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Trend Slaughter Fest

Trend Slaughter Fest is an extreme metal event organized by Cyclopean Eye Productions, a new extreme metal venture in association with The Undergrind and Gigbox. This six hour-long event brings together a tight line up of 6 extreme metal acts, and is headlined by Orator, an old school death metal band from Bangladesh.
The band line up consists of
Orator – Old School Death Metal (Bangladesh)
Gorified – Gore Grind (Bangalore)
Dying Embrace – Doom Death (Bangalore)
Warhorse Chained – Brutal Deatl (Kerala)
Culminant – Old School Death/Thrash
Bevar Sea – Stoner Doom
The fest is set to take place in the renowned Kyra Theatre in Bangalore on the 20th of March, 2011.
Entry fee – Rs.300.
The event is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.
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Aggression Tales sign up with Six Inch Nails


Brazilian death/thrash metal band Aggression Tales have signed up with Six Inch Nails Records to release their 2nd studio album titled ‘Random Acts of Physical Disgust’ which will release in March 2011 (release date TBA)

Urvesh of Six Inch Nails Records comments: “Aggression Tales is a powerful and a strong combo of musicians that believe in keeping it heavy. Not only they are a local favorite, but they have also won many ears from around the world. I see great potential in Aggression Tales and Random Acts of Physical Disgust is going to be one of the best albums from Brazil this year”

TRACKLIST:

1. Lies Against Relief
2. Feed My Monster
3. All the Victims
4. Confined
5. Damage of Defacement
6. Black Heart
7. Pathetic Greed
8. Bankruptcy
9. Damned Soul of a Dying Spirit
10. War Porn Primetime

Here is the official music video for the song Feed My Monster, released as a promo.
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The album can be pre ordered on www.sixinchnailsrecords.com

Sounds of Underground 2011

SOG is an underground fest aimed at promoting pure unadulterated underground music. A first time one of it’s kind fest in Kerala,this surely promises to open doors to new avenues,bringing to light extremely talented bands like Warhorse Chained and Decaying Humanity. The list of bands for the fest is as follows:

Gorified
Anorectal Ulceration
Culminant
Atmosfear
Spiked Crib
Warhorse Chained
Decaying Humanity

Venue – Purple Lounge,Hotel Safari,Trivandrum.

Entry – Rs. 100 (only!) for such a kickass lineup. Be there to witness the massacre!

Here’s the promo
Sounds of Underground Promo

Gig Review: Dark Tranquility and the Damage Done at Hyderabad

Swedish melodic death legends Dark Tranquility’s gig was much awaited by many. The gig, held at BITS Pilani in Hyderabad looked to attract a lot of crowd, which it actually did, though most of them comprised of the same college. The gig however was plagued with the usual problems resultant of bad organising, delay in the start, a mediocre stage and lighting, the lighting was an exception for DT of course. And the venue itself was in the middle of a field with the sound echoing off the neighboring buildings. The lighting for the opening bands was quite a disaster, reminding one of a flamboyant wedding reception where the target is to blind the visitors.

Kryptos, the highlight of the opening bands were somewhat of a disappointment. Firstly missing their lead guitarist Rohit, who was replaced by Inner Sanctum’s Rajeev, who did his best to do a good job, but the sound just wasn’t right, the guitar tones not matching. Playing a lot of tracks from Spiral Ascent, they seemed to lack their usual energy and flair. Heck I’ve seen Kryptos at their best, this clearly wasn’t it, despite opening for the legendary DT. But the much awaited headlining band took stage at about ten thirty, and made an impact of epic proportions. Mikael Stanne was greeted by a loud roar as he took the stage. With perfect sound they seemed to unleash all the fury of Gothenburg they carry. They played a good mixture of old and new, which included Dream Oblivion, I am the Void, Misery’s Crown, Damage Done, Wonders At Your Feet, Lost to Apathy, Monochromatic Stains, Therein, Terminus, Icipher, Punish My Heaven and a few more. This along with Stanne speaking his heart out to the crowd, grateful for the lovely reception and expressing their desire to come back and play again, made for a memorable night. Add to this a crowded back stage where fans and others gathered to take pictures and get stuff signed by the band. Stanne was quite a celebrity here, surrounded by cameras and people holding out sheets and markers, whilst Niklas and the others were scattered, giving room for a lucky few to actually engage them in conversation.

A brilliant night on the whole and being a Bangalorean I would sincerely hope they would pay us a visit and make death come alive for us again. But let’s hope that the trend of Swedish bands coming down continues, huh? Can never really get enough of them. Long live Dark Tranquility! Cheers.

Vinit Bharucha announces departure from Bhayanak Maut

Bassist for Bhayanak Maut- Vinit Bharucha, has just announced via the band’s official Facebook fan page, that he will be quitting the band.
He stated- “It is with a heavy heart that I announce that I’m no longer part of Bhayanak Maut. I have spent the best 6 years of my life with the band and I love each of them, but sadly I am unable to give them the dedication they deserve. They will remain my close friends and confidants. I am absolutely sure that they will thrive irrespective. Guys, please kick ass and do me proud. You know I mean it.“

Yonsample wins Decibels 2011

Kolkata prog/djent outfit Yonsample have been announced winners of Decibels 2011, the western band competition at IIT Madras. Judged by none other than the Pain of Salvation band members (and up against bands like Off The Record, Goddess Gagged, Heretic etc) we’d like to congratulate Yonsample along with everyone else. Keep it up guys!

Exhumation album all set to release on 7 March

Indian death metal band EXHUMATION will release its second album,“Consider This”, on March 7, matching the release date of Burzum’s ‘Fallen’. The CD will be released as a free download on the group’s ReverbNation page and will contain eight tracks. The band has also inked a deal with retail store CDRack.in to release a limited edition of the album on CD for fans who would like to own a physical copy. The CDs will be limited to 200 copies and will be hand-numbered. The artwork was created by guitarist Prashant Shah, who has handled all of the band’s previous artwork as well as art for bands like SCRIBE and DEMONIC RESURRECTION.

01. All That Is
02. Blood-Drenched Flags
03. Black Plague
04. Worship Thyself
05. Consider This
06. Hell Forbid
07. Absolute Power Now
08. Alpha Omega

Commented Shah: “‘Consider This’ is about choice — you have two paths, there are external forces from each paths that are trying for you to consider them. Artwork-wise I deviated from the actual lyrical story which is about the darker side of the universe is trying to convince man by giving him valid reasons to consider it over the other side of the universe, and the man chooses the darker side. My interpretation is the opposite, where the brighter side is trying to convince man and prevails. The lyrical content and artwork are choices as well.”

Fans can currently pre-order the album from here.

The Demonstealer to cook a meal for fans!

Demonstealer Records has announced a new and innovative contest for fans who support and buy original music called “The Demon’s Dinner Party”. All fans who purchase music and merchandise through the month of Feb from the DSR OFFER section of the online retail store CDRack.in or the “Monday Specials” on the DSR Facebook page stand a chance to win an invite to the party.
What makes the party different is that the Demonstealer will cook dinner for the winners of the contest who will get to pick a member of their favourite DSR band (Demonic Resurrection, Albatross, Devoid & Workshop) to join them for dinner. Winners will also get to select what dish they want to eat from the Demonstealer’s cooking blog on Facebook.
“I’ve been posting recipes and photos of my food online for almost 2 years now and I’ve always had fans saying ‘open a restaurant’ or ‘let us taste your food’. So I figured this would be a great chance for fans to not only get to eat some of the food they’ve been seeing but also interact with their fav metal musicians. “ says Demonstealer.
Details on the entire contest can be found here.

Skrypt launching T shirt


Hyderabad based band Skrypt will be launching their T shirts at Metaclysm, in Pune, on the 28th of January. Following this they will be heading over to Mumbai and will be playing at B69 on the 30th of Jan. CDs of their EP Discord and their T shirts will be available there. Gig details will be up soon.

People wanting the T shirts can contact the band directly at skryptindia@gmail.com. The band have a cash on delivery system for people in cities other than Mumbai and Hyderabad so people can order them easier.

Dark Tranquillity playing at BITS Hyderabad

It seems like every engineering college in India wants a major metal band to perform at their respective cultural festivals. Following in the footsteps of the IITs and VIT, BITS Hyderabad have gotten melodic death metal giants Dark Tranquillity for their festival. They’ll be supported by Bangalore’s beloved Kryptos and a Swedish thrash/death band called Degradead.

The show is on February 12, so whoever can make it, do so. More information about the passes etc on http://bits-pearl.org/