Biography

Cleave is a five-piece LIVE band based out of the capital city of Manipur, Imphal. In its literary sense, the word ‘cleave’ means to split something into two, but the band has somewhat personalized it by defining it as ‘to crush the evil power by a good or divine power’. By evil, they refer to the chaos that is happening in the society. They call themselves an original band with their own genre – ‘Progressive seclusion metal’. ‘Seclusion’ is something they hold dear to themselves and they express their thoughts through melodic harmonies to their fans. Cleave believes in fan-power and hard work, without which they are nothing. Their focus of songwriting ranges from historical facts, social matters, HIV-AIDS, and fantasies. Their motto is – ‘Of the rock, for the rock, and by the rock’. And they want ‘Metalcrazy, not Democracy.’ Band Members: Alex – Guitars Braja – Bass Bipin – Guitars Khunjaoba (Thoi) – Drums Tyki – Keyboard