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UNDYING INC – Evilution Of A Manimal
What would you do it someone told you that you have just 10 minutes left to live? You’d do what any Indian metalhead…
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WORKSHOP – Khooni Murga
Have you ever worried that you are the only idiot who still wanks to screen nudity? Have you ever felt the sudden urge…
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Splattered Mermaids – Stench Of Flesh
The word that precedes Death Metal in the genre qualifies for a one-word description of this album – brutal. Yes, when you read…
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BLOOD AND IRON – Blood And Iron
India has had a host of metal bands from various genres ever since Millennium decided to go decadent in an age of flower-power…
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Lazarus AD – The Onslaught
After listening to metal after a long period, one gets tempted to find some new bands to update their iPod. Then, one mostly…
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Motherjane – Maktub
When this Cochin based band took their first steps to their paths to glory, it was 1996 and it was the first band…
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Soundgeist – The Fine Line Between
Let me start my restating that this band is a progressive metal band. Readers who have read my reviews in the past few…
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Eccentric Pendulum – The Sculptor Of Negative Emotions
Imagine a magic potion with a blend of elements of different genres, unpredictable time signatures, volatility and servings of extreme experimentation. The result-…
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MASTODON – Crack The Skye
Fire. Water. Earth. Air. Atlanta based progressive metal band Mastodon have finally completed their cycle of albums connected to the elements with their…
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Myndsnare – Conditioned Human
They’ve always been one of the more popular metal bands around, whether in their hometown of Bangalore or in India. Whether it’s the…
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Queensryche – American Soldier
To be brutally honest, the expectations for this album weren’t very high. But, the band managed to incorporate their conventional knowledge on a…
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DEMONIC RESURRECTION – A Darkness Descends
A cymbal sounds, the resonance only to be cut short by a haunting set of chimes played against a dark, orchestral atmosphere. The…
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Ayat – Six Years of Dormant Hatred (2008)
I root for this genre – Black Metal. It is unmistakably the most extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It carries a very unconventional…
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Lamb Of God – Wrath
February 24th was an important day in my life. Other Lamb of God fans will understand how major an event the release of…
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Cannibal Corpse – Evisceration Plague
Eleven albums and they still haven’t lost their focus. Read on.. Ever since this band, the deans, the pioneers of death metal started…
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Amartia – Delicately
It has been long time ever since I heard this band. Their first album, Maïeutics was good. Having said that, most debut albums…
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Kryptos – The Ark Of Gemini
March Metal Mania, 2007. I remember getting a little visiting card with ‘The Ark of Gemini’ on it, which sparked off a buzz…
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Brute Force – Force Fed
Introducing you to the new breed of angry young men. No, they don’t fight thugs and swirl them in the air. Instead, they…