Rants: Galneryus. 2 comments

1- Sorry, the previous post was supposed to be my short review of Galneryus. But it was so much fun writing about the opening gigs for 2011, I totally have forgotten about poor old Galneryus.

2- Somewhere in December last year, I feasted my ears to Galneryus newest album, Resurrection. Galneryus is a Speed Metal/Neo-Classical/Power Metal band from Japan. If you love Malmsteen and guitar shreds and licks with pop melodies in high pitch, then you should give this band a try. Go and youtube their albums before you buy (read: download) their albums.

3- In actuality, I have heard about the band before but at that time I was too quick too dismiss the band for being one of too many Japanese Visual Kei bands that roamed the scene back in the early 90's. Or so I thought.

4- Not that I have any problems with Visual Kei bands. X Japan is one of my favorite band of all time. It was the fact that almost all Japanese Heavy Metal bands that was introduced to me by the trust worthy internet, tend to adopt the Visual Kei style and produced shitty music that made me quick too dismiss any unknown bands from the land of the rising sun. But I was wrong with Galneryus.

5- Galneryus, well at least their latest album, showcase pure power metal complete with the epic feeling and heroic chants. And when you thought, the guitar was already enough, get a load of the keyboard  Crazy! I should state that this is the only keyboard solo that I really liked and did not sound gay. Awesome. Give this one a try.  

Rants: Galneryus & The New Year. no comments

1- Happy belated new year to all fellow headbangers and metalheads, Malaysia and world wide. How's everyone. Sorry for the long hiatus and thank you for still visiting Thebulletbelt. It was cool to know that this blog is still getting visitors despite the lack of new updates and entries.  Kudos.

2- Hopefully 2011 will be a good year for the Malaysian heavy metal scene and let us hope that this year we can see more awesome releases from the local bands. I heard that the long anticipated Silent Death, eerily titled "The Silent Kiss of Death" will be released soon. Hopefully the long wait would be of some worth. What's taking them so long anyway?

3- Malaysian Metal scene celebrated the new year with Warmageddon Gig on 1.1.11 featuring a very very impressive line up of Demisor, Mandatory, Damien and Humiliation with a few other bands. It has been a while the last time I heard of Mandatory, the Melodic Death Metal brigade from Penang. What about Damien? I thought that band was just a one off project band and here they are, opening 2011 with desecration of kambings and biri-biris on stage. Let's not talk about humiliation. They fuckin rock!

4- On the 29.1.2011, another gig will commence, Kuala Lumpur Thrashed, with another impressive and international line to cater the Mat-Mat Thrash's dying need to headbang and fist pump. Tandus has returned. Remember that awesome "Logam Maut" EP? Fuckin incredible. Others in the line up is IronFist (s'pore), Infernal Curse (Argentina), Killing Fields (Thailand), Wartillery (Brunei) and few other local acts. Get yourself ready.

5- On the same date, Penang will be hosting a gig called Uprising III. Too many metalcore bands. Do. Not. Like. But on 5.2.2011, you will be getting your chance to headbang to the magical opuses of As Sahar and Samartary when both of these groups will be playing in Demi Darah Dan Maruah Patriot gig in KL.

6- Awesome. 

Rants - Metal : A Malaysian Headbanger's Journey Part 3 2 comments

Metal : A Malaysian Headbangers Journey

1- Where was I? Yes, my second "satanic" heavy metal album was Kreator. It was only later that I found out that Kreator plays Thrash Metal. At this point of time (which was around 1995) I have yet to discover any local bands that play this kind of music until I was introduced to a band called Cromok.

2- I have heard the name before but never had the enthusiasm to find out what was it all about until I forced my uncle to by me their second album, Forever In Time. The melodies, the aggressiveness of the music and the memorable riffs officially converted me into a Cromok fan. Wow, I thought to myself, there are local bands that play this kind of music. My mission since then was to find out more about the local heavy metal bands hidden everywhere through out the country. 

I ate your Impiety tape. Wutcha gon do about it?

3- I got my first taste of black metal through As Sahar's Meditation Embun Pagi and Impiety's Funeralight. It was a friend of mine back in my school days who gave me the cassettes. It was awesome. I think I never returned the cassette tapes. Both of the tapes fell into a river and err.. was eaten by two big ugly crocodiles.  I got lucky to even be able to escape. The tapes didnt. That friend of mine never let me borrow any of his tapes ever again but it was a true story.

4- Another friend of mine brought a zeroxed traditionally type written "magazine" he called Fanzine. That was the first time I got to hold and read a fanzine. It was local publication called Brutal Noise Fanzine from Penang I think. Inside was loads and loads of information about the local heavy metal scene and from all around the world. I was bloody stoked. It aint gon get any cooler than this thus a goal was set to someday write a fanzine of my own.

To Be Continued.

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