Kekal
Genre(s):
Progressive Extreme Metal
Lyrical theme(s):
Christianity
Origin: Indonesia
(Jakarta)
Formed in: 1995
Current label: THT
Productions
Status: Active
Current line-up:
Bass/Vocals: Azhar
Guitars/Vocals: Meister
J (Jeffray Arwadi)
Guitars: Leo(1996 -
2001/ 2005-)
Former/past member(s):
Vocals: Harry (1995 -
1998)
Bass/Vocals: Newbabe
(1995 -1996)
Guitars/Vocals: Yeris
(1995 - 1996)
Live Guitars: Didi
Priyadi
Notes:
All of Kekal's drums are programmed.
Discography:
Limited Demo-Cassette (Demo, 1995)
This is a K7 tape.
1.Spirits of the Unblack
2.No Master
3.Kebangkitan Orang Mati
4.Introduce me to Immortality
Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae (Demo, 1996)
Tracks 1 to 4 "Contra Spiritualia Requitiae (Acts I - IV)" (16:33).
1.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act I (03:30)
2.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II (04:01)
3.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III (02:35)
4.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act IV (05:55)
5.Spirits of the Unblack (05:57)
6.No Master (03:50)
7.Kebangkitan Orang Mati (05:07)
8.Introduce me to Immortality (02:26)
Beyond The Glimpse Of Dreams (Full-length, 1998)
Line up:
Harry / vocals
Leo / guitar
Jeff / guitar, vocals
Azhar / bass, vocals
Julie, Hana, & Vera / female vocals
The Black Machine / drums
Leo / vocal narration
Jeff, Habil & Leo / keyboards
Also released as a CD in 1998 by Candlelight Productions in 2000 with different artwork.
1.Rotting
Youth (03:32) Lyrics
2.Armageddon (05:19)
3.Spirits (06:32) Lyrics
4.Decieved Minds (04:11) Lyrics
5.The Conversion (05:49) Lyrics
6.Behind Those Images (03:17) Lyrics
7.Reality (05:19) Lyrics
8.Escaping Eternal Suffering (05:18) Lyrics
9.A Day The Hatred Dies (06:15) Lyrics
10.My Eternal Lover (06:11)
Embrace The Dead (Full-length, 1999)
Given Words is a bonus track, appear only
on THT Productions Versions
Released By THT Production in Indonesia in August 1999, Released by
Fleshwalker Records in USA in July 2000, Re-released in February 2001
on THT Productions.
Line up:
Leo / guitar
Jeff / guitar, vocals
Azhar / bass, vocals
Jeff & Habil / keyboards
Azhar / additional guitars
Jeff / additional bass
Vera / female vocals
The Black Machine / drums
Also released as a CD in 1998 by Candlelight Productions in 2000 with different artwork.
1.Longing
For Truth (06:11) Lyrics
2.Embrace The Dead (05:24) Lyrics
3.The Fearless And The Dedicated (07:51) Lyrics
4.Source Of Existence Lyrics
5.Healing (03:22)
6.The Final Call (05:16) Lyrics
7.From Within (04:48) Lyrics
8.Scripture Before Struggle (06:48) Lyrics
9.Millennium (10:00) Lyrics
10.Given Words
The Painful Experience (Full-length, 2001)
The album also was re-released on CD by
Near Dark Records in 2002.
Some versions contain a bonus track (Track 11).
1.The Monsters Within (04:41)
2.Crave For Solid Ground (05:09)
3.Mean Attraction (04:15)
4.Like There's No Other Way To Go (04:18)
5.Behind Closed Doors (05:48)
6.After The Storm (05:43)
7.Given Words (04:41)
8.Militia Christi (04:05)
9.The Painful Experience (07:53)
10.Via Dolorosa (04:10)
11. Like There's No Other Way To Go (Remix) (5:13)
Chaos & Warfare (Split, 2002)
1.The Only Sound Of Rain (06:13)
2.Mean Attraction (04:12)
3.A Stranger So Close (05:32)
4.The Skull (Trouble cover) (05:54)
Introduce Us to Immortality (Best of Compilation, 2003)
1.Source of Existence (Re-recorded)
(04:54) Lyrics
2.The Only Sound of Rain (06:16)
3.Mean Attraction (04:15)
4.Embrace The Dead (Remastered) (05:23) Lyrics
5.Default (05:33) Lyrics
6.A Day The Hatred Dies (Remastered) (05:57) Lyrics
7.Crave for Solid Ground (05:09)
8.Healing (Remastered) (03:22)
9.Behind Those Images (Remastered) (03:14) Lyrics
10.Millennium (Remastered) (09:16) Lyrics
11.Rotting Youth (Remastered) (03:27) Lyrics
12.The Painful Experience (07:53)
13.Introduce Me to Immortality (Remix) (02:17)
1000 Thoughts Of Violence (Full-length, 2003)
Produced by Jeff & KEKAL. Recorded & Mixed at Vision Studio, during September and December 2002. Enginered & Mixed by Jeff.
Line up :
Digital & analog synth orchestrations : Jeff
Sampling, noises, loops, fx & programming :
Doctor D & Jeff
Additional guitar : Azhar
Additional Bass : Jeff
Additional Vocals : Safrina
Drums : Sang Hitam
1.Subsession
/ Once Again It Failed (04:37) Lyrics
2.Vox Diaboli (04:31) Lyrics
3.In Continuum (05:46) Lyrics
4.Paradigma Baru (02:35)
5.Artifacts Of Modern Insanity (05:18) Lyrics
6.Violenst Society (05:06) Lyrics
7.Subsession II (04:58)
8.Default (05:36) Lyrics
9.Beyond Numerical Reasons I: 404 (02:20) Lyrics
10.Beyond Numerical Reasons II: 911 (05:00) Lyrics
11.Beyond Numerical Reasons III: 70x7 Lyrics
Spirits from the Ancient Days (Best of Compilation, 2004)
1.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II
(2004 version) (03:56)
2.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III (2004 version) (02:22)
3.Kebangkitan Orang Mati (05:02)
4.No Master (03:43)
5.Introduce me to Immortality (02:15)
6.Spirits of the Unblack (05:47)
7.Rotting Youth (03:33) Lyrics
8.Reborn in the Light Part.2 (01:47)
9.Escaping eternal Suffering (04:12) Lyrics
10.My eternal Lover (04:28)
11.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act I (03:30)
12.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act II (04:01)
13.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act III (02:35)
14.Contra Spiritualia Nequitiae Act IV (05:55)
15.Obliteration demo track 1 (01:07)
16.Obliteration demo track 2 (01:59)
17.Obliteration demo track 3 (00:36)
18.Obliteration demo track 4 (00:49)
Kekal live in Europe (DVD, 2004)
The live and backstageshots are on two Cd's which are limited and handnumbered to 150 copies.
Setlist for the shows:
1.Intro/Subsession II
2.Vox Diaboli Lyrics
3.Embrace the Dead Lyrics
4.Source of Existence (only in Sweden) Lyrics
5.Artifacts of modern Insanity Lyrics
6.Default Lyrics
7.Spirits Lyrics
8.Mean Attraction
1.Disc 1 - live in (Linkoping) Sweden & (Zwickau) Germany
(38:32)
2.Disc 2 - live in (Ede & Zwolle) Holland + Boudisque
(Amsterdam) (58:43)
A Dream For A Moment (Single, 2004)
1.A Dream For A Moment (05:51)
2.Default (live) (06:18)
Kekal - Road Trip to Acidity 2005 (DVD, 2005)
A live documentary video CD (VCD format) of the Road Trip to Acidity (promo concert supporting the release of "Acidity" album). Featuring approx 42 minutes KEKAL concert, behind-the-scene, interviews, and bonus video-clip "A Dream for A Moment".Limited to 150 hand-numbered.
1.Disc 1 (46:00)
2.Disc 2 (24:00)
Acidity (Full-length, 2005)
Former members of KEKAL also contribute in the recording, making "Acidity" to be the first official reunion album for KEKAL.
1.Characteristicon (05:52) Lyrics
2.Strength in My Weakness (04:55) Lyrics
3.Thy Neighbor's Morality (07:30) Lyrics
4.A Dream for A Moment (05:52)Lyrics
5.Broken (04:48) Lyrics
6.Envy and Its Manifesto (05:45) Lyrics
7.The Way of Thinking Beyond Comprehe (08:50) Lyrics
8.Romanitika Destruksi (02:27)
9.Blessing in Disguise (05:37) Lyrics
10.Empty Space (04:12) Lyrics
The Habit of Fire (Full-length, 2007)
Guest Musicians:
Kenny Cheong
Track number 4 has three parts:
I. Failure Is the System
II. The Precaution of Aftermath
III. Decadence and Excess
Track number 8 has two parts:
I. Repeated Patterns
II. Aftermath
Track number 11 has five parts:
I. What on Earth Am I Here For?
II. The Habit of Fire
III. Subterranean Passageways
IV. A Road Above, A Road Ahead
V. Finding A Way to Stand Up Again
1.Prelude: Worldhate Chronicle (00:21)
2.The Gathering of Ants (05:50)
3.Isolated I (05:49)
4.Manipulator Generals (Part I of Dictatorship) (10:47)
5.Our Urban Industry Runs Monotonously (04:45)
6.To Whom It May Concern (06:01)
7.Free Association (04:48)
8.Historicity and State of Mind (Part II of Dictatorship) (07:52)
9.Postlude: Saat Kemarau (03:55)
10.A Real Life to Fear About (07:47)
11.Escapism (14:39)