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 [...]

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 [...]

Shreyas Kamath quits Abandoned Agony

Shreyas Kamath,long time drummer of Bangalore based brutal death outfit Abandoned Agony has quit the band due to inexplicable reasons. The 3 piece band who have been around since 2005 have been involved in several controversies of late and this news is no surprise to anyone who has been following the band. Shreyas made a [...]

Metallica live at ‘Rock in India’ : A review

Many of us had waited for this to happen for many, many years. And it finally did. Now, I sit to write this review with a sore neck and a missing voice, and every few minutes, I need to shake myself into believing that the dream did come true, and how! The Gurgaon fiasco was [...]

Bangalore: Make it a Happy Ending on These Dark Sets

We know what happened in Gurgaon. I was not there but my now heartbroken, betrayed friends were. The country has waited 30 years to see Metallica live. DNA screwed it up. More importantly, the vandals screwed it up further. I know Bangaloreans all over the internet are saying such an outcome would not happen in [...]

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