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Albatross: New album announcement + release of single

After 2 successful split releases, Albatross finally announced their debut full-length album Fear From the Skies, set for release on 20th May 2014. 

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The Mumbai-based metallers of the old-school added to that announcement today by releasing the single ‘In the Lair of Dr. Hex’. The album will be released via Transcending Obscurity India Records, the artwork for the same having been designed by Rahul Chacko.

Listen to the new song right here!

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Albatross announces Australian Tour

Mumbai’s horror metal quintet Albatross announced the ‘Wings Down Under Australian Tour 2013’,  a tour that sees the band play in 3 different cities across Australia in October. This tour will be in support of their latest split EP ‘The Kissing Flies’ and will be made available at all 3 shows. The tour is being made possible by Aussie event management company Dominus Entertainment, headed by Australian power metal band Lord’s Andy Dowling. This will be Albatross’s first venture outside of India and from all of us at Headbangers India, we wish to see them make the Aussies kiss flies.

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Albatross confirmed for Burning Sea Festival, Croatia

As if time itself wants to play blinking games with our website, here is another announcement of an Indian metal band at a European festival this year. Heavy/horror metal band from Mumbai, Albatross, have now been confirmed as the 2nd Indian band at Croatia’s Burning Sea Festival in Zadar. This announcement of them joining Inner Sanctum there comes less than 24 hours after the former were confirmed for a slot at Poland’s Metalfest Open Air. Here’s wishing Dr. Hex and the rest of the friendly-neighbourhood cannibals a great session of unleashing the flies on Croatia!

 

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Albatross release new single ‘Uncle Sunny at the Tavern’

Mumbai-based heavy metal/horror metal band Albatross released their latest single ‘Uncle Sunny at the Tavern’ on Soundcloud here. The song features the guest voice of one of the new millennium’s finest heavy metal singers, Niklas Stålvind from the Swedish band Wolf. The song will be featured on their upcoming EP ‘The Kissing Flies’, which will also be released as part of a split-album with American heavy metal band Vestal Claret.