Band Profile:
BARABBASBarabbas started out as a four-piece death/thrash outfit consisting of Chi Jebulan (vocals), Joy and Allan Legason (bass and drums), and Jason Jumawan (guitars) on 2001, playing original compositions and covering Carcass.
Allan left the band at the second half of 2004 to concentrate on his culinary career, and was replaced by Jokar Morales formerly of Eternal Now and D.I.N. Jok's love for ungodly tempo shifts, breakdowns and intricate playing took the band to a new and more mathematically degressive direction.
Jason decided to call it quits September 2005 after setting up a business. Ron Ibanez and Ben Obed were tapped to fill the vacant guitar slot, and the rest of the guys saw this opportune time to make things heavier.
On September 2006 and after five years of unrelenting metal, Barabbas parted ways with lead vocalist Chi Jebulan citing indifferences in what direction should the band pursue and was later replaced by Jayrold Juerzon Tabuzo, the relative newcomer in the band. Jay-r as we call him injected a new agressive voice style giving the band the needed boost to carry on further.
The band was featured at Reverb section of Urge Magazine early 2006, which eventually lead to Barabbas’ being included as regular performers for the magazines’ annual extreme sport & music event The X Series (Urge Tour).
The Barabbas “Primer” CD was released at the later part of 2007, containing 4 songs, 1 music video & 2 live video performances. The cd was given free to people at gigs caught tripping out at the bands’ live sets. Then Leviathan.org, a south American metal webzine interviewed the band, as well as local heavy music bastion Filipinometal.com.
Come November 2007 vocalist Jay R Tabuzo was let go due to the singer’s tardiness and erratic schedules which disrupted the band’s gigs & rehearsals resulting in the cancellation of some playing dates. July 2008 Ron Ibanez left and Jason Jumawan (original guitarist) came back to fill the spot.
Gabs Ramos was tapped to replace Jay R on vocal duties. As of present Barabbas is building up its armory of new songs and gears and is in the process of recording their full length album.
Here are other links you could check out regarding Barabbas:
Interview for Leviathan Magazine
http://www.leviatan-magazine.com/aimfor/pages/barabbas.htmlBarabbas - Permanence
Barabbas - Blindside
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Barabbas - Regicide
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Soundclick Page
http://www.soundclick.com/barabbasContact Details:
Globe: 0915 948 8434
Email:
barabbas_band@yahoo.comYM:
bianxraquel@yahoo.comLet me know if you have any questions. Thank you for the time.
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