Album: Metalik Klinik I
Artists: Various
Label: RotorCorp-1998
Track Listing:
1. Bluekhutuq – Ngerap
2. Betrayer – Bendera Kuning
3. Tengkorak – Konflik
4. Death Vomit – Tengkorak
5. Purgatory – Sakaratul Maut
6. Banana Split- Supermen
7. Sic Mynded – Generasi Seks
8. Hellgods – Kabut Keabadian
9. Trauma – Ciptaan Keabadian
10. Mortus – Sesat
11. Jasad – Belenggu
12. Eternal Madness – Mati Rasa
13. De Produser - Cinta

Contributed by talented and skillful musicians among others Jasad, Mortus, Trauma, Hellgods, Death Vomit, Tengkorak, Purgatory, Eternal Madness and so on, Metalik Klinik I is a living portrait of Indonesian underground metal scenes back a decade that newer generation has to proud of and be grateful for how metal should be delivered in the right way.

Aside of the true metal bands I mentioned above, other parties involved were De Produser, Sic Mynded, Banana Split and Bluekhutuq, offered breakthrough musical evolution into modern taste of heavy music industries. Those reflect something booming in 90ies from grunge by Nirvana, industrial ala Fear Factory, electronica Prodigy and Chemical Brothers, to alternative like Blur and Placebo are the short histories coloring this album.

Tengkorak, the long-time acknowledged grindcore master, truthfully showing their sharp incisors on the track, “Konflik” with heavy punk-hardcore grinding riffs as grindcore trademark, filled with short Sumatran (Minang?) lingo in between talking about street fighting among high school kids in amusing way, ”Kutumbukkan pala kau nanti!”. Eternal Madness continuing grindcore moshpit with their single “Mati Rasa” adding spicy pentatonic gamelan licks.

Thrash metaller Betrayer carrying “Bendera Kuning” in short speaking about entombment with standard simple thrash riffs easy enough to nod the head along with the rhythm as well as Mortus did on their track “Sesat”. Trauma destroy with their track “Ciptaan Keabadian” which tastes heavier with low growling vocals and killer solo.

Jasad has evolved from thrash to brutal blastbeat death metal. In Metalik Klinik I they’re in the middle way to there with “Belenggu”, an attractive demonstration of power chords speedy race with comprehensible vocals and juicy solo. While Death Vomit, one of most brutal death-grind skullcrushing blasts with frog-voiced vocals bashing moshpitting riffs in “Gelap”, in my opinion deserve the crown to be the best track on this album. It’s Fetus music with Disgorge voice! Where are Death Vomit now?

Purgatory’s song “Sakaratul Maut” lead us to the darkest gate of dying with a blend taste of melodic-chaotic death metal classics filled with creamy acoustic arpeggios in the middle and coda. It’s very different than what they are now (read their latest album review 7:172 also to compare). Hellgods open the track with 2 minutes of symphonic acoustic madness before proceed to cradle of filth-dimmu borgir type of chaos. I must admit their guitarists are hell talented arranging and playing acoustic verses despite they’re speed/black metal band playing bunch of heavy melodic riffs at the melting skin speed.

Bluekhutuq, considered to be campus stagemaster around 90ies in Surabaya and surroundings, singing (joking to be exact) “Ngerap” which is alternative/garage three-chord two-pattern song, but their lyrics are indisputably hilarious make you laughing out loud assuming you understand what the vocalist trying to tell in Javanese and Indonesian rap. The song “Ngerap” was so popular by request in that era as if there’s no Bluekhutuq exist onstage without “Ngerap”. Think of Metallica skipping “One” on their stage playlist, you bet people will go nut.

Now talking about recording quality is where this album, to me, worth to save in your player’s deck. In the digital era dominated nowadays, Metalik Klinik I sound described as fat and warm that digital always pursue to accomplish, thanks to analog processing with 2” tape reel during recording. Bass, vocals, distorted guitars, drums, and even clean/acoustic guitars sounded real fat, live and thick. Every instrument mixed properly, loud and clear. Noise is acceptable since it was done in analog. Something I don’t like is distortion character which is too harsh and a bit fatiguing. One more thing, snare drums sounds like an empty can.

Bottom line, roll back to the first paragraph.

Musicianship 5/5
Recording 4/5

Comments

Ternyata ROTORCORP kehabisan band Metal Written by cantrik "carnival torment" dru on 2005-02-15 13:59:31 Waduh...!! Lucu juga Rotor Corp kok sampe ngerilis METALIK KLINIK 1 Lagi!Buat Krisna! Harusnya band-band kecil yg sering kirim demo jangan terlalu sering dibuang ke tempat sampah! Faktor kedekatan dengan Krisna yang sering bandnya diangkat di MK!So..MK dan Rotorcorpse siap-siap aja gulung tikar!!

cantrik "carnival torment" dru Written by malique on 2005-02-16 05:45:28 mantap juga komentar cantrik, kritis..  gimana bung Krisna?

Rerelease? Written by Adit on 2005-03-07 23:28:55 Wah. ini ternyata rilisan ulang ya?Pantes kok beda itu covernya hehe. Ya ini menurut gue adalah MK yg terbaik dari sekian jilid MK yg dirilis.    Ngomong2, menarik juga tuh pembicaraan yg diangkat Carnival Torment.

Written by Guest on 2005-10-26 11:20:28 Setuju gw, kenapa ga nyari band-band metal lagi, kan masih banyak tuch di pelosok-pelosok negeri ini yang punya band metal dan mungkin lebih bagus dari yang ada sekarang, mungkin mereka cuma ga punya dana lebih untuk ngajuin DEMO, tapi gw yakin mereka bisa lebih bagus dari band-band metal yang ada sekarang, SCREAM FOR YOUR LIVE AND KEEP ON LINE

GFHF Written by Guest on 2005-10-27 04:04:57 jangaan sering tampilin band yang udah terkenal .Beri kesempatan pd band indie kan banyak.kualitas mereka  yang tdk jauh dari senior.Liat aja pd parade,ka sering digelar..    SALAM TO GRINDER SELURUH INDONESIA

Player Written by Musa on 2005-12-07 06:38:52 Soal band-band yang demonya dibuang ditong sampah sama Krisna kayanya enggak sepenuhnya bener, toh Moses Bandwidth lolos dalam Metalik Klinik 9 yang akan dirilis Januari depan..  OK guys thanks.  www.mosesbandwidth.tk

BELI di Kikabatas BLOK-M ada Ga? Written by ressucter on 2006-01-18 03:22:36 Gw Lg Nyari Mp3nya Betrayer-Bendera Kuning,PurGy Juga.... hehehe

hula Written by The rux on 2006-01-21 06:44:31 Metalik klinik harus tetap hidup sebagai wadah band metal yang punya potensi untuk menunjukan karyanya pada masyarakat....tapi beberapa Mk terdahulu ada band yang kualitas lagu maupun soundnya masih kurang baik., malah terkesan PARAH!!!!!!!!.........diharapkan mr. krisna lebih meng seleksi lagi dengan ketat band2nya supaya band yang masuk benar2 bagus.....  untuk kemajuan scene metal indonesia  thanks

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wa salute u!! Written by cnornel-sarawakian death metal on 2006-02-19 07:43:05 best! best! best!  hope u all still keep on metal till die!!!  metal not deads!!!

Maju terus Musik Underground Indonesia Written by Mentix's on 2006-02-23 03:22:48 Salut untuk mas Krisna...!!!Ini gue lagi nyari kaset MK 9!Di Blasting ada g ya?he..he..!Salam untuk pecinta musik PUNK n UNDERGROUND se-Indonesia!We weave brotherhood...!!!Oi..Oi..!!!

erfin Written by Guest on 2006-03-07 04:48:37 tolong dong pilih lagu / bandnya yang kualitas terbaik jangan senbarangan dimasukin, apalagi karena nepotisme. kalau bisa yang sudah pernah masuk jangan dimasukkan lagi.

gmn nih mas krisna Written by saiko_crew on 2006-03-11 14:44:26 masak lagu lagu dari indie gak dimasukkan ke rotorcorp klo aku suka am purgatory EQUALITY FOR UNITY

GoThic Written by SuGaNja on 2006-03-26 18:07:21 Band GoThic Disurabaya pada kemana oiii  kok ga' ada smuanya and kapan disurabaya ada acara lagi kan IsTidraj udah kelar trus yg barusan ini tanggal 26 maret Trendy bangsat bizz ini ada acara lagi ga' disirabaya ...???trus MK kok cuman sampe MK 6 aja mana 7,8,9 sampe kiamatnya mana..??and tolong klo emank udah beredar tolong nanti aq pesen aja yooo..bwt eric morgan dry trus berkaya yooo ojok mendek ae rek...!!

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