Delhi’s most prominent progressive metal outfit COLOSSAL FIGURES lost their bandmate and vocal powerhouse Govind Marodia today, on June 8th, following a brain haemhorrage caused by a road accident. The following excerpt from Rolling Stone India sheds more light: Govind Marodia, the vocalist and founding member of Delhi[…]
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After “When The Stillness Comes” and “Implode,” Slayer has just released the title track of their new album ‘Repentless’. This is the song that Kerry King called their “Hannam-anthem” in tribute to late guitarist, Jeff Hanneman. Watch here: The track is very typically Slayer, and definitely sounds like it has[…]
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Vishakhapatnam‘s newest thrash sensation AGAINST EVIL have announced their debut full-length album called ‘Fatal Assault‘. The album’s artwork features the 4 band members fighting through, well a fatal assault of zombies. The album will released via Transcending Obscurity‘s India division, headed by Kunal Choksi. The album will be limited[…]
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Godless is a new, extreme metal band from Hyderabad, featuring members of Skrypt, Shock Therapy and more. They have recently released a new single titled Infest, a fast paced, death metal track, with Psycroptic like influences. Godless is Guitars – Rohit Nair Guitars – Ravi Nidamarthy Bass – Abbas Razvi[…]
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Guwahati’s Judas Ancestry, who have been silent for the past few months after releasing a few symphonic black metal tracks in the past, have just gone through a massive reshuffle of their line-up. Here is an official announcement via their Facebook page: This is to inform everyone that Hillol Choudhury, Rohil[…]
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Bangalore’s Inner Sanctum are really compensating well for the past few years of musical silence. After releasing what was probably the best lyrics video ever made for an Indian metal band and playing at INFERNO Festival in Norway, the band have announced the following names of guest guitar players on[…]
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Mumbai’s seemingly slumbering black metal enigma Heathen Beast have today released their new music/lyric video for the title track of their upcoming EP The Carnage of Godhra. The video contains media clips about the horrific communal riots that took place in 2002 in the hitherto peaceful Gujarati city, emphasised further[…]
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In what could be the first such instance, Bangalore based sludge/doom act Shepherd have been signed onto U.S. based Helmet Lady Records for an exclusive vinyl release. In their press release, HLR says: Helmet Lady Records is damn ecstatic to announce the signing of crushing, India-based doom band, Shepherd. Our[…]
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Judas Priest, At The Gates, Cannibal Corpse, Cradle of Filth, Annihilator, Falconer, Death Angel, Savatage, In Flames, ROb Zombie, Sepultura, UDO… These are just a handful of bands that will grace the stage at the 26th edition of Wacken Open Air – the biggest heavy metal festival in the world.[…]
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A few years ago, if word got around that Cannibal Corpse were to be performing in Bangalore, most of us would have laughed it off as a rumor, refusing to believe it. Now, a few days after the festival, some of us are still in a state of disbelief- that[…]
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