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Shreyas Kamath quits Abandoned Agony

Shreyas Kamath,long time drummer of Bangalore based brutal death outfit Abandoned Agony has quit the band due to inexplicable reasons. The 3 piece band who have been around since 2005 have been involved in several controversies of late and this news is no surprise to anyone who has been following the band.

Shreyas made a special guest appearance with Gorified at Riff Em All held on the 29th, playing two covers, including one of Cannibal Corpse. As of now it looks like Shreyas will continue to play with Gorified for future live shows, replacing the drum machine.

Cypher 16 India tour 2011

Cypher 16, a U.K. based metal band, is returning to India for the third time for a tour of three cities to promote their recently released EP ‘The Metaphorical Apocalypse’.

If you haven’t watched them earlier, and couldn’t catch them at the Octoberfest last year, don’t miss them again!

The dates for their tour are below:

18th – Blue Frog, Mumbai

Supported by:
Bhayanak Maut
Providence

Entry: Rs. 200

23rd, Kyra, Bangalore

Supported by:
Eccentric Pendulum
The Down Troddence
Abandoned Agony
The Velvet Trap
Verses

Entry: Rs. 200

24th, Geoffrey’s, Chennai

Supported by:
Escher’s Knot
Blood Covenant
Chaotic Oblivion
Vidyut

Entry: Rs. 200

Check out this video, and you’ll know why we’re telling you to be there!

Final line-up for Deccan Rock announced

The final line-up for the Deccan Rock festival (2011) has been announced. This year’s edition is bigger than the last, and will take place in Hyderabad. Though the festival/event website is still to announce details, bands performing have been putting up some pretty useful information. However, once the official announcement is out, we’ll let you know.

As of now, the bands performing are:

Day 1
Sybreed – Switzerland
Violent Eve – Spain
Bloodshedd – Philippines
Motor Militia – Bahrain
Antim Grahan – Nepal
Shades of Retribution – Assam, India
Escher’s knot – Chennai, India
Abraxas – Pune, India
Evergreen – Cochin, India

Day 2
Decapitated – Poland
Nervecell – Dubai
Cyanide Serenity – United Kingdom
Inner Guilt – Lebanon
Devoid – Mumbai, India
III Sovereign – Delhi, India
Abandoned Agony – Bangalore, India
Artillerie – Delhi, India
Funeral in Heaven – Sri lanka
Sledge – Hyderabad, India

Tickets are priced at Rs.1000 for two days.  For details, visit http://orkanetworks.com/ (We’re hoping that it will be updated soon).

Tribute to the Beast III

Vincent Pereira was a local Mumbai boy, born on May 26th 1985. He was known for his Gratefulness, Modesty and Musicianship. Till date Vincent is still recognized as a true friend by every musician in Mumbai. He was fondly known as “The Beast” by all. He was a prime member of Prakalp and played a major role in the band as he kept pushing his band members constantly to be different, in their playing patterns and genre, which no other band had done before. They were the first “Hindi metal band”. He also played with bands like Atmosfear (Death metal), Primal Rage (Thrash metal), Spiked Crib (Black metal) and also was a part of a Gospel rock band. He was, and still is a true inspiration to the youth and is a reason why so many of us want to pick up the bass.

Vince passed away on 22nd October 2007 at a very young age of 22. His death sent a huge wave of shock amongst all the musicians in Mumbai. One can only wonder what all he could have done if he was still with us. However short he had led his life, he lived it to the fullest. And to celebrate his life, his undying spirit, that should be alive in every musician, we planned to do a concert as a tribute to him called “Tribute To The Beast”.

The show was organized the first year on 8th Nov – 2008 at Bayview in Borivali, Mumbai and had an amazing turnout of about 350 people. The bands that played that night were Spiked Crib, Zygnema, Demonic Resurrection, Atmosfear, Devoid and Blakc. A video put up by the ITN channel on that event can be viewed here.

We had to do the event on the 16th of January 2010 on the second year as we had issues in October 2009. And we once again were overwhelmed with the response that we got from the crowd that night. Again more than 350 people showed up to pay tribute to him, with a lot of them clicking pictures and uploading videos on youtube, facebook etc. The bands that played that night were Infernal Wrath, Abraxas, Zygnema, Devoid, Atmosfear and Spiked Crib.

Thanks to all the people who have supported our cause selflessly and made it worthwhile, it is you people who drive us to do this every year. Keeping the spirit of the Tribute gig alive, this year we plan to make it much bigger and better for the people to have the best of this event. This Year we are making the show into a two day event with one Rock Night and a Metal Night, and will be held at the best underground venue in town – B69 at Andheri. Per day entry pass will be for 150 Rs. and dual day pass is for Rs. 200.

Like Vince once said “The show must go on”.

4th February 2011:

Blakc

Split

Goddess Gagged

The Hoodwink Circle

Summerpint Junkie

5th February- 2011:

Zygnema

Abandoned Agony

Atmosfear

Devoid

Spiked Crib

Venue: B69, Andheri (E), Mumbai

Time: 6:30 PM Onwards upto 11 PM

Price: Rs 150 for one day Pass, Rs 200 for dual day pass.

Brute Fest, Bangalore

brute festBrute Fest, an extreme metal featuring metal bands from around the country will be held this 17th of October at Kyra in Bangalore. Be there to witness some real metal, with “passion and excruciation with the the most extreme bands tearing the stage apart.”
Date: 17th October (Sunday)
Time: 11 AM – 6.30 PM
Bands Performing:
Abandoned Agony (Brutal Death Metal)
Blind Image (Technical Thrash/ Groove Metal)
Gorified (Deathgrind)
Corrode (Melodic Death Metal)
Arcane Ritual (Epic Black Metal)
The Mechanix (Technical Groove Metal)
A U (Goregrind)
Dark Desolation (Black Metal)
Blood Orchid (Progressive Thrash)
Nekronym (Brutal Death Metal)
Entry: Rs.200
Venue: Kyra, 100 feet road, Indiranagar, Bangalore
For more details, contact Sumeet: 9731340101

Hammerfest III – National Disaster Tour

Hammerfest IIIHammerfest is all set to storm the cities of Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai in it’s third edition! Sponsored by Blue Track Entertainment, RATPRO Guitars, bajaao.com, the National Disaster Tour, as it is being described(inspired by Zygnema’s National Disasters?) is also promoting Zygnema’s new album”Born Of Unity” at 150 bucks(with free poster and a sticker). The details are as follows. 1469

Summerstorm Pre Party

Finally, there’s news about the delectable Pre Party that happens a day before Lamb of God leaves us in ruins. Not only do you have the likes of Kryptos and Blind Image playing on the 13th at Furtados, now you have more metal acts giving your necks a further warm up.

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Gig Review: Unseen Underground Ragnarok ‘09

Picture Courtesy: RockandRaga.in

Chennai-ites welcomed the New Year with the first ever overnight gig- Unseen Underground Ragnarok ‘09 (in association with Fa Men Xtreme). The show featured seven Indian metal bands who kicked off 2010 with a bang, with the help of pure music and live performances.

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Gig Review: March Metal Mania (Bangalore)

Bangalorean metalheads must surely remember March Metal Mania, back in 2007. The show had a great line-up of bands and a great turnout of fans. Like any other successful show, there were rumours that it would be a monthly occurrence, which then changed to an annual event. This is what really happened- after March 2007, March Metal Mania happened again in April 2009.