The Painful Experience (2001)
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Album Description
Their already known brand of intense, emotional, and aggressive extreme metal is presented here with sophisticated progressive elements.
This album appears to the different audience but yet longtime fans of KEKAL still dig this too. This album is a starting point for KEKAL to go to the next level, both musically and also in the term of sales and popularity.
There are 4 record labels who released the album:
Clenchedfist Records released this album on CD format
Fear Dark Records released this album on CD format
THT Productions released this album on cassette tape format for Indonesian & South-East Asian market
HROM/HIRAX Records released this album on cassette tape format for Eastern European market
Release Dates:
October 2001 (CD version)
October 2001 (CD version)
October 2001 (cassette tape version)
August 2002 (cassette tape version)
Track Listing:
1. The Monsters Within
2. Crave for Solid Ground
3. Mean Attraction
4. Like There's No Other Way to Go
5. Behind Closed Doors
6. After The Storm
7. Given Words
8. Militia Christi
9. The Painful Experience
10. Via Dolorosa
===bonus tracks===
- Voice From Heaven (appears on Clenchedfist Records version)
- Like There's No Other Way to Remix (appears on Fear Dark version)
- Militia Christi (remix, appears on THT Productions version)
Credits
Album Line-Up:
Jeff : guitars / vocals
Azhar : bass / vocals
Leo : guitars
Produced by: Jeff with KEKAL
Engineered & mixed by Jeff
Recorded & mixed at: Vision Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia, and at The Dream Dome, Bandung, Indonesia
Cover lay-out design by Jeff / Soundmind Graphics
Severed face sculpture by Aris Darisman
Additional guitars: Azhar & FXAJ
Additional bass: Jeff
Noises and samples: Jeff, FXAJ, & Doctor D
Synth orchestrations: Jeff
Additional vocals: Doctor D
Drums by: Sang Hitam
Additional Arrangements: Doctor D & FXAJ






