From ANAL ABUSE to BLOOD LEGION

Anal Abuse, Malaysia's sickest death metal band, stretching lyrical boundaries over death, gore, politics and religion. But sadly as soon as Anal Abuse was formed, it met it's premature demise. We were a band of four good friends, Rajjiv, Jai, Shan and me. As soon as we told each other we're gonna nauseate people with our music, we heard the bad news that Rajjiv was leaving for Melbourne. As much as we were sad for his departure, we were happy for him on the other hand. He left to further his studies in a course we all knew he'd enjoy. ALL THE BEST, MATE!!

One year passed and everything remained as silent as your grandmother's grave (mine was cremated). The remaining three of us continued our weekly routines of attending gigs with our should-have-been manager of Anal Abuse. Week in, week out watching from the stands was something very routine for all of us. We itched to be up there like everyone else and to make a name of our own. But of course, work and studies kept us just plainly hoping. Never did it progress beyond that.

But as fate would have it, we finally did it. A friend of ours who still remembered the bunch of Indians who had a band named Anal Abuse gave us a call and asked "IS your band still on?" Without second thoughts we said yes and we were officially booked for our first gig. That's great, but a fuckin suicidal act on the other hand! We hadn't jammed together in a year and we lacked a drummer. This is where the out-of-job manager, Dave, proved his worth by making a few speedy phone calls, which lead to the recruitment of Helmi, the bass player for local legends, Langsuyr.

Rehearsals were intense, up to four hours a day every weekend until the day of our gig. Fingers blistered, and throats scalded but we marched on till the day of our gig.

And so, with the passing of Anal Abuse, Blood Legion was born. Right now, we're scheduled for our second gig on the 19th of April and another in June, where we hope to share the stage with the Malaysian godfathers of underground metal, SIL KHANNAZ and BRAIN DEAD. Keeping our fingers crossed. Tightly. VERY tightly.

Rajjiv is planning a comeback in late June. Anal Abusers reunited once again! We plan to perform with the full Abuse line-up during his return, and revert back to Blood Legion once he's deported to Melbourne for another six months in the can.