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DateLine Sunday, 23 March 2008

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All Hopes for Forlorn Hope

Not many come across a band with a passion, dedication, zeal and dynamite force. Meet one of the hopeful bands in town, Forlorn Hope that consists of the dynamic dude Buddhike on vocals, who is also the lyricist.

One can see radical guy Raju slamming the drums and Mackay the gorged guitarist who is an expert at this art. Part-time members Dias, a dandy Kandy dude plays bass while Pinto, an Avissawella guy is also a guitarist.

“We formed Forlorn Hope in 2002 when Buddhike and I hooked up from the same college”, reminisces Raju. They started jamming and then found the rest eventually.

They say their songs relate to extreme forms of black metal that couples ambient and progressive elements. “We tend to practise individually because we have our unique sounds but when we jam together, it comes out great” states Raju. Most of the time, they say that if they jam together always, then they end up getting sick of each other.

Their first original effort ‘Craving Restored’ was a massive hit which impelled them to release their first EP last year called ‘Wilted’ which included the tracks ‘Congregate’, ‘Blessed are the Helpless’ and three instrumentals. 500 copies were produced in Kandy and all sold out within two months of release.

“We were on neurotic phases but then we wanted to spread music in chaos where one can head-bang all the time” Raju noted.

Most of their fans want to remain active during the length of their performance and this is what is expected. They say that ‘Gorgorath’, ‘Burzun’, ‘Akercocke’ and ‘Bathory’ are some of their top influences even though they say every member has various other musicians they like.

A Forlorn Hope highlight was when the track ‘Congregate’ was placed at the 19th position out of 13,000 tracks on soundclick.com worldwide.

It was head-gorging brilliant that a recording label in Thailand called Roots Active Productions and a Brazil label called Vamp Peria records both approached these guys to distribute their songs in those countries.

“We don’t want to cover any other band or put a fake image but just be ourselves”, emphasises Forlorn Hope. They believe in originality and playing in what they know and what they can give.

The families of Forlorn Hope found it difficult to tolerate their music in the beginning but eventually they accepted it and supported them. As for careers, they all work in private companies and take music as their passion to break it big internationally.

As for advice to new bands, “Do what thou will” advises Buddhike. Have no regrets and do something you will be happy till the rest of your life, chorus the dudes. Forlorn Hope hopes to play in Kandy in April and will try to release a whole album once they finish writing the songs.

They acknowledge Meesha and Whirlwind, Rock Company (RC), all RC bands and all their loyal supporters who ensured they were in a good frame of mind to perform. “Hails to all our fans in Colombo, Kandy, Nittambuwa and Gampaha including those around the world,” says Forlorn Hope. They would like to especially thank all their loved ones.

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