High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kekal (sometimes stylized as KEKAL) is a heavy metal band formed in 1995 in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to Allmusic, Kekal was one of the first heavy metal bands from Indonesia to make international inroads, and according to Keith Kahn Harris was one of the few extreme metal bands from Southeast Asia to ever make more than a minimal impression on the global scene. Founded by two musicians known simply Yeris and Newbabe, the band underwent some shifts in lineup in its early years, but emerged with a consistent lineup of three key-members, guitarist/vocalist Jeff Arwadi, bassist Azhar Levi Sianturi, and guitarist Leo Setiawan. Most notably known as an avant-garde metal, Kekal plays a diverse range of musical styles, which has been described as black metal, extreme metal, progressive metal, and hard rock, and has included many other music genres such as ambient, electronic, jazz fusion, and progressive rock.