The Stalemate Factor - Symphonic Prog (Malaysia)

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Martin Vengadesan & The Stalemate Factor is a Malaysian rock band that has released four albums in the folk-rock, progressive rock and psychedelic rock genres. The band is also noted for the strong left-wing political stance of its lyrics.

In 2018, the first Stalemate Factor album The Queen’s Gambit was released. The core band was Vengadesan on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and keyboards alongside drummer Andrew Sagayam and bass player Hisham Zulkifli.

Its music is largely folk-based with compositions that tend to be about personal tales.

The second album The Bishop’s Sacrifice came out in 2019. It contained some hard rock with songs that are largely about politics, philosophy or religion. It is notable for the 23-minute long progressive rock epic The Battle Of Emerald Skye.

The main band was Vengadesan on vocals/bass/keyboards, Joshua Rayan on electric guitar and Sagayam on drums.

During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, Vengadesan recorded the psychedelic third album The Knight’s Flight with the help of N Rama Lohan (guitars/vocals), Edward Gomez (bass/vocals), Sagayam (drums) and Joanne Timbuong (backing vocals).

The fourth Stalemate Factor album, titled The Rook’s Siege, came out in May 2023. It featured the sympohonic prog song The Horizon Myth which showed the influences of Traffic, Rush and King Crimson. The core band included Vengadesan, guitarist Wong Lip Kee and producer Ashwin Gobinath on drums.

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