India’s forerunners of black metal blasphemy Heathen Beast, have released the cover and rear artwork of their upcoming third EP, provocatively titled The Carnage of Godhra. If the title and artwork leave any stone unturned regarding the questions that this EP could be raising, the tracklisting definitely compensates for[…]
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Darjeeling extreme metal band Sycorax have announced the release of their debut full-length album Sycotherapy and have set June 2015 as the planned month of release. They have revealed quite a fantastic piece of art as their album cover, created by Jean Michel. The band is currently touring the North-east so make sure you[…]
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Finnish death metal band Demilich have been announced as the headlining act at this year’s fifth and final edition of Trend Slaughter Fest in Bangalore. This will be the band’s only show in Asia. More details are yet to be announced on the rest of the line-up and the date, so STAY TUNED.
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Swiss folk metal gauls Eluveitie have announced a return to Indian shores with 2 headlining performances at NIT Calicut and IIT Roorkee. The former will take place on the 27th of March at NIT Calicut‘s annual cultural festival Ragam while the latter will take place on the 29th of March at IIT Roorkee‘s annual fest Cognizance. In 2010,[…]
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Before the Holocaust, a Chennai-based experimental metal quintet will release their debut EP Artifacts tomorrow, on the 6th of March, via the internet. The EP has been mixed and mastered by one Snehashish Koch. The tracklisting is as follows: Mercury Clockwork Orange Fossil Bees Condemnium The band has posted a teaser[…]
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In a letter not devoid of emotion, Delhi’s melodic death metal long-timers Acrid Semblance finally announced the end of their musical journey as a band. Vocalist/keyboardist Anubhav Misra finally broke many years of silence via Facebook. It’s finally time to say goodbye. Over the last 4 years, I have tried to[…]
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There is still new blood being born in the name of metal’s original sound. From Vishakhapatnam comes yet another such band in the form of Against Evil. They started out as a hard rock cover band name Echoes and have released their debut single ‘War Hero’ today which you can (and should) listen[…]
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Bangalore’s old-school metal torchbearers Kryptos are continuing their sorties of Europe. This time around it may just be their biggest announcement yet. They have now confirmed a tour of Germany with thrash metal superstars Death Angel, from the United States. This tour comes on the back of a highly successful[…]
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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[…]
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