Interview with MTV Asia.
"When veteran death metal (sic) combo Ossuary realeased their eponymous CD album on the local Snakeweed  label earlier this year , they hoped it would help them break them into the Malaysian music scene.And they have, under somewhat frustrating terms.
"The market across the Causeway is flooded with Ossuary cassetes and CDs, but they are all pirated copies," complains Snakeweed producer Leonard Soosay."The syndicates must have realised how popular this will get;  when I went over I saw pirated copies everywhere, from pasar malams, to small shops, and even the bigger stores are already pushing pirated versions.Of course I am pissed off, but we try to look on the bright side; at least they are promoting the album for us."
More on the bright side: Snakeweed has signed a distribution deal with Pony Canyon in Malaysia ( the sole PC outpost in Asia now) to distribute
Ossuary.
Soosay explains," We will be producing a different version, to stay one step ahead of the pirates; better packaging, lyrics and some bonus tracks."
As part of this distribution deal, Ossuary wil be heading over to showcase their Pantera-influenced sonic assault next month.The album has also been picked up by shops as far away as Perth and Toronto."

-ETC Magazine (Singapore)dated: 17 April 1998
Ossuary (Snakeweed) rated 4 out of 5
This veteran Singapore band accomplishes a rare feat in its self titled debut - it has created a hardcore metal gem that uses its brutal assault on the senses to rip open veins of understanding in the brain.
The album opens with four new tracks from the band's present line-up. On each of them Aim and Lee(sic) build thick, yet graceful guitar and bass structures atop Shahril's pile-driving drumwork.The single Nothing but Lies, finds Aim nailing a gorgeous bridge to boot.
New recordings of five old favourites of the band's 1992 line-up egin with a brief instrumental, The birth Of...,  that flirts with a delicate darkwave mood.
Former guitarist Arafat and basist Danial ( Bidi) provide a more classic metal sheen.The highlights are the uptempo Endangered Nation and Arafat's alternating plucking and struming acrobatics and changing time signatures of Atrocious Game.Meanwhile Razak has matured into a stellar screamer.
Producer Leonard Soosay has also engineered some surprises into the album - watch your dog's ears perk up at what sounds like a 20-second silence at the outset of the first track; see your speakers dance and wobble before track 2 explodes, and hear the sound of one speaker dissapear if you face the oyher during track 4.
If your record store does not sell Ossuary or the other growing numbers of releases y Singapore artistes, its time to start shopping elsewhere.

- Straits Times ( Singapore). Reviewer: Paul Zach

Ossuary (Snakeweed) rated 4 out of 5
When I finally figured out that this band calls Singapore home, I prepare myself for a volley of sloppy, rudimentary death metal with cheesy lyrics conveying sentiments like," No poser, Kill Poser". I don't mean to sound patronising or anything, but the vast majority of bands I've encountered from Singapore are still learning the basics.Also, have you ever noticed how every Metal fan from that country has a deep-seated hatred of 'the posers'?
In addition to practically hiding their contact address, Ossuary also belie the reputation of their home nation by dispiating a healthy helping of musical maturity and skill on their debut album. While the sound may lack that extra 'oomph' that the more popular Swedish and American studios can provide, the material more than makes up for any sonic shortcomings.Ossuary remind of Pantera, first album Fear Factory with nods to the late, great Eighties sounds of Violence and Testament. While their songs are entirely too long, they are abnormally tight and add little touches ( harmonies, off-beat riffs, pitchshifting and exquisitely erratic solos) that push the performance along.Whaddya know, they even dispense with the lyrical absurdity to tackle racism, technology, censorship and corruption.

Terrorizer Magazine,United Kingdom. Reviewer: Kevin Stewart Panko


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