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DESTRUCTION and JEFF LOOMIS to bring the metal rain to India in December

How did you feel when the river dragon known as NEVERMORE, almost came to India but split up before they could? How will you feel when you learn that their legendary shred master JEFF LOOMIS is doing a 4-city India tour in December? Well, believe it! From 9th to 12th December, the ARCH ENEMY/CONQUERING DYSTOPIA virtuoso will play guitar clinics at shows in Guwahati, Bangalore, New Delhi and one more city that is yet to be announced. Make sure you save the date depending on your city.

Also, save the date between 9th and 11th December for the return of teutonic thrash titans DESTRUCTION! They return to India on their tour supporting their new album ‘Under Attack’ and they will be playing 3 cities that are yet to be announced. The butcher has struck back!

Together, these 2 artistes shall be bringing the rain of metal in winter to India! Don’t miss either! More details to be announced soon.

SKULL FIST confirm their slot at Bangalore Open Air 2016

Canadian heavy metal puritans SKULL FIST have confirmed an appearance at this year’s edition of India’ biggest metal festival, Bangalore Open Air, on the 9th of June. The band will kick off their Asia tour  with this festival and are now the 2nd confirmed headliners at the festival, after SOILWORK. This will be the band’s first ever show in India.

 

ASIAN INVASION TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

The Fist has seen a many chapters come and go in quick succession over these cold winter months. The times they were a changing and the signs they were a stranging but out of the ice covered forest the Fist shall rise, the dream shall be found. DFA

JULY 9 – Bangalore Open Air – Inda
July 12 – Aliwal Arts Centre – Singapore
July 13 – The Rock Pub – Bangkok
July 15 – Wake up Festival – Taiwan
July 17 – Koenj High – Tokyo
July 18 – Socore Factory Minami Horie – Osaka

Sponsored by Planet Earth, The moon, The stars and the great Asian bear spirit

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Metal Assault organizer releases statement about the show being stopped midway

Salman U. Syed, known as the man behind Bangalore Open Air, has released a statement on Facebook about what exactly went down on Sunday, the 6th of March, at Pebble in Bangalore, after his show ‘Metal Assault’ was stopped midway and then called off.

Here is what he said about the entire situation:

Metal Show Stopped Midway – A lawyer’s business deal supposedly falls through because of LOUD MUSIC!
SALMAN U. SYED· 
TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016
The 6th of March promised to be an eventful day, with some of the best metal bands in the country scheduled to perform at Metal Assault, which was to take place at a local venue called Pebbles. The show started on time at 3 p.m with Kerala based band Chaos playing a great set followed by their compatriots in The Down Troddence upping the ante soon after. However, trouble soon reared its head before Inner Sanctum had a chance to take the stage. A cop showed up at the venue demanding that the show be stopped at once due a complaint lodged by a lawyer who resided in the same neighborhood. Apparently, the lawyer, who was entertaining the Chief Justice as his guest, requested the police to shut down the event immediately, as he could not conduct his business with the Chief Justice due to the ‘loud noise’. To top it off, he threatened to use his influence with higher authorities if his request was not complied with.
I was then taken to the police station along with the manager of Pebbles, Mr Mathew, where we met the lawyer. We apologized and assured that the volume would be reduced, and subsequently requested him let the show go on since we had bands and fans who travelled from all over the country for the gig. The Inspector of the High Grounds Police Station filed a petty case against me, because according to him I was creating a ‘public nuisance’ and also warned me against turning the music back on. If I did not comply, he told me that I would be arrested unconditionally. While I was willing to risk arrest for the sake of the event, the management of Pebbles refused to allow me to continue citing their desire to ‘safe guard’ their venue.
This has raised many questions
1) Prior to conducting the event, I had consulted with Mr. Harris (the Pebbles owner) stating that the event would go on throughout the day, since the PA and sound system would have to be set up and tested during the morning before the show began. He was completely aware of this and did not have any issue whatsoever. If I had known ‘loud music’ would have been a problem for a place that usually plays much louder music on a regular basis, I would not have held the event at the venue.
2) Pebbles is a venue that is known to conduct events that range from DJ nights to EDM shows every weekend. Bizarrely, after the entire mess, they told me that since I didn’t use their own PA system, the volume of the event got out hand. The PA at Pebbles is insufficient to run a live rock or metal event and there have been events before where organisers have brought in their own PA systems, so why was it an issue now?
3) Pebbles is surrounded by marriage halls that frequently play music at ear shattering levels many times during the year. Why then was this event singled out for being ‘too loud’?
4) Pebbles has a license to hold live music events on their premises. This was not the first time a live event has taken place there, so, once again, why was my event singled out?
I don’t really want to get sucked into a blame game here, but if Mr.Harris from Pebbles really cared about organisers running events at his venue, he would have offered to help with the situation at hand. While he was in Goa, the Pebbles manager Mr. Mathew and I were running from pillar to post trying to get the gig up and running. Mr. Harris, however, could not be reached, since he never bothered answering his phone, despite numerous calls from our end.
Mr. Harris, I would like to openly state that due to your negligence towards your own venue, I was shamed into apologizing and pleading before the police for no fault of my own. I have also suffered tremendous monetary loss due to the shutting down of the event.
To everyone who attended, I am truly grateful and I cannot thank you enough for your patience and support. Having said that, I would like to further explain the situation we are facing. As most of you know, we run events on the revenue model of ticket sales. All money that comes from these ticket sales goes towards hiring the venue, hiring sound and lights, booking flights and hotels for the artists and much more. Due to this we are unfortunately unable to provide refunds at this point. We are, however, aware that 170 people purchased their tickets through Book My Show, while a further 50 purchased tickets at the venue.
To make up for what has happened, we have a similar event planned, wherein everyone who has purchased a ticket for Metal Assault will be given free entry. To the 50 people who purchased their tickets at the venue, we kindly request you to send in your names at sal.echoes@gmail.com so that we can keep a record for the next event.
I would like to once again offer my sincere apologies to everyone who attended the show, especially to all the amazing people who travelled long distances to attend the gig. I thank you immensely for your support and patience through all of this, and I hope this will not deter you from attending more metal events in the future. I would also like thank the wonderful crew who area always the backbone of the festival, Special Thanks to Sufiyan Ken No, Shiva, MadDas, Saurabh, Chintan Chinnappa Nikhil V. Pai Govind Joshi! You guys are always awesome!
Salman U. Syed
(Promoter – Bangalore Open Air)

SOILWORK and PROVIDENCE announced for Bangalore Open Air 2016

Swedish melodic death metal veterans Soilwork and Indian ‘gamer’ metallers Providence are the first acts that have been announced for this year’s edition of Bangalore Open Air, India’s largest open air metal festival. Soilwork have earned a mammoth reputation for themselves as consistent torchbearers of the Swedish melodic death metal movement while Providence have earned a reputation for their refreshingly ‘nerdy’ approach to playing and writing metal music. This year will mark 5 years of the festival so be assured that this is just the beginning. Just be sure to mark July 9th down on your calenders.

 

soilwork boa 2016 announcement

Kryptos to play BOA prior to their European tour

Visa issues have cropped up again, and the Bangalore Open Air team has just announced that Cadaver Mutilator is out of the line-up for this year’s show. However, Kryptos will be taking their place at the gig, and this will be their last gig before they head out for their biggest European tour yet.

The band will be hitting the shores of Europe with Graveworm, Emergency Gate and Tenside this September for a massive three week tour across Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Switzerland as part of the Wacken Roadshow 2014.

It is called ‘The Apollyon Rising Tour’, and kicks off on the 19th of September with an appearance at the Hamburg Metal Dayz festival together with other killer bands like Dark Tranquillity, Tankard, Alpha Tiger, Edguy and many more.

The band thanks ICS, Thomas, Holger & Miriam, Enno from ENORM Music, Sabrina from Seaside Touring, All Access, Mario Lochert, Udo Simon, Timo and everyone at AFM Records for their amazing support.

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Kryptos tour dates are as follows:

13.09.14 (IN) Bangalore Open Air

APOLLYON RISING EUROPEAN TOUR 2014:

19.09.14 (DE) Hamburg Metal Dayz
25.09.14 (DE) Hamburg – Knust
26.09.14 (DE) Oberhausen – Helvete
27.09.14 (DE) Leipzig – Theaterfabrik
28.09.14 (DE) Berlin – K17
29.09.14 (DE) Augsburg – Spectrum
30.09.14 (DE) Köln- MTC Club
01.10.14 (DE) Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
02.10.14 (BE) Maasmechelen – Rockclub Jan Hertog
03.10.14 (IT) Bruneck – UFO
04.10.14 (AT) Wörgl – Komma
05.10.14 (AT) Vienna – Aera
06.10.14 (HU) Budapest – Dürer Kert
07.10.14 (SK) Bratislava – Randal Club
08.10.14 (CZ) Prague – Klub Nová Chelmnice
09.10.14 (DE) Nuremberg – Rockfabrik
10.10.14 (DE) Weimar – Atrium
11.10.14 (CH) Pratteln – Z7

Bangalore Open Air 2014 line-up announced

The third edition of the much talked about Bangalore Open Air returns and this time sees yet another Teutonic thrash band, this time it’s the mighty Destruction. The line up also features  Greek extreme metal band Rotting Christ and Italian death metal band Cadaver Mutilator.

Supporting these bands will be The Down Troddence, Bangalore’s mighty old timers Threinody Kolkata’s Armament and Girish and The Chronicles.

The festival is set to take place on September the 13th, 2014, at Counter Culture, in Whitefield, Bangalore.  The ticket on pre-sale cost Rs. 2000, up till August 10th. From August 11th till the the day of the festival, the tickets will cost Rs. 2500.

Having made its mark in the last two editions, BOA promises to be a hell of a festival for metalheads, and one would not want to miss out on this. Bangalore Open Air has our support and it deserves everyone of yours too! See you all there.

Plague Throat wins Wacken Metal Battle (India)

Shillong-based death metal band Plague Throat has just been declared the winner of Wacken Metal Battle (India). The final leg of the competition is currently taking place at Vapour, Bangalore. Other bands competing were Theorized, Orion, Perpetual Void and Noize Akademi. Apart from the bands in the competition, the gig features performances by Bevar Sea, The Down Troddence, Eccentric Pendulum, Kryptos and is being headlined by Suidakra.

More updates from the winners of Wacken Metal Battle very soon.

Bangalore Open Air kicks off crowd funding with ‘Keep Metal Alive’

Indian metalheads might just create history this year. They will fund what is termed ‘Asia’s largest metal festival’- Bangalore Open Air, in an effort to prove that we do not need sponsors or promoters to keep metal alive! The crowd funding campaign is being spearheaded by the man behind B.O.A.- Salman U. Syed- well known metal DJ, event organizer and manager of Kryptos.

Bangalore Open Air 2014 has a target of Rs. 44 lakhs, and a deadline – Tuesday, the 8th of July, 2014. The idea is to get metalheads to pay for a gig that they might attend, and get rewarded for it. There are multiple packages that can be purchased, which come with T-Shirts, meet and greet options, and also V.I.P passes, among other things.

Read all about the crowd funding campaign in detail on the Wishberry website, and contribute! This time, it’s in all our hands to #KeepMetalAlive!

Also check out the promotional video for the campaign here:

Bangalore Open Air 2014  is powered by Wacken Open Air, which celebrates its 25th edition this year with bands such as Arch Enemy, Behemoth, Carcass and others confirmed. American heavy metal band Megadeth has been confirmed as a headliner and will be playing their first show at the history of the festival.

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The complete list of bands confirmed as of date are:

A Pale Horse Named Death, Amon Amarth, Apocalyptica & Avanti! Orchestra, Arch Enemy, August Burns Red, Avantasia, Bülent Ceylan, Behemoth, Bembers, Blechblosn, Bring Me The Horizon, C.O.P. UK, Carcass, Children Of Bodom, Chthonic, Crematory, Decapitated, Degradead, Der W, Devin Townsend Project, Dunkelschön, Earth Divide, Emperor, Endstille, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Firkin, Five Finger Death Punch, Fleshgod Apocalypse, For The Imperium, Godsized, Hammerfall, Hatebreed, Heaven Shall Burn, Hellyeah, Iced Earth, ICS Vortex, J.B.O., King Diamond, Knorkator, Kreator, Lacrimas Profundere, Masterplan, Megadeth, Motörhead, Nachtgeschrei, Nailed To Obscurity, Nightmare, Omnia, Onkel Tom, Pampatut, Prong, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Saltatio Mortis, Santiano, Saxon, Schandmaul, Skid Row, Sodom, Steel Panther, The Ocean, The Vintage Caravan, Torment, Vogelfrey, Vreid + Guests and W.A.S.P.

A lot more bands are slated to be confirmed in the coming months.

Check out the trailer for the 2014 edition of Wacken Open Air:

Theorized join BOA line up

Bangalore based thrash/progressive metal band Theorized are a last minute entry to Bangalore Open Air festival happening on June 16th, this Saturday. The band is the last on the list that boasts of names like Kryptos, Dying Embrace, Bevar Sea, Albatross and 1833 A.D. Be there to witness the Metal Battle that takes place in the morning as well.

Dying Embrace to perform at Bangalore Open Air

The increasingly exciting line up of the Bangalore Open Air festival scheduled for this June brings in one of the most pivotal acts in Indian metal. Dying Embrace, formed in 1991 and resurrected in 2011 shall grace BOA with their auspicious presence. The line up consisting of the legendary Vikram Bhat and Jimmy Palkhivala also features Deepak Raghu on drums and Pritham D’Souza on bass. This four piece doom death machine is definitely set to destroy Bangalore along with the previously announced Bevar Sea, Albatross and 1833 A.D. There are more bands to be announced and we will keep you updated. Watch this space for more!