Katre – 'Behind The Resilience': An instrumental feast

A new instrumental post-rock/metal album has been presented by Katre. The band, based in Berlin, released ‘Behind The Resilience’. Following their first single, titled ‘So was the Life‘, Katre return in full force. The band's beginnings came with their debut album ‘Encounters’, which was released in 2017 through Fluttery Records. ‘Behind the Resilience’ is the band's second studio album and tells the story of migrants. The record has been available on all digital platforms since September 30, 2021.

Songs that tell stories

The band's name comes from the Arabic word katre, which means ‘drop’. Katre formed in 2014. A distinctive and special aspect of Katre is that they tell stories through their songs and create concept albums. Their debut album Encounters, focuses on the concept of existence, meaning conception and birth, growth and self-awareness. Encounters received a very warm reception from the wider Rock scene and entered #9 on iTunes and the Top 200 Releases on Turkey's Rock Chart.

Their new record focuses on a contemporary issue. Due to civil wars, global warming, political persecution and hunger, the number of people seeking safety is growing day by day. The latest reports show that as of 2021 refugees make up almost 1% of the world's population. Behind the Resilience, the band's 2^nd studio album deals with exactly this issue, telling the story of migrants. Specifically, the songs focus on the various phases of the refugee experience, such as this family's life before the war, the outbreak of events, the escape, the challenges along the way to Europe, the feeling of being unwanted, and the efforts to adapt to a new life.

On the music

Orchestral music is clearly a distinctive and often difficult genre. Sometimes it requires you to be a musician yourself to follow it, while other times it's used as background music. We've also, from time to time, heard instrumental albums written by guitarists who get lost showing off their abilities and the techniques they know, which often works against the composition itself.

But for the instrumental post rock/metal outfit Katre, none of that applies. On their second album Behind the Resilience they compose a story and narrate it through their music, a music that genuinely makes you want to listen to it and follow along.

There's a reason they stand out

The Katre only write concept albums. On their debut Encounters they had written about the issue of existence, while on their new work Behind the Resilience they talk about migration. One can therefore understand that we're dealing with a thoughtful band interested both in philosophical issues and in everyday matters.

Because unfortunately the issue of migration and migration flows is a burning issue of everyday life. And Katre they analyze it in full through the personal story of a family of immigrants.

Musicians of great quality

But the Katre are also musically top-notch, and fantastic musicians at that. The atmosphere they create overall works in an exceptional way. The musicians are all incredibly well-read and have studied music before composing. So there's flow, continuity and dynamics throughout the album.

The production by Chris Edrich who has worked with a plethora of well-known acts in the scene such as Gojira, Tesseract, The Ocean, Clone and Leprous is another asset that really elevates the release.

Musically, beyond post rock, in Behind the Resilience one will also hear metal elements in the vein of Katatonia, Anathema, Paradise Lost, as well as rhythms and time signatures coming from Turkey and the Middle East. These rhythmic and melodic elements really add a lot of interest, and it was an excellent idea to use them.

Summing up the above, in Behind the Resilience we have a concept, instrumental, post rock album with metal elements, oriental elements, and strong compositions and production. This is a very honest piece of work that deserves your attention!