Kekal
Kekal (sometimes stylized as KEKAL) is a heavy metal and electronic music band formed in 1995 in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to AllMusic, Kekal was one of the first heavy metal bands from Indonesia to make international inroads, and according to sociologist of heavy metal, Keith Kahn-Harris, was one of the few extreme metal bands from Southeast Asia to ever make more than a minimal impression on the global scene. Founded by two musicians known simply Yeris and Newbabe, the band underwent some shifts in lineup in its early years, but emerged with a consistent lineup of three key-members, guitarist/vocalist Jeff Arwadi, bassist Azhar Levi Sianturi, and guitarist Leo Setiawan. Frequently labeled as black metal, progressive metal, and avant-garde metal, Kekal plays a very diverse range of music styles within the frame of metal and rock, incorporating many other music genres such as ambient, electronic, jazz fusion, and progressive rock. Over the course of its career, Kekal has transitioned from a heavy metal-based style to a more experimental and electronic sound.
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ALBUMS
- Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams released: 2014
- Audible Minority released: 2008
- The Habit of Fire released: 2007
- Acidity released: 2005
- Introduce Us to Immortality released: 2003
- 1000 Thoughts of Violence released: 2003
- The Painful Experience released: 2001
- Embrace the Dead released: 2000
- Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams released: 1998
Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams
Released 2014- Rotting Youth
- Armageddon
- Spirits
- Deceived Minds
- The Conversion
- Behind Those Images
- Reality
- Escaping Eternal Suffering
- A Day the Hatred Dies
- My Eternal Lover
- Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act I
- Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II
- Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III
- Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act IV
- Rotting Youth (1996 demo version)
- My Eternal Lover (1996 demo version)
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Millennium
by: KekalAnother year, another lesson to learn
Another task, another failure
Beneath these physical progressions
We've made one giant step of degradation
Reaching the point of no return
As this world falls beyond control
Should we call this "development"?
Or should we agree "it's a self-destruction"?
Time will no heal the wounds and scars
Through the ages that we've passed
The love we have is the love we deny
Where greed seems for mor appealing
Millions have died as the victms of wars
And the millions live under extreme poverty
When we try to find something to blame,
Our fingers are pointing of ourselves
It is so unpredictable... suddenly alll drown so deep
Our world is now crumble
Crumbled-down withing a thousand year
Lord please forgive us, we are weak
Live this life so far away from You Way
Here we must face the consequence
So many years we've refused to seek the Truth
Chosen to be under the influence...
...of ignorance
We've passed through the ages with greed
Creating all the profit-seeking systems
We built a tower withouth proper foundations
But now it's all too late as the tower falls...
This is what we are: helpless in our frustation
But yet I still hear the voice calling me back
I know I've wandered, so far away
From the pathway that is prepared for us
Everything changes
As we're approaching another millenium
But Your Love still remains the same
With the presence of You in our hearts