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Asraifans

As My Voice Speaks In The Dark

About Me

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Asrai's roots lay in the 1980's. Several of its members played in various punk and new-wave bands. At that time their music already had a melancholic dark side. Asrai was formed in 1988 and very quickly obtained an excellent reputation thanks to radio sessions and their gigs.

Asrai released several demo-tapes from 1989 to 1994 ("the Blue tape","So clear that you couldn't tell where the water ended and the air began", "Love is a Lie","Live in a package"). Finally in 1997 their debut CD, "As Voices Speak", This cd was noticed and signed to the label Poison Ivy. On this label a german release of As voices speak was issued.

From 1997 Asrai took time to perfect their sound and to find the right line-up. The band stood tall through this difficult period. Their perseverance was rooted in a sincere love for music.

In the meantime, contracted by Transmission Records, Asrai recorded their second CD "Touch in the Dark". Roman Schoensee produced this cd while Sascha Paeth, the best guy for mixing Metal and Rock, made the finishing touch. The CD was recorded in both Holland (Excess Studio) and Germany (Beautiful Lake Studio).

The result is an album full of hot-blooded rock wandering through the twilight zone between Gothic Rock and Metal. Let yourself get carried away by their music and the exeptional and intense singing of Margriet.

Fall into the depth of your darkest and intense emotions.

The release date for the album "Touch in the Dark" is may 26 th 2004. It will be released in most European countries as well as in Asia and North and South America.

The single "Pale Light" was released may 6 th The video-clip made for their single "Pale Light"was made by the versatile and talented duo Marcel de Jong and Jelle Swetter .

Their second single "In front of me"from the album "Touch in the Dark" was released September 23 th. And again the videoclip was made by Marcel de Jong and Jelle Swetter and Maud Mulder.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/20/2005
Band Website: asrai.net
Band Members:

Margriet (Vocals)

Rik (Guitar)

Martin (Bass)

Karin (Drums)

Manon (Synth & Violin)



Magazine reviews:
Influences: The bandmembers used to go to parties in the punk scene in Rotterdam. But when eventually taking the instruments themselves, there was never punk coming out. What you are hearing on the CD is an evolved version. They grew as musicians, but the impact and intention of the music stayed the same.
Record Label: http://www.season-of-mist.com
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Check out this video: ASRAI - Sour Ground

Check out this video: ASRAI - Sour Ground ..Add to My Profile...
Posted by Asraifans on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:03:00 PST

Asrai Videos

Sour Ground (live) Hands So Cold (live 1) Hands So Cold (live 2) Tower (live 1) Tower (live 2) SQY - Get it done (appearance by Asrai) ...
Posted by Asraifans on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:57:00 PST

5th song on the player

1st Touch In the dark2nd Shodows3rd RestlessThank you to all that voted, Touch in the dark will be going onto the player shortly, if it isn't already there by the time you read this....
Posted by Asraifans on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:24:00 PST

New Layout (work in progress)

Just to inform you, I have been working on a new div layout for the profile, using javascript I'm able to switch content within tables, my only problem I have is the music player, I've coded it into t...
Posted by Asraifans on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:39:00 PST

Most blog stuff has moved to the forum (New Album info inside)

Ok, I've decided to move most of the blogs content to the forum rather than have about a dozen blogs when you can only see five.In Front Of Me VideoPale Light VideoLatest Tour/Gig NewsLyrics For songs...
Posted by Asraifans on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 06:27:00 PST

Mexico Gig

Sorry, I know I'm late putting this up. Day 1 - 11th January -High in the Sky - Our trip starts with going to Brussels Airport, and when almost the rest of Holland were still asleep (lucky ...
Posted by Asraifans on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:17:00 PST

Touch In The Dark Review (In Dutch)

Aardschok Nr 6 juni 2004 Vanuit het vleermuizen-clubcircuit van Nederland is het Rotterdamse Asrai opgestegen. De band bestaat al sinds 1988 en wordt vertegenwoordigd door drie vrouwen en twee heren...
Posted by Asraifans on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:35:00 PST

Touch In The Dark Review (In English)

Metal-Observer Review From Transmission we usually do not get many releases, but for that mostly with quite some quality to it. From Holland we usually get a lot of Gothic, be it Rock or Metal. And ...
Posted by Asraifans on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:36:00 PST