German symphonic metal band Xandria will be headlining the annual cultural festival Pearl at BITS-Pilani‘s Hyderabad campus on 14th March, having previously been headlined by acts such as Dark Tranquillity and Decapitated. The band will be managed by Orka Networks during this time, the events company that brought Gojira and Bloodshot Dawn to India, among[…]
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Bohemian Live, the organizers of Cult Fest are now taking entries in search of the festival’s opening bands. If you have a metal band and you wish to participate, send your Youtube and Soundcloud band profile links to the organizers by e-mail (contact@bohemianlive.in). They will then shortlist 5 bands that’ll battle it out for[…]
Munich’s biggest festival just got bigger! Accept, Kiss, Judas Priest, Muse, Incubus and other big names are on the list but on Monday, the festival organizers annouced 17 new bands including Kreator, Sick Of It All, Meshuggah and Epica. And there are more names to come! The festival that takes[…]
A good, complete ambient progressive metal song is tough to pull off, let alone an album. Having said that, Archangel, a Bangalore based solo project, has released its fourth album (yes, fourth!) titled ‘Blur’ in under 3 years. The brainchild of Dr. Srikumar R, the album is quite well written[…]
After the release of “Bog Slime” to generally positive reviews, the Bangalore based stoner/doom band Shepherd releases their second single titled “Turdspeak”. The band will be part of the Indie March series of gigs at CounterCulture, Bangalore, alongside stoner/doom band Bevar Sea, and post metal new comers Pangea, on the[…]