offer a new music video for “…And Then I Saw Blood” in celebration of the upcoming trek.

Kataklysm explored a new creative and artistic side when they hired acclaimed Romanian visionary artist Costin Chioreanu to tell the story of “…And Then I Saw Blood”. The video chronicles a post-apocalyptic world dominated by A.I. Two dying brothers are brought to a facility where their minds are uploaded into a digital virtual world dominated and controlled by oppressors of mankind. As hope appears to defy the system in place, the two brothers are forced to make a decision to either follow their human instinct or their new found conscious.

Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono comments “'…And Then I Saw Blood' can be interpreted in many different ways as it has an open concept to it. Everyone can see it the way they want but we wanted an animated video done with an artistic flair. Costin was the perfect artist to do it. I told him the central theme of the track deals with the betrayal of two close friends. I asked him to bring in his own world on how he envisioned the song and theme. Costin totally out did himself in this futuristic but realistic interpretation of where we are headed as people continue to get absorbed by technology and this urge to create something bigger, stronger, and more intelligent in this obsession to become godlike."

Yesterday, Kataklysm announced they would join label-mates Soulfly as direct support on their 2019 US tour that starts in February. Joining them on the run is Incite as well as Chaoseum, Alukah, and Skinflint on select dates.

“We are very excited to be sharing the stage with the legendary Max Cavalera and the mighty Soulfly! This will be our first tour in North America in support of Meditation and we can't wait to get out there and rip the stage apart. This is a deadly combination of a tour and everyone should come out with their devil horns locked and loaded!"

Find Kataklysm's tour itinerary here.

Kataklysm is:

Maurizio Iacono - Vocals
Jean-Francois Dagenais - Guitar
Stephane Barbe - Bass
Oli Beaudoin - Drums