Throughout the passing years the music became more and more experimental with deep touches of electronic and folklorish influences feeding from their homeland in Central Europe. Meanwhile KaOtic Productions ceased to exist, so the third album Tűnő Idő Tárlat (An Exhibition of Vanishing Time) came to sunlight as a self-financed production in 2004. By this time lyrics turned into Hungarian and music turned out to be the most diverse and atmospheric experimentum coming out from the band. Cosmic music from micro to macro, from matter to spirit and then back into the ashes.
This world is about to be painted by more vivid colours in the latest release entitled Róka Hasa Rádió released by Epidemie Records on the 12th of May, 2009 and in November 2009 by Soyuz Music. The main concept behind the album is the relationship between the ever evolving, solid and massive physical matter and the fragileness of human and all living spirits throughout distant childhood memories and scientific explanations of nature. Revolving, rotating movements of past and future, colours, sounds, long lost scents by a strange transmission from a timeless radio.
After the very well appreciated Róka Hasa Rádió album, in 2010 Epidemie Records decided to print a re-issue of previous recording of Thy Catafalque entitled Tűnő Idő Tárlat. It was originally released by the band itself in 2004 in a very small scale. Limited to 500 pieces of beautful digipak, the music is untouched while the artwork is renewed.
In 2011 Thy Catafalque signed to Season Of Mist. The fifth album entitled Rengeteg was released on 11 November 2011 in Europe and 10 January 2012 in North-America. All the instruments have been reccorded by Tamás Kátai alone this time, as János Juhász left the band in 2011. Guest musicians: Attila Bakos (Woodland Choir, Taranis) - all clean male vocals, Ágnes Tóth (The Moon And The Nightspirit) - female vocals, Mihály Simkó-Várnagy - cello.
In October, 2015 Season Of Mist releases the band's sixth album, Sgùrr in vinyl and 36-page digibook CD.
In November, 2015 Blood Music re-releases Cor Cordium (Demo), Sublunary Tragedies and Microcosmos as The Early Works in 3xCD and limited vinyl box-set edition.
Line up:
Tamás Kátai - vocals, keyboards, guitar bass, programming (Gire, Nebron, Darklight, Gort, Towards Rusted Soil)
Discography:
1999 Cor Cordium (demo)
1999 Sublunary Tragedies
2001 Microcosmos
2004 Tűnő Idő Tárlat
2009 Róka Hasa Rádió
2011 Rengeteg
2015 Sgùrr
2016 Meta
2018 Geometria
2020 Naiv
2021 Vadak
Vashegyek
Thy Catafalque Lyrics
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Benne, világít kéken a hold
Planéta pulzál, csendmalom morzsol
Benne morajjá mélyül a holt
Űr hideg dallama, énekelj, Holdanya
Csillagzat, kométa, éjbevesző
Énekelj, Holdanya, lüktet a planéta
Égi test, gázlabda, fekete mező
Ó, örvény, éjszaka-massza, nehezül a mélység
Lassan hajtja ugyanaz az álom minden részét
Körbe-körbe, örök körökbe, anyag az anyagban
Planéta munkál minden magban, szakadatlan
Ó, örvény, éjszaka-massza, nehezül a mélység
Lassan hajtja ugyanaz az álom minden részét
Körbe-körbe, örök körökbe, anyag az anyagban
Planéta munkál milliárd magban, eleven katlan mind
Magma
A kemence melegedne
Olvad, egyre izzik a szíve
Ki a mélyből, a sötétből
Vörösen tör fel, fel az égre
Ez a kamra hamut őröl
Anyagot gyárt, gyúr üres űrből
Ásvány ásít fel a mélyből
Le a kék hold hűlt üvegéről
Épül, alakul
Magból magasul
Vashegyek! Rengeteg mélyetek mormol
Kőhegyek zengenek, zúgnak a porból
Vashegyek! Rengeteg mélyetek mormol
Kőhegyek zengenek, zúgnak a porból
Ez a rend idebenn
Konok, szigorú
Csilló titkok metszik a formát
Hidegen ragyog a hatalmas éj
Érchegy csillog fehéren
Szikrát szór az éjben
Termeiben ütem zeng
Folyosóin ütem zeng
Merev vonalat kalapál itt
Minden testnek az erő
Csarnokokban ütem zeng
Járatokban ütem zeng
Vashegy, énekelj
Vashegy, énekelj
The lyrics of Thy Catafalque's song Vashegyek describe a pulsating planet in motion, grinding in silence, and deepening into the dead. It's a beautiful, contemplative song that incorporates a sense of isolation and an appreciation of the vastness of the universe. The lyrics invoke the image of the planet grinding endlessly, its depths growing with each beat of its heart. The imagery of the space, the motherly warmth of the hum of the Universe and the formation of things and cycles that happen within is present throughout the lyrics. The song has an emotional tone, bordering on a romanticized sense of being consumed by the vastness of space.
The lyrics of Vashegyek speak to the cycle of life and death, always moving in a circular motion. The planet is described as a "mill" that grinds everything, reinforcing the idea of an unending cycle of creation and destruction. The song's message is one of awe at the scale of the universe and the power it holds, with the planet being a small part of the greater cosmos.
Overall, Thy Catafalque's Vashegyek offers a beautiful, poetic meditation on the cycle of life and the vastness of the universe.
Line by Line Meaning
Planéta pulzál, csendmalom őröl
The planet pulsates and a silent mill grinds
Benne, világít kéken a hold
In it, the moon shines blue
Planéta pulzál, csendmalom morzsol
The planet pulsates and the silent mill crushes
Benne morajjá mélyül a holt
Inside it, the dead deepen into a roar
Űr hideg dallama, énekelj, Holdanya
Cold space melody, sing, moon mother
Csillagzat, kométa, éjbevesző
Constellations, comets, disappearing into the night
Énekelj, Holdanya, lüktet a planéta
Sing, moon mother, the planet pulsates
Égi test, gázlabda, fekete mező
Celestial body, gas ball, black field
Ó, örvény, éjszaka-massza, nehezül a mélység
Oh, vortex, mass of night, the depth grows heavy
Lassan hajtja ugyanaz az álom minden részét
The same dream slowly drives every piece
Körbe-körbe, örök körökbe, anyag az anyagban
Round and round, eternal cycles, matter in matter
Planéta munkál minden magban, szakadatlan
The planet tirelessly works in every particle
Planéta munkál milliárd magban, eleven katlan mind
The planet works in billions of particles, each a lively cauldron
Magma
Magma
A kemence melegedne
The furnace warms up
Olvad, egyre izzik a szíve
It melts, its heart continues to glow
Ki a mélyből, a sötétből
Emerging from the depths, the darkness
Vörösen tör fel, fel az égre
Breaking red, up to the sky
Ez a kamra hamut őröl
This chamber grinds ashes
Anyagot gyárt, gyúr üres űrből
Produces matter, molds from empty space
Ásvány ásít fel a mélyből
A mineral yawns from the deep
Le a kék hold hűlt üvegéről
Off the blue moon's cooled glass
Épül, alakul
It builds, takes shape
Magból magasul
Rising from within
Vashegyek! Rengeteg mélyetek mormol
Iron mountains! Your depths murmur greatly
Kőhegyek zengenek, zúgnak a porból
Rock mountains resound, roar from the dust
Ez a rend idebenn
This order within
Konok, szigorú
Resolute, strict
Csilló titkok metszik a formát
Sparkling secrets shape the form
Hidegen ragyog a hatalmas éj
The immense night shines coldly
Érchegy csillog fehéren
An ore vein shines white
Szikrát szór az éjben
It scatters sparks in the night
Termeiben ütem zeng
Rhythm echoes in its chambers
Folyosóin ütem zeng
Rhythm echoes in its corridors
Merev vonalat kalapál itt
It hammers rigid lines here
Minden testnek az erő
The strength of every form
Csarnokokban ütem zeng
Rhythm echoes in its halls
Járatokban ütem zeng
Rhythm echoes in its tunnels
Vashegy, énekelj
Iron mountain, sing
Vashegy, énekelj
Iron mountain, sing
Contributed by Jordyn F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Anonyomus
Holy shit! If it's possible someday, this song would be fucking kickass when played live. That heavy part after half of the song just punched a hole in my face.
Luna C.
Perfect clash of all the Thy Catafalque genres.