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[…]
Read More »From the blog
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.[…]
Read More »
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[…]
Read More »
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[…]
Read More »
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[…]
Read More »
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[…]
Read More »
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[…]
Read More »
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.-[…]
Read More »
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[…]
Read More »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[…]
Read More »