Here are some of the profile of the bands that will be playing for METALGODZ 2 this coming Sunday (23rd July 2006)
OSHIEGO is a young 4 piece Death/Thrash Metal band formed sometime in 2004. Heavily influenced by bands such as Kreator, Behemoth, System of a Down and some Middle Eastern tunes, the band writes funky, headbangin' songs about Vampires, War and struggles in life. Check out their powerful vocal.
Influences: Arch Enemy, At The Gates, Behemoth, Bloodbath, Carcass, Carnal Forge, Decapitated, Demonoid, Devil Driver, Dying Fetus, Grave, Iced Earth, Immortal, Kreator, Lamb of God, Old Man's Child, Orphaned Land, Sepultura, Slayer, Soilwork, Testament
PREDATORY, an old school deathmetal band from Singapore formed in mid-2002. Released a demo, Ideas to Ponder which consists of 3 tracks. The band was brought up by two members, Seelan - drummer/Vocalist and Vinod - Guitarist, Bassist and also founder of the band. After the release of the demo, Vinod took over vocals. As time past, Seelan left due to other band commitments and therefore he was replaced by Kavi. Soon after Xavi, bassist was recruited having an almost complete band line-up of three members. The band did many more shows both overseas and locally with the help of sessionist(2nd guitar) and is now preparing for an album release in early 2007. In mid 2006, a new guitarist, Subash has been asked to join the band making the band's line-up completed. And recently on the 28th June 2006 the band did a Jam session rehearsal recording of 4 tracks, samples for the upcoming album.
Influences: Death, Opeth, Atheist, Obituary, Testament, Carcass, Rudra, Arch Enemy, Slayer, Megadeth
TRUTH BE KNOWN is a melodic death metal band from Singapore. The band consists of Subash, John, Damien, Arul and Gene. John and Arul were formerly from a Singaporean death metal band called NARASIMHA together with Seelan, Vinod and Deva in 2000. In 2005, realizing a partial indifference among members with regards, NARASIMHA disbanded. A couple of months later,Arul and John wanted to regroup due to a common vision they had and to pursue their interest in music. Subash, who plays in KALIYUGA was recruited as the vocalist,Damien who plays in BHELLIOM as the other guitarist and Gene who plays in HARZARGGADAH as the drummer, and the five got back to business with regular jamming sessions. To celebrate this union, the five announced their presence by performing in gigs at local clubs. Soon the band decided to crown itself with a new official name having realized that things were going all too well. Hence, TRUTH BE KNOWN(taken from a Napalm Death song) was born. With the initiation over, TRUTH BE KNOWN wanted to come up with an album., the band took 6 months to discover themselves when they went into a soul searching period.With a new musical vision, the band undertakes this new path towards metal.
Influences: At the Gates, Slayer,Lamb of God,Kreator,Morbid Angel,Deicide,Sodom and many others.
ARBITRARY ELEMENT is a 4 piece death metal band from Singapore formed in October 2004.It features HALIM (Cardiac Necropsy, Bunuh,Sihir) , NAHAR (Flames Of Dignity,Sri Langsuir), WAN (Flames Of Dignity,Notoriety) and SHAFIQUE (Chry5alids, Caesura).All members share the same perspective and musical tastes combining technical drumming/grind patterns, intricate melodies, pounding grooves, blistering rhythms,the sudden breakdown of dissonant tones and brutal vocals.The whole idea and aim of Arbitrary Element is to be eclectic in songwriting.
Influences: Aborted, All Shall Perish, Andromeda, Angra, Bad Religion, Beheaded, Behemoth, Berzerker, Carcass, Cephalic Carnage, Cryptopsy, Death, Dissection, Doxomedon, Dream Theater, Dying Fetus, Emperor, Eyesore, Gordian Knot, Impiety, Megadeth, Meshuggah, Origin, Pantera, Pig Destroyer, Serial Butcher, Severed Savior, Sleep Terror, Spastic Ink, Spawn Of Possession, Spiral Architect, Suffocation, Symphony X, Nile, Vile, Vital Remains, Zyklon, Necrophagist, Vai, Satch, Malmsteen, Cacophony, Marcel Coenen and many2 more.....
