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Mortar – Ground Zero
It’s been a hell of a long time since a good thrash band surfaced the Indian soil. The last shreds of it was…
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Devoid – The Invasion
The first sign of a good album is when you realize you’ve been listening to it on loop since the time you laid…
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Xector – Beyond Oblivion
Remember Spitfire? They are back, but in a new and improved avatar. This time, they call themselves Xector. It might have taken them…
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Limit Zero – Gravestone Constellations
Progressive metal tending towards djent is best experienced on decent headphones, the lack of which has led to a weeklong postponement of this…
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Eryn Non Dae. – Meliora
Intentionally or not, I’ve been reviewing and listening to a lot of French metal. This year has been particularly prolific for the French…
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Devious – Wolfhagen
I try my best to meet deadlines. I really do. But the fact that this has dragged on from Sunday to Friday is…
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ASSAULT- The Exceptions of the Rebellions
Assault are a rising melodic death metal outfit from Singapore featuring Clarence Chong on vocals, Hanesh and Yuda on guitars, Syas on bass…
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Solar Deity – The Darkness Of Being
This is a pre-release review, but barely. The album is out for free download/stream on bandcamp tomorrow, just like everything else by this…
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WOLF’S LAIR – Wolf’s Lair
In the recent past, traditional forms of metal have become a resurgent breed of heavy metal in India and Wolf’s Lair’s debut EP…
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Agnostic – Morbid Embracement
The north-east have always given us some really good bands. They do things their own way and are really good at it. The…
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1833 A.D. – My Dark Symphony
Black metal has always been a hit-and-miss culture in India. After seeing tonnes of bands more focussed on painting faces rather than making…
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Deathspell Omega – Drought(EP)
Deathspell Omega, as a band, are either very scared, or very confident. They’ve reached a point in black metal where it’s the easiest…
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Unholy Ritual – Rex Mundi
Symphonic black metal is a thorny sub genre. One can choose to approach it in a variety of ways, but to furnish a…
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CARACH ANGREN – Where the Corpses Sink Forever
Symphonic metal is now a thriving genre, existing in the form of symphonies intertwined with everything from power metal to death metal. Within…
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HEATHEN BEAST – The Drowning of the Elephant God EP
Controversy is back in black (metal)! And how! Mumbai’s heathen trio of Carvaka, Mimamsa and Samakhya return with a new EP, a renewed…
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Meshuggah – Koloss
Every few years evolution in metal leaps forward, surpassing conventions, some remaining true to their roots while some others drifting off into uncharted…
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BULLET STORM – ‘The Shadow of Mine’ single
Having homegrown musical influences in one’s music is always a great advantage for a band that comes from a culturally rich country like…
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Solar Deity – In The Name Of Satan
Traditional/raw black metal has traditionally been about channelizing your anger/discontent through your instrument. Different bands embraced different issues- some personal and some slightly…