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A new GODLESS endeavour

Twin-city-based bone crushers Godless have just released their 1st music video, for the song ‘Oneiros’. The song was part of their hugely successful debut EP Centuries of Decadence, which was recorded with new vocalist Kaushal LS. The band features members from both Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The EP is available for streaming online through all major streaming services, as well as up for sale on their website.

Catch the band live in August when they embark on their massive 6-city India tour supporting Australian death metal technicians PSYCROPTIC and joined by New Delhi-based prog death metal band FRAGARAK.

 

 

Alas! Behemoth is upon India…

After a forgettable debacle involving the cancellation of the Indian Music Conference (2nd time in a row), Polish black mass meisters Behemoth have decided to give a second shot at playing on Indian shores. Come September 24th, you will get to see them play at the 4th Edition of the Deccan Rock festival. They will be headliners at the festival, which will feature rising stars of the Indian music scene in its line-up:

–Meta-stasis
–Inner Sanctum
–Primitiv
–Godless
–Dark Helm
–Elemental (India)

So save the date, book your tickets and make sure you aren’t foolish enough to miss this because there’s No Sympathy For Fools.

GODLESS, new death metal act from Hyderabad to release debut EP

From Hyderabad, India emerge Godless, a new death metal band formed by members of Skrypt, Shock Therapy, and Eccentric Pendulum. Promising a new sound, None other than Joe Haley of Psycroptic (Australia) fame has mixed and mastered their debut EP, in addition to doing a guest solo on this debut album. A statement from the band reads:

We are proud to announce that our debut EP Centuries of Decadence has been mixed and mastered and is ready to be unleashed. This is 18 minutes of fast-paced, skull-crushing, thrash-laced death metal with a shit ton of riffs. We’ve got a lot of exciting announcements coming up soon. Check our Facebook page to stay updated.

Track list for “Centuries of Decadence”:

1. Infest
2. Ossuary
3. Replicant
4. Oneiros

Godless EP cover

The album art is based on the second song of the EP, Ossuary.

Ossuary talks about a wretched creature that dwells deep in the catacombs in a state of suspended animation, about to complete its last phase of hibernation to wreak havoc onto the world. The lyrics are a metaphor for nefarious covert organizations within the governments of today.

Replicant, as the title suggests, was inspired by Blade Runner (1982).

Oneiros speaks of the shaper of nightmares. This particular version has been inspired by Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman.

 

Watch the teaser of the EP right here:

XANDRIA to headline BITS-Pilani Hyderabad’s Pearl

German symphonic metal band Xandria will be headlining the annual cultural festival Pearl at BITS-Pilani‘s Hyderabad campus on 14th March, having previously been headlined by acts such as Dark Tranquillity and Decapitated. The band will be managed by Orka Networks during this time, the events company that brought Gojira and Bloodshot Dawn to India, among other bands. Xandria released their 6th full-length album Sacrificium last year, to extremely positive reviews. As a stroke of absolute coincidence, their 3rd full length from 2005 was titled India. Whether that was due to having visited the country before or as a vicarious step we are not sure, but we at Headbangers India are glad that they can finally visit the namesake of that release.

Skrypt gives away ‘Discord’ for free download

You’d surely remember Skrypt- the five piece band that formed in 2006, and based out of Hyderabad, India.

The band is no longer active, but has just uploaded their entire EP, titled ‘Discord’ for free download.

You can download your copy here.

‘Discord’ was released in 2010 and since the band has sold out all their physical copies, they decided to upload it along with high resolution artwork.

Check out Headbangers India’s review of Discord here.

Decapitated performing at Deccan Rock 2011

Yes, you heard it right. Polish tech death masters Decapitated are all set to trap us in Spheres of Madness at Deccan Rock 2011. Though no official announcement has been made by the event organizers themselves, or on the band’s myspace, the official facebook page does confirm the rumours that had been going around for quite some time. Keep checking this space for more updates about dates/venues.

Dark Tranquillity playing at BITS Hyderabad

It seems like every engineering college in India wants a major metal band to perform at their respective cultural festivals. Following in the footsteps of the IITs and VIT, BITS Hyderabad have gotten melodic death metal giants Dark Tranquillity for their festival. They’ll be supported by Bangalore’s beloved Kryptos and a Swedish thrash/death band called Degradead.

The show is on February 12, so whoever can make it, do so. More information about the passes etc on http://bits-pearl.org/

Deccan Rock: Pub Rock Fest (Hyderabad)

Catch Theorized, Karmageddon and Anarchy live at the Deccan Rock: Pub Rock Fest in Hyderabad this Saturday, the 11th of December.

Details of the event are below:

Venue: Xtreme Sports Bar, Kharkhana
Time: 7:00pm onwards
Entry: Rs. 200/- (100/- redeemable cover charge)

Featuring:

Theorized
Karmageddon
Anarchy

Cyanide Serenity’s and Hacride’s tshirts will be on sale at the gig. The Cyanide Serenity tee costs Rs. 350/- and the Hacride tee, Rs. 400/-

The best part about this gig is that it will feature Theorized’s original line-up, so if you’re in town, you know where you have to be!