KATHARSIS was a band from San Francisco, formed by Daniel Malson, Jano Sanguine, Mary Andre and Tim Vickers (from 1988). Daniel Malson also got a side project: Bast, that released a tape through The Happiest Place on Earth.
KATHARSIS was an industrial band with punk attitude, with power electronics touches. Their sound was about the fatness of the noise sound, the thickness, about the low frequencies…
After a few cassette releases, they released their sole album in 1989 on highly influential label RRRecords in collaboration with industrial / avant-garde label SSS Productions. After the harsh sound of their cassette releases, Suspension Of Belief opens new sound perspectives. It mixed industrial sounds with more rock structures, not dissimilar to Nine Inch Nails meeting Swans, but retained the experimental and atmospheric sounds the band was known for.
Suspension Of Belief has been entirely remastered and is now reissued for the first time. Available on Desire Records with the original artwork and insert, the first pressing of 300 copies is pressed on red vinyl.

Track listing:
A1 – Imitate
A2 – Severed Line
A3 – Anareta
A4 – Hostile Witness

B1 – Repentance Wall
B2 – Bend Your Will
B3 – Suspension Of Belief
B4 – Freedom

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