Infinite Redemption- Face of Disaster EP

Thinking. An activity everyone does by default but something metal bands of today give little time to. A well thought-out idea results in a well-executed style of music. It is definitely a lot easier said than done and cracking it in your first attempt is a tough ask but Mumbai’s Infinite Redemption seem to have [...]

Dark Helm – Persepolis

I was reading about Dark Helm on their facebook page – ‘The sound of Dark Helm is the musicalisation of the journey of an ancient warrior through the sands of Persia and his quest to defend his throne, by bending time and cheating death.’, which in other words meant that they’d sing about Prince of [...]

Vildhjarta – Måsstaden

Vildhjarta. Not just a band, but a force of nature. Not just musicians, but quality composers. Not just an album, but a journey. Starts with an acoustic intro to ‘Shadow’, which soon breaks into a sequence of intense riffs that are perfect continuations in chronological order. It’s like hearing a master storyteller narrate an epic. [...]

Blut Aus Nord – 777 – The Desanctification(2011)

How often do you see metal bands put out two back to back releases, each as good as the best release they’d put out till then, or even better, and that too within twelve months of each other? Rarely, I’d guess, for such a thing is exceedingly uncommon. But then, Blut Aus Nord is a [...]

Goddess Gagged – Resurfaces(2011)

Goddess Gagged are a young band(age-wise), and yet they’ve been around for quite some time now, making their presence felt last year as Mood Indigo finalists, where I saw them live for the first time, and was duly impressed by their live performance. So when I heard that they were about to release an album, [...]

Immolation – Providence (EP)

Immolation are a band that never disappoint. And when I say never I mean never. Since the dawn of possession (pun intended) they have been at the forefront of innovation, delivering pure unadulterated death metal, for 25 years now. Providence is the follow up to their 2010 album Majesty and Decay, an album with which [...]

Vader- Welcome to the Morbid Reich

20 years ago when death metal was a very new concept, almost any album worked. All it needed was guttural vocals, furious low-tuned pentatonic rhythms and blast beats. It was musical brutality at its visceral best for that age. Now however, bands that try only that bookish formula end up with stale music. However, there [...]

Opeth – Heritage(2011)

Opeth, a name that has firmly established itself as a band that isn’t afraid to experiment, though till date they’ve still played it pretty close to the chest, as the death metal influences have been on the more prominent side, and even albums like Damnation have had a sound that is integrated nicely into the [...]

Eccentric Pendulum – Winding The Optics

Eccentric Pendulum are a band that have been in the news of late. Especially after their recent trip to Wacken in Germany. Here is a band that have a played a lot of shows and made themselves very well known both inside and outside of India. They released their debut EP The Sculptor of Negative [...]

Decapitated – Carnival Is Forever(2011)

Decapitated is a band that, no matter what it does wrong, has secured for itself a place amongst the pioneers of innovative and crushing death metal. Which basically leaves them free to experiment. And if a band choses to experiment instead of playing it safe, I for one am all for it. With Vitek’s regrettable [...]

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