Kekal

What does Obama's victory mean to you?

spitonself — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:32:36 GMT

What does Obama's victory mean to you? Barack Obama was elected as a next U.S. President. His victory evokes many questions for us to reflect, one of them is "What does Obama's victory mean to you?" Obama has been an inspiration for KEKAL. Not because he was once living in the hometown of Kekal (Jakarta, Indonesia) that many Indonesians connect themselves for the sake of that alone, but his victory is an example of the movement that is inevitable. He sucessfully created a ...

Audible Minority - New Album Updates + Track Listing

spitonself — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:33:37 GMT

"Audible Minority", new album updates (July 2008)! Updates from Jeff (Kekal guitarist/vocalist): "Audible Minority" is a very difficult album for me, both technically as well as emotionally, because I had to use many different DAW programs, different places and different computers to record as well, even within one session/one song. There are lots of technical challenges and headaches (literal headaches). Emotionally, all those 'drifting' atmopshere made me ...

Download "Acidity" album for FREE!!

spitonself — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:41:04 GMT

FREE ENTIRE ALBUM DOWNLOAD - Acidity ON LIMITED TIME ONLY! - August 20th to October 31st, 2008 DOWNLOAD TIME HAS BEEN EXPIRED! THANK YOU FOR DOWNLOADING THE ALBUM Yes! As promised, we are offering "Acidity" album for FREE DOWNLOAD! Although you can download the album totally for FREE, the band also accepts small donations (major Credit Cards accepted, PayPal accepted). Please choose how much you would like to donate. Just click the amount to proceed and you ...

Download "1000 Thoughts of Violence" for FREE!!

spitonself — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:18:03 GMT

FREE ENTIRE ALBUM DOWNLOAD - 1000 Thoughts of Violence ON LIMITED TIME ONLY! - June 20th to August 31st >>>>>THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR DOWNLOADS<<<<< The download period has been expired. The CD version of the album is still available at some online mail-order retailers such as Amazon.com, The Omega Order, etc. KEKAL - 1000 Thoughts of Violence (2003) Credits: Produced by Jeff & KEKAL Recorded & mixed at Vision Studio, ...

Other bands featuring past & present KEKAL members

spitonself — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:29:27 GMT

MOURNPHAGY Featuring Azhar Levi Sianturi (present KEKAL bassist) http://www.myspace.com/mournphagy ALTERA ENIGMA Featuring Jeff Arwadi, as well as other members Jason deRon (InExordium, Soundscape, ex-Paramaecium), Kenny Cheong (Soundscape) & Jayson Sherlock (InExordium, Soundscape, ex-Paramaecium, ex-Mortification). http://www.myspace.com/alteraenigma ARMAGEDDON HOLOCAUST (R.I.P. 1999 - 2005) Featuring Jeff Arwadi as well as other members. http://www.myspace.com/armageddonholocaust GRINDINGHAND Featuring ...

KEKAL MySpace profile views...

spitonself — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:28:50 GMT

KEKAL MySpace is approaching 50,000 views! (49730 profile views & 48284 song plays at this moment).. We are hoping to reach 50,000 views by January 01, 2008..

Please help KEKAL to make this happen, by visiting MySpace.com/kekal often (at least once a day).. Thanks!

Quantity against Quality

spitonself — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:13:47 GMT

What would you prefer when it comes to "quantity against quality".. 1) We put a strictly limited CD release but with 'more quality' such as different packaging, bonus tracks and extras, but as a consequence, the selling price would be a little bit higher.. This works more as a merchandise rather than the physical form of music itself.. 2) We have a regular packaging (nothing-special) CD release, but it is not limited.. so anyone can get it at a cheaper price.. Let's ...

KEKAL Facebook Page

spitonself — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:58:03 GMT

The Facebook-based KEKAL page is now online!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/KEKAL/8716024541

Kintral

James — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:31:28 GMT

We recently received this disc in to sell, and I must say that listening to it reminded me a lot of Kekal with the elements of electronica, progressive and black metal. I think Kekal fans would enjoy them. Here is a link to their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kintral *NOTE: Jeff, if you don't want this here just tell me, and we'll move it to general discussion or something. I just felt this was the right place to put it.

New T-Shirt

spitonself — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:03:55 GMT

KEKAL bassist / illustration-artist Azhar Levi is currently making a new T-Shirt design for Kekal. There will be no such boring T-Shirt with front album cover, but some interesting artwork on there. This merchandise will be handled solely by Levi, please contact him at: the_azharz@yahoo.com (with subject "Kekal T-Shirt") for pre-orders and more information.

latest band photo-session, 2008

spitonself — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:51:28 GMT

Important, Please Read: About Kekal's next album

spitonself — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:16:15 GMT

Ok.. There have been some thoughts here, some serious thoughts, that we are planning to make our next album as a "pay-as-you-can-and-if-you-don't-wanna-pay-you-can-get-it-for-free" download.. The idea is that everyone is free to download and to re-distribute the album on the internet (via bit-torrent, soulseek, last fm, megaupload, etc. etc.) for free.. Everyone can support us by sending us some $$ too (of course we need financial support), so we will be accepting donations.. Internet ...

More KEKAL tunes to stream!

spitonself — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:34:38 GMT

Just uploaded to Reverbnation a couple more songs from "1000 Thoughts of Violence" and "Acidity" for your streaming experience, and that means you can add them to your MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Freewebs, etc. profiles using Reverbnation's cute widgets.. A total of 7 songs now online (we will add more songs from our earlier albums as well later on, up to 2 songs per album).. http://www.reverbnation.com/kekal The widget is found on my forum signature.. To ...

KEKAL Flash Video Player & Code

spitonself — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:46:32 GMT

To put the above video player to your website/myspace/etc., just copy and paste the code below: Code:

Upcoming KEKAL album title revealed!

spitonself — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:58:32 GMT

We are pleased to announce the title of our upcoming album: Audible Minority This title is based to the fact that the music on the album has mapped itself into the extreme minority status; something beyond recognition of the musical norms. "Audible Minority" is a stateless, nameless, and label-less manifesto made from all the bitterness and pain. The album that is entirely bleak, gloom and dark. Almost 2 years in the making, "Audible Minority" has been constructed during various ...

KEKAL cover of Johnny Cash "Redemption" (stream)

spitonself — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:18:42 GMT

Now available on Youtube for your streaming experience: KEKAL - Redemption (Johnny Cash cover) Youtube Link URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zDlJ5iTkNQ Video: Credits: Written by Johnny Cash Originally appeared on album "American Recordings" (1993) by Johnny Cash This cover was recorded & mixed at The Palace Room, Toronto - ON, Canada, December 2006 Performed by: Jeff Arwadi (guitars/bass/vocals/fx/programming) Damon de Szegheo (drums) Damon ...

KEKAL Wikipedia Project (call to expand)

spitonself — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:16:55 GMT

This is a call to all Kekal enthusiasts reading this thread: If you have some spare time, that would be great if you could help a little bit to update and/or expand Kekal page at Wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekal Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia and anyone can contribute to add anything, of course with accompanied references and citations. Remember, vandalizing or abusing the page is not encouraged!! I just came over to the page and think that it brutally needs ...

Music widget of Kekal

spitonself — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:26:56 GMT

Feel free to copy the code below & put the widget into your MySpace or Blog page. Thanks! Code:

"Narrow Avenue" New Official Music Video

spitonself — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:01:42 GMT

Heyy!! Last night I decided to upload (and publish) the official music video of "Narrow Avenue", I made it about 2 weeks ago. This is going to be the first Official Music Video for our upcoming 2008 album. The song itself has been online since February. There will be at least 1 or 2 more music videos coming (but only after the new album is released this October). The video is hosted by Youtube and Dailymotion. Youtube link (mono audio, lower quality, faster streaming): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjqjVLUF8g0 Dailymotion ...

inspiration corner: what I've listened to during recording

spitonself — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:13:20 GMT

Well.. These are some of the albums that I've listened to during the recording process of our next album.. That doesn't mean that I want the next album to sound like any of these following albums (Kekal will sound like Kekal), but just to get some inspiration.. A-ha - Analogue A-ha - Memorial Beach Bjork - Homogenic The Cure - Seventeen Seconds Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Depeche Mode - Violator Depeche Mode - Ultra Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing Duran ...

The Mars Volta

James — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:10:13 GMT

I listened to The Mars Volta for the first time today. I can hear a lot of similarities in their music and vocal styles as Kekal.

What says you?

sad news

spitonself — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:46:07 GMT

After 2 years of 'hiatus' period (no new album release), now it is positive that the Dutch label Fear Dark is stop operating as a record label this year (they might continue on the Fear Dark festivals string of tour every year though, but not as record label).. As you all might know that Kekal has 3 past releases on the label (including "1000 Thoughts of Violence" and "Acidity"), they will soon out-of-print and never be found again.. Good thing that Kekal never got signed ...

The Habit of Fire, CD of The Month review (Sound on Sound)

spitonself — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:14:48 GMT

The Habit of Fire got the CD of The Month review on Sound on Sound Mag November 2007 edition (respectable audio production magazine from UK).. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov07/articles/playback_1107.htm CD Of The Month: Kekal The Habit Of Fire The Habit Of Fire is apparently the sixth album from Indonesian beat combo Kekal, and features such popular favourites as "Worldhate Chronicle", "The Gathering Of Ants" and "Our Urban Industry Runs Monotonously". ...

Vote for KEKAL - Metal Storm Awards 2007 Avantgarde-Metal

spitonself — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:18:12 GMT

Please vote KEKAL for Metal Storm Awards 2007 (category Avantgarde Metal)

http://www.metalstorm.ee/awards/categories.php?cat_id=8

10 Years ago

spitonself — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:25:09 GMT

January 29, 1998:
Kekal's debut album "Beyond The Glimpse of Dreams" was released on cassette tape format by THT Productions (Indonesia)..

Photos from the Drum rec session - Hybrid Drums

spitonself — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:43:38 GMT

Hybrid Drums - Drum Setup Photos from the next album session Since Kekal's 3rd album "The Painful Experience" (2001), we've been using so-called Hybrid Drums: that is a mix of realtime performance and mathematical/matrix programming. The realtime performances were done on MIDI drumpads, and the matrix programming was done in the computer (through a mutitrack software). But all the sounds of the drums are taken from real, recorded drums that we recorded/sampled before. These are the ...

www.kekal.org - New Official KEKAL site!

spitonself — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:47:01 GMT

Official KEKAL website now has been moved to www.kekal.org

www.kekalonline.com will no longer be used.

NEW ALBUM 2008

spitonself — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:31:38 GMT

We are pleased to announce that the work has begun for the rest of the material on the next KEKAL album. As it was told last year, this upcoming KEKAL's 7th full-length album has a new, unique approach, that the entire material has to be written and recorded during 2 winter seasons. No summer involved. Half of the material (5 songs) was recorded and mixed-down last winter, and the rest is still in the work. Backgrounder news can be read here: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=57746737&blogID=312085817 Titles ...

Welcome to the new (again? :)) KEKAL forum!

spitonself — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:52:28 GMT

Welcome to the new (again??? ) KEKAL forum!

Feel free to post anything KEKAL and/or KEKAL-related topix here.. Thank you for posting..!

Join KEKAL Mailing List & street Team!

spitonself — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:15:35 GMT

Please join our new mailing-list, and if you find our music enjoyable, we would really appreciate if you join our Street Team and spread the word about Kekal.. Just submit your e-mail address below (and select "join street team" if you wish to join the Street Team).. Thanks!

Avantgarde Metal Magazine Printed Edition Free Download PDF

spitonself — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:16:59 GMT

125 Pages

Link to info page:
http://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=43

Rate KEKAL albums @ rateyourmusic.com

spitonself — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:22:38 GMT

If you already have any of the KEKAL albums, you are encouraged to rate them at rateyourmusic.com

The URL is here:
http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/kekal

Some KEKAL interviews online

spitonself — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:21:58 GMT

Interview on Ultimate Metal

Interview on Avantgarde Metal

Interview on Nucleus Webzine