The Catalyst 2 CD set, "Dogs in the Oven" is a good listen. I guess this band is no more, so these CDs serve as documentation of what was. Seed Ov Nothing is a strong opening track. Reminds me of when T-Rex and the Misfits swapped members. Oh wait, that never happened. But if it did, this song may have been the musical result. A lot of kick. Pan Atomic X will take your lunch money without having to beat you up, a great rocker. A lot of songs have bombastic production and instrumentation that sound best at a loud volume. Hands down, the one song that won't leave my brain is Gateway Arch. I would have liked to seen this one performed live. I bet the trance would have been even more powerful. Menacing doom man, menacing! I was mostly drawn to the instrumentals in this collection. Visuals leap out during Jungian Archetypes and Hades in Tears. Almost like you're dropped at a location you've never been to before, and have to acclimate to your new surroundings. A little uneasy. Highlands Fling must be the sound of medicine entering the bloodstream and starting to take effect. Tons of soundtrack music here for future film directors. Lyrically, some witchcraft, sacrifices and other black arts being referenced. For some song titles, I found myself opening up the dictionary and doing "Google" searches. Challenging the listener is a good thing. A love of A. Crowley, Buckminster Fuller, psycho-social studies, early Floyd and J. Page are evident too. I never saw this band so the addition of a few live tracks is a nice addition to the set. A nice contrast between the live stage and the studio layering. Dogs in the Oven is a good anthology to initiate the new listener.

Allow your ears to tune into the variety of sounds you can experience in Catalyst’s Dogs in the Oven. This opus defines innovative uniqueness wrapped in a more classical form of rock that is often missed and missing in the music that’s heard today. I recommend this double disc feature because it has an assortment of different melodies in each song, it provides something for everyone to enjoy. Not one song sounds the same, which makes it all the better and more interesting of course. Such tracks as Pan Atomic X over flows with a catchy guitar riff and vocals that blend together perfectly. Dance Eva Dance is another personal favourite of mine, it is one of the most beautiful tracks; it’s definitely a song ladies would go for, I know I do. Lyrically, it’s deep and well thought. I’d also like to recognize Rosy Cross because its opening bass riff leads the song into an upbeat vintage rock charisma and has an excellent solo, a good listen for those who especially enjoy great guitar work. You can also find more great guitar work though out the cds. With inspirations such as Jimmy Page, Brian Eno, and other musical geniuses, you will be pleased with the music one band can create with such influences. I won’t go over each song, that’s your job as the listener and reader of my review to make that right decision in ordering this compilation. If you don’t, it’s your loss and you will definitely be missing out on this talent. Your ears will be deprived.

in the storied partheon of prog-rocking thelemites, catalyst holds court with such upper echelon artists as "instant messenger service", "joan of arkansas", and "the jack lawrence welk 5". why indulge in the overt and accessible aural cotton candy that is the new wave of garage, now that catalyst has descended mount olympus to lavish "dogs in the oven" upon the huddled masses yearning for their cerebral sonic acrobatics? equal parts spinal tap stonehenge and fugs style jazz-crap fusion, this double disk lexicon testifies that numbers do in fact rock. think of it as amon duul II in mathemagick land. triple word score for the use of the term "quixotic" in what would otherwise be described as a song about fucking. "dogs in the oven" is the reigning queen of disks.