AKD Fest 2010: Keramat is the Law @ One Cafe, KL

: AKD Statistics:

Deaths: 0

Major casualties: 1

Minor casualities: 10000+

Chaos: infinite

Finally. Finally. FINALLY. After a whole monthhhhhh of WAITING for this fest, it finally came! WOOHOOOO!!!! Boy, it was... inexplicable. It was absolutely, wow. A gig worth remembering.

AKD celebrated their 10 years of brotherhood by splashing out this event for us hardcore manics who are in search for a good mosh to release ourselves. And boy, was this gig successful. Hell, this gig was... a blast. Maybe it was because of the longgg wait plus all the stupid stress my school's been giving me, a gig seemed so much more than it probably really is. Haha!

Headed to BB first to buy Alice in Wonderland tickets, and headed to AKD, only to find out with a heartwrench that I'd missed the first band (who I really like!!!!) Glamorous Evil Genius. Rushed in to catch A Ruthless Cleansing (asal slalu datang tepat masa to catch korang? haha!) and was again, awedddd by their performance. This time it was added with a really lovely crowd that showed maximum support, everybody probably as equally hyped as I was for the gig. When they played a Lamb of God cover, I literally died. Fucking good job, Scottayyy.

Next up were Catastrophe, another band I was looking forward to, and danggg, their energy. Terer ah, Nazim :P By the way, thanks for the CD! Up next were Ana 4 Craig who also released a new EP in conjunction with AKD Fest (a lovely way to remember their EP release, i.m.o).

Then. jengjengjeng. DAARCHLEAAAA!!!!! These devils are the cause for my aching neck and tangled shoulder muscles. Serious. They played about 4 songs and I bloody headbanged all the way - not exactly the smartest thing to do, but hell, once you're with Daarchlea, you're with Daarchlea. Sumpah. One guy went on stage and looked like he was about to pass out from so much headbanging, I was like... "R u okay dude?"... then dia salam je. Hahah!

A boy dislocated his shoulder. Now that's hxc!

Went back in for Thy Regiment, and was excited to see this very tribal looking instrument on stage (hate to admit this, but I forgot its name, babi) and was even more thrilled to see TR's vocalist using it. Cute giler. Haha! Anyway, TR was AWESOME and we did not stop once from giving Azam an embarrassing glory of fame as we screamed for him every time they finished a song. HAHA! Kesian la, Zam. But hell, I love TR, they have the skill, the energy, the showmanship. Phoooo!

Then t'was Massacre Conspiracy, the band that guarantees a crazy crowd every time I see them in One Cafe. :) Two vocalists, one big band, one colossal sound. Who won't like these pretty boys who know how to make music? Followed swiftly was another two-voxed band... THIS SUNDAY!!! Dude, there is no explaining just how long I have been waiting to catch these boys live again. Grr. But the worst thing was the punch I received on the side of my cheek earlier during the day took its toll when I sang along to "THIS PLACEEEEEEE REMINDS ME OF WHAT WE'VE DOONNNEEEE!" and heard a horrible "Cruck!" on the side of my jaw.

Terus diam, sial. The pain was like.... kimak betul!

But other than that, This Sunday was absolutely great, the crowds went BALLISTIC for them, and the one video I recorded (soon will be on Youtube) was mentallll. Every other three seconds, another guy jumps off stage. Alie and Wira didn't even sing their final song because their microphones were goneeeee and their voices replaced by a hundred others. :) Loverly job dudes.

Caught the end of Elegy (who were busy making a speech about wanting this to be like Hellfest - fat chance, bro) and was shocked by how Suicide Silence they were. Coolness, coolness. Caught a bit of Raizhobium as well but decided to head back out and put the ice pack on my cheek, only to end up chatting with Nurul and Wira on another table. Lol.

Then, then? BLACK TERRITORYYYY!!!! Okay, trust me when I say I am not covering this band by band. Only on account of the times when I was actually IN the venue. Missed a few bands (okay not miss, but sat ouside). Singalongs, moshing, going wild... the usual BT atmosphere :)

And finally. Finafuckingly... naratu. NARATU. When Ijam walked on stage, I burst out laughing. Just.... look at what he wore at the pics below. He cracked nerdy jokes and kept making mistakes with his words (buttoned too tight perhaps?). Talked about how all the bands had their own special guest so he brought his own friend to come and sing Keramat Durjana with the band. Agak generous of Ijam :)

Questions? Kau Bangsat? Pukimak? What else to say? Their songs, their performance, their crowd pleasing was up to the max, and I could actually physically feel the gig ending with a vigorous explosion. Fucking awesome sial. No regrets whatsoever of having to stay til really late, and was in a good mood to head to BB to catch the movie.

The movie ended at around 4am - Apit fell asleep throughout - and we sat in front of Maybank til the sky lightened and talked and talked and talked and shared moments unforgettable. :) Thank you Rath, Bum, Moshi, Pit, Fahmy, Vanse (the guy who almost passed out during Daarchlea who was in fact Rath's friend!), Anep and everyone else who joined us momentarily during the overnight.

Celine wishes for every day to be just like this day