sifr was conceptualised as early as 2000 by saquib malik.based in lahore,
the extreme metal scene was virtually non existant.playing in a band
sickore at the time, but being unfulfilled the idea of a solo
project was brought up, taking on the name of sifr.early demo's and jam's
were recorded, saquib playing all the instruments and recording on an old
4 track recorder.
As time wore on, and disenchantment with the dead scene grew, saquib began to seriously give sifr alot more time than ever before.a track, cacophany of madness was recorded in novembor 2002.a very rough, raw track, it sounded pretty bad but the music shined through and
there was alot of encouragement from friends and certain members of the
scene to give recording seriously a go and see how it turns out.
saquib eventually became involved with another project, corpsepyre,
a deathgrind band, and the first really extreme band from lahore basically.
time was thin and as certain commitments had to be fulfilled over the
course of the first 6 months of 2003, nothing could be done in the way
of recording something in solid.the time, however, was used by saquib to
work out around 5 solid tracks, inside and out and get them ready to lay
down in the studio or wherever he could record.
in the meantime, saquib became involved with duskhorde productions from
karachi...an invitation was extended to appear on the upcoming compilation album, rise of the eastern blood with some other upcoming
Pakistani extreme metal acts and get some exposure for this band.
Saquib began work on recording sifr as soon as he was free from prior
commitments and finished recording a demo for corpsepyre, the living we mourn.eventually, the music of sifr took form as the demo blessings of madness.the demo was recorded over 2 weeks and produced, mixed ,mastered
and written by saquib malik himself.
sifr is a pretty unique band.its not possible, at least to me[saquib] to
really put this in a category properly...because as a musician certain aspects of different forms of metal are used and moulded into music that
comes off sounding a bit different.there's a pretty fair amount of melody/harmonisation, and then there are the totally insane blastbeats and so many other things that its hard to really nail it in one category, at least when it comes to my opinion, there are so many aspects taken from so many different things that its not very possible.
hopefully sifr will appear on the compilation rise of the eastern blood
in pakistan.
sifr was initially conceptualised as a strictly studio band, but there is a fair chance that, if the proper and able musicians were found to play sessions, it would manifest itself into a live entity, and this is currently the objective for sifr.
sifr is:
saquib malik
[email protected]
http://www.mp3.com/sifr
http://www.sifr.cjb.net
phone:
in the u.s [till end of august of 2003]
413-572-4924
in pakistan [rest of the time]
042-6683207
mail:
in u.s-:
128, woodcliff drive, westfield MA 01085
in pakistan-:
31, askari villas, north sarwar road, cantt.lahore 54000
influences:
at the gates, old inflames, dark tranquility, opeth, katatonia, anathema, novembors doom, my dying bride, satyricon, emperor, catamenia, immortal, abigor
hail:
family, hammad, salman ahmad, talal, rafay, suleiman, salman mumtaz, saad aftab, essam, adeel ahmad, babar, aroon dass, ibaad, khalid malik, aneeq, and everyone else who i might have forgotten.
bands: sickore, corpsepyre, burzukh, northern alliance, dusk, soul vomit, hollow bodies,
legion holocaust, and everyone else involved in the pakistani extreme metal scene trying to make a difference
track listing:
i, hell of one
ii, insanity eternal
iii, unbeing
iv, inferno
