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KAKISERIBU ‘Manusial’ Demotape REVIEW

KAKISERIBU hail from Penang island, and feature WEOT SKAM‘s guitarist Edd Lewis on guitar and vocals. This means that I am very familiar with these guys, and I bump into them all the time. I was given a copy of their debut demo tape ‘Manusial’, co-produced by Green Peace Disto, Fvkof distro and Disco346 and released in October 2015. And I don’t see why I shouldn’t give it an honest review, regardless of the fact I hang out with these guys quite often.

KAKISERIBU pack four angry and raw tunes in less than 10 minutes of unrelenting d-beat crust  which they self-describe as a ‘buzz saw doom/sludge downbeat, and classic annihilating galloping D-beat attack’. Indeed, quite an interesting combination. The cover artwork, a crude drawing of a Space Amoeba-alike monster coming to prey on a bunch of  anarcho-punks, is lovely. It’s my favourite kind of doomsday.

The first song, ‘Manusial’ is a good example of KAKISERIBU‘s staple sound: it opens with an EYEHATEGOD-ish wall of white noise that turns into a doomish intro played with anguish… before they accelerate and swoop into classic d-beat. I am not too good in making comparisons with other bands as I’m no great expert I admit, but this sounds quite stereotypical d-beat’s  tu-pa-tu-tu-pa to me.

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What I like a lot comes back on track 2, ‘Tali Gantung’. I love the way it starts off as a deranged slow riff that could have been performed by an amped up version of FACEDOWNINSHIT – if they played very much faster. However, midway through the song, the d-beat attack comes back, relentless and very classic. Was it really necessary to end the song like this, boys? Continue reading KAKISERIBU ‘Manusial’ Demotape REVIEW

WATCH OUT: SPEEDWITCHES

There is a new Kuala Lumpur band to watch out for, Speed Witches. Featuring Emi from Tools of the Trade on bass, they play high spirited, galloping 70s-worshipping stonerrock like no one else in Southeast Asia.

I am quite happy to see how the influence of a wave of American heavy rock, and especially, the past greatness of bands like Mountain, Captain Beyond and Atomic Rooster has finally crept through the wastelands of Central Asia, leaking through the Malaysian Peninsula…

Will this be the beginning of a new trend, and a welcome addition to other Malaysian heavyweights of doomy tremolos like Daighila and GAUR?