Jeff's Inc.: Gigantor 's Clash From The Past (Album Launching Party)

In October 2010, one of my favorite thrash metal band from Jakarta, Gigantor made their album launching party, that was called 'Clash From The Past' at MU Cafe, Sarinah, Jakarta.

Well, Gigantor is founded in 2006 and consists of Rizky Syahputra (vocal), Dipo Rangga Wishnu (guitars), Barata Dwiputra (bass), and Irfan Siregar (drums) and managed by Anisa Agustin.

Actually their first album, Gigantor had released a month before this event, before the Lebaran Day. This album consists of 10 songs plus one hidden track that will kick your ass! can you imagine that? it's all about metal here.
This album got some positive reviews from local media and the scene, even it had got 'sold out' position at one of the local record store, Aquarius (at Mahakam).

For me, this is a good album, not only the materials in it but also the record quality itself. By releasing the album, this band signs its existence in this music scene, particulary in the metal scene and generally in Indonesia music scene.

This event featured several local rock/metal/punk band from Jakarta and Bandung, they are Lucretia, Suri, Inlander, Rajasinga, Oracle, and Siksakubur and featured the special guest, Arian Arifin a.k.a Arian13, a vocalist from Jakarta rock band, Seringai. He was there but he didn't sing as a usual, he became the DJ for this event and played rock song to fill the time when the band did the e preparation of their equipment. This event was helped by The Blackhole.

This event was started about at 8.30 pm. and opened by the performance of Lucretia, a thrash metal band. They played several their own songs and a cover song, according to their guitar player, Nino Aditya, Lucretia intended to delete their Megadeth image by playing their own original songs. This band played well. After Lucretia finishing their performance, a stoner rock band from Jakarta that had just released their Ep, Suri played on the stage. They played great at that night with their own songs. Unfortunately I didn't get their photos because of coming late to the venue.

After suri's show, a punk rock band, Inlander hit the stage with their songs and a cover song from Billy Idol. they played well, especially their vocalist, Bani sang attractively. They gave their 'demo' albums to the audiences. The show continued with the performance of Rajasinga, they played their several songs, and they played with Doddy Hamson, a vocalist from Komunal. After that another thrash metal band from Jakarta, Oracle came into the stage without their vocalist, Troy Adam. They started their performance with the cover song from Powermad, and sung by 686's vocalist, Tunggal Siahaan. Then their performance was assisted by Andre Tiranda (guitarist of Siksakubur), Nino Aditya (guitarist of Lucretia), and Andi Jaka (bass player from Supersucks). Unfortunately this band played all cover songs well, eventhough it has several albums. Then the show continued with the performance of a death metal band, Siksakubur. They played well, especially their guitar player, Andre Tiranda played very well but their sound was not good when they played on the stage.

Finally the main act, Gigantor hit the stage with their songs from their album, Gigantor. They played well and confidently in front of the metalheads there. About more than one hour was spent for their perfomance. At the end of their performance, Radit, a guitar player of Inlander jammed with this band played Motorhead's song, Iron Fist.

Then the show finished at 1 am, and we satisfied with the show, especially Gigantor who launched their album at that night. HAIL GIGANTOR!

Finally here are the photos that were taken by me, by using Nikon D40X camera, Nikkor 18-55 mm lens and the assistance of the stage lighting, actually the lighting wasn't good. Then I edited by using photoshop CS3. Please take a look here

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