8 (Kekal album)

8
Studio album by Kekal
Released 15 December 2010
Recorded Compiled 2009–2010, Northern Isolation Station, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Genre Alternative, avant-garde metal, electronic, electronic rock, experimental, pop, post-rock, progressive, sampling
Length 56:26
Label Whirlwind Records
Producer Jeff Arwadi
Kekal chronology

Audible Minority
(2008)		 8
(2010)		 Autonomy
(2012)
Music sample
"Tabula Rasa"
The song "Tabula Rasa" was released as a music video and for streaming on 15 February 2010, and was included on Kekal's eighth studio album 8.[1] At the time of the song's release, the album was still in development and was untitled.[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Cross Rhythms [3]
Metal Hammer Germany 4/7[4]
Powermetal.de 8.0/10[5]
Sonic Seducer neutral[6]

8 is the eighth full-length studio album by Indonesian experimental metal band Kekal, announced on 23 June 2010,[7] and made available for purchase on 23 January 2011.[8] While the band has no officially active members, former members Jeff, Leo, and Levi all contributed to the album.[3][9][10][11] The album was set to be released by Whirlwind Records during December 2010, on CD and as a digital download,[12] and on 15 December 2010, the album was available for pre-order, which included an offer of free shipping within Europe up to December 24.[13]

On 19 February 2010, Jeff announced that he had posted a music video on YouTube[1] for a song titled "Tabula Rasa". At that time, the new album was still untitled.[2][14] On 24 March 2011, it was announced that "Tabula Rasa" was included on a compilation/sampler album by the Sonic Seducer magazine.[15][16] Metal Hammer Germany commented that the album was far from the early black metal days of the band, and gave the album a rating of 4 out of 7.[4]

Track listing

No. TitleGuest musician(s) Length
1. "Track One"  Jeff Arwadi 4:41
2. "Gestalt Principles of Matter Perception"  Jeff Arwadi 6:06
3. "A Linear Passage"  Jeff Arwadi 5:37
4. "Tabula Rasa"  Jeff Arwadi 5:06
5. "Private School of Thought"  Jeff Arwadi 4:37
6. "The Regulars"  Jeff Arwadi 2:24
7. "Departure Gate 8"  Jeff Arwadi, Leo Setiawan 4:42
8. "Heartache Memorial"  Jeff Arwadi, Leo Setiawan 5:04
9. "Let Us Blend"  Jeff Arwadi 5:22
10. "Open World"  Jeff Arwadi 3:57
11. "End Unit of the Universe"  Jeff Arwadi 8:47

Guest contributors

Production credits

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arwadi, Jeff (spitonself) (15 February 2010). "KEKAL - Tabula Rasa (new official video 2010)". YouTube. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Van Pelt, Doug (February 2010). "Kekal release new video". HM Magazine.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Webber, Ian (8 August 2011). "Kekal - 8". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rudoletzky, Marcel (1 June 2011). "Review zu: KEKAL 8". Metal Hammer Germany (in German) (Springer Science+Business Media) (06/2011): 100.
  5. ↑ Backes, Bjorn (28 February 2011). "Kekal - 8". Powermetal.de (in German). Weihrauch Median Verlang. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  6. ↑ Gnuch, Kym (2011). "Kekal - 8 - Review". Sonic Seducer (Thomas Vogel Media) (4). Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Kekal (23 June 2010). "Latest News - Press Release: Upcoming KEKAL Album Title, Cover Art, and Track Listing announced!". Kekal.org. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  8. ↑ Whirlwind Records (23 January 2011). "Kekal "8" erschienen!". Whirlwind Records. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  9. ↑ Kekal (12 August 2009). "Press Release: Jeff and Leo are leaving Kekal, but the band remains exist without band-members". Kekal's Blog. Myspace. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  10. ↑ Kekal (January 2010). "Press-Release: New KEKAL album is being planned for 2010!". Kekal's Blog. Myspace. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  11. ↑ Van Pelt, Doug (January 2010). "Kekal pulls a Brett Favre". HM Magazine. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  12. ↑ Arwadi, Jeff (spitonself) (16 October 2010). "Preview of upcoming 2010 Kekal album "8" (10 songs)". YouTube. Note: This is a YouTube video, in the description bar for the video it gives information about the album's release.
  13. ↑ Whirlwind Records (15 December 2010). "Whirlwind Records Mailorder - Kekal - 8 (preorder) 2010A811". Whirlwind Records. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  14. ↑ Kekal and Arwadi, Jeff (19 February 2010). "New Song of the Month (February 2010): Tabula Rasa". Facebook. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  15. ↑ Kekal (24 March 2011). ""Tabula Rasa" is...". Facebook. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  16. ↑ "CD-Beilage: Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 117 - CD" (in German). Sonic Seducer Magazine.

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