Anarchist_Growl
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Posted - 25 December 2004 : 02:47:38 AM
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Recorded with live drums in Karachi in 1994, a year before Vital
Signs' released their classic masterpiece "Hum Tum", two
years before Junoon released their sufi rock "Inquilaab"
and ten years before Mizraab released their progressive metal
"Maazi Haal Mustqabil", "Anarchist Growl" by
Overdrive makes its remarkably long-awaited debut on 1 January
2005. With an eclectic title that will strike fear into record-shop
managers the world over, their aggressive social and political
activism is refreshing, spewing just as much dark and disturbing
vitriol as their frontman. But it is also invigorating, rocking harder
and with more purpose than most albums showing the full scope
of the group's abilities and ambition. Their venomous and immeadiately memorable debut single,
"Zameen", which became their signature track, was
groundbreaking enough when it was released in summer 1994
successfully merging the gothic guitar sounds of metal and urdu,
and many would argue that its importance and influence remains
unchallenged and unsurpassed to this day. With its relentlessly
rebellious rage of, "Is ko hum jala ke kar rahay hain khudkushi,
khudkhushi, khudkushi..." the song was a rallying cry of
frightening proportions and the unequivocal climax of their vision. For a decade the visceral and creative energy of "Anarchist
Growl" was ignored for it's working-class rebellion and
revolutionary lyrics by the ensuing self-imposed, politcally
correct, self-censorship of the pakistani record labels as well as
the local music press but gradually the searing passion and
sheer musicality of "Zameen" became a word-of-mouth cult
favourite sky-rocketing up the charts and online music
discussion forums. Overdrive's stature and historical importance
only grew in hindsight - the band finally realising that in their
hands is a potentially crucial stepping stone for the future
development of metal and rock in Pakistan. Only a handful of
rock and roll bands can genuinely claim to have changed the
music scene, and only one of those can claim to have done it
with such a tiny discography. After two successful attempts: Faraz Anwar's
[url=http://www.mizraabianz.com] "Untitled"[/url] and
Karavan's [url=http://www.karavanonline.com] "Unplugged
and Unleashed"[/url], "Anarchist Growl" will become the
third Pakistani rock album to see an internet only release.
Intelligent, aggressive and brutally honest, this is unimpeachably
one of the best hard-rock records ever made. "Anarachist Growl" tracklisting: 1. Expedition 2. Parallel Syndrome 3. Rotten Domain 4. Keh Dey Na (cover) 5. Zameen (lead vocals by Salman Syed) 6. Zameen II 7. Pain 8. Utopia "Anarchist Growl" will be available to download: on
www.overdriveonline.net, www.pakistanirock.com,
www.mizraabianz.com, www.umrevolution.com,
www.j4jumpy.net and www.bandbaja.org For all media enquiries please contact: [email protected] |
"Anarchist Growl" by Overdrive releasing on 1 January 2005 on www.overdriveonline.net |
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