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The Demonstealer to cook a meal for fans!

Demonstealer Records has announced a new and innovative contest for fans who support and buy original music called “The Demon’s Dinner Party”. All fans who purchase music and merchandise through the month of Feb from the DSR OFFER section of the online retail store CDRack.in or the “Monday Specials” on the DSR Facebook page stand a chance to win an invite to the party.
What makes the party different is that the Demonstealer will cook dinner for the winners of the contest who will get to pick a member of their favourite DSR band (Demonic Resurrection, Albatross, Devoid & Workshop) to join them for dinner. Winners will also get to select what dish they want to eat from the Demonstealer’s cooking blog on Facebook.
“I’ve been posting recipes and photos of my food online for almost 2 years now and I’ve always had fans saying ‘open a restaurant’ or ‘let us taste your food’. So I figured this would be a great chance for fans to not only get to eat some of the food they’ve been seeing but also interact with their fav metal musicians. “ says Demonstealer.
Details on the entire contest can be found here.

Amon Amarth’s new single premieres online

‘War of the Gods’, the latest single from Amon Amarth’s upcoming full-length release ‘Surtur Rising’ is now online and ready to be heard by those with even an inkling of Viking blood in their marrow. The song can be heard on the website for the album. Enjoy it HERE. The album is slated for a March 25th EU release.

Skrypt launching T shirt

Hyderabad based band Skrypt will be launching their T shirts at Metaclysm, in Pune, on the 28th of January. Following this they will be heading over to Mumbai and will be playing at B69 on the 30th of Jan. CDs of their EP Discord and their T shirts will be available there. Gig details will be up soon. People wanting the T shirts can contact the band directly at skryptindia@gmail.com. The band have a cash on delivery system for people in cities other than Mumbai and Hyderabad so people can order them easier.

Dark Tranquillity playing at BITS Hyderabad

It seems like every engineering college in India wants a major metal band to perform at their respective cultural festivals. Following in the footsteps of the IITs and VIT, BITS Hyderabad have gotten melodic death metal giants Dark Tranquillity for their festival. They’ll be supported by Bangalore’s beloved Kryptos and a Swedish thrash/death band called Degradead. The show is on February 12, so whoever can make it, do so. More information about the passes etc on http://bits-pearl.org/

Indian Metal Special on the MetalCast

After almost 2 years of badgering by the author of this article, the MetalCast, arguably the world’s most widely heard metal podcast, have come out with an Indian Metal Special. This special features songs and bands from old and new, ranging from NerveRek to Heathen Beast via Demonic Resurrection. It also features 7 other artistes and is, overall, a huge boost for the Indian metal scene in general. Hopefully they will release a part 2 as well but for now, you can listen to part one HERE.

NYDM India Meatfeast

NYDM India presents Metal death metal fest consisting of Bloodsoaked (U.S.A) Orator (BANGLADESH) Exumation (INDIA) Zygnema (INDIA) Gutslit (INDIA) Bloodsoaked is a North Carolina based Death Metal band concentrates on purely old school, no frills, straight forward, skull crushing Death Metal in the most raw and primitive form! There are no “slam till you can’t slam no more breakdowns”, no pig squeals, no arpeggios; simply classic Death Metal, nothing more, nothing less. The fest is scheduled to take place in Goa and Mumbai at the following venues- In Goa @ Kali The Musick Bar on 16th March 2011 In Mumbai @ B69 on 19th March 2011. This sure as hell promises to be a literal death feast,just 2 months after the largely successful Undergrind held in Bangalore, which was headlined by Putrid Pile. The rest of the details for the above are coming up soon, so wait for it.

Burzum to release new album this March

Varg Vikernes’ one man project Burzum is all set to release yet another album. Titled “Fallen”, its going to be released under Varg’s own label Byelobog productions. Quoting the man himself : “Musically “Fallen” is like a cross between “Belus” and something new, inspired more by the début album and “Det Som Engang Var” than by “Hvis Lyset Tar Oss” or “Filosofem”. The sound is more dynamic – we mastered the album as if it was classical music – and I was more experimental than I was on “Belus” in all respects. Lyricwise it is similar to the début album, in the way that it is more personal and focuses on existential issues, but the mythological undertone known from “Belus” is still there. I have also included some ambient tracks – a short introduction and a longer conclusion.” It is set to release on 7th March, 2011. For more details including tracklisting and pre-orders, check here.

Tesseract playing at Springfest, IIT Kharagpur.

UK progressive metal act Tesseract who put on one hell of a show in GIR last December are coming back to India for another gig. This time it’s the cultural festival of IIT Kharagpur that’s the venue. The date is 24th Jan, be there if you can make it, this promises to be one hell of a show.