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"Hate That Never Set "

• Blistering death metal at its finest! Killharmonic has proved death metal not only boring single note tremolo picked low guitar riff, heart-attack double bass drum kicks along with cookie monster throaty growl. Check their latest record Hate That Never Set which contains twisted riff and brutal unpredictable chordal passage and spicy astounding solos. Honestly we like it. Though the production quality is below standard, their technical musicianship and songwriting have raised the level of brutality into addicted dope music.Firstly we’re surprised upon hearing this record. We thought a death metal band, especially hailed from small city like Kediri, would be carrying similar genres those dominated by brutal style mainstream, which is super fast double drum kick works accompanying boring, dull heavy distorted guitar riff and growling vocal. We’re wrong.
  Killharmonic song composed in such excited ways. The guitar riff is so complex and unpredictable.  Yet it roars intense energy of blasting style a la old school metal. You can expect some blend of Megadeth and early Metallica riff combined with the fury of Slayer and growling ultra low death vocal of Nile, Six Feet Under or such. The techniques employed were so gracious. The musical playability was top notch, above the common band around. Twisting melody and multifaceted rhythm make us justify that this is not common death metal, we called it progressive death metal. Some tracks have extra difficult playability utilizing minor diminished scale and bunch of artificial harmonics bending in between palm muted low strings. If a pattern repeated, it will be repeated in different ways. They provide spicy solo as well! Chances are you need to hear the tracks more than once to memorizing what the song looks like. But hey, we like it. 

  Great musicianship and song composition. This is not a common death metal record. The recording quality could be better (we’re not begging much, considering Indies production, but there are many ways to get good record with low budget equipment. It is possible!). Definitely “Editor Recommended” IF they produce the album in higher level of quality.
  Score
  Musicianship: ***** (5 of 5)
  Song Composition: ***** (5 of 5)
  Recording Quality: ** (2 of 5)

  from WWW.BUGJET.COM 

• A brand new shit of high level technical death/grind called Killharmonic familiar with their killer debut demo 'Hatred Diminished In Dismembered Head'. Inspite of the name is Kill-hamonic but this band experts to finding the harmony tones, the hands has throw out some crazy thrashy riffs to twisted one ala Gorgasm, yet the Malmsteen-ism lead solo, pair of guttural and high pitch and mid tempo blasting completed the tapes albums. One thing for this guys do is finding a great proffesional studio who understand how to create heavy music ....(8/10) ... by Rottrevore Webzines www.rottrevore.cjb.net 
  

• Bagaimana kalau SUFFOCATION, VILE, dan MEGADETH dilebur menjadi satu?? Jawabannya adalah KILLHARMONIC. Band asal Kediri ini mainin musik Death Metal yang agak aneh dengan riffing guitar modern serta beat-beat old schoolnya juga kentara. Tak jarang pula disetiap lagunya terdapat solo-solo gitar yang "Wah", walaupun kata gitarisnya Innu, itu banyak yang dihilangkan dalam proses rekordingnya. Terdiri dari 9 lagu yaitu 6 lagu baru dan 2 lagu lama mereka serta 1 bonus track "antiwar" yang beraliran mincecore, pada intro lagu Homo Homini Cubus mengingatkan kita pada intro miliknya MEGADETH "Go To Hell", Kesemua lagu ditulis dan diaransir oleh gitaris utama mereka. Sayang proses mixingnya masih kurang maksimal. (7/10 - Fauzan/Intestinal Vomit Newsletter/Faceless)

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"Hatred Diminished In Dismembered Head"

• I love the desciption they give themselves: Indonesian Symphonichaos Gorechestra Brutal Death. That's great. Not sure what it means, but I like it. The guitars sound pretty technical and the drummer is flying with his blast beats. The singer has a super low voice .
  - by Jens of www.jensmetalpage.com 
  
• Ce groupe fondé en 1997, venant d’Indonésie, nous présente leur premier cd intitulé « Hatred Diminished In Dismembered Head ». Que dire de ce groupe ! Tout simplement que le Brutal Death Métal s’y retrouve dans toutes ces formes avec les 8 titres de ce cd. Nous assistons ici à une véritable succession de morceaux dont la violence croit sans cesse. Ceci est tout simplement provoqué par les guitares qui enchaînent des riffs destructeurs avec des rythmiques à la fois lourdes et rapides, mais aussi, par un fabuleux jeu de solo et d’harmonique qui nous transperce le corps comme de véritables lames(voilà pourquoi le nom Killharmonic !!!lol). Ces magnifiques jeux de guitares sont suivis par une batterie dont la technique est irréprochable et qui alterne des rythmes provocants une brutalité inouïe. Le tout mit en avant par la voix puissante du chanteur. Ceci nous donne un groupe digne du Death Métal. Pour terminer, je dirai que Killharmonic est vraiment une révélation et que tous les amateurs de bon Death Métal y trouveront leur compte. Il ne reste plus qu’à attendre avec impatience leur prochain cd. 
  - Pat666 / Lost In Time Webzine (Belgium) - http://www.lostintime.be.tf/ 
  this band is formed in 1997 from Indonesia that is they first album out Hatred Diminished In Dismembered Head. this band simply a brutal death this band on all formed in 8 titles violence de Cd take this is some song where the violence without stop. this band juste done some guitar kick ass some killer rythmes quickly and heavy in one choice some solo who's kick corps ass all that because the name is Killharmonic:) (translated by Wadie - GOREYESLION - Morocco Gore Punk.
  
• I got your tape "Hatred Diminished Dismemberd Head". Honestly to say,I like your Guitar riffs. And your Axe killed my girl friend too!!But I still get your new album. I imagine KILLHARMONIC sound that it becomes killing machine. I'll get it someday in this year..... (Kazuo Ogasawara - Asian Rock Rising)
  
  
• Fucking amazing stuff...it's all about pure aggresive Death Metal inducing the pit, very different than any of Indonesian bands you know, bring the heavies symphony for those who like to spin their hairs in the pit, mix the element of top moshing riffs with some of classical rhythm at the end you'll not forgot how impressive they are. (9/10) (Rottrevore Webzine)
  
  
• Buat kalian yang nge-fans dengan gaya musik brutal death metal U.S, sangat disayangkan kalo kalian belum mengoleksi atau mendengarkan musiknya KILLHARMONIC. Gue sendiri nggak percaya kalo ada band lokal yang memainkan konsep musik Brutal death metal ala SUFFOCATION, CANNIBAL CORPSE, SISNISTER, lengkap dengan melodic part yang membuat kita terhipnotis dengan kebrutalan musiknya. This is killer!!! Baru mendengarkan beberapa lagu saja gue sudah terpesona dengan musiknya. Gue sendiri kebetulan sudah nonton Video CD KILLHARMONIC saat tampil live, benar-benar keren! Untuk kalian para penggemar musik brutal Death Metal, KILLHARMONIC sangat gue rekomendasikan untuk koleksi, lengkapi juga koleksi kalian dengan kaset atau CD dan VCD band ini. (Gerilya Magazine Issue #7)
  
  
• Musik KILLHARMONIC cukup bagus dan gue suka banget, perpaduan old school brutal death metal dengan new school brutal death metal. Mungkin kalo CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEEDS OF FLESH, dan DYING FETUS melebur musicknya jadi satu, seperti musik KILLHARMONIC - (Boris/DECOMPOSED/Fresh Blood Records/EXTREME HATE)
  
  
• KILLHARMONIC - Hatred Diminished In Dismembered Head (self released)
  This is technical deathmetal from Kediri (Jawa Timur, Indonesia), contains 8 tracks, in CD-R format, total duration more than 33 minutes, the musick have many good technical elements, solos, and harmonisation. I hear some touch of Morbid Angel, Mortal Decay or Fleshgrind. The recording have some noise cause its takes (record) with live tracks, but you can hear the musick well, and feel what they play. The vocals use low growl and some part use high scream. Good guitarist, killer riffs, many passbreak and clever technical solos, I miss the rhythm on solos part to make full and heavy, too quiet on solos (on member use 2 guitarist, but I dont hear the rhythm). But this is enough to make terror in your head. This is really 'killer harmonic' and make step forward to the future deathmetal scene. High recomended! @@@@ (Halim / Mutted Diction Webzine / CRANIAL INCISORED)
  
  
• Rilisan Die Productions yang satu ini, Sumpah! Album ini memang layak koleksi, dengan 8 lagu yang brutal tapi variatif dan technically banget. Bagus! Tidak salah kalau anak kediri ini menyebut musik mereka symphonichaos street gorechestra brutal death. Seperti apa? Makanya beli! Soundnya bersih walau sedikit pecah. Namun tidak bikin rugi lah! Karena kualitas album yang direkam live ini memang terletak pada musiknya. (Unik - Indignasi Newsletter #1)
  
  
• Innu sent me this tape couples weeks ago . This is mad sickening tape with tons of intense sick fuck guitar, well prepared musick !!. I hear all this tape and i think this band influenced by CANNIBAL CORPSE. An extreme death growl vocs , well smashed into tons of nasty ,skilled guitars and the timing of the drums. But the minuses, sounds is not good at all, it too bad for this extreme brutal bands . All the material will bring you in sufferings so ..... get it now or contact the band . (Reviewed by B383K) Score : 8 (Yudi - Insane Cannibalism Webzine)
  
  
• Debutan band Kediri, yang memainkan musik brutal death. Sayang agak lemah pada tata sound-nya yang keluar gak rata dan kurang keliatan bentuknya. Padahal secara musikal sebenarnya menarik lho. Ada tipe-tipe European Metal pada musik mereka. Mungkin pengaruh referensi band-band luar sana. Gitarnya bermain mengesankan, bikin hidup seluruh komposisi mereka. Delapan lagu ini dari Innu cs ini silahkan kamu nilai sendiri ... (Replica Entertainment Newsletter)
  

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