The 51st Grammy Awards were held on Sunday, February 8th, at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles. Among the awards that really concern us, Metallica was honoured with a Grammy for ‘Best Metal Performance’ for the track ‘My Apocalypse’ from their latest release, ‘Death Magnetic’. But really, who gives a[…]
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Florida based metal band Trivium have just announced Nick Augusto as their new permanent drummer. Augusto was introduced to Trivium fans when he filled in in the band’s “Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour” trek. He is now stepping in to permanently replace the departing Travis Smith.
Read More »As I Lay Dying have announced the title of their upcoming, fifth full-length album as ‘The Powerless Rise’. The band is currently finishing up recording of ‘The Powerless Rise’ in San Diego with producer Adam D. of Killswitch Engage fame. Fans can expect this new album to be released in[…]
Read More »Theorized is no new name to metalheads from namma Bengaluru. But to headbangers elsewhere in the country, here’s introducing to you one of this city’s more popular thrash metal bands- Theorized. They have been around in the performing circuit for quite a while, and have just brought out their EP,[…]
Read More »This 2009, IIT’s ‘Saarang’ proved itself to be much more than a mere college fest. Thanks to Opeth, a lot of us made the campus our temporary home for that weekend in January. And what a weekend it was! The semi-pro bands competed in ‘Decibels’, which was held on the[…]
Read More »You surely must have heard of ‘Campus Rock Idols,’ the band competition at the college level. It’s blessed with the biggest of sponsors and not particularly the best of bands. Well, I attended one of the city finals of CRI and I am pissed off.
Read More »It was on the 25th of January 2009 when Chennai witnessed one of the biggest metal bands in the world descend upon IIT Chennai in its annual fest titled Saarang. Firstly, a big kudos to the organizers who delivered what they had promised – Opeth.
Read More »For many aspiring as well as veteran musicians the opening of Furtados in Bangalore will no doubt be a reason for excitement and in the long run could prove to be a shot in the arm for the rapidly expanding music scene in the city. With a fantastic array of[…]
Read More »Just about a week before the actual concert, Opeth tickets are going on sale. Priced at Rs.500 and Rs.1000, they will be available online here. Joining the Swedish troupe on stage will be Demonic Resurrection from Mumbai and Motherjane from Banglalore/Kerala (this will be before the concert, of course).
Read More »Eccentric Pendulum, the newest kids in the headbangers’ block came together in late 2008. These kids (well…not really)…(actually, they aren’t ‘new’ either) got together in a sort of experimental madness to conjure up some avant-garde progressive metal. Drummer Vibhas who also plays drums for Spitfire, Ashish who plays guitars for[…]
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