19/02/2025
LYFE WEDNESDAY | FEB 19, 2025
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Events listing
Dondang Dongeng 0 Venue: KuAsh Theatre 0 Date: Feb 21 – 23 0 Time: Feb 21, 8.30pm (invitation only) | Feb 22 & 23, 12pm & 4pm 0 Price: RM100 – RM150 An award-winning musical restaging that reimagines Malaysian folklore through vibrant songs and modern storytelling. Directed by a stellar creative team, this magical production celebrates cultural heritage with tales such as Sang Kancil and legends of local princesses. Hua WuTai 0 Venue: Special Dance Performa nce & Masterclass, PJPAC, 1 Utama E 0 Date: Feb 23 0 Time: Performance: 5.00pm | Masterclass: 9.00am – 1.15pm 0 Price: RM88 (Performance) | RM120 (Masterclass) Hua WuTai features winning teams from the 35th Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan Inter-School Dance Competition. The event showcases young dancers performing unique choreographies, followed by masterclasses in Chinese dance fundamentals. Japanese Cinema Mini Showcase 2025 0 Venue: GSC Mid Valley Megamall 0 Date: Feb 21 – 24 0 Time: Various screening times 0 Price: RM10 per screening A celebration of Japanese cinema with four curated films, including the 30th anniversary screening of Love Letter . The Japan Foundation with MIFFest organised the showcase, including post-screening Q&A sessions with directors Iwai Shunji and Okita Shuichi.
March of the Unheard is available to stream on major platforms.
Marching in melody o Swedish band The Halo Effect impresses with new album
Ű BY R.BALA
T HERE is perhaps no bigger name in melodic death metal than In Flames, which has gone stratospheric by tweaking its sound to suit a more mainstream audience. Seeking to return to the famed “Gothenburg sound” of the early 90s that put Sweden on the metal map, five former members of In Flames got together to form The Halo Effect in 2019. Splicing together a then unique buzzsaw guitar tone, courtesy of overdriving the Boss Heavy Metal 2 pedals, with melodic tendencies spawned an entire sub-genre – melodic death metal. Alongside Dismember, Unleashed and the mighty Entombed, In Flames is considered among the big four of Swedish melodic death metal. Scratch that. One can add The Halo Effect to that list – it
first track, Conspire to Deceive , it hooks listeners in with an almost Europe-like synth line. Not quite Final Countdown but you get the picture. As expected, the production is clean and well-mixed to ensure that every instrument has space to breathe. That is crucial as the bombast of many of the tunes can seem overwhelming if the mix is muddy but here they are masterfully delivered. This album is meant to be played loud for maximum effect as one catchy riff after another spills out of the speakers or ear buds. This is expertly
constructed melodic death metal by veteran musicians who know precisely which buttons to hit. While geared towards the roots of the scene, they have the necessary hooks to get the mosh pits swirling at large live festivals. Will The Halo Effect go overground the same way that In Flames did or even reach a mass audience that Gojira is enjoying? On the strength of March of the Unheard , it is a very strong possibility. Definitely a standout release that should comfortably make any metalhead’s top 10 list for album of the year.
can even take the place of In Flames. These guys know how it is done, having played on some seminal albums such as Clayman and Whoracle . Comprising Niclas Engelin (guitars), Peter Iwers (bass), Mikael Stanne (vocals), Jesper Strömblad (guitars) and Daniel Svensson (drums), the band is geared towards delivering highly infectious and hook laden melodic death metal, with the odd bit of clean singing to add colour to proceedings. March of the Unheard is one of the year’s most highly anticipated releases and the band does not disappoint. Hitting its stride from the very
MPO’s Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concert 0 Venue: Dewan Filharmonik Petronas
0 Date: March 9 0 Time: 3.00pm 0 Price: RM229 – RM499
Following a sell-out, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) adds a new date for its Vivaldi’s Four Seasons concert. Led by violinist Peter Daniš, the concert will feature Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 and
Arvo Pärt’s Fratres . ESG Art Exhibition
0 Venue: ERL KL Ekspres 0 Date: April 15 – May 5 0 Time: 10.00am – 8.00pm (daily) 0 Price: Free admission
A unique art exhibition themed “ESG Campaign Through Art” featuring local and disabled artists from Art Market Malaysia. Highlights include ESG booths, recycle art projects, hands-on workshops, sculptures, installations and a panel discussion on Earth Day (April 22), officiated by Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
The Halo Effect aims to return to the famed ‘Gothenburg Sound’ that fuelled a whole new sub-genre. – PICS FROM FACEBOOK @ THEHALOEFFECT
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