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After Philip Pedraza (ex-Sadistic Embrace, ex-Gitaron) and Aaron On (ex-Gitaron) decided to end playing in the Heavy Metal project Gitaron, they decided to keep riffing together. They asked Aaron's brother Benjamin On (ex-Zonder Zorgen, ex-Kidney Punch) if he was up for playing bass in our metal project. After his addition the name CATALYST was chosen and they started riffin' together. Those riffs became structures and those structures became songs. They decided to go further into this project so they put an ad on line for a drummer. Jannes Lemaitre (ex-Titan, Patroness) applied and joined the band soon after for drums. they then contacted the current vocalist of Monomad, Jeroen Van Ranst, to ask if he was interested in a Progressive Melodic Death Metalband thus forming the current lineup of CATALYST. The band released their first 3 songs in 2018. In 2019 CATALYST release Sustainable Dignity and Fear Well, but also the drummer Jannes decided to leave the band. They were looking for a new drummer through online application because of COVID-19 where Sam Bogaert (ex-Dead end Path, ex-Oceans Burning) applied.

We hit the scene hard with our first full album, "The Age of Rocketeers," dropping it at Kavka venue September 2023.