Selekta 1 LP/MC 1991 |
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| Label: | Life | #: | HM2021 | Country: | Malaysia |
| Info: | It's a damn shame they short-changed us on the great original cassette artwork on the vinyl promo but this is of course nothing out of the ordinary as far as these Malaysian rarities go. The very last comp from this country to have been released on vinyl (radio-promos only) and I dare say the 50% non-ballad material is fairly over par. None of the featured bands are known to have released albums of their own before or after. | ||||
CONTENT
bold = exclusive track / normal = non-exclusive track / = non-metal
Tracklist side A:
Ethnically flavoured not-so-hard rock.- PIRANHA - Rok Felda
The ethnic/folksy vibes continue, but now in the form of a fantastic, pounding Doom Metal track! The fact that we never got to hear more on a full-length from the band is bloody hearbreaking, but they do share a lot of similarities with The Other Malaysian SAHARA, so there's always that.
(You can check out this ripper @ our Malaysia/Singapore Doom Metal sampler here btw...)
Ballad.- WIRA - Kuasa
Solid, straight-up Power Metal not bothering with reinventing the wheel because why should they?
Ballad.
Tracklist side B:
- IMAGE - Kehidupan Manusia
Proud, sturdy Heavy Metal blending slower acoustic bits and melody with mid-pace riffing in very tasty, semi-Epic USHM fashion.
A not entirely useless epic ballad.- DICIPLES - Sekuntum Bunga Jingga
Best described as archetypical Malaysian Melodic Metal, meaning good melancholic vocal and guitar harmonies in a somber tempo.
Final ballad.- HIGHNESS - Ribut
Slow but excellent, brooding melo-Steel with those trademark hoarse Malay vocals on top of epic Manowar/Maiden riffing. Perfect ye olde forgotten & obscüre Metall.
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