a wild sonic attack of twisted rhythms and howling vocals..
.....this is like no other band on the planet...
..have got to be heard to be believed.... You've never heard anything like this before
Contact Eternal Madness at
UNDERDOG STATE
Jl. Sari Gading, Gg Sarimerta No 14x
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
eyewhite@hotmail.com
Waktu berdetak bumi bergerak / Dewa Dewi jadi bandit
Pemabok tertawa ngakak / Tuhan terpuruk diketiak sang waktu
disebabkan pikiran / disebabkan angin / disebabkan rasa
Semua jadi ada dan hampa
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Eternal Madness, the most outstanding
band to have come out of the 3rd world in over 10 years. Their first release
"Offerings to Rangda" was filled with heavy guitar driven songs
constructed using the rhythms, scales and structures of Balinese gamelan
music. They derive inspiration and write songs about powerful spiritually
driven occasions such as Palebon (ritual cremation) and Mecaru (sacrificial
offering) but this is no cheap sensationalist "bite the head off the
dove trick". E.M live in a culture where these rituals can be seen
daily in temples, in homes and on the street, where lost souls and black
magic are everyday realities to be fully aware and totally repectful of.
Tonight I watch Eternal Madness make a small offering before going on stage,
a gift to the spirit that follows them and the spirits residing at the places
they play. They deliver a killer set of new material, totally blowing away
the 3000 or more people who've come to see them. Moel - who sings and plays
bass - wears an Army Tshirt with Runtag (a paralyzing fear, or shock) sprayed
across the front of it. In a land where the army is rteknown for acts of
hard core, manipulalative violence the effect of this hand written message
is not lost on any of the audience. "Yeah", says Moel -
(laughing), "army people see this and they get angry, they tried to
arrest me. They really dont like it".
- Poleng Magazine, October 99
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