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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
Released15 December 2010
RecordedCompiled 2009–2010, Northern Isolation Station, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
GenreAlternative rock, avant-garde metal, electronic, electronic rock, experimental, pop, post-rock, progressive rock
Length56:26
LabelWhirlwind
ProducerJeff Arwadi
Kekal chronology
Audible Minority
(2008)		 8
(2010)		 Autonomy
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cross Rhythms[1]
Metal Hammer Germany4/7[2]
Powermetal.de8.0/10[3]
Sonic Seducerneutral[4]
"Tabula Rasa"
The song "Tabula Rasa" was released as a music video and for streaming on 15 February 2010, and was included on Kekal's eighth studio album 8.[5] At the time of the song's release, the album was still in development and was untitled.[6]
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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


All tracks are written by Jeff Arwadi.

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel



Production credits



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)




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