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One of THE band competition to take part in!

This year's winner will represent Singapore in YOKOHAMA, JAPAN to compete with 11 nations. They are:

1. Malaysia
2. Indonesia
3. Thailand
4. Philppines
5. Hong Kong
6. China
7. Mongolia
8. Taiwan
9. South Korea
10. Japan
11. Mexico (Doesn't go in line very well with Geography)

There was plenty of talent showcased with 40 over bands playing their original compositions. Announced by the judges on the day itself, the bands were evaluated based on the following:

1. Potential
2. Sound Balance
3. Originality
4. Proficiency

Each band was only given the chance to play 1 song!

Quite surprisingly, the heats were dominated by bands who played the heavier stuff from rock to metal. With a handful of mainstream and soothing music, which mostly didn't live up to expectations.

Before we start, let me apologise if we got some band names wrong, we didn't have access to the band list =(

Here's a recap of our prediction for the finalists!

1. Helven (Out)





2. Black (In)
3. Naga (Out)



4. ILL SOUND CHRONIK (In)
5. Sonic Delirium (Out)



6. No Strings Attached (In)
7. Shades of Ember (Out)



8. Stranger (Out)



9. Bio Fuel (Out)



10. Knightwings (In)
Other bands that came out strongly as well:

1. Rising Heart (Out)



2. Lucid (Out)





3. Oshiego (In)
4. Dear Who Am I (Out)





5. CATALOGUE:V (In)
6. False Pause (Out)



That means our prediction: 4+2/10 =)

Biggest disappointment is with Helven really. I have to admit I've become a huge fan of their music. And I can't help but feel that some bands qualified to give more diversity to the finals. Tough luck to the rockers and metalheads that failed to win a place!

On the other hand, diversity definitely makes it more interesting. And seeing Death Metal Band, Oshiego, going through can only mean that it's not about how appealing your genre is to the masses, but how well you actually bring out the music you love! 

With that said, it's always really difficult to score bands when they are across diverse genres. Furthermore, they only have 1 song to impress!

The finalists that will be playing at Vivocity on 15th August 6:30pm:

1. Epicnosis (They were a good band as well but we just arrived so we didn't take notice of their name and failed to get footages of them)
2. Oshiego





3. Black





4. Self Destruct



5. ILL SOUND CHRONIK



6. Kingpin



7. CATALOGUE:V



8. No Strings Attached



9. Knightwings



10. KATALYZ


Good luck to all the teams in the finals! We'll catch you guys there! (I'll be rooting for the Metal bands =))

For the rest of the videos, please refer here.
For the rest of the photos, please refer here. All the photos were courtesy of Flash.Stop.

RockOn!
Yuda