
After 10 years of existence as a band, KEKAL decided to move forward and to come deep into musical territories yet unexplored by the band. Kekal's new direction can be described as a unique form of "experimental heavy rock" with a liberal use of electronic elements to accompany their trademark guitar-driven soundscapes. The new direction fully described on their ambitious sixth album "The Habit of Fire", an over 70-minute epic avant-garde concept album which will be released in 2007.
Kekal has matured themselves throughout the last decade and they already released 5 full-length albums within the extreme metal realm, but now they have been moving far beyond their metal roots, only to find freedom to explore a lot more musical possibilities.
Kekal formed back in August 1995 by 2 raging teenagers. Their first official demo "Contra spiritualia Nequitiae" released in 1996 and got a good response from the underground as it contains totally extreme and unique musical structures that have become influential.
Some changes and addition in line-up appeared. With Harry on Vocals, Leo on Guitar, Jeff on Guitar/Vocals, and Azhar Levi on Bass/Vocals, Kekal continued to write new material. Early in 1998, the first full-length album entitled "Beyond The Glimpse of Dreams" was recorded and licensed to various indie labels. "Beyond The Glimpse of Dreams" has got very good reviews from publications around the world and being considered as one of the best extreme metal albums ever coming from Asian bands. The response has also been very good since it has been sold for over 5000 copies without an aid of any major distribution.
At the end of 1998 Harry left the band due to other commitments outside music. Kekal remains as a three-piece band with Jeff and Azhar handle all the vocal duties. Their 2nd full-length album called "Embrace The Dead" was finally recorded and without a doubt shows every extreme metal lover once again, about the strength and uniqueness of Kekal's music. Early 2001 Kekal entered the studio to record songs for next full-length project entitled "The Painful Experience" with better production. This album is released on CD format by 4 independent labels in USA, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and South East Asia. Musically, Kekal is in the continual process of shaping and progressing, without abandoning the band's trademark style.
September 2002 they started to write and record songs for their 4th album "1000 Thoughts of Violence". The album they wanted to break any tradition in heavy metal and move away from any stereotype and cliché. By this album, they wanted to make a statement that KEKAL has something more to offer than just being an extreme metal band. Being "progressive" and "avant-garde" has become necessary, an ideal yet to be achieved. Finally, after all those years, they were able to get a good recording environment to catch their own ideal. Released in 2003, "1000 Thoughts of Violence" got many great reviews from metal media around the world, and started to cite Kekal among the world's best "avant-garde metal" bands.
In March 2004, Kekal did their first mini European Tour and played some shows in Holland, Germany, and Sweden, sponsored by their record label Fear Dark. This makes Kekal as the first independent band from Indonesia who played shows outside Asian territory.
Earlier in 2005, Kekal released a full-length album called "Acidity", the band's 5th full-length album which shows their maturity in songwriting, technical skills and artistic madness. 'Acidity" then marked as the final album from Kekal in the extreme heavy-metal territory, and they continue to work on music beyond the limits of musical genres.
Kekal is an example of hard-working independent band which dedicated itself to the music beyond the limits of industry.
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