Siksakubur (English: Torture at the Grave) is an Indonesian brutal/death metal band from Jakarta, formed in July 6, 1996 (1996-07-06) by Andyan Gorust and Ade Godel.
The name of Siksakubur was chosen by Gorust that inspired by Brazilian metal band Sepultura meaning 'grave' in Portuguese as benchmark of their musicality.
[7] In 1999 (1999), Siksakubur faced difficult situation as they had no guitarist left until they decided that Godel taken over of guitar position and Prahari "Japs" Mahardika as Vocalist.
This debut finally release in 2001 (2001) under the label of Extreme Soul Production based in Bandung that received positive responses from metalheads in underground community and Indonesian music enthusiasts.
They also began to expand their stage performance through major events where mostly held in the islands of Java to Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and other cities throughout the country.
[7] The album composed of 11 songs and reissued in 2018 (2018) through Zim Zum Entertainment an independent underground label based in Jakarta.
This third album composed of 10 songs, collaborated with RinsDark (Gelap) and Sapta "Moel" Mulya (Eternal Madness) that received high appreciation from Indonesian music enthusiasts and has positive response specially songs of "Pasukan Jiwa Terbelakang" ("Squad of Retarded Soul"), "Renounce Me" and "Destitusi Menuju Mati" ("Destitution Towards Mortality") that successfully penetrated through National mainstream media.
During this period, the double album of The Carnage and Back to Vengeance was released through From Beyond Records based in Netherlands for distribution in Europe and United States markets.
This is acceptable by that time and became the hallmark of local death metal albums in 2000s era, adding to the brutality of the sound which was full of blast-beats and low-tuned guitars.
However it is not merely the complexity that the band wants to achieve, but becomes a pathway for chord progression and execution of highly skilled instruments that taking the quality of death metal arrangement and musicality to the new level.
During this period, Yudi Bebek followed Gorust quit the band due to other activities outside the group then his position replaced by Rodewin "Ewien" Naiborhu (Bloody Gore/Grausig).
This album introduced a new theme post Gorust era with different structure of musicality performed by Jagenxz that expected to be able to keep up with other band members.
[17] All the songs on this album are one whole story inspired by story-line visualization of 300 movie or history of Battle of Thermopylae about its epic patriotism.
The promotion tour continued to neighboring country where Siksakubur had an opportunity to visit 4 cities of Penang, Perak, Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru in Malaysia.
[8] But this new formation did not last long, because shortly after tours in early 2011 (2011), Jagenxz was also decided to quit the band followed by Bije couple of months later.
Siksakubur began promoting the album through domestic stage performances until they had an opportunity returned to neighboring country visiting 6 cities throughout Malaysia.
During this period, the formation also did not last long where several months later, Ananda quit the band then later replaced by Dena Rendisah Prabandara as the new Bassist to complete the line up.
The album consists of 11 compositions including "Choose Your Death", a cover song of Necrodeath as closing track, produced by Baken and Andre, mixing and mastering process engineered by Sonny.
[33] During this period the formation of the band changed again with Dena departure, until Ricky Rangga (Damnation) joined to replace Baken and Gilang Dwi Pristianto (Nithael) to replace Dena, then the formation became Andre (Guitar), Adhytia (Drum), Rudy (Vocal), Ricky (Guitar) and Gilang (Bass).