Chennai based power metal band Blood & Iron are back! This was a recent update on their official Facebook page:
“Greetings my friends!
There’s a lot to report and here it is:
Our new album – and Blood & Iron’s third will be titled: “Voices Of Eternity”
Artwork duties will be handled than none other than Ishaan Kumar – an artist, an interviewer for Headbangers India and all-around nice guy 🙂
We have finished 7 songs so far and they are:
* Ascendant
* Legion
* Ghost of a Memory
* Path Not Taken
* Burning Bridges
* Eternal Rites
* Your Own Voice
We’re trying a lot of new things on this album. Just to give you an example – “Ghost of a Memory” is structured for 3 singers, Ascendant for 2. I’ll be giving details of the guest musicians who will be featuring in this album, soon, and they are some of the finest India has to offer.
Cheers and Stay Metal
\m/”
For those thirsty for some power metal from India, stay tuned for more updates from this band.
Delhi-based black metal band 1833 AD have announced 5th May as the release date for their debut album ‘My Dark Symphony’. The date coincides with the Summer Blaze Metal Festival in Delhi where the band will be part of the opening line-up along with Demonic Resurrection, Kryptos and IIIrd Sovereign, opening for US death metal band Nile. The album will contain 12 songs including the now popular ‘Who Will Kill the Emperor?’
1. Dreams of the Creator
2. Empty Shrine
3. Who Will Kill the Emperor?
4. Ma Nishada
5. Rage of the Preserver
6. Wiser than the Wisest
7. 1833 AD
8. Sephiroth’s Curse
9. Caprice of the Destroyer
10. Ten Gods
11. End of Time
12. Inheritance Evil
The cover artwork has been done by Rueben Bhattacharya (Visual Amnesia studios) and the album has been produced by Anupam Roy at Grey Studios.
Says vocalist/guitarist Nishant Abraham Varghese: “As the final battle ensues between good and evil, we tell tales of Gods and of men, combining elements of darkness and light. So many forms of art come together in this epic album; it is beyond amazing what we have in store for our fans. This album will mark the birth of Black Metal in India”. So this gives you yet another reason to attend Summer Blaze Festival, to pick up this album! Listen to the teaser here:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HphQbYHp9c]
It definitely seems like this will be the event of the millennium! It’s called Bangalore Open Air and is scheduled for the 16th of June 2012 in Palace Grounds, Bangalore. Some days ago, it was announced that Iced Earth would be co-headlining the event. And now, the second band to join this already killer line-up is the mighty Kreator!
In a release on the official Bangalore Open Air page, it said:
Here is the news you’ve all been waiting for. We are incredibly stoked and extremely proud to present our second and final co-headliner. They are the godfathers of Teutonic thrash and have forever etched their names in history as one of metal’s most supreme entities.
We give you the almighty German thrash metal titans Kreator.
Metalheads everywhere, it’s time for a lethal dose of Extreme Aggression \m/
Only recently, Kreator released the teaser for their new single “Phantom Antichrist”.
Check it out here:
This is going to be one hell of a violent revolution!
Yonsample has just released a brand new single titled “Espial Abyss Afloat”, which is available for download at this location.
The band is currently working on their upcoming full length. This track is one of the first few songs that they worked on after the release of their successful EP ‘Paraphernalia‘.
“Espial Abyss Afloat” was recorded and mixed by Rhitabrata Kar. The lyrics are written by Abesh Thakur and the art is done by Sunny Noyze.
The song sees Yonsample take a slight deviation from the sound that we heard in ‘Paraphernalia‘. In fact, this new track seems to be highly influenced by Textures. Give it a listen!
We, at Headbangers India, have been excited about this for a while now, and it’s finally here! Roadcrew Records has just announced the release of a split CD featuring Mumbai based horror/heavy metal band Albatross and Connecticut based occult/heavy metal band Vestal Claret. The CD will officially be launched at Albatross’s album release gig the 30th of March at Star Rock, Chennai. It contains two tales of darkness, morbidity and despair. To know a little more about this release, do some catching up by checking out this interview we conducted a while ago.
‘The Kissing Flies’ is Albatross’s follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘Dinner is You’. This time it tells the story of a town which is on the verge of death, and is infested by demonic flies who’re drawn to this death and decay. The EP features guest performances by Niklas Stalvind (Wolf), Murari Vasudevan (Rat King) and The Demonstealer (Demonic Resurrection). Albatross will support this EP with a multi city album tour across venues in India.
If you haven’t been introduced to Uncle Sunny at the Tavern yet, well… here’s your link:
http://soundcloud.com/albatrosshorror/uncle-sunny-at-the-tavern
The album will be sold via Roadcrew Records from March 31st onwards. Please contact the label directly for sales, orders and wholesale purchases.
The track listing is as follows:
01. Albatross – Wither
02. Albatross – Uncle Sunny At The Tavern
03. Albatross – Kissing Flies
04. Albatross – From Ashes Comes Life
05. Vestal Claret – Black Priest
Watch this space for updates.
Vreid, a Norwegian black ‘n’ roll supergroup formed by members of Windir , are all set to tour India at the end of this month with a mammoth 4-city tour across the country. Interestingly enough, the band will also be premiering ‘Questionings’ at the Delhi show on 26th March, a world premiere of a unique concept where performances of Bharatnatyam and Kathak dance will take place to the music played by Vreid on stage! Don’t miss this one at all!!
India Tour with Questionings performance:
26.03 – Dehli – Kamani Auditorium ( World premiere)
28.03 – Mumbai – National Theater of Performing Arts Tata
30.03 – Ahmedabad – Jai Shankar Sundari hall
01.04 – Bangalore – Chowdiah memorial auditorium