Alas! Behemoth is upon India…
After a forgettable debacle involving the cancellation of the Indian Music Conference (2nd time in a row), Polish black mass meisters Behemoth have decided to give a second shot at playing on Indian...
View ArticleKRYPTOS release brand new music video and reveal new album details
Literally, a metal fist in the air as the album cover. That’s how little of a doubt Bangalore‘s KRYPTOS want to leave regarding what their 4th full-length album Burn up the Night is going to be all...
View ArticleKRYPTOS – Burn Up The Night
This is was used to be hard. I rarely listen to Heavy Metal or Old School Heavy True Metal, whatever they want to call it. I enjoy the odd Iron Maiden or Judas Priest song, but I cannot bring myself...
View ArticleRUDRA release new single from upcoming album
Singaporean pioneers of Vedic Metal Rudra have released a new single and unleashed the artwork for their eighth studio album – Enemy of Duality. Post the success of the ‘Brahmavidya’ trilogy, the band...
View ArticleGOJIRA – Magma
For years now, bands have been experimenting with their sounds. Opeth has been doing it for ages now and seem to have settled on being more mellow and head out of the Death Metal shell they were in....
View ArticleDavid DiSanto (Vektor)
Plunging far into the depths of deep space, Vektor’s highly complex technical metal has now taken on concept form, relating the story of a rise to power within the dominant Cygnus Regime and the...
View ArticleCORPORAL SHRED – Dressed In Blood
The Rhine-Ruhr region in Germany is quite well known for the plethora of metal bands that it spews out quite regularly. Most famous amongst them, of course, being two of the Big Teutonic 4, namely...
View ArticleTRUCKFIGHTERS – V
Interesting album, this. Fans of Desert Rock, rejoice! Released two years after Universe, the fifth Truckfighters instalment is different in their own way. 7 songs but with no song shorter than 6...
View ArticleSeptic Progression V
Septic Progression returns for edition no. 5 on September 11th! Bands: Godless (Hyderabad) Eccentric Pendulum (Bengaluru) Escher’s Knot (Chennai) Entry: ₹300 Cover: ₹200
View ArticleRoots
Roots, according to the organisers, is “the revival of the specially curated gigs we’ve been bringing to the suburbs and bylanes of Mumbai for years“. BAJAAO Entertainment and antiSOCIAL hope to make...
View ArticleHRC Metal Nights – New Blood
Bands: Midhaven (Mumbai) Carnage Inc. (Mumbai) Wrath (Mumbai) Dead Exaltation (Pune) Entry: ₹500 (Full Cover)
View ArticleDeccan Rock – The Fourth Edition
Bands: Behemoth (Poland, Black/Death Metal) Meta-stasis (UK, Extreme/Technical Metal) Inner Sanctum (Bangalore, Death/Thrash Metal) Primitiv (Mumbai, Death Metal) Godless (Hyderabad) Dark Helm (Pune)...
View ArticleGutslit announce new vocalist
Brutal Death metal band from Mumbai – Gutslit, has just announced that Kaushal L.S. (Orchid; Godless; Ironic Reversal) will be taking over vocal duties from Aditya Barve. The band had been auditioning...
View ArticleTribute to the Beast IV
Vincent “The Beast” Pereira was the mercurial bass player of Hindi Metal band Prakalp, who were featured in the international documentary ‘Global Metal’. Vince displayed his powerhouse talents in...
View ArticleBonded by Blood- Edition 2
From the creators of Twisted Metal Fest, Bonded By Blood – Edition 2 feat. Headliners: Chaos Inner Sanctum Supporting Act : Gothmiq Venue : Indigo Live – Music Bar Entry : Rs. 500/-(incl. Rs. 200/-...
View ArticleLIQUID STEEL – Midnight Chaser
I first came across Liquid Steel a few years back at a small club in Austria, opening for sleaze/glam rockers Kissin’ Dynamite and was quite impressed with what I heard. Their debut offering ‘Fire In...
View ArticleWhen Cannons Fade…..
Last year on the 14th of September, the death metal world unexpectedly lost one of the greatest drummers it has ever seen, at the young age of 38. Martin “Kiddie” Kearns, drummer extraordinaire at Bolt...
View ArticleGhost releases new single from their EP ‘Popestar’
Papa Emeritus II and his masked nameless ghouls are back with a brand new track called “Square Hammer” from their new EP ‘Popestar’. The song is an “infectious little beast”, as a reviewer had rightly...
View ArticleReview: Wacken Open Air 2016
Every year metalheads from all over the world travel to the Holy Land of Wacken. This year was the 27th edition of the world’s biggest heavy metal festival and like its slogan said, RAIN OR SHINE....
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