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A new GODLESS endeavour

Twin-city-based bone crushers Godless have just released their 1st music video, for the song ‘Oneiros’. The song was part of their hugely successful debut EP Centuries of Decadence, which was recorded with new vocalist Kaushal LS. The band features members from both Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The EP is available for streaming online through all major streaming services, as well as up for sale on their website.

Catch the band live in August when they embark on their massive 6-city India tour supporting Australian death metal technicians PSYCROPTIC and joined by New Delhi-based prog death metal band FRAGARAK.

 

 

BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST to release ‘Artifacts’ EP online

Before the Holocaust, a Chennai-based experimental metal quintet will release their debut EP Artifacts tomorrow, on the 6th of March, via the internet. The EP has been mixed and mastered by one Snehashish Koch.  The tracklisting is as follows:

  1. Mercury
  2. Clockwork Orange
  3. Fossil Bees
  4. Condemnium

The band has posted a teaser for a taste of things to come!

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Karnivool to perform at Saarang- IIT Madras

Keeping up with their tradition of bringing down top notch rock and metal acts every year, IIT Madras recently announced that the 2015 edition of Saarang will be headlined by prog rock/ metal act, Karnivool. This will be Karnivool’s first time in Chennai.

This Australian act has received major critical acclaim for establishing the Australian rock and metal movement. They are considered to be amongst the few in Australia’s rapidly growing music industry to still be bringing new and refreshing material to their catalogue. The five-member band consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass, and Steve Judd on drums.

Tickets are now on sale on Book My Show. To pick up your tickets, CLICK HERE.

Date: 10th Jan 2015
Venue: Open Air Theatre(OAT), IIT Madras, Chennai

Stay tuned for updates as Headbangers India continues its successful association with Saarang for another consecutive year!

Blood & Iron sign global distribution deal with German record label

Bangalore-based heavy/power metal band Blood & Iron are now signed with Pure Steel Records based in Germany. The deal is a worldwide distribution deal and hence their third album ‘Voices of Eternity‘ will now be re-released via this label for distribution across the globe. The album was released last year and features guest performances by Riju Dasgupta (from Albatross) and Middle Eastern artistes Youmni Abu Al-Zahab and Vin Nair. The album featured Australian power metal vocalist Giles Lavery from Dragonsclaw and Warlord. From all of us at Headbangers India, a huge round of congratulations to you all!

Architects to headline IIT Saarang 2014

It’s the return of metalcore at live shows the coming January 2014, as Architects will headline IIT Madras’ festival Saarang 2014, at the ‘Rock Show’.

Though the Brighton boys are primarily a metalcore band, they don’t stick only to that genre, and some of their songs evidently have influences from mathcore and also the punk influenced hardcore. The band is currently on a 100-day tour that will be filmed and released later in the year.

Headbangers India will also be continuing our association with Saarang, and promoting the festival that has been supporting metal for all these years. Right from Opeth to Hammerfall, to Pain of Salvation, Vildhjarta and Anathema, this festival has always made metal more accessible to us, without compromising on the quality of delivery.

Watch this space. Lots more updates to follow!

Check out the promo for the event here:

Heretic release debut album ‘Words to Epilogues’

Chennai-based progressive rock/metal quintet Heretic released their debut effort ‘Words to Epilogues’ on 22nd December 2012. The album features 9 tracks of alternative/progressive metal. The album can be purchased from the OK Listen! website for just Rs 99. The band also recorded a music video for the track ‘Thoughts’. View it right here on Headbangers India! Support the scene!

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Blood & Iron release new album details

Chennai based power metal band Blood & Iron are back! This was a recent update on their official Facebook page:

“Greetings my friends!
There’s a lot to report and here it is:
Our new album – and Blood & Iron’s third will be titled: “Voices Of Eternity”

Artwork duties will be handled than none other than Ishaan Kumar – an artist, an interviewer for Headbangers India and all-around nice guy 🙂

We have finished 7 songs so far and they are:
* Ascendant
* Legion
* Ghost of a Memory
* Path Not Taken
* Burning Bridges
* Eternal Rites
* Your Own Voice

We’re trying a lot of new things on this album. Just to give you an example – “Ghost of a Memory” is structured for 3 singers, Ascendant for 2. I’ll be giving details of the guest musicians who will be featuring in this album, soon, and they are some of the finest India has to offer.

Cheers and Stay Metal
\m/”

For those thirsty for some power metal from India, stay tuned for more updates from this band.

 

Theorized pays tribute to Metallica!

So as you might already know, Metallica is coming to India for the first time in October. And if you want to gear up for the gig and listen to some good old thrash from the days of ‘And Justice for all’ and ‘Ride the Lightning’, here’s a great way to do so!

Presenting The Metallican Tribute by Theorized, for the first time in Chennai and also in Bangalore on the following dates at the following timings:

22nd October – Chennai – ScoreNight, Star Rock (8:30 PM)

27th October – Bengaluru – Hard Rock Cafe Bengaluru (8:30 PM)

Theorized have been around since 2008. and brought out their debut E.P. ‘False Hope Of Tyranny’ in January 2009. It was a raving success in India with more than a thousand copies sold and did quite well in Australia, USA, Canada and Japan even without a record label. They cite Nevermore, Death, Old Monk, Opeth, Exodus, Martyr, Haywards 5000, Meshuggah, Testament as their major influences.

Check out Headbangers India’s review of ‘False Hope of Tyranny’ here.

Theorized is comprised of:

Madhav Ayachit – Vocals
Ankit Suryakanth – Guitars
Sandeep Prasad – Guitars
Sankalp Narayanan- Bass
Yash Kumar – Drums
Club rules apply, so though it’s a metal gig, please wear shoes!

For the ScoreNight (Chennai) gig, all Pragash (+91 9500012975) for passes or book your tickets online at- http://tickets.highonscore.com/metallica

Check the Facebook event page for details.

Join the fan page to keep yourself up to date!

Don’t miss this… Theorized is really going to seek and destroy!

JRO 2010

JRO“The beast has been awakened. It’s ready to roar again!”

That’s the tagline of JRO- June Rock Out (which doesn’t always happen in June though). The rock festival is back for its 2010 version, and is now calling out for entries! 1450