On our upcoming gig
Well just a few weeks ago Blood Legion was confirmed to play at the Eastern Metal Fest II which will take place on the 5th of July 2008 at Paul's Place, Old Klang Road. The gig is organised by our good friend, Din of Dark Revo and we're all excited about it. Not only it's a gig, we'll be sharing the stage with some local big names as well. Of the confirmed bands are Antacid, Morggorm, Apphelion, Daarchelia, As I End, Dark Revo and a few more. I'm not exactly sure what time it starts but it should be in the afternoon, like most gigs. We're really looking forward to the gig and all of us are working our asses off for it. As for the set-list, well it's the usual PLUS a new song which was written by Jai.
On blistered fingers
Since we were confirmed for the Eastern Metal Fest II, we're dedicating the weekends of June to rehearsals, 8 hours each! We just kicked off the first set last weekend, and although we didn't complete the stipulated 8 hours, I was already feeling the pinch. It's been 2 weeks since we last jammed and during the first day of rehearsals on Saturday, my left thumb and right index was already blistered. And we've got 3 more weekends to go and I'm not sure why, I keep having reoccuring blisters especially on my left thumb despite practicing frequently. It's fine to have blisters if you've not played in a while and that was the case last week. But during our previous rehearsals for our previous gigs, I realised my blisters kept reoccuring despite frequent play. By right it shouldn't happen. It's nothing much to worry about but it does affect my playing especially my right index which is my most active picking finger. And the blistered thumb does make gripping the strings a hard task. Anyhow, I'm not gonna worry much about it but I just hope it doesn't annoy me during our set on the 5th.
Anyway, last weekend was Jai's composition's full debut. It's titled 'Pledge of Blood' and the brutality of the song fits the title. It's fast and catchy and most importantly, headbang friendly (especially the verse). Props to Jai, he's a great songwriter and I'm sure he's got more tricks up his sleeve for future material. At the moment, 'Pledge' is still wordless and we're leaving the lyrics under Shan's care. Being the vocalist, I think he would have a better idea on how the words are gonna fit in. On the other hand, I hope Jai writes the theme or some of the key words since he was the one who wrote the song. If you asked me, I'm clueless on what's it about.
On the demo
All of us at the Legion have agreed that a demo would do us some good promo. I came up with the idea a few weeks back as a sampler for supporters and organisers of our metal scene who wish to discover us. At the moment we don't have any recorded material for anyone to preview. We're glad that the crowd at our previous gigs (who were the first to hear and see us) liked what we played, and we would fare better if we had some recording distributed to the masses.
We're not confirmed on the recording dates and venues, but it's gonna be soon. Being a demo, we're gonna record as cheaply audible as possible considering the financial situation we're all stuck in at the moment. And the best part is, we're gonna distribute the demos for FREE!! We're gonna hand out copies of it during our upcoming gigs (note: I'm not sure if we will have it by the 5th of July), at stores and of course, on the internet for our foreign friends to download it. The set list shall be tight lipped at the moment, but it's gonna be 2 original compositions and 2 covers. Which ones are yours to find out.
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I was thinking of a Zombie like theme man, ala Mortician, SFU
What you think?
Or you want kung fu theme ala Dim Mak?
zombies? haha! sounds fun man. throw in some gore, knock yourselves out but just don't show me the lyrics, man:P
or we could talk about cruelty to circus bears/bear attack/male bear brutality during the mating process.
we could use the third if we're going to be a pornogrind band.
save a copy of your demo for me pat. and i'll kick start my career in KL.
Wow, someone commented before me la! So there are people reading your blog besides me and your grandma.
Anyway, as for Pledge, the song was supposed to be a unity song, whereby all metalheads are blood brothers and that blood (family and friends) is thicker than anything else. but not sure if its thicker than beer, beer kicks ass. hollandia, anyone?
as for the lyrics, i dunno what shan came up with but i want him to have the freedom when it comes to the vocals. its also a chance for him to growl what he wrote, and a chance for him to improve on his art. if u can call it that.
btw, thanks for the mention! working on pledge part 2 now! no name for it but since its structured like pledge im calling it pledge part 2. as usual, verse parts belum siap la pa! tada masa mau buat!
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