
Putrid Ascendancy presents Ritual Ascension
Ritual Ascension Festival, the first gig of its own kind to be held at Panchasayar Club, Kolkata, on 4th August, 2012, is a…

Ritual Ascension Festival, the first gig of its own kind to be held at Panchasayar Club, Kolkata, on 4th August, 2012, is a…

The north-east have always given us some really good bands. They do things their own way and are really good at it. The…


Black metal has always been a hit-and-miss culture in India. After seeing tonnes of bands more focussed on painting faces rather than making…

Mumbai based self styled ‘atheistic black metal’ act Heathen Beast have uploaded a video for their song “Contaminating The Ganges” on their youtube…

Bangalore based thrash/progressive metal band Theorized are a last minute entry to Bangalore Open Air festival happening on June 16th, this Saturday. The…


We caught up with Vikram Bhat, frontman of Dying Embrace, for a nice long chat over filter coffee to talk about the history…

Controversy is back in black (metal)! And how! Mumbai’s heathen trio of Carvaka, Mimamsa and Samakhya return with a new EP, a renewed…

The nods to the old school seems to have been on a rise in India thanks to new releases by Albatross and Kryptos,…

Mumbai-based black metal band Heathen Beast have released the name and cover artwork of their latest EP, the follow-up to 2010’s ‘Ayodhya Burns’.…

Barely 3 weeks have passed since their debut release, and Solar Deity have released yet another single up for streaming on their bandcamp…