1000 Thoughts of Violence

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Aardschok

| rev1Score = 90/100

| rev2 = HM Magazine

| rev2Score = favorable{{cite web|author=Stevenson, Stewart |title=HM – Kekal Review: 1000 Thoughts of Violence |url=http://www.hmmagazine.com/reviews/album/k/kekal1203.php |publisher=HM Magazine |accessdate=5 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610093958/https://www.hmmagazine.com/reviews/album/k/kekal1203.php |archivedate=10 June 2011 |df=dmy }}

| rev3 = Imperiumi.net

| rev3Score = {{Rating|8.5|10}}{{cite web|last=Ryhänen|title=Kekal – 1000 Thoughts of Violence|url=http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=1366|work=Imperiumi.net|accessdate=16 June 2012|language=Finnish|date=3 October 2003}}

| rev4 = Matt Morrow

| rev4Score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web |author=Morrow, Matt |title=Kekal – 1000 Thoughts of Violence |url=http://thewhippingpost.tripod.com/kekal1000thoughtsofviolence/ |publisher=TheWhippingPost |accessdate=5 January 2011}}

| rev5 = Metal Storm

| rev5Score = 9/10{{cite web|title=Kekal – 1000 Thoughts of Violence – Rating details|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/rating.php?album_id=3454|work=Metal Storm|accessdate=12 June 2012|author=Promonex}}

| rev6 = Powermetal.de

| rev6Score = Extremely favorable{{cite web|last=Lang|first=Stefan|title=Kekal – 1000 Thoughts of Violence|url=http://powermetal.de/review/review-Kekal/1000_Thoughts_Of_Violence,2856.html|work=Powermetal.de|publisher=Weihrauch Median Verlang|accessdate=26 April 2012|language=German|date=22 July 2003}}

| rev7 = Powerplay Magazine

| rev7Score = 7/10

| rev8 = "Psych Folk" Radio

| rev8Score = Favorable{{cite web|title=Kekal : 1000 thoughts of violence|url=http://progressive.homestead.com/INDOREVIEWS.html#anchor_54|work=Progressive.homestead.com|publisher="Psych Folk" Radio|accessdate=12 June 2012}}; {{cite web|title=Overview Progressive Music from Indonesia|url=http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/files/INDO.txt|work="Psych Folk" Radio|accessdate=12 June 2012}}

| rev9 = Rock Hard

| rev9Score = 8.0/10{{cite journal|last=Pöpperl-Berenda|first=Robert|title=Review – Album: 1000 Thoughts of Violence|journal=Rock Hard|issue=RH #200|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5breview%5d=15823|accessdate=21 June 2012|language=German}}

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While the CD version was released by Fear Dark (Netherlands) to cover most of the bigger distribution channels mainly in Europe, 1000 Thoughts of Violence was also released in cassette versions by Undying Music (Indonesia) and Rock Express Records (Yugoslavia). In Indonesia, the album was distributed by Alfa Records from 2003 to 2004 and became the first album from Kekal being sold in mainstream record stores in the country, and it became the best selling Kekal album to date.{{cite web |author=Kekal |title=1000 Thoughts of Violence (2003) |url=http://www.kekal.org/album-1000thoughts.php |publisher=Kekal.org |accessdate=5 January 2011}}{{cite web |author=Kekal |title=1000 Thoughts of Violence (2003) |url=http://kekal.bandcamp.com/album/1000-thoughts-of-violence |publisher=Bandcamp |accessdate=31 August 2013}}

Critical reception was highly favorable. AllMusic noted the album as plunging the band into "ultra-progressive" experiments".{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=kekal-mn0001545395|pure_url=yes}} |title= Kekal |author=Rivadavia, Eduardo |work=AllMusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |accessdate=12 March 2012}} According to a review by HM Magazine, Kekal matured greatly since its previous release, The Painful Experience, especially with its vocals. This album found the band experimenting much more than on previous releases, yet also was considered its most cohesive effort to date. The album was noted for switching between raging intensity and more mellow passages, such as the song "Violent Society", which even included a hip-hop passage. Rock Hard rated the album eight out of ten, comparing the album's guitar work to Iron Maiden, Joe Satriani, and Cynic. The band's bass guitar technique in particular was compared to Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris. Rock Hard noted that the band described themselves as black metal, and labeled the album as metal with a Christian angle but also influenced by mid-1980s power metal. Antwerp-based radio show "Psych Folk" Radio on Radio Centraal viewed the album favorably, mentioning in a broadcast on Indonesian progressive music that 1000 Thoughts of Violence "is a possibility to invite progressive rock listeners to take the challenge to open up their perspectives." On the program's website the album was called an "intelligent listening pleasure for the open minded." Stefan Lang of Powermetal.de viewed that album extremely favorably, calling the album a highlight of the year 2003, while Metal Storm staff member Promonex rated the album nine out of ten. Finnish heavy metal site Imperiumi.net rated the album 8 1/2 out of 10. In 2010 on Powermetal.de, 1000 Thoughts of Violence garnered fourteen points in a retrospective on the year 2003, tying in twenty-third place out of twenty-eight alongside Dimmu Borgir's Death Cult Armageddon, Harem Scarem's Higher, Green Carnation's A Blessing in Disguise, and Arena's Contagion.{{cite web|title=Das vierte Jahrzehnt: Teil 4 – Das Jahr 2003|url=http://powermetal.de/content/artikel/show-Das_vierte_Jahrzehnt__Teil_4_-_Das_Jahr_2003,6846-1.html|work=Powermetal.de|publisher=Weihrauch Median Verlang|accessdate=21 June 2012|editor=Julian Rohrer|language=German|date=3 June 2010}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = Subsession / Once Again It Failed

| length1 = 4.37

| title2 = Vox Diaboli

| length2 = 4.31

| title3 = In Continuum

| length3 = 5.46

| title4 = Paradigma Baru

| length4 = 2.35

| title5 = Artifacts of Modern Insanity

| length5 = 5.18

| title6 = Violent Society

| length6 = 5.06

| title7 = Subsession II

| length7 = 4.58

| title8 = Default

| length8 = 5.36

| title9 = Beyond Numerical Reasons

• I. 404
• II. 911
• III. 70x7

| length9 = 12.20

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• Jeff Arwadi – guitars, vocals, additional bass, digital and analog synth orchestrations
• Azhar Levi Sianturi – bass, vocals, additional guitars
• Doctor D – sampling, noises, loops, fx and programming
• Safrina Christina – additional vocals
• Sang Hitam – drum machine{{cite web |author=Neithan |title=An eternal thought of Violence! |date=17 October 2002 |url=http://www.archaic-magazine.com/article.php?aid=38292 |publisher=Archaic Magazine |accessdate=5 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707161531/http://www.archaic-magazine.com/article.php?aid=38292 |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Jeff: "I don't want to shock you, but honestly, Sang Hitam is a programmed drums! We couldn't find a drummer who meets our qualifications.. Sang Hitam in Indonesian language means 'the black one' and before we find a real drummer."

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