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Friday, April 27, 2012

SHREDDERS WANTED!



With just 2 weeks left to participate in our first ever MASTERS OF SHRED CONTEST, two extraordinary shredders have entered their version of the song MASTERS OF SHRED composed by shred master CARLOS LICHMAN

These two extraordinary shredders are MOISES HERNANDEZ from Venezuela and  PAULO BOHRER from Brazil. Both have submitted their videos of them shredding to the MASTERS OF SHRED track. Each giving the song their own particular style and feel. 

PAULO BOHRER's version

MOISES HERNANDEZ's version

You can do it, too! Get featured on the new MASTERS OF SHRED episode this month of JUNE and win for FREE 2 packs of Electric Guitar Strings and the CARLOS LICHMAN digital discography. Just follow the instructions bellow. 

Best of luck and shred on! 

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Chief Director 

SHRED CONTEST

Rules for Contest 


1. Listen to the original Masters of Shred track click here to download 

2. Download backing track Masters of Shred click here 

3. Cover Carlos Lichman's solos or create your own 

4. Record yourself playing the song 

5. Upload it to Youtube, include in the video title your name and the text
 "Masters Of Shred 2012 Competition" 

6. Write an e-mail to shredcompetition@carloslichman.com include your video link in the message 
*the key to winning is using your imagination

 Download Masters Of Shred track here 
Download Masters Of Shred backing track for contest here 

More Details at WWW.CARLOSLICHMAN.COM

2 Winners will receive: 
2 packs of Giannini Electric Guitar Strings 
Both Carlos Lichman's Albums 
 Interview at the Masters Of Shred program


LISTEN TO THE MASTERS OF SHRED X FEATURING CARLOS LICHMAN

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NOCTEM - Featured Artist

NOCTEM
FEATURED ARTIST


In this episode, we descend into the depths of Xibalba (the Mayan Underworld). We will take a look at an album entitled OBLIVION (2011) by Spanish death/black metal band, NOCTEM. The OBLIVION record has placed the band on the world stage even attracting the attention of legendary label METAL BLADE RECORDS. Currently and always on tour, the band finds itself in the middle of its “EUROPEAN CONQUEST TOUR” which spans with several dates in Spain and across Europe. Moreover, the band has toured Europe and Scandinavia supporting extreme metal acts such as MALEVOLENT CREATION,  INCANTATION, HATE, GORGOROTH, FINNTROLL and SAMAEL just to mention a few.

OBLIVION
OBLIVION 2011
Well received by the media. The album OBLIVION has been acclaimed as being one of the best releases for 2011 (Sonic Abuse).  METAL HAMMER magazine states about the album’s production as, “…a fantastic production, what a level!” KERRANG magazine adds, Tracks like Invictus, Universal Disorder or Unredemption should be, from now, authentic hymns for the lovers of the most extreme music.” Other accolades for the OBLIVION album include being included in the 3rd position as Best Underground Metal Album/International for The Whiplasher (Austria).  Regarding the album, EXO guitarist states, “I think this is our best album. That is something a lot bands used to say. But I think, in this record; we put all the effort; all the inspiration; and all we have learned in these two years touring. We learned so many things on the road. I think you can listen to all these kinds of things when you listen to OBLIVION. ” 
NOCTEM band 
The OBLIVION concept record, second in a trilogy of albums that the band plans on releasing, is based around the mythological corpus of the ancient inhabitants of Mesoamerica, the Maya.  With the album’s epic instrumental opener “Popol Vuh” which is the name given to the sacred text written by the Ki’che’ Maya, the record’s epic intro concludes with the second track of the album “The Arrival of The False Gods”. This track defines the heaviness and intensity experienced throughout the album. Regarding the concept for the album, EXO states, “It’s a kind of conceptual album. We are talking about the Spanish Inquisition. It’s a way to apologize for the Spanish Inquisition to the Mesoamerican Cultures. It’s a kind of tribute because of the horrible things that happened in the past.”  

EXO guitars
EXO GUITARS
 Continuously touring and writing new material for the next album in 2013; NOCTEM is poised on surpassing the honors received for the OBLIVION album, EXO guitarist states, “…I’m thinking right now on creating the next album; and it’s going to be pretty hard. Because with OBLIVION we received a lot of outstanding reviews; very great feedback from the international metal press and metal heads. I think it’s going to be very hard, you know. For me, it causes some kind of headache, you know, but do it better than the previous album.”  
Beleth
BELETH VOCALS

NOCTEM Live
NOCTEM LIVE
Inspired by the writings of the ancient Maya and channeled through the sensibilities of extreme metal; the album OBLIVION has been regarded as one of the best productions for 2011 and one of the best NOCTEM has released, yet.   We would rate it as ten "horns up" over ten; go get this shit! 


LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
DURATION: 56 minutes


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PURCHASE NOCTEM ALBUMS AT: RISING RECORDS, METALBLADE, i-TUNES, AMAZON

SONGS/ALBUM IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

1.) INVICTUS - OBLIVION
2.) POPOL VUH/THE ARRIVAL OF THE FALSE GODS - OBLIVION
3.) DIVINITY - DIVINITY
4.) ABNIGATION AND BRUTALITY - OBLIVION
5.) SONS OF HUN-VACUB - OBLIVION

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THE ARRIVAL OF THE FALSE GODS

DIVINITY 


POPOL VUH
MAIZE GOD
click to download POPOL VUH (English, Simple Version) in PDF 

Popol Vuh

The POPOL VUH is a corpus of mytho-historical narratives of the Post Classic K'iche' kingdom in Guatemala's western highlands. The title translates as "Book of the People." Popol Vuh's prominent features are its creation myth, and its epic tales of the Hero Twins Hunahpú and Xbalanqué, and their battle against the dark lords of Xibalba

Lords of Xibalba
City of Tikal (Peten, Guatemala)

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Metal On Metal Records - New Releases 2012 Show featuring Jowita Kaminska

METAL ON METAL RECORDS  
OLD SCHOOL METAL... OR NO METAL AT ALL!


We are proud to announce that the show will be featuring the new album releases from traditional heavy/power/doom metal label METAL ON METAL RECORDS. Jowita Kaminska, label owner, will collaborate with Evolution Rock in a special show featuring the label's latest releases and merchandise available from the label. 

METAL ON METAL RECORDS is currently celebrating its 5th anniversary as a label since its first release in 2008. Jowita Kaminska states on the label's website. "Yeah, it’s the 5th anniversary of our label right now – our first CD was released in April 2008! Since then we’ve put out 30 CD releases (including 4 compilations and a reissue of one 2008 release that we had sold out), 3 LP releases (one of them exclusively on vinyl), 2 digital albums, 1 cassette and 1 book (“Keep It True Festival History Book”, that was actually the first title we published in April 2008, for the 10th edition of this great German festival). Regarding the new releases in-stored and the new bands joining the label, Jowita Kaminska states on the label's website, "..in a few days, on April 27th (at the 15th edition of our favorite KIT fest) the 5th volume of our compilation “Compendium Of Metal” will be out together with 3 new regular CD releases and 2 cassette only releases. We will announce the new titles this weekend and after coming back from Germany, in the first days of May, we’ll announce the new bands that have joined our roster, so stay tuned!" 

Some of the new releases for 2012 already available on the label's website include: SKELATOR "Agents of Power", MORTALICUM "The Endtime Prophecy" and new to the label SACRED GATE "When Eternity Ends".

SKELATOR - Agents of Power, Epic Heavy/Speed Metal
MORTALICUM - The Endtime Prophecy, Doom Metal
SACRED GATE - When Eternity Ends, Traditional Heavy Metal
METAL ON METAL RECORDS is not only bringing great traditional heavy metal to fans all over the world but is also putting out quality and one of a kind products. Such is the case of the special vinyl and cassette editions for some of the label's releases. 

NOMAD SON - The Eternal Return (LP)
Label owner, Jowita Kaminska, is dead serious when it comes to heavy metal. Not only does she run the sites, distribution, and works with the press for every release. Jowita is a professional artist graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She designs and hand paints the cover art for almost every release on the label. As for her art work she sates, "...in the paintings there is the essence of the music."
Jowita Kaminska, label owner METAL ON METAL RECORDS
BATTLERAGE, True Metal Victory
METAL LAW, Lawbreaker
 Interview with Jowita Kaminska, German TV

If that isn't enough, also try being the "poster girl" for the label's compendium releases. Which of course, she also excels doing enthusiastically.  
Metal On Metal Records Compendium Vol. 2
Metal On Metal Records Compendium Vol. 4
Passionate about heavy metal music and her label, Jowita Kaminska and METAL ON METAL RECORDS are poised in bringing you the best the world has to offer regarding traditional heavy metal. Focused more on quality than quantity and old school versus the new school, the label's new releases along with its fifth compendium promise to deliver satisfying sonic metal mayhem to the masses this 2012! 

Music Videos METAL ON METAL RECORDS Artists 

The Symbolist by HEATHENDOM 

Listen to our previous show with Jowita Kaminska for the label's Compendium Vol. 3 release.
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Show with HEATHENDOM for the album the SYMBOLIST 

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Southeast Asia Heavy Metal: INDONESIA

Southeast Asia Heavy Metal
Podcast Tour 2012
-Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines-
Episode 2: INDONESIA 

Indonesian Flag

Episode 2 of our Southeast Asian Heavy Metal Tour takes us to the “Metal Archipelago”. Indonesian heavy metal is characterized by four basic components. 1) Metal is Power 2) Your Metal Scene is Your Extended Family 3) Respect Your Fans, and most importantly 4) Be Proud. Furthermore, if you manage to express your anger and rage through guttural vocals accompanied by heavy distortion and blast drums than you couldn’t have found a much better place in the whole of Southeast Asia. Here, in Indonesia, extreme metal is the sovereign ruler of this mystical land.  


Prenicious Hate Live
Pernicious Hate live at Jakarta, DEATH FEST 2011
Indonesia has set itself apart from its neighbors in Southeast Asia by taking heavy music to its extremes. A guttural vocalist is much more venerated and appreciated than any other kind of metal singer in the scene. With the extreme genres of Death Metal, Grindcore and Black Metal on the top, other genres of metal which are more popular in the west are not as prevalent in Indonesia. Moreover, bands in the power metal or melodic genres are scarce and hard to come by. However, the very few that do exist manage to put out a respectable effort. Such is the case of the only power metal band in this episode, VALERIAN. Exceptionally isolated like if on their own island (that figures), bands like VALERIAN are something special. However, you wouldn’t consider female death metal singers as “special” in Indonesian metal. For example, take female death metal signer Popo Puji. No doubt this woman can sing guttural vocals like the best of them and provide the necessary attitude on stage for the band to which she belongs, DEMONS DAMN. Regarding what motived Popo Puji to take up extreme metal, “I was motived by myself because I wanted to show to the people that I can play this metal, not only guys can play metal, women can also. I wanted to be a clever metal head not a follower…so; I push myself to learn much about this music.” No doubt Popo Puji is exceling in her craft. Testament to that are the songs she has already recorded from which you will hear the song “Dominasi Arogansi”. As for subject matter for Popo Puji’s lyrics, “My lyrics are mostly about anger, revenge and traitors. I try to image what I felt. Maybe in another life, I can express my anger…I try to bring my evil side of me.” Furthermore, Popo Puji is opening the way for more female participation in metal bands in the near future. And it goes to show you that chicks in Indonesia are also very much extreme when it comes to their metal just like the guys.

Popo Puji
Popo Puji, vocals DEMONS DAMN
“It’s an energizing power, and Black Metal’s role is in executing; a pull trigger; can you read me? Can you see the mystical power in Black Metal in this land? It’s destructive!” Djiwo Ratriarkha vocals for MAKAM. Hailing from Solo, Java, MAKAM has been in existence for more than 16 years. MAKAM has been playing their on indigenous version of folk black metal based on mystical and old legends of the land in which they inhabit. “Anybody can make a Black Metal band, initially. But I’m sure they did not recognize their own character of their selves. So, why not try to explore the true colors of your soul? That would be good, guy. Trust me.” On the verge of releasing a new album, “MAHAMAKAM”, and a book documenting their sixteen year span career, MAKAM will continue to infuse with power their dark minions of fans called ‘The Raider Klan”. Metal is Power across Indonesia, and MAKAM is just one of the many extreme metal bands in the archipelago that embraces it. 

Makam Live
Djiwo Ratriarkha vocals MAKAM
“We don’t like to call them fans; we like them like friends.”- Ferly, JASAD( BUSUK, 2011). Respect your fans by treating them as your equals, not as your inferiors. Something that is mostly natural for many bands in Indonesia is to consider their fans as friends or an extended version of their families. Regarding the metal scene in Indonesia, JASAD’s  drummer, Abaz states, “…it can be like a second family.” (BUSUK, 2012). When asked what was the scene like in Indonesia, guitarist for SPIDER’S LAST MOMENT, Aryo, stated, “…Indonesia has a lot of metal bands, and lot of metal fans, as well. This situation encourages us to be different and give another choice or alternative colors to the metal scene in Indonesia.” Borok, bass player for CARAVAN OF ANACONDA states regarding the scene in Indonesia, “The band likes playing in Indonesia. Actually, many people here like our style, many support us.” If more bands from the west respected their fans like Indonesian bands do then they would have many supporters and also consider their fans as extended versions of their families.


Spider's Last Moment live
SPIDER'S LAST MOMENT at Valentine Attack


You play extreme metal in Indonesia. So feel proud of yourself. When asked how she felt, Popo Puji, when singing in front of a crowd, she simply replied, “Proud.” Additionally adding, “Proud of my city...my town...of the many great musicians born here, of the many great bands from Bandung, and I am proud to be part of the Death Metal Community in Bandung, in Indonesia of course.” Djiwo, vocals MAKAM, expresses his pride for the scene by stating, “In this country, you put out to learn by doing it; it’s something that we call old school, and always with pride.” So in the end, in Indonesia, you are not just a metal head, you are a proud metal head.
   
Anhoenk
Sacrifice Indo by Andhoenk
With all its rich indigenous culture and proud people, Indonesia has evolved, in the heavy metal aspect, separately from its neighboring countries in Southeast Asia. Perhaps, it’s due to natural phenomenon caused by “island rule” in which species get smaller or bigger depending on the resources available in the environment (Foster’s Rule). Perhaps, this could explain metaphorically why extreme metal is so big in Indonesia and other genres are just not prevalent. Or perhaps, we should also look into how religion and society afflicts any developing nation. The most natural response is to go as extreme and heavy as possible. For the time being, we understand that to Indonesians heavy metal music is power. This power is shared by fans and musicians alike as they are part of a scene (family) which respects each other’s roles. In the end, we can say that Indonesian metal heads are proud of their heavy metal music, and most of all, they are proud of being part of it. “…be true to yourself and hellyeargghh!” ~Djiwo, MAKAM

Artists/Songs in order of appearance

1. DEMONS DAMN - Dominasi, Arogansi
Bandung, Indonesia website
Demons Damn
Read BUSUK Webzine interview with DEMONS DAMN

2. WAFAT - Terrible Retaliation
Surabaya East Java, Indonesia website
Wafat

3. COSMIC VORTEX - Machine Gun Leg
Jakarta, Indonesia website
Cosmic Vortex

4.TENGGOROKAN - Fuck The Blasphemy
Kediri, Indonesia, website
Tenggorokan
Read BUSUK Webzine interview with Tenggorokan

5. RESIST THE DOOMS DAY - Reigns of Arrogance
Jakarta, Indonesia, website
Resist The Dooms Day

6. MAKAM - Merkurius Equator
Solo Java, Indonesia, website, Facebook group 
 MAKAM
MAKAM LOGO
Purchase Kayon Hoodie MAKAM
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Listen to our 2007 special with MAKAM. Included a full interview in English with Diwjo (vocals).
MAKAM Featured Artist 2007

7. SACRIFICE - Nusa Tembini
SIDOARJO, Indonesia, website
Sacrifice
Read GRIMCORPSE Webzine interview with SACRIFICE

8. VALERIAN - Arise
Surabaya, Indonesia, website
Valerian
Read BUSUK Webzine interview with VALERIAN

9. CARAVAN OF ANACONDA - Liga Kanibal
Bandung, Indonesia, Website
Carvan of Anaconda

10. SPIDER'S LAST MOMENT - Regret I shall Comprimise
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, website
Spiders Last Moment

11. PERNICIOUS HATE - Tragically
PURWOKERTO, Indonesia, website
Pernicious Hate
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Prenicious Hate Tee
12. EMPTYS - Desember Maha Sadis
Gresick, Indonesia, website

Emptys
13. JASAD - Bless My Wrath

Bandung, Indonesia, website
Jasad
Read BUSUK Webzine interview with JASAD

CHECK OUT BLASTING OF DEATH ISSUE #10, April 2012
Blasting of Death
Blasting of Death

Traditional Indonesian Music
by Nindy Bynez 

Indonesian Traditional Instruments

The name of Indonesian folkore music is Keroncong, Dangdut, Campursari.

Kroncong (pronounced "kronchong"; Indonesian: Keroncong, Dutch: Krontjong) is the name of a ukulele-type instrument and an Indonesian musical style that typically makes use of the kroncong (the sound chrong-chrong-chrong comes from this instrument, so the music is called keronchong), the band or combo or ensemble (it called as keronchong orchestra) consist of a flute, a violin, a melody guitar, a cello in pizzicato style, string bass also in pizzicato, and a female or male singer.

Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music that is partly derived from Malay, Arabic, and Hindustani music. It developed in the late 1960s and 1970s among working-class Muslim youth in Java, but beginning in the late 1990s reached a broader following in lower class Indonesians, Malaysia, and the southern Philippines.
Names of Indonesian Traditional Instruments

A dangdut band typically consists of a lead singer, male or female, backed by four to eight musicians. Instruments usually include a tabla, mandolin, guitars, and synthesizers.The term has been expanded from the desert-style music to embrace other musical styles. Modern dangdut incorporates influences from Middle Eastern pop music, Western rock, house music, hip-hop music, contemporary R&B, and reggae.

The Campursari term in Indonesia's national music world refers to the mixture (crossover) few contemporary Indonesian music genre. Campursari name is taken from the actual Java language is general. Campursari music in the middle to eastern part of Java, especially related to the modification of gamelan musical instruments that can be combined with western musical instruments, or vice versa. In fact, the instruments 'foreign' this 'subject' in the grip of music that favored the local community: Java style and gending.
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BUSUK Webzine

Interviews with Indonesian, Southeast Asian and Foreign Metal Bands all Metal Genres
Busuk Webzine Website