GHAUST

Just like DAIGHILA, GHAUST are not that easily genrefied. You could describe the Jakarta two-piece as slow melodic instrumental rock, but who would be interested in the band after such a description? None of you I guess.

So to give it another shot: GHAUST play heavy, down-tuned, down-tempo instrumental music that others have described as "Sludge", "Doom", or "Atmospheric Sludge/Post-Hardcore". All of these descriptions are a bit off the map to my mind, because GHAUST aren't sluggish and sonic enough for Sludge, or in the positive: they have decent, intricate song structures and tempo changes. Not enough gloom for Doom, but they certainly are atmospheric, and I dare say melancholic. The guitars are semi- rather than fully-fuzzed in most parts, which may hint towards something post- after all, but what's post-hardcore anyway. So back to basics: GHAUST play melancholic instrumental rock with heavy passages and great song structures. And they're good! Very atmospheric, and they seem to like images of forests (more or less abstract) for their covers. And there you go.

Band website
soundofghaust.blogspot.com
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Discography
Split CD w/ Aseethe (Cactus Records)
Split 7" w/ Pazahora (Epidemic Records)
Split 10" w/ Blckwvs (Maniyax Records)
s/t Tape (Third Arm Records)
s/t CD (Purbaharuan Recordings)


Downloads
s/t CD

Videos

DAIGHILA

Okay, let's start off with one of the best bands I've seen live on our South East Asian tour, perhaps THE best band: enter DAIGHILA!

DIAGHILA are a four piece based in Kuala Lumpur, and not only do they have two of the finest people I've met in their line-up (singer Duan and guitarist Amir), they also play some of the heaviest live sets I've seen lately.

Describe their music? It's guitar-heavy, brooding hardcore with screamed vocals, tricky breakdowns, tempo changes, atmospheric noisy bits. Some people would probably call it screamo, although there's much more in it, a little Converge-y techie stuff, brutal power blasts, great licks & riffage.

Members of DAIGHILA are also involved in putting on DIY gigs and tours, e.g. at Kuala Lumpur's best-known DIY space Rumah Api (ex-Gudang Noisy).

Band website
daighila.blogspot.com

Gigs // Tours
There's a good chance DAIGHILA will make it to Europe in 2012. If you want to see them play, you better encourage them, and send them money for the flights!

Discography
Demo Tape (Utarid:Tapes, 2006)
Split Tape w/ Noisy Sins Of The Insect (Yehonala / Utarid:Tapes, 2007)
Miscellaneous CD-R (Third Arm Records, 2008)
Henceforth EP Tape (Stoneville Records, 2009)
Redefining DIY Split Tape w/ Sarjan Hassan (Revulsion Records, 2010)
Split 7" w/ Fanzui Xiangfa (Tenzenmen/Eastcore, Revulsion, Stoneville, 2010)

Downloads
Some of their stuff is available from Altar Aksara blog: Daighila on Altar Aksara.
Personally I like the stuff from their split tape with Sarjan Hassan best: Link.

Videos