BW&BK; scribe Carl Begai recently caught up with KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono to discuss the band's new in-depth documentary DVD, Iron Will: 20 Years Determined. An excerpt from the story is available below:

"We had to dust off a lot of things to get at that (old) footage," says Iacono, referring to video clips dating back the band's pre-Kataklysm days featured in the first part of the documentary. "Especially the footage of our very first practice with me and my mullet (laughs), my cousin, and Ariel Martinez on drums in the basement. You can see the footage is old… ‘90 or ’91; that’s vintage, before Sylvain (Houde/vocals). We weren’t even Kataklysm at that point, we were TSD. My cousin had the footage and it was so old it wasn’t even on a VHS tape, it was on one of those little tapes you put in the VHS tape (laughs). At that time there were no cameras that took normal video tapes, they were about to come out. It was done on a handheld, a bunch of kids thinking they were gonna be rockstars."

“It’s crazy to see our history unfold like that," he says of watching the DVD for the first time. "We watched it together just the four of us – me, Max (Duhamel), Steph (bass) and J-F (guitars) – no girlfriends, no anybody, just us watching our history. We got some beer, ordered some pizza, and it was a really emotional thing seeing our story like that. We know what we did, but there are people in the industry and the media that don’t recognize Kataklysm as a 'serious' band. I think after watching this DVD some respect has to be given to us at least for the effort we’ve put into our career. We had the door slammed in our faces and we said 'No, we’re going through it anyway.'"

Watch for the complete story, coming soon.

Iron Will: 20 Years Determined depicts 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 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: