The man because of whom Headbangers India was inspired. The man who started the idea of uniting Indian metal fans and bands under one umbrella on the internet, the man behind IndianRockMP3, Santhosh Lobo, is dead. He had been battling rectal cancer for a long time. He will always be[...]
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Delhi’s progressive metal/djent band Skyharbor will be joining Tesseract during the Russian leg of the band’s ‘Altered State’ tour. Also accompanying them will be Monuments, who played in India earlier this year. This would not be the first time Tesseract and Skyharbor have shared the stage together though, being slated[...]
Bangalore thrash metallers Threinody, who recently made a massive comeback at Evilution, have just released a music video for their single “Existential Schism”. Though the track by itself isn’t very new, and previously featured on their E.P. ‘Trimetallicthreinonide‘, the video footage seems to be more recent. It has been filmed at[...]
It suddenly seems to be gig season in Bangalore, with four continuous weeks of metal gigs happening in and around the city. The latest of these was the much awaited Evilution. The USP of this gig was that it was the comeback show for many older Bangalore bands- Threinody, Neolithic[...]
Thrash titans Slayer have just announced that their previous drummer, Paul Bostaph has re-joined the band, full-time. This means that Dave Lombardo has been asked to leave the band for good just a week after they paid tribute to Jeff Hanneman at a memorial. The band has released this statement on their[...]
It’s been a while since Bangalore saw a gig with a line-up as diverse as what we got in Sonic Doom. This happened at Ion Bar and Kitchen (the new metal venue in the city) on Sunday, 26th May. Apart from the variety of genres among those performing, there was[...]
Mumbai’s horror metal quintet Albatross announced the ‘Wings Down Under Australian Tour 2013′, a tour that sees the band play in 3 different cities across Australia in October. This tour will be in support of their latest split EP ‘The Kissing Flies’ and will be made available at all 3[...]
You’d surely remember Skrypt- the five piece band that formed in 2006, and based out of Hyderabad, India. The band is no longer active, but has just uploaded their entire EP, titled ‘Discord’ for free download. You can download your copy here. ‘Discord’ was released in 2010 and since the[...]
Blind Image has just announced that they will be playing at the Metal Asylum Festival in Dubai sometime this November 2013. Following their SE asia tour 2012 , Blind Image is now in the studio working on their upcoming third album which is expected to release by mid 2013. The[...]
The aptly-named Iron Fist Records have now released the much awaited Motorhead India tribute album, featuring 12 ear-splitting covers spanning various genres of metal from bands of different backgrounds. The album can be streamed in its entirety on Bandcamp, where you can also order a special edition bundle with a[...]