Showing posts with label muzik keras... Show all posts
Showing posts with label muzik keras... Show all posts

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Fuh..menyelam barangan terpakai memang terbaik!!

Siang tadi..sebelum menonton Eclipse bersama kekasih hati, sempat juga aku menyelam ke kedai barangan terpakai di sekitar Johor ni. Semalam aku dah menyelam kat bundle berseorangan tapi harini target aku nak ke kedai barangan terpakai. Kali ni secara berduet dengan kekasih hati. Mungkin ada orang jijik dengan barangan terpakai ni, lagi-lagi pakaian bundle. Persetan dengan itu semua! Haa.. ni hasil selaman hari ni! SANGAT BERPUAS HATI!
KULA SHAKER 'K' CD
KULA SHAKER 'Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts' CD
KULA SHAKER 'Summer Sun' EP

PEARL JAM 'Vitalogy' CD
PEARL JAM 'On Two Legs - Live' CD
PEARL JAM 'No Code' CD
PEARL JAM 'Riot Act' CD
PEARL JAM 'Binaural' CD
PEARL JAM 'Yeild' CD
PEARL JAM 'VS' CD

RUSH 'Different Stages - Live' 3xCD
RUSH 'Retrospective 1981-1987' CD
BOB DYLAN 'Under The Red Sky' CD
BRUCE DICKINSON (Iron Maiden) 'Alive At Studio A' 2xCD
RONNIE JAMES DIO (Dio) ' The Elf Albums' CD
DIO 'Inferno: Last In Live' 2xCD
URIAH HEEP 'Live in Europe 1979' 2xCD
DOKKEN 'Live From The Sun' CD

LED ZEPPELIN Box Set 2xCD
PINK FLOYD 'Dark Side Of The Moon' 20th Anniversary Edition CD
SCORPION & Berliner Philharmoniker 'Moment Of Glory' Special Edition CD
JETHRO TULL 'Aqualung' 25th Anniversary Edition CD
JETHRO TULL 'Thick As A Brick' Box Set CD
ROLLING STONES 'Forty Licks' Hardback Edition CD
BLACK SABBATH 'The Ozzy Osbourne Years' Box Set 3xCD
RAINBOW 'The Best of Rainbow' Box Set 2xCD

Memang terbaik. Semua CD yg aku dapat ni aku belum pernah memilikinya. Sebelum ni beli kaset je sebab murah sikit. So, kali ni dapat CD dengan harga yang agak murah. Aku pun borong la semua. Tapi sampai rumah, aku kusut. Kat mana aku nak susun CD tu semua eh? Rak CD dah penuh. Aduhai.. Keje pengubahsuaian bilik kena buat ni. Mungkin aku akan berhibernasi selama beberapa hari untu kerja-kerja ubahsuai dan juga menghabiskan masa mendengar semua CD yang aku baru dapat ni! Yeay..

Bintang kecik: Sekadar berkongsi..

Monday, June 7, 2010

THE WRATH 'Tales Of A Deadly Nightshade' CD. The review..

The Wrath 'Tales Of A Deadly Nightshade'

Dah lama sebenarnya aku tak review CD yang aku ada. Tiba-tiba sekarang ni aku naik semangat nak review. Time semangat ni elok buat cepat-cepat kan? CD ni aku baru dapat semalam daripada vokalis band ni sendiri semasa berada di Embrace Hall. Agak terharu juga la sebab dapat free je kan. Vokalis band ni bermain untuk band Kill The Apprentice di posisi drum.
Okay, band ni berasal dari Queensland, Australia. Ni kali pertama aku dengar pasal band ni. Bila first time CD ni berada di tangan aku, aku tertarik dengan artworknya. Layout dan grafik memang terbaik. Tu yang membuatkan aku tak sabar nak dengar. Sumpah aku tak dapat nak bayangkan diorang ni main camne. So, tunggu kat rumah baru aku layan. Fuh..terbaik! 1st song yang cukup energetic. Riff guitar yang cukup tajam dan laju dah macam speed metal. Campur plak drum beat yang mantap dengan double paddle yang macam machine gun. Part vocal memang rock n roll! Aku classifiedkan music diorang ni horror punk rock n roll. Hehe.. Influence dari Misfits, Danzig, Tider Army dengan sedikit sentuhan punk rock. Apa yang menarik pada band ni ialah part sing-a-long time chorus yang membuatkan aku semangat. Pendapat aku, band ni telah berjaya mencipta satu genre music mereka sendiri. Susah sebenarnya aku nak samakan band ni dengan band-band lain. Tak macam certain band 'indie' kat sini. Cilok sebijik! Tak rare! Haha..
Album ni memuatkan 10 buah lagu yang sungguh powerful dan energetic. Takde lagu feveret aku dalam album ni sebab pada aku semua lagunya mempunyai feel yang berbeza. Semuanya best. Setakat ni dah 3 kali aku ulang CD ni tanpa henti. Biasanya aku ni kalo band yang aku minat memang lama la CD dia dalam player aku. Hehe.. Aku tak sure la sampai bila aku boleh bertahan dengar album ni sebab aku belum bosan lagi. Hehe.. Dari segi artwork sleeve CD ni pun terbaik. Berkonsepkan gothic dan horror. Lirik disertakan juga dalam booklet album ni. Ianya banyak berkisarkan tentang realiti kehidupan. Friendship, penipuan, kematian, mayat hidup semula dan banyak lagi. Memang dark.
Aku bukan bodek sebab dapat CD ni free. Tapi ni lahir dari hati yang jujur. Hehe.. Kalau band ni baca pun bukan dia paham pun kan? Hehe.. So, aku syorkan kat music lover di luar sana, dig la pasal band ni. Tak rugi. Korang boleh klik kat sini untuk check page myspace diorang k. Sila dengar lagu dorang jugak!

Track list:
1. Prelude - Ressurection
2. Hellbound Train
3. Zero
4. Runs With The Wolves
5. So Long
6. Children Of The Dead
7. Last Breath
8. All Your Days
9. Downward Enemy
10. Terrorvision


Rating: 3.5 / 5

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Who Say PUNK Is Dead 2 gig! The review..

5hb Jun 2010. Aku pun tak tau kenapa gig pada hari ni aku semangat nak pegi. Dah lama aku tak pergi gig kat JB ni. Kawan-kawan sampai dah chop aku ni 'rare'. Tapi gig 'Who Say PUNK Is Dead 2' ni aku betol-betol semangat. Pagi-pagi dah bangun dan cari baju sesuai nak pakai ke gig ni. Hehe.. Biasa la, nak pergi gig kat Embrace Hall ni kena pakai santai-santai je sebab agak panas sikit. Gig ni dijadualkan bermula pada pukul 2 pm. Tapi biasa la, janji melayu.. Aku sampai pukul 3 pun tak start lagi. Ingatkan dah habis tapi bila jumpa Aji, dia cakap band pun tak sampai lagi. Adus.. Ni la yang susah buat gig kat Malaysia ni. Maybe next time, organizer kena letak kat flyers gig start pukul 11 am. Baru la band dan crowd datang pukul 2 pm. Hehe.. ni cadangan je la. Jam 4 pm baru menunjukkan crowd dan band datang. Aku dah semangat ni. Bayaran yang dikenakan adalah sebanyak RM15 setiap seorang dan percuma CD daripada band ...Whatever That Means. CD tau bukan CDr. Memang gerek!

Wesgem (JB punk rocker)
Band 1st pada harini ialah Wesgem. Band projek dari Plague of Happiness, Damokis dan Syahid. Tapi posisi bass telah digantikan oleh Leman dari Priceless Stupid Box. Wesgem ni dah naikkan semangat aku dengan muzik punk rock bersahaja yang dinyanyikan oleh Nas POH. Lawak juga sebab diaorang ni main belasah je. nama lagu pun takde lagi. Tapi aku memang terhibur la. Diorang bawak 5 lagu sendiri dan 2 lagu cover dari Dewa 19 dan 1 lagi aku lupa. Hehe..

Finger Inc. (JB pop punk)
Band kedua naik ke pentas ialah Finger Inc. dari JB. Band ni merupakan band projek dari band Priceless Stupid Box. Band ni juga turut dianggotai oleh 2 orang gadis yang memainkan peranan sebagai vokalis dan juga gitaris. Mutu persembahan mereka cukup memuaskan hati aku walaupun aku tengok crowd macam malu-malu nak joget-joget. Hehe.. Tapi pada pendapat aku, masih banyak yang perlu diperbaiki la. Dari segi muzik okay, cuma showmanship kena powerkan lagi. Anyway, 2 thumbs up dari aku untuk Finger Inc.

Berantakan (KL street punk)
Band ketiga pula ialah Berantakan dari KL. Dianggotai oleh 3 orang adik beradik. Memang best bila dapat adik beradik punk! Hehe.. Energetic street punk yang sangat menyeronokkan. Bila dengar, ada sikit-sikit macam Defiance. Idea yang disampaikan oleh mereka ni memang radikal dan politikal. Boleh membuatkan kita semua berfikir. Banyak mengisarkan sistem yang banyak menindas golongan minoriti macam aku dan kita semua ni. Time ni aku tengok crowd dah mula havoc. Ada yang pogo, tolak menolak dan macam-macam lagi la. Best!

... Whatever That Means (Korean punk rockers)
Waktu yang ditunggu-tunggu oleh aku dan kebanyakkan crowd yang datang. Whatever That Means dari Korea ini dianggotai oleh 2 orang mat saleh dari US (bekerja di Korea) dan 2 orang Korea. Gig kali ini merupakan gig terakhir mereka di Malaysia dan aku memang tak nak lepaskan peluang menyaksikan mereka secara live. Sebelum ni rakan-rakan di Embrace Hall telah berusaha mempromosikan band ni dengan memberi CDr mereka secara percuma kepada kawan-kawan dan aku juga memilikinya. Dah jatuh cinta, apa lagi kan? Kena la datang. Muzik pop punk yang sangat menghiburkan. Sound ala band-band Fat Wreck yang membolehkan crowd samok. Time ni, crowd dah tak boleh handle. Memang chaos. Aku pun sempat body slam. Hehe.. dah lama tak buat keje ni. So, jangan lepaskan peluang. Mereka membawakan lebih kurang 13 buah lagu. Aku rasa macam tak cukup. Crowd pun sama. Last-last dorang kena paksa bawak lagu Ramones! Hehe..padan muka!

Orkes Kaki Kayuh (JB/Indo anarcho bike punk)
Selesai band dari Korea, crowd ditenangkan dengan muzik dari band yang sedang meningkat naik di sini. Orkes Kaki Kayuh dianggotai oleh beberapa rakan punk dari JB dan juga Indo. Muzik mereka mengingatkan aku kepada band Marjinal dari Indonesia cuma OKK ni lagi fun. Dangdut dia belasah. Country dia belasah. Rap pun dia belasah! Cukup menghiburkan hati aku. Aku baru 1st time tengok diorang ni perform. Sebelum ni just dengar orang review je pasal OKK ni. Padahal line up dia semua kawan-kawan rapat aku juga. Memang 'rare' la aku ni! Hehe.. OKK berjaya membuatkan aku gila sebab senyum sorang-sorang. Lirik memang politikal. Kalau budak-budak indie dengar aku rasa diorang tak in kot ngan OKK ni. Ahh.. indie sangat korang ni! 4 thumbs up to OKK! Memang gua akan follow band ni!

Kill The Apprentice (Aussie Garage Punk Rock n Roll)
Band terakhir. Kill The Apprentice dari Australia. Band ni aku tak pernah dengar sebelum ni. So, sebelum diorang ni perform aku bisik-bisik kat kawan-kawan aku tanya diorang ni main camne. Hehe.. Ada yang cakap stoner rock, ada yang cakap garage punk. Whatever. Aku pergi kat booth dorang dan terus beli CD yang diorang bawa. Cuma RM10 dan percuma 2 lagi CD iaitu dari band The Wrath (side projek drummer KTA) dan compilation dari band-band Aussie. Bila tengok diorang ni dressing ada sikit-sikit macam psychobilly. Time ni aku dah dapat tangkap apa muzik yang akan diorang sampaikan. Hehe.. Waktunya telah tiba. KTA mula beraksi diatas pentas! Yup.. punk rock n roll! Terbaik! Guitar work yang sangat hebat. Bassist yang samuk dan juga vokalis yang energetik. Time ni crowd dah tak ingat dunia. Aksi mem'burger' telah diadakan. Gapur telah menjadi mangsa. Wak Kang terkehel bahu. Tapi semua enjoy. KTA telah membuatkan Embrace Hall menjadi havoc! Gile.. KTA telah membawakan lebih kurang 9 buah lagu untuk dihiburkan kepada crowd. Sorry, aku tak kira pulak bilangan lagu.

Lebih kurang jam 7.30 pm, semuanya selesai. Aku sangat berpuas hati walaupun crowd yang hadir lebih kurang 50 orang sahaja. Aku pun tak melepaskan peluang membeli sehelai baju Whatever That Means dan meminta mereka untuk menandatanganinya! Dan apa yang memeranjatkan aku ialah diorang cakap, aku orang pertama yang minta tandatangan diorang selama diorang buat band ni. Gile rare! Ye la, mana tau 1 hari nanti diorang jadi besar macam band-band MTV 'konon-konon' Punk. Untung aku. Baju yang diorang sign aku leh jual mahal. Haha..

Bila semua dah settle, rakan-rakan Embrace meminta kerjasama crowd yang hadir untuk memungut sampah yang ditinggalkan. Satu effort yang baik dan patut diamalkan. Sambil-sambil memungut sampah, crowd dihiburkan dengan nyanyian akustik merapu tapi sedap oleh Nas POH. Memang lawak. Semua terhibur. Sessi fotografi pun ada. Ni perkara wajib pada setiap gig kan. Aku pun join sekali. Saje buat kenangan. So, semuanya berjalan dengan lancar. Good. Clean. Fun.

Bintang kecik - Aku guna camera henpon je. Tak mampu lagi nak beli camera canggih!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Berlin, 1 May 1999



Gile rabak band ni! Agak-agak band-band 'indie' Malaysia berani tak?

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Engineer Recs kick *ss too!

Here are a few CD's that I got from Engineer Recs..


RED CAR BURNS “..when everything seems to be in silence” CD
The production of this CD really turns me on! I really love the effort for the label and the band itself. The artwork is so awesome and really suits the music they playing. Red car Burns deliver a perfect combination of melodic hardcore and punk rock. This CD deliver 11 full energetic tunes with melodious guitar riffs and hearty emotional vocal that can make all the lovers mosh, sing-a-long and dance to the beat. Absolutely perfect for the melody to turn you upside down and this won’t let you bored for a single moment! Simple but deep guitar riffs and melodies are mixed with introspective lyrics and feelings of desperation expressed through their deeply emotional music. Owh, I forgot to tell you that this band came from Italy and they obviously inspired by Hot Water Music, Jawbreaker and Leatherface. This is a must for all the punk rockers out there.

Rating - 3



SPEEDWELL“My life is a series of vacations” EP
Again; I really love this EP! Speedwell play the kind of music that will appeal to fans of The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring, Jimmy Eat World and Weezer. Sometimes it reminds me of The Anniversary. Speedwell has had a long time reputation for providing fans with beautifully harmonic music, with dual vocals and the presence of a keyboard. It’s creating the originality there. The first track really made me fall in love to Speedwell. The opening track “Calling On Columbia Pike” enters with a slick keyboard tempo, and leads into a really catchy riff. Once the two co-exist, the complementation between them is awesome and makes for a great song. “This Is Us” which kicks interesting sound, distortion before unfolding into a melodic tune that builds up with heartfelt lyrics, gathering pace at each turn. “Two Conquests” shows the more harmonic edge to the band with this slow paced ballad tune. A very heartfelt tune that really turn me on and they really add a level of ambiance to the already immense beauty of the song. "Your Atlantic" is a little more up-beat, and starts off with a really catchy collaboration of music. The ending is happier than the other two tracks before this song. I wish I could hear more but I can’t. It’s only has 4 song. I want more from this band. Another strong release under Engineer Records. This is a great release and you definitely won’t regret it.

Rating - 3 1/2


NINE DAYS TO NO ONE “Disrecordings” CD
This is the first time I’m hearing about Nine Days To No One. At first I wasn't sure but after listening to it a second time I started to really like this EP. The EP kicks off with fine style with the chaotic, discordant blast of "Gala Contemplating...". "Alban Mount" is more of an atmospheric, semi-instrumental, haunting but not too dark. From this point on the style changes. Both tracks three and four follow similar mix of ambience and dissonant riffs, and the Dillinger Escape Plan inspired chaos doesn't reappear until the final song. The songs are straight forward and are sometimes very chaotic. The music is filled with screams and hard pounding guitar riffs. Chaos, fast riffs, slow riffs, the record has it all. Nine Days really remind me of the band Dillinger Escape Plan and Drowning Man but they manage to mix it up to be different. It’s really exciting to have this piece of stuff. I’ll try to compare with similar band but I’ve fail. Damn you! Hahaha.. Only one world can describe this band; unique!

Rating - 3


CATALYST / CALM MURDER “Two sides of the suicide king” Split CD
"Two sides of the Suicide King" is the spilt CD release with four tracks from Catalyst and four tracks from Calm Murder. This CD is guaranteed to get you moving around. The CD consists of only eight songs but I guarantee it will leave you wanting more. Both bands play the really edgy, underground-sounding type of metalcore that has it’s aggressive moments, slightly melodic undertones in the guitar riffs that fits quite nicely for both of the band’s styles. Catalyst starts the records off by taking me back about 10 years ago. Their songs are fast, dark and heavy with breakdowns. The guitars are fairly metallic all the way through and leaving to be metalcore. There a little bit sludge feeling into their sounds. When you hear their sound, you can also feel a tough guy attitude into their songs. It’s reminds me of Coalesce and Darkest Hour. Calm Murder follows with the next four explosive tracks. Their sound is very artistic. Get ready for intense screaming followed by raging guitars and a "nothing but" heavy drum beat. Calm Murder is not the same as Catalyst but they bring a unique sound which makes for the perfect mix for a hardcore CD. This band really made me think of Zao and a little touch of Undying. You will get a highly pitch screaming by the vocalist followed by the chaotic drumming and technical guitar riff that make Clam Murder the absolute winner in this split CD. If you are into hardcore music this CD is essential. Two great bands for you guys to check out. Don't get left behind and miss out on an opportunity to hear two bands that will have everyone talking very soon.

Rating - 3

Revelation kick some **s!

Here are some stuff that i got from Revelation Recs..

JUDGE “What it meant – The complete discography” CD
Hell yeah! I can’t stop screaming when I got this CD to review. But it is a hard job for me to review this great release by the best band I ever heard. Judge really influences my life to be positive in what ever I do. Judge was formed as somewhat of a project band in the late-80's when Mike Judge and Porcell were in Youth of Today and went on to become one of the heaviest and most legendarily in your face straightedge bands of the time period. This CD compiles all release by Judge including one rare album "Chung King Can Suck It" LP and "Don Fury Demo" from 1988 and presents it in chronological order. It also comes along with thick booklet that includes plenty of old band photos, the original record covers, all of the lyrics, and some liner notes courtesy of Porcell. For me the best album that Judge has done is "Bringin' It Down". This album brought the balance between hardcore and metallic riffing melody. The powerful energetic hardcore from each track gave me an excitement while listening to this album. 4 albums in one CD. 28 tracks of total running time about 70 minutes. Enough for me!

Rating - 3 1/2



END OF A YEAR “Sincerely” CD
"We wanted to play music we liked so we got together and did that shit. No one else really liked it and we were pretty comfortable being the band who tours the country but no one really likes and then Revelation called one day and it was pretty weird but I like the Kiss It Goodbye record a lot so we decided to go with it. End bio." That was so cool. Once again, Revelation has put out a great album from the great band. I really can’t believe it when I got this CD for review. I really love this band. Their attitude. Their music and their lyrics. So damn great! I can’t even think a word to describe how I feel about this Albany band. End Of A Year rules. If you guys out there who not familiar with this band, they sound like DC hardcore band such as Fugazi and Embrace. “Sincerely” is really not a disappointment. The lyrics are superb. Its capture the emotional problems inside our self and people around us. Sometimes its become more personal with hope and dreams and for all its beauty, it makes me flying with the sound of their music. This album in my opinion is the best album I ever get in the past few years. It’s still running in my player until today. This album can change my mood from bad to beautiful, happier and give more energy. I hope more kids in Malaysia will be listening to them and feel the same how grateful I am now.

Rating - 4