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Capital Metal: The Story of Delhi Metal Scene
As the name suggests, this is a documentary on the heavy metal scene of New Delhi, from its humble beginnings to where it…
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Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier
So Iron Maiden came out with a new album some weeks ago, and there was an undeniable excitement among fans, and somewhat of…
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Albatross – Dinner Is You (2010)
Here is Mumbai based Horror Metal band Albatross’s first release. When I heard the term Horror Metal I assumed it would contain brutality…
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Theorized – False Hope Of Tyranny (EP)
The Indian scene has spawned a number of thrash clones in the past few years, so it is refreshing to see the Bangalore…
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CRYPTED – Equilibrium
From the crop of young metal bands bursting into the scene comes Crypted. The 5 piece Chennai based technical death metal band recently…
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Divine Heresy – Bringer Of Plagues
Divine heresy is a divine concoction of metal’s virtuosos in one troop of absolute obliteration. From fear factory to vital remains to all…
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Rat King – The Plague Of Hamelin
Black metal started off as a somewhat localized phenomenon. There was Norwegian black metal, there was Swedish black metal and a plethora of…
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In Heaven’s Eyes – Salvation
Christian metal has always been a topic of massive debate. Whether it is the idea of spreading a message that’s religious and positive…
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PROFANER – Signs Of Nine
2010 seems to be the year for the revival of thrash metal. We’ve been seeing a rise in some solid thrash metal albums…
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Zygnema – Born of Unity (2010)
My first taste of Zygnema was at Hammerfest held over a month ago, not live, but after buying their CD and listening at…
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Documentary review: Until the Light Takes Us (2009)
Probably the most controversial film on the most controversial genre of music ever.
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CHRONIC XORN – Death Destruction Sermon
This review is a first of sorts for Headbangers India. This is the first time a metal band from Kolkata has had their…
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Sledge – Vanquish
Sledge is a death/thrash metal outfit from Hyderabad, and this is their debut album Vanquish. I casually heard this album a few times…
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Scribe – Mark of Teja
Behold…the quantum physics of Indian metal, an album exhibiting a fuzzy, mind-warping duality between being a pinnacle of post-hardcore and being a well-produced…
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NEVERMORE – The Obsidian Conspiracy
Brutality in music can never be likened to physical brutality. The former does not possess the same tools as required for the latter…
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Cynic – Re-Traced
American progressive metal band Cynic brought out their EP titled Re-Traced in May 2010. This would be Cynic’s attempt at experimenting with sounds…
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Blind Image – More Than Human(2008)
Blind Image from Chennai is a groove/experimental/thrash/contemporary metal(or so they claim on the myspace page) outfit. They released Psychobabble in 2005, and this…
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Exodus – Exhibit B: The Human Condition
25 years of Exodus and we’re still Bonded by Blood, bang you head as if up from the dead, intense metal is all…