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Limit Zero to release debut full length

Bangalore-based progressive metal band Limit Zero have finally completed all the work for their debut release titled ‘Gravestone Constellations’ and are set for the release in mid-September. The band had announced earlier that the album would only be a digital release but have now announced that there will be hardcopies in the form of digipaks as well. Limit Zero is Shreyas Skandan and Arjun Mulky (Eccentric Pendulum) on guitars, Vatsa on drums and Sunneith Revankar (Bhayanak Maut) on vocals. The album will also feature Goddess Gagged’s Siddharth Basrur on vocals and Dutch metal band Toxic Grind Machine’s Trevor Marks doing guest vocals. The track listing is as follows: 1. Galaxies Bleed 2. Time Bending Patterns 3. Approaching Infinity 4. Within The Beyond 5. Portals 6. Arcturus 7. Focus 8. Pulsar (featuring Siddharth Basrur) 9. Gravestone Constellations (featuring Trevor Marks) Look out for the pre-order details since the copies will be printed in a limited number only. The album has been mixed and mastered by Keshav Dhar (Skyharbor). The band also released two singles from the album which can be streamed on the band’s Soundcloud page. http://soundcloud.com/limit-zero/limit-zero-portals-single-2012 http://soundcloud.com/limit-zero/limit-zero-approaching

Slayer in India: October 2012

We’ve heard rumours earlier, and we’ve been disappointed enough number of times. But here’s something that seems official. Slayer’s official website recently revealed that they will play at Bengaluru (or, as we prefer to call it- Bangalore) on the 20th of October 2012. Ticketgenie (India) has also started the sale of tickets on their site http://in.ticketgenie.in/ See for yourself: So, it seems like this time, it actually might happen. SLAYER WILL SLAY! Book your tickets, and prepare yourselves for the heaviest show of the year. We might not see Jeff Hanneman in action though, as it seems he is still to recover from his spider bite. The band is currently touring with Gary Holt from Exodus in place of Hanneman. SLAYER LIVE IN BANGALORE: Show on October 20th, 2012 – Bengaluru Tickets: http://in.ticketgenie.in/ Facebook : www.facebook.com/TicketGenieIndia Event : https://www.facebook.com/events/275493129219199/

KRYPTOS signs with AFM Records Germany

After a mammoth gig at Bangalore Open Air opening for Kreator, Bangalore based leather rebels Kryptos have been signed to AFM Records from Germany. The Coils of Apollyon’ will be released worldwide through AFM Records on September 21st 2012. AFM boasts of names like Helstar, Onslaught and Suidakra and this is indeed a great leap for Kryptos. The Coils of Apollyon is an album for all old school headbangers who worship at the altar of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Kreator, Coroner, Mercyful Fate and Candlemass and will ensure you put on your leather jackets and raise the devil’s horns into the night. Check them out at  www.kryptosindia.com and www.afm-records.de

Black Side of the Moon: Tribute at Counter Culture

This is no ordinary Pink Floyd tribute, and if you haven’t got that from the title alone… well, that’s what we’re here for! Bevar Sea and Shepherd (both from Bangalore) along with a few other artists from the music scene here will bring you a tribute to the Syd Barrett era in Pink Floyd as part of their Time Capsule Month. Click here for details on Counter Culture’s Time Capsule month of Tributes. This series of tributes kicks off with stoner/ doom metallers Bevar Sea and Shepherd getting together with some other “special guests” for some metal versions of Pink Floyd (or so we’re guessing). When: 11th August Time: 8PM onwards Free entry* Where: Obviously at Counter Culture, Whitefield, Bangalore (map) Line-up: Shepherd: Formed by Deepak Raghu (from Dying Embrace, Bevar Sea and many others) and his friends, Shepherd play a noisy, tuned down, slow sludgy music that is one of a kind in the music scene. Ganesh Krishnaswamy, Ananth Menon & Co: The old blues/psych tag team from Parachute XVI, Ganesh (also fronts Bevar Sea) and Ananth Menon (also from Galeej Gurus) get back together for this tribute gig for the first time since disbanding, and they’re joined by Deepak on drums, and a few other friends. Anand Vijayasimha: The ex-frontman of the psych/post-rock prodigies Drones from the Turbine will be performing a solo acoustic set featuring songs from Syd’s solo output. Bevar Sea: Bangalore-based stoner doom metal quintet Bevar Sea has been functional since 2010. Without doubt, they are the grooviest, gloomiest band in town who will riff it up with a one-time only set they’ve worked on for this special occasion. We’re going to see a whole new side to Floyd on 11th August 2012. And with the gig scene being so dry at the moment, we’d highly recommend that you be there! It’s free entry anyway!

Putrid Ascendancy presents Ritual Ascension

Ritual Ascension Festival, the first gig of its own kind to be held at Panchasayar Club, Kolkata, on 4th August, 2012, is a revelation of demiurgic insight of cult of Putrid Ascendancy, A Kolkata based Metal Circle, takes its unconsecrated shape through several ritualistic congregations and an excruciating desire to hail ‘True Fucking Metal’ in its true spirit. Drawing the enormous nostalgic inspirations from the 80s bay area gig movements and scene, RAF is how metal should be celebrated, by its true followers and die hard maniacs, Despising gimmicks, crushing all passing trends, mutilating everything Metal is not at all about. Ritual Ascension Fest is true brotherhood gig, A small demonstration of how Metal should be hailed in a city that is infamous for endorsing enough pseudo metal successfully to young metalheads and misleading them incessantly. The objective of Putrid Ascendancy always has been to put an end to the misrepresentation and bastardization of Metal that feasted on ignorant city poseurs relentlessly and Ritual Ascension Fest will be one of the means to spread true message or right awareness to Metalheads of Kolkata that is often mocked as ‘Corekata’ for its hideously deformed scene and lack of quality metalheads. Ritual Ascension Fest will uphold the true flag of ‘Real’ Kolkata Metal Scene and serve you the best Extreme Metal bands the city has to offer. The fest will also see the rise of many new bands that are formed mostly in late 2011. This new tide of Kolkata true Metal Renaissance seems like the best thing ever to happen to Kolkata Metal Scene. With enormous appreciation and astonishing support from Metal Fraternity RAF seems like a new positive dimension unfolded in front of Metalheads in Kolkata who will not be force-fed and misled anymore. Line Up Purgation – Brutal death Metal Necrodeity – Old School Death Metal Dead Veneration – Death Metal Mortar – Thrash Metal Armament – Thrash/Black Metal Strangulate – Goregrind 10MxAx – Noise/Grind   The gig is set to take place on the 4th of August at Xrong Place in Kolkota.

Cataclysm 2 to storm Chennai

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 bands like Crypted and Bangalore bands like Bevar Sea, Escher’s Knot etc .This time they are back with a new flavour- bigger and better than the previous one! The line-up includes: WOLF’S LAIR (Who will headline the event, and also launch their album at the gig) THEORIZED FRANKS GOT THE FUNK TAILS ON FIRE Visit the Official Event page on Facebook for details. Passes are priced at INR 200/- Tickets can be booked here. For details, contact Clio at +91 8939085780 Visit the Official page here. Headbangers India is proud to be associated with the event.

Jon Lord meets his demise

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 Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969 and conducted by the renowned Malcolm Arnold, a feat repeated in 1999 when it was again performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the London Symphony Orchestra and Deep Purple. Jon Lord officially retired from Deep Purple in 2002. Though however he was reunited with his fellow bandmate Ian Gillian in WhoCares, the supergroup consisting of Tony Iommi, Nicko Mcbrain and Jason Newsted for a brief period. Jon Lord 9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012. May he rest in peace.

Heathen Beast unveil ‘Contaminating The Ganges’ video

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 Dwivedi.