Progressive Metal
Indonesia
The embryo of this band was a cover band named as "X-Part" in 1998 when they played classic rock music. They made an effort to change their music direction into progressive rock vein and won some festivals in Indonesia. They disbanded in 2000 because some members of the band continued studying overseas.
Four years later, Reza who was the drummer for "X-Part" during classic rock era of the band invited Faisal (guitars) to reform "X-Part" with a new concept being a Dream Theater cover band and changed their name to "The Miracle" (Well, I believe it's inspired by Dream Theater's song) . I personally saw them playing a gig at local Barbados Café at Kemang, Jakarta, Indonesia, sometime in 2004, I think. I was stunned watching them covering long tracks of Dream Theater almost flawlessly. It's truly awesome. I could not believe a local band could ever cover complicated and fast speed music of Dream Theater excellently.
Having seen their virtuosity in playing progressive metal music, the rock community (i-Rock!) where I get involved with, made an attempt to present a Dream Theater Nite at a café in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on April 13, 2007 with The Miracle as headliner. Again, I was satisfied with the performance of the band. The crowd was crazy during the gig - they sung along as the band played Dream Theater songs and also they did head-banging all night long 'til dawn! What a fabulous show! What made the event memorable was the fact that there were many crowd who came from Jakarta (110 miles away from Bandung) for the show only! (and I was one of them). By that time they had new line-up: Chemmy (vox), Reza (drums), Vedy (bass), Faisal (guitar) and Yessi (keyboard).
Another gig was performed by The Miracle during the 1st Anniversary of i-Rock!, August 17, 2007 as part of "One Loud Nite" event at Mario's Place, Jakarta, Indonesia. The Miracle appeared as headliner out of four bands who contributed in the anniversary party. Again, they made the crowd crazy. It was a successful concert with crazy crowd. And I know since then that the band played in various events which I could not attend.
What surprised me was: in relatively short period (less than 6 months) I was informed that the band was recording their own album with their own material. JRENG! What a great news for me as prog lover. So I was curious about the new album. Yeah! Their debut album is called "The M" which has significant influence from Dream Theater but they have their own identity that is worth enjoying. The album is released under Quadrann label, produced by Fadhil Indra (keyboard player of Indonesian well known prog band - Discus) and co-produced by Yessi Kristianto & The Miracle, with Manarissan as Executive Producer. Recommended!
ALBUMS:
2008 - TheM
- Faisal / guitars
- Reza / drums
- Yessi / keyboards
- Chemmy / vocals
- Vedy / bass
Additional & guest performances:
- Santi & Nita / women's choirs on 8
- Fadhild Indra / Choir composition, score & virtual orchestration (8), co-arranger (9)
Tracks Listing:
1. Chapter One : Mawarhitam (7:03)
2. Chapter Two : Bebas (4:12)
3. Chapter Three : Bertemu (7:10)
4. Chapter Four : Matahari (6:36)
5. Chapter Five : Dosa (6:16)
6. Chapter Six : Pergi (3:32)
7. Chapter Seven : Kembali (5:36)
8. Chapter Eight : Selesai (6:48)
9. For Their Reprise : Bertemu (2:22)
Total Time: 48:12
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