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History :
In 1994, they created some of songs and they tried to record with minimum budget. They released in a demo with a title “DEMO FROM NO WHERE” it contain of 8 songs. They released they demo in a cassette, this cassette just released in limited edition because they budget limited too. The only place which sold their cassette was “REVERSE OUTFITS” was a Richard Mutter’s store (ex Drummer of PAS Band). In 1996, there was a man who named Budi Soesatio a producer of “Project Q Label” he was interesting to released koil’s album. In September 1996 they released they First full album with a title “KOIL”, the material of this album take by single from “Demo From Nowhere”.
This album receive positively by Indonesian people actually rock lovers, because their music and lyric considered as a new era of Indonesian rock. Their lyric expressed about the empty heart, darkness, and the empty of love which write in verses with Indonesian language, at that time lyrics like koil’s song was seldom which write in it.
After they out from “Project Q,” Koil released a single “Kesepian ini Abadi” under Apocalypse Record. A label which established by Otong (Koil) dan Adam (Kubik). They work sell independently in underground store in every town. After they released this album, KOIL became famous like before, they received many of concert request. Koil also tried to make a new fashion in their performance, such as they used black clothes, used high boots, and full of metal accessories it made that KOIL was different with other band.
In February 2001, they released their 2nd Album “Megaloblast” under Apocalypse Record. This album contain of 10 songs. This album only sold in underground distro in Jakarta and Bandung, it sold about 15.000 copy it’s fantastic number for the album which sold like that. They create video clip of “Mendekati Surga” it means to increase the number of album selling. In MTV the clip of “Mendekati Surga” received positive respons, the number of request is more than request of LinkinPark’s clip.
In October 2003, Alfa Record interested to rereleased “Megaloblast” and this Album distributed to all region in Indonesia. Finally, in December 2003 “Megaloblast” rereleased successfully and they added 2 new songs in this Album. Koil got the attention from “Times Asia Magazine”, they called that Koil as an Indonesian rock band in the future.
In the middle of 2005 in June, Koil released 2 new singles “Hiburan Ringan Part 1 dan Hiburan Ringan Part II”. This single is a part of soundtrack horror film “12:00 AM.” The last album of koil is “BLACKLIGHTSHINESON” with the single “Kenyataan dalam dunia fantasi” it released in 2008.
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