Infernal Wrath call it quits

One of India’s finest ever death metal projects, Infernal Wrath from Mumbai, made this announcement on their Facebook page on 4th February 2012: “We are disheartened to announce the discontinuation of the band as everyone in the band has decided to take their own paths in their personal as well as musical life. We thank [...]

Orphaned Land return to our land

  Israeli progressive metal giants Orphaned Land will be playing 2 dates in India in February:   – 5th February at  the Alcheringa Festival at IIT Guwahati, Assam – 7th February at the QBA Club in New Delhi This is yet another example of metal bands returning to play in India, therefore placing our country [...]

Eccentric Pendulum on the bill for SWR MetalFest 2012

Bangalore’s multi-talented progressive metal act Eccentric Pendulum have been confirmed as part of the line-up for the SWR MetalFest in the city of Barroselas, Portugal. The festival runs from 26th to 30th April. The show is headlined by Norwegian black metal heavyweights Immortal and other international giants like Hirax, Candlemass, Gorod and Cerebral Bore. Here’s [...]

Albatross release new single ‘Uncle Sunny at the Tavern’

Mumbai-based heavy metal/horror metal band Albatross released their latest single ‘Uncle Sunny at the Tavern’ on Soundcloud here. The song features the guest voice of one of the new millennium’s finest heavy metal singers, Niklas Stålvind from the Swedish band Wolf. The song will be featured on their upcoming EP ‘The Kissing Flies’, which will [...]

Bevar Sea reveal debut album details

We’ve heard music from the ‘Trendslaughter Sessions’ and also a couple of other live recordings, but Bevar Sea fans don’t have to wait too long for the studio album. The heavy hitting stoner-doom band from Bangalore have just revealed their self-titled debut details. Bevar Sea (approx 40 min) Tracklist: 1. Universal Sleeper 2. Abishtu 3. [...]

Scribe recording new album titled ‘Hail Mogambo’

Hardcore Heavyweights Scribe are currently in the studio to record the follow up to their 2010 critically acclaimed album – ‘Mark of Teja’. The band is currently camped at the home studio of producer Kuber Sharma whose previous releases have been with the likes of Exhumation (Consider This) and Pangea (Snails are When I was [...]

Jack Daniel’s Annual Rock Awards 2011

Despite controversies and being a major subject of debate, the Jack Daniel’s Annual Rock Awards seems to be going strong, with its list of 2011 nominees being announced. Honestly, there seems to be no sense in pitching a band like Pentagram against a band like Eccentric Pendulum, so the whole reason it’s considered “controversial” seems [...]

Skyharbor inks deal with Basick records

 Basick Records has now issued the following statement about inking a deal with the band: “Starting out as a simple bedroom studio project, guitarist Keshav Dhar has seen SKYHARBOR quickly evolve into one of India’s hottest metal prospects, with huge admiration coming in from some of the biggest names in metal worldwide. “An astonishing amount [...]

Rudra to headline Strawberry Fields

Vedic Metal giants Rudra are gonna headline this year’s Strawberry Fields, the annual music festival of National Law School in Bangalore. The Singaporean spearheads will be supported by Bangalore’s very own stoner/doom outfit Bevar Sea. The gig is set to happen on the 27th of November at the NLS campus. And keeping the tradition, Strawberry [...]

Goddess Gagged release music video for the single ‘Sink Or Swim’

Indian progressive/post-hardcore act Goddess Gagged have released the music video for Sink Or Swim the first single from their upcoming album ‘Resurfaces’. The video has been shot and directed by Mrinal B. The video can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAuyBi-QfME Guitarist Devesh Dayal shared his insight on the video “ The video serves mainly as a promotional tool, so [...]

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