8 (Kekal album)

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.^{[1][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]

8
Studio album by Kekal
Released	15 December 2010
Recorded	Compiled 2009–2010, Northern Isolation Station, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Genre	Alternative rock, avant-garde metal, electronic, electronic rock, experimental, pop, post-rock, progressive rock
Length	56:26
Label	Whirlwind
Producer	Jeff Arwadi
Kekal chronology
Audible Minority (2008) 8 (2010) Autonomy (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Cross Rhythms	[1]
Metal Hammer Germany	4/7[2]
Powermetal.de	8.0/10[3]
Sonic Seducer	neutral[4]

On 19 February 2010, Jeff announced that he had posted a music video on YouTube^[5] for a song titled "Tabula Rasa". At that time, the new album was still untitled.^[6][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.^[2]

Track listing

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

All tracks are written by Jeff Arwadi

Personnel

• Jeff Arwadi – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, drums, TR-808, theremin, analog synthesizer, vocoder, samples and field recordings
• Azhar Levi Sianturi – album artwork
• Leo Setiawan – additional guitar on "Departure Gate 8" and "Heartache Memorial"

Production credits

• Jeff Arwadi – assembly, programming, manipulation, arrangements, mixing, mastering
• A. Levi Sianturi (a.k.a. Harshgriev) – artwork and illustration
• Soundmind Graphics – digital layout

References

1. Webber, Ian (8 August 2011). "Kekal - 8". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
2. Rudoletzky, Marcel (1 June 2011). "Review zu: KEKAL 8". Metal Hammer Germany (in German). No. 6/2011. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 100.
3. Backes, Bjorn (28 February 2011). "Kekal - 8". Powermetal.de (in German). Weihrauch Median Verlang. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
4. Gnuch, Kym (2011). "Kekal - 8 - Review". Sonic Seducer. No. 4. Thomas Vogel Media. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
5. Arwadi, Jeff (spitonself) (15 February 2010). "KEKAL - Tabula Rasa (new official video 2010)". YouTube. Retrieved 4 March 2011.^{[dead YouTube link]}
6. Van Pelt, Doug (February 2010). "Kekal release new video". HM Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16.
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. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
10. Kekal (January 2010). "Press-Release: New KEKAL album is being planned for 2010!". Kekal's Blog. Myspace. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
11. Van Pelt, Doug (January 2010). "Kekal pulls a Brett Favre". HM Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
12. Arwadi, Jeff (spitonself) (16 October 2010). "Preview of upcoming 2010 Kekal album "8" (10 songs)". YouTube.^{[dead YouTube link]} 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. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

External links

• HM Magazine news update. At the time of the article, the album was still untitled