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Origin: Jakarta, Indonesia

Genres: Avant-garde Metal, Extreme Metal, Electronic, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal

Years Active: 1995 – present

Labels: Open Grave Records, THT Productions, Fear Dark, Whirlwind Records (current)

Associated Acts: Altera Enigma, Doctor D, Excision, Armageddon Holocaust, Inner Warfare, Mournphagy, Worldhate

Website: http://www.kekal.org

Past Members: Jeff Arwadi, Azhar Levi Sianturi, Leo Setiawan, Harry, Newin Atmarumeksa (Newbabe), Yeris

Kekal is a black metal/avant-garde metal band originated from Jakarta, Indonesia. The band consists of no official member as in 2011, but it remains active and more shockingly, a new album titled 8 was released with 3 former key members have contributed in making it. 3 former key members are Jeff Arwadi (guitars, vocals, programming, drums), Azhar Levi Sianturi (bass, vocals), and Leo Setiawan (guitars), all have left the band in 2009. 

They started in 1995 as a more straightforward black metal band. Throughout the first 5 years, they developed their own style by incorporating many diverse elements from outside metal. This distinct style become most prominent in the third album “The Painful Experience”, which marked as a starting point for the band to step more and more into the progressive metal and avant-garde metal and made further experiments with their music.

In 2003, they released “1000 Thoughts Of Violence” and received positive media reviews. This led to their first European mini-tour in 2004, playing a string of shows in countries such as Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden. After that tour, they released their 5th album, “Acidity”, in 2005. They made even further experiments on their 6th album, “The Habit Of Fire”, which found the band decreasing their early metal sound to give more room for jazz, avantgarde and electronic elements.

In 2006, right after the recording of “The Habit of Fire”, founding member Jeff Arwadi moved to Canada while the rest of the members are in Indonesia, leaving the band unable to play shows and do tour. At the same time they left their longtime record label Fear Dark and status of the band was in question. After few months of uncertainty and rumours of break-up went around among their fans, they all decided to remain together and to keep the band only as a studio project. They quickly signed licensing deals with 2 record labels to release “The Habit of Fire” in 2007. The album received very well and it was nominated as The Best Avantgarde Metal Album in 2007 by Metal Storm, as well as CD of The Month by UK’s music technology magazine Sound on Sound. read more

Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams	Embrace the Dead	The Painful Experience
1000 Thoughts of Violence	Acidity	The Habit of Fire
Audible Minority	8	Introduce Us to Immortality

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