Liquid Fire Events, an event management company based out of Chennai is hosting an open-air gig at YMCA Nandanam on Sunday, the 29th of July. During their previous venture in June 2011 they managed an open air gig event with quite a few Indian Rock Bands, including some of Chennai’s[…]
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Jon Lord, best known as the legendary keyboard player of the infamous Deep Purple suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism and after months of battling pancreatic cancer finally decided to rest in peace. Also known for his Orchestral work Concerto for Group & Orchestra first performed at Royal Albert Hall with Deep Purple and the Royal[…]
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Mumbai based self styled ‘atheistic black metal’ act Heathen Beast have uploaded a video for their song “Contaminating The Ganges” on their youtube channel. A brutally real video aimed at addressing a brutally real problem, be sure to check it out, along with the lyrics posted underneath. Video by Akash[…]
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Bangalore based thrash/progressive metal band Theorized are a last minute entry to Bangalore Open Air festival happening on June 16th, this Saturday. The band is the last on the list that boasts of names like Kryptos, Dying Embrace, Bevar Sea, Albatross and 1833 A.D. Be there to witness the Metal[…]
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Bay-area thrash legends Testament have revealed more details about their upcoming full-length titled Dark Roots Of Earth, including the album cover, tracklist and release date. The artwork was created by Eliran Kantor, who has worked with such bands as Sodom, Atheist, Sigh. Dark Roots Of Earth was produced, mixed and mastered once again by Andy Sneap (Arch[…]
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The nods to the old school seems to have been on a rise in India thanks to new releases by Albatross and Kryptos, but now another great quintet has ‘risen from the ashes’ of past bands such as Zephyr and Apollonian Quest, bringing you Hellwind. The band’s line-up is as[…]
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Mumbai-based black metal band Heathen Beast have released the name and cover artwork of their latest EP, the follow-up to 2010’s ‘Ayodhya Burns’. Titled as ‘The Drowning of the Elephant God’, the cover is exactly that: a photo of the annual immersion ritual of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh. The[…]
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Nokia brings to us another major music festival that will give us Indian metalheads a chance to witness some powerful international metal acts. They have just announced that they will be bringing to India two-time Grammy Nominated American heavy metal band Lamb of God at the ‘Nokia Alive Concert’ in[…]
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Barely 3 weeks have passed since their debut release, and Solar Deity have released yet another single up for streaming on their bandcamp page. As opposed to their debut effort, this track is less of orthodox black metal and more of a mid tempo/atmospheric approach to the genre. DSBM enthusiasts,[…]
Read More »Yet another big international band cancels it’s visit to India after issues with the suits. An official statement from the band says “We are extremely sad to inform this to our fans in India that our Tour of India has been called off as the visas for 3 of the[…]
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