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KATAGORY V: Vocal Audition Tracks Posted Online

July 23, 2008

Newly recruited vocalist Al Rybka of the Utah-based progressive/power metal band KATAGORY V has posted a montage of his vocal audition tracks and has made it available for download. The single four-minute track features four short clips of KATAGORY V songs that Rybka submitted for his audition and what inevitably landed him the singer slot in the band.

Commented Al: "I was in talks with Dustin [Mitchell, bass] for quite some time before this audition came about, so I waited eagerly to have a hand (er, voice!) at these songs. Once the tracks were sent to me, I had two weeks to get these four songs recorded in their entirety. In addition, I was to come up with vocal melodies for some lyrics they had written for some snippets of new material they were writing for the upcoming album and then record those ideas. Obviously, those have to be kept top secret. My goal with the recordings you can now hear was to stay true to the sound the band had with Lynn [Allers, former vocalist] while making the songs my own. If you notice some subtle differences in the way I sing these songs, just know that those differences were intentional. I hope you enjoy these tracks even half as much as I enjoyed recording them."

The audition clips can be streamed by visiting Al's MySpace page and are available for download via the KATAGORY V official web site.

KATAGORY V will debut its new lineup live in the band's hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, August 8. The group will also appear at this year's Midwest Metal Anthem festival on Friday, August, 22 in Lansing, Illinois.

KATAGORY V's most recent album, "Hymns of Dissension", was released in September 2007 in Europe through Burning Star Records and in October in the U.S. on Nightmare Records.

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