IT was all rock music in the Marikina Sports Complex last Saturday as the annual rock fest and tournament Red Horse Muziklaban celebrated its 10th year anniversary.
The event is also the biggest so far as it played host to over a dozen of the country’s best rock bands.
Budding rock bands also competed for a million pesos in cash prize and a chance to become the next product endorser for Red Horse. Ten finalists from different parts of the country smashed their way to prove who among them will become the up and coming “rakista”.
This year’s winner is the band EVEN from Baguio City. They will get one million pesos and a recording contract.
Muziklaban 2008 also presented for the first time the world’s most popular death metal and thrash metal band, Sepultura from Brazil.
Growling and churning out face-melting riffs, shreds and bass for two hours amid a flood of screaming fans, Sepultura gave local Filipinos a taste of Brazilian metal amid a threatening downpour that night.
Being the last band to play, Sepultura never disappointed their fans as they sang over a dozen songs. Among those songs they played included “Warriors of Death,” “Troops of Doom,” “Ostia,” “Territory,” among others.
The new Sepultura is composed of Derrick Green (vocals), Andreas Kisser (lead guitar), Paulo Jr (bass) and Jean Dolabella (drums).
Green who hails from Cleveland, Ohio was the one who requested to remove the huge mosquito net protecting the bands from rowdy fans. “Now I can see you better. Are you still with us?!” and fans screamed even louder.
The ear-popping screams, the chainsaw-like shreds, and the loud, thumping bass drums can be heard from over a kilometer away from the stage. Even those who were not able to get in were screaming.
It’ll be a huge challenge for the organizers of Muziklaban to make an even grander Muziklaban 2009.
Who’s next? Metallica?
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jaime
why do we Filipinos love the trash of other country?the music of Sepultura is already literally 6 ft under the ground its dead and gone.And here we are for the love of pleasure and booze which made people crazy we try to imitate the bad things in other country..is it really good to listen to that kind of music?..its merely sound…what kind?…just… noise..it destroys the meaning of music…which soothes and help to uplift one’s soul….Sepultura’s music will make your ear…worthless…ahhh are we really Filipino’s copying ,adapting to the foreign music…and thinking we really are hip and enjoyed that trash ,death,music!why not…all pinoy music Tagalog that really cultivate and shows our true identity..and we can be proud of it….we are great musician’s we just dont know it….tsk.tsk.tsk!
Opeth
@jaime
When you learn everything from Major scales to sweep-picking to diminished fifths, contemporary pop songs just won’t do.
Octavarium
@jaime
that is your opinion, but who cares? they love it. they love the band and they love the music they produce. and i agree to Opeth (oh bdw, nice name) \m/
Tales
SEPULTURA DO BRASIL!
maidencebu
jaime,
Make sure you know something about music theory or “mathematics of music” before you say something against thrash metal. Heavy music never died & metalheads have always been existing since the Black Sabbath era. And one more thing, being a filipino or foreign has nothing to do with music! I grew up listening to Sepultura & I don’t care if they come from Brazil or somewhere else.
Clarence Yu
Jaime wrote: we are great musicians, we just don’t know it.
I agree fully, and also bring that opinion to just about every discipline the arts and sciences have to offer.
As for diminshed fifths and sweep picking, etc., vs. contemporary pop, I think that there must be a balance between too much of this or that, unless you’re obsessed.
maidencebu
Wolfgang or Death By Stereo should’ve been invited to open for Sepultura & not bands like slapshock.
Slapshock is just a boy band trying hard to play metal… a.k.a. “Metal Boy Bands”.
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