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Members: Indy Shome (guitar, vocals), Andrew Chu (drums), Ben Gagnon (Bass)

Live Video of BriL In A Sarcophagus

Where Can I Get The Album?
Order It Online:
Stonerrock.com

CDBaby.com

Hong Kong Stores:
Star-Crossed Tattoos
57 Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. MTR Exit: Tsim Sha Tsui B2.
Map of Tsim Sha Tsui

White Noise Records
1/F, 4 Canal Road East, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. MTR Exit: Causeway Bay A.

Records Rendezvous
B23h Basement, Star House, 3 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. MTR Exit: Tsim Sha Tsui C1/E.
Map of Tsim Sha Tsui

Bio:
Molten Lava Death Massage (Hong Kongs best band name according the citys premier English paper, the South China Morning Post) are a shotgun of heavy rock, playing out like a jukebox full of different influences and inspirations channeled through a consistent and focused tunnel of sludge.

The vibe of Eye of Ra hits marks from instrumental stonerrock grooves to thrash charges, danceable jams, and doom ballads, covering a range of heavy dimensions. Its somewhere between a Mustang drive through the desert and a starless tornado night fistfight. The album is a frenzy, with a riff rarely ever repeated within a song. Constantly in the red, abrasive production and forceful tunes really push the threshold.

Indy Shome's fuzzy crackling riffs feel like theyre barely contained in the speakers, with occasional vocals roaring through behind them. Andrew Chu's drums constantly pulsate with the mix of double-kicker core technique and hard-riding head-banging beats, glued together and bounced out by Ben Gagnon's bass.

Uniquely, the band also produced and arranged the effort completely on their own. Shome, the youngest member of the band, was responsible for recording, mixing, and mastering the effort, and Gagnon put together most of the designing based on artwork by Adrian Dexter.

Reviews:
HK Magazine - September 1 2006:
"It's half Rage Against the Machine, half Mastodon, with some great guitar hooks, relentless drumming, and the occassional melodic interval..."

Trent Ramseyer, Whores of Tijuana - August 30 2006:
"Due to the recent destruction of my inner ears due to MLDM's riffage you will soon receive a letter from our lawyers."

HWCT Bookings, Stonerrock.com - August 29 2006:
"After numerous spins of this record, I can safely say it's (in my opinion) one of the best recordings to come out of Hong Kong in the past 10 years. I say that on good authority, having lived there myself for 13 years and releasing records there myself. The DIY nature of the recording is present, yet a cohesive studio-savvy is what this record delivers.The band self-produced this effort and the results are top notch.

Musically the band wear their influences on their sleeves but also execute the songs in a way that gathers the influences, shuffles em' like a deck of cards and spits them back in a woven-tapestry of riff rock, doom, stoner, psych, metal in many interesting ways. Theres a bit of everything here, Karma to Burn, Pelican, Sons of Otis, Earthride to name a few.

The age of the band members belies their craft. Not even out of High School, yet these kids can certainly riff n' roll. Singer/guitarist Indrayudh Shome's vocals are a highlight, incorporating death metal growls with more held back melodic delivery that serves more as an added instrument rather than a method of delivering cohesive clear vocal lines. This works to great effect, accompanying the brutal rythm's and converging guitar lines.

The record opens with 'Death is Never Sated', a Pelican-esque guitar intro and booms into 'Bayonet' which has it's Karma to Burn riff-stylings dirging away, complete with brutal gruff vocals that explode you into the first verse.

Largely instrumental, this record uses vocals minimally and allows the guitars and bass to interact with fierce beats to derive a fist-in-the-air sorta vibe that sits incredibly well with a reefer and a big bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Trust me.

'Axe of the Occult' is one of the heaviest tracks on here and the rabid-strained vocals sit nicely in the mix behind double-kick-drum patterns and thrash riffing the ends with a memorable pained-scream of singer Indy.

The title track, is really indicative of all the elements I have used to describe this band, and is a good introduction to these guys if you haven't already heard them. Clocking in at 8 minutes it represents the sound and mixing of styles that these guys are so good at doing.

Best massage I ever got sent through the post."

Booking/Information contact: Indy Shome at storm_420-at-hotmail.com

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