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Gutslit announce new vocalist

Brutal Death metal band from Mumbai – Gutslit, has just announced that Kaushal L.S. (Orchid; Godless; Ironic Reversal) will be taking over vocal duties from Aditya Barve. The band had been auditioning vocalists for more than six months, by asking them to cover a Gutslit original – “Scaphism”.

Watch Kaushal’s version of “Scaphism” here:

The band is in the process of recording their new album titled ‘Brodequin’ which has been slated for a late-2016 or early-2017 release through Transcending Obscurity (India). More updates as we have them.

Here are a few other audition videos that we HAD to share!

“Scaphism” cover by the Demonstealer:

 

“Scaphism” cover by Death Metal Casey:

DEMONIC RESURRECTION confirmed for Metaldays Slovenia 2015

The now household name in Indian metal, Demonic Resurrection, have been confirmed as part of the line-up for Slovenia‘s cult festival Metaldays, which takes place in the town of Tolmin. The festival lasts for an entire week (19th to 25th July this year) and this edition features a host of giant names, a fraction of them being the likes of Accept, Queensryche, Behemoth, Dream Theater and Carcass. Demonic Resurrection will themselves be sharing the stage with bands like Hirax and Butcher Babies, among others. We wish Sahil Makhija and his band all the best! May they continue to take Europe by storm, one country at a time!

Demonic Resurrection confirmed for Les Fest, Scotland

One of the country’s premier metal bands, Demonic Resurrection, will hit international shores once again. They have just confirmed that they will appear, for the first time, at Scotland’s “Award Winning Rock and Metal Festival”- Les- Fest in June 2014. They will be playing the main stage on Friday, the 27th of June 2014. Other acts in the festival include Sacred Mother Tongue, Falling Red, Cypher 16 and some others.

For more information on the festival, visit the official website.

Follow Demonic Resurrection on Facebook.

Hellwind- New old school metal supergroup from Mumbai

The nods to the old school seems to have been on a rise in India thanks to new releases by Albatross and Kryptos, but now another great quintet has ‘risen from the ashes’ of past bands such as Zephyr and Apollonian Quest, bringing you Hellwind. The band’s line-up is as follows (with innovative duties spelled out):

Akshay Deodhar – The Vocal Viscount
Rajarshi Bhattacharyya – The Samurai of Shred
Kiron Kumar – The Creature of Riff Lagoon
Aditya Kadam- Super Commando Groove
Demonstealer – The Demon on Drums

That’s right, this dream line-up is all set to unleash their wizardry upon you. Take a listen to their demo or read more about the band on their Facebook page, and in their own words:

“So grab those tight clothes, put on your make-up, grab a few beers and head down for our show. Because if you look hard enough, the 80s never died…the decade only lay dormant somewhere deep within you. And now, the beast begins to rise again! Rock or die!”

Demonic Resurrection announced as part of line-up for Bloodstock Open Air 2012

Indian symphonic metal band Demonic Resurrection were today announced as part of the Sophie Lancaster stage for the line-up on the 12th of August at U.K.’s biggest metal festival, Bloodstock Open Air. They share the stage with black metal bands Anaal Nathrakh and Winterfylleth, both from the United Kingdom Another historic achievement for Sahil Makhija and the rest of his demonic horde! See the confirmation HERE.

Goddess Gagged announce debut album details

Progressive/Experimental metal band from India, Goddess Gagged have revealed the tracklist and artwork for their upcoming debut album titled ‘Resurfaces‘.  The album is set to be released at the NH7 Weekender on 19th November 2011 in Pune where the band will be performing alongside local metal bands like Bhayanak Maut, Demonic Resurrection etc as well as Grammy Winning Imogen Heapwho is headlining the festival.

The album features 7 tracks and has been recorded and produced by Auckland based producer Zorran Mendonsa who has worked with some Indian bands like Them Clones, Indus Creed, Demonic Resurrection and several international artists. The artwork has been created by designer Venkat Raman from Bhayanak Maut.
Tracklist:
1. Modern Machines
2. Rosemary’s Baby
3. Dreamer
4. Inspire
5. Visionary
6. Sink or Swim
7. Preliminary Stages of the Master Plan
Guitarist Devesh Dayal briefly explained the concept behind the artwork “We wanted to make sure our album cover reflected what goes on in our songs. There’s an escape from darkness (the hole in the earth) and a guidance into light by the hand in the back. Working with Venkat Raman was awesome, he really brought the surreal imagery to life“
The album is going to be limited to 1,500 physical copies and can be pre-ordered from

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.

Demonic Resurrection release online guitar lesson video

Demonic ResurrectionIndian metallers Demonic Resurrection have released their first guitar lesson video with lead guitarist Daniel Rego. The video is a lesson on how to play the song ‘Omega,I’ and is the 1st in a 3 part series of the same. Demonic Resurrection are also planning to release more guitar lessons as well as drum lessons with drummer Viru in the coming months on their youtube channel Demonic Tube.(www.youtube.com/demonictube)

“We think these videos are a great way to interact with our fans and give something back to them, we recently crossed 15,000 fans on facebook and we always get requests for guitar tabs of our songs so we thought what better way than video to show our fans how to play our songs”-  Demonstealer (Vocalist, Guitar).

The video has been shot and edited in Demonic Studios by Demonstealer. The song Omega,I comes of the band’s latest album ‘The Return To Darkness’ which released in India in Jan 2010 on Demonstealer Records and in July via Candlight Records in the UK & Europe. The album is scheduled to release in the US in Jan 2011 via Candlelight.

In more recent news the band launched ‘The Unrelenting Cover Contest’ inviting fans to cover one of their songs along with also launching their music as caller back tunes in India across all major mobile service providers.

DR launches ‘The Unrelenting Guitar Cover Contest’

DR-New logoIndian Metallers Demonic Resurrection have announced ‘The Unrelenting Guitar Cover Contest’  inviting their fans to upload a guitar cover of the song ‘The Unrelenting Surge Of Vengeance’ from the latest album ‘The Return To Darkness’. Fans can upload their videos on youtube and email the links to the band at demonic.resurrection.online@gmail.com or even post the link on
their facebook page.
The band has even uploaded guitar tabs for the song as well as a minus 1 track for fans to play over. The winning fan becomes ‘Fan of the month’ of their monthly fan programs and wins an ESP Guitar T-Shirt along with lots of DR merch like plectrums, wristbands and caps and also a signed copy of the new album.
All the details for the contest are posted here.
The Unrelenting Surge Of Vengeance music video was released in January by the band and their new album ‘The Return To Darkness’ released on Candlelight Records in UK & Europe on July 16th and is scheduled for a January released in the USA via Candlelight Records.