Alright, I've been receiving so many questions about what's going on on my end... Here's what happened recently...
Tea West Wolf added DJJ to our lineup. So there's now a trance element in our overall sound. Those of you who managed to catch our gigs on the 19th and 26th will have surely noticed.
I've also joined an old old old school thrash metal project that will begin recording soon. This is a startup effort from 3 real metalheads. Forget repetitive, slow riffs, and artificial heaviness... this is not epic, but it's definitely very aggressive and fast, and embellished with Master Yeoda's signature drumwork... OF COS!!! Watch out for it!
Alright, I'm going to start using my blog to update these tales. So only major announcements (ABOUT ME OF COS) will be posted here.
28 May 2008
Tonight, I lay Thrudvang to rest... It has been a long 2 years with my brothers-in-arms at lightning swords of death... With a heavy heart, we'll go our separate ways from here. Thank you my brothers for the fond memories and the experience I could only dream of in Singapore... When you take the big stage, I'll be there to cheer you on... and remember that I walked with you on your road to great things... Hail! Lightning Swords of Death!
02 May 2008
On May 28, I'll pick up my lightning swords again for a blasphemous performance with Anaal Nathraakh from England. The conjuration of utter darkness shall begin...
12-13 Apr 2008
In the studio with Lightning Swords of Death... we recorded our 2nd album due for official release in in the summer of 2008...
2-3 to Croatia... A night of reckoning... A night of defeat tasted bitterly by the utter humiliation of an entire nation (almost)... A night of sorrowful contemplation and deliberation... A night that could very well have hosted a feast in the heart of Wembley Stadium. But a toast to the Three Lions I shall propose... And stand behind every England hero... You have fought well... And you will always be my heroes... Beckham, the talisman of England, you will bend the ball again!
(oh, and no thanks to fumbling big mac... it could have easily been 3-0 to England).
Suddenly, Euro 2008 has lost a lot of meaning for me...
13 Nov 2007
Fangs of the Wolves... A metal maiden voyage composed, arranged, and produced by Master Yeoda... Behold the wolf's fangs in the twilight...
25 Oct 2007
The massacre doesn't stop... On a night of 2007, 1-Dec-2007, Lightning Swords of Death shares the stage with comrade-in-arms Valdur and an onslaught of dark metal ammunition at the Black Castle in Los Angeles... 8:00pm! Be there and be slain!
19 Oct 2007
We've heard of Danzig... Lightning Swords of Death shall join the unleash of darkness to slay the stage in San Diego on 12-Nov-2007! 7:30pm!
Pre-sale tickets are going on sale here! Or just visit Ticketmaster! Don't miss it! $39.50 only!
09 Oct 2007
I heard them on the other side of the country... and now we share the stage... with Cattle Decapitation!
01 Oct 2007
A huge sense of ego boosting... Master Yeoda's first appearance on U.S. national TV! As the drummer of Indigo Skye in "Girlfriends" on the CW network!
01 Oct 2007
And here we go again... Lightning Swords of Death live at Relax Bar on 5-Oct-2007
15 Sep 2007
Master Yeoda is endorsed by Soultone Cymbals! Showcasing at the next Lightning Swords of Death gig!
11 Sep 2007
And there was the review of the Golden Plague by Decibel! Read it here!
A story of a tour that slayed the west coast of the US... On the showcase channel
18 Aug 2007
Another mile travelled... another milestone covered... HAIL! Dr Yeo! HA HA!
More here on Showcase Channel...
14 Aug 2007
It was an enjoyable gig at San Francisco! The crowd was awesome, and so was the sound. It was truly an amazing and unforgettable night on 7-Aug-2007... Bottom of the Hill...
Here's a ridiculous attempt to boost my ego... a forum about me! HA! Well, there isn't anyone in the right mind who's interested in my gossips in the first place. But I figured I'd set it up nonetheless... for any ideas, comments, whatsoever about anything at all... and of cos to satisfy my sense of vanity, yes, even if it's just imaginary... I've got issues... like everyone else...
12 Aug 2007
With new achievements comes a new abode... one less humble than the one before... So before I pack all my equipment for the shift, here's a new song written... thoughts... with the others already written of cos...
06 Aug 2007
It was an early shoot... but hey! I'm on the set again! ha ha! Let's see... Since this is my planet, may I let my head swell as much as I want it to? May I say I'm a freelance actor??????? I guess I can! Ha!
03 Aug 2007
All the way north, we go...
01 Aug 2007
Heya! Here we go...
28 Jul 2007
Heya! Every summer without fail, I move. And while I was packing up, I found this. Ha! Of cos, I'm using it as another opportunity to exaggerate my adventures. This was a part of a series of adventures during my university days some donkey years ago. I worked as a semi-professional musician, in part to make a living and pay my bills, and in part because of my passion for music. And of cos, it's about the vanity of it. Thanks Jill, for taking that photo for me :-)
25 Jul 2007
Heya! And here's my first shoot for national TV in the US! Alright, I'm going to use my humble abode as my platform for bragging... (oh my name was spelt slightly wrongly... but you get the idea)... Yes, self-centred bragging... This was my dressing room for the "Girlfriends" TV sitcom! More to showcase here!
24 Jul 2007
Heya! And here's yeoda's doctoral regalia!!! I graduated!
Too much of a sense of vanity Dr Yeo~
20 Jul 2007
Heya! How's the force?
Finally... 2 written songs recorded... Chinese pop/rock songs as a part
of my upcoming Chinese demo... They're here and here and here........
and hopefully everywhere soon!
19 Jul 2007
Lightning Swords of Death prepares for the west coast tour...
The path of the deathly gallows opens...
Las Vegas > Mammoth Lakes > San Francisco > Portland >
Seattle > Reno > Los Angeles > San Diego
7 Jul 2007
Lightning Swords of Death heats up in a summer spectecular in Downtown
Los Angeles... It didn't materialise... But the darkness was not far away...
30 Jun 2007
Lightning Swords of Death in Hollywood... The slaying continues...
So let it be written, and let it be done
10 Jun 2007
I've graduated! It was a long and difficult process but it's finally over...
On 18 Aug 2007, I'll take the stage once again on my convocation back at
the drinking town with a college problem... Yes, the tiny little town in
Central PA. But there are so many vivid memories there... enough to
fill up my drawer of unexpired meanings.
Chaos unleashed... The first ever official release from
Lightning Swords of Death is available now! At many places!
Samples available too! In commemoration of the raging brutality...
Leading the army of darkness to conquer the west coast...
and the world... in the works...
18 Mar 2007
In hibernation again... time to re-live the past once again...
big apple live - 2001. this was my old chinese band back
in 2000 in singapore. after which,
i lost my faith in overcoming the plateau of my abilities back then.
i stopped playing for 2 years and got back on track in 2003 with
hammerstroke. those were good times though.
Rocked Hong Kong and Taipei. Returning to homeground Los Angeles... Lightning Swords of Death - Headlining a dark ferocity of 2007...
Zen Sushi on 06-01-2007!
Lightning Swords of Death plays with fellow metal heads on
9 Nov 2006! We slay the west side on this night
30 Sept 2006
Lightning Swords of Death live on 24-09-2006, with special guests -
my parents from my hometown - Singapore! The videos were taken by my mom
06 Sept 2006
Lightning Swords of Death takes the stage on 24 Sept 2006! It'll be a night of black
metal insanity - 3 black metal bands on the same stage! We'll be announcing the upcoming
release of our first album under Paradigms Records ~ 10 tracks of dark blasphemous
metal... Also, my parents will be attending the gig! Click for details! Or email me!
Phlebotomy will make take our much-awaited maiden voyage on memo's birthday...
on 29-Jul-2006. Click for details! Or email me! We will also be flying out to St. Louis
for a possible London bomb blast memorial concert. Check back!
21 Jun 2006
Lightning Swords of Death will be playing at Little Pedros in Los Angeles, on
25th June 2006. This is a follow up gig to our previous gigs at the Vanguard
(on 6-6-6) and Spaceland (on 18th June 2006). Click for details! Or email me!
We also have 2 dates booked in July. Check back!
We are Lightning Swords of Death! We will be playing at the
Vanguard on 6th June 2006. Yes we are playing on the once-in-a-millennium
event. The ancient ones had theirs in 1006. We shall have ours in 2006.
As a follow up from 6-6-6, we are playing again on 18-jun-2006 .
Click for details! Or email me!
