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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.

Metal Assault organizer releases statement about the show being stopped midway

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 the entire situation:

Metal Show Stopped Midway – A lawyer’s business deal supposedly falls through because of LOUD MUSIC!
SALMAN U. SYED· 
TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016
The 6th of March promised to be an eventful day, with some of the best metal bands in the country scheduled to perform at Metal Assault, which was to take place at a local venue called Pebbles. The show started on time at 3 p.m with Kerala based band Chaos playing a great set followed by their compatriots in The Down Troddence upping the ante soon after. However, trouble soon reared its head before Inner Sanctum had a chance to take the stage. A cop showed up at the venue demanding that the show be stopped at once due a complaint lodged by a lawyer who resided in the same neighborhood. Apparently, the lawyer, who was entertaining the Chief Justice as his guest, requested the police to shut down the event immediately, as he could not conduct his business with the Chief Justice due to the ‘loud noise’. To top it off, he threatened to use his influence with higher authorities if his request was not complied with.
I was then taken to the police station along with the manager of Pebbles, Mr Mathew, where we met the lawyer. We apologized and assured that the volume would be reduced, and subsequently requested him let the show go on since we had bands and fans who travelled from all over the country for the gig. The Inspector of the High Grounds Police Station filed a petty case against me, because according to him I was creating a ‘public nuisance’ and also warned me against turning the music back on. If I did not comply, he told me that I would be arrested unconditionally. While I was willing to risk arrest for the sake of the event, the management of Pebbles refused to allow me to continue citing their desire to ‘safe guard’ their venue.
This has raised many questions
1) Prior to conducting the event, I had consulted with Mr. Harris (the Pebbles owner) stating that the event would go on throughout the day, since the PA and sound system would have to be set up and tested during the morning before the show began. He was completely aware of this and did not have any issue whatsoever. If I had known ‘loud music’ would have been a problem for a place that usually plays much louder music on a regular basis, I would not have held the event at the venue.
2) Pebbles is a venue that is known to conduct events that range from DJ nights to EDM shows every weekend. Bizarrely, after the entire mess, they told me that since I didn’t use their own PA system, the volume of the event got out hand. The PA at Pebbles is insufficient to run a live rock or metal event and there have been events before where organisers have brought in their own PA systems, so why was it an issue now?
3) Pebbles is surrounded by marriage halls that frequently play music at ear shattering levels many times during the year. Why then was this event singled out for being ‘too loud’?
4) Pebbles has a license to hold live music events on their premises. This was not the first time a live event has taken place there, so, once again, why was my event singled out?
I don’t really want to get sucked into a blame game here, but if Mr.Harris from Pebbles really cared about organisers running events at his venue, he would have offered to help with the situation at hand. While he was in Goa, the Pebbles manager Mr. Mathew and I were running from pillar to post trying to get the gig up and running. Mr. Harris, however, could not be reached, since he never bothered answering his phone, despite numerous calls from our end.
Mr. Harris, I would like to openly state that due to your negligence towards your own venue, I was shamed into apologizing and pleading before the police for no fault of my own. I have also suffered tremendous monetary loss due to the shutting down of the event.
To everyone who attended, I am truly grateful and I cannot thank you enough for your patience and support. Having said that, I would like to further explain the situation we are facing. As most of you know, we run events on the revenue model of ticket sales. All money that comes from these ticket sales goes towards hiring the venue, hiring sound and lights, booking flights and hotels for the artists and much more. Due to this we are unfortunately unable to provide refunds at this point. We are, however, aware that 170 people purchased their tickets through Book My Show, while a further 50 purchased tickets at the venue.
To make up for what has happened, we have a similar event planned, wherein everyone who has purchased a ticket for Metal Assault will be given free entry. To the 50 people who purchased their tickets at the venue, we kindly request you to send in your names at sal.echoes@gmail.com so that we can keep a record for the next event.
I would like to once again offer my sincere apologies to everyone who attended the show, especially to all the amazing people who travelled long distances to attend the gig. I thank you immensely for your support and patience through all of this, and I hope this will not deter you from attending more metal events in the future. I would also like thank the wonderful crew who area always the backbone of the festival, Special Thanks to Sufiyan Ken No, Shiva, MadDas, Saurabh, Chintan Chinnappa Nikhil V. Pai Govind Joshi! You guys are always awesome!
Salman U. Syed
(Promoter – Bangalore Open Air)

Nominees in the ‘Metal’ category at the Radio City Freedom Awards announced

On 16th February, Radio City announced the nominees for their annual Freedom Awards. This year saw all of NINE nominations in the ‘Best Metal Artist’ category, spanning cities across India. The nominees are as follows, VOTE for your favourite:

 

  1. BHAYANAK MAUT– ‘Now Creation. Forever Destruction’| Man
  2. INNER SANCTUM– ‘Guardian’| Legions Awake
  3. AMORPHIA– ‘The Lieber Code’
  4. AGAINST EVIL– ‘War Hero’| Fatal Assault
  5. ALBATROSS– ‘In the Lair of Dr. Hex’| Fear From the Skies
  6. ABERRANT– ‘End Game’
  7. DEMONIC RESURRECTION– ‘Even Gods do Fall’| The Demon King
  8. RECTIFIED SPIRIT– ‘Empire’| The Waste Land
  9. WIRED ANXIETY– ‘Heavily Sedated’

Top 13 Tracks of 2015: Headbangers India staff picks

The year is new again. It is time for use to look back on the year that was in terms of metal and release another staff pick list. This time, we chose to have everyone pick 13 tracks instead of albums because while the experience of a good album is undeniable, there are often songs that stand out so tall that one keeps wanting to go back to them instead of sitting through the remainder of the album. We also managed to get opinions from the founding couple of this website and that’s a big deal because they usually like to stay low key. So without wasting further time, here are our lists. Click each track name to enjoy it and see what the fuss was all about.

 

Subhramani & Vilasini

 

Madhav Ravindranath

 

Adarsh Ravichandran

 

Manaswi Gundi

 

Ishaan Kumar

 

 

 

* Song unavailable for online streaming
Original image from www.pixabay.com|Edited by Ishaan Kumar

 

INNER SANCTUM announce all-star guest appearances on ‘Legions Awake’

Bangalore’s Inner Sanctum are really compensating well for the past few years of musical silence. After releasing what was probably the best lyrics video ever made for an Indian metal band and playing at INFERNO Festival in Norway, the band have announced the following names of guest guitar players on their upcoming album Legions Awake:

inner sanctum legions awake guest guitarists

No doubt the band is going all out in creating quite a rumble before what is building up to be a very promising album. This list of star performers is definitely doing its part in upping the ante. Look out for it in late April!

INNER SANCTUM return with new lyric video ‘Wake of Destruction’, announce debut full-length

Death/Thrash metal heavy weights Inner Sanctum from Bangalore, have released a video for ‘Wake of Destruction’, their first single from their upcoming full-length debut release ‘Legions Awake’.

The follow up to the critically acclaimed EP ‘Provenance’, ‘Legions Awake’ promises to deliver to the listener the trademark Inner Sanctum sound; melodic, groovy and inherently crushing. The band claims there are tracks that are potential metal anthems such as Realms of Oblivion, March of the Wounded, Guardian, to name a few.

The band has continued its association with award winning producer/engineer Lasse Lammert (LSD Studios Germany) for the new record, who is renowned for his stellar production with thick punishing guitars and a massive yet crisp drum sound. Lasse Lammert has worked with Alestorm, Svartsot, Halcyon Way, Synarchy and Trials, among other bands.

For the video, Inner Sanctum commissioned Igor Omodei from Uneven Structure, the French progressive metal band. Igor is one of the most sought after designers whose arrangements are gorgeous and breathtaking to say the least. Igor Omodei has worked with Basick Records, Euroblast, Xerath, Escape the Cult, The Dali Thundering Concept etc.

Says guitar player Chintan Chinnappa:

The video is Igor’s interpretation of Wake of Destruction.. he visualised a woman playing both a victim and an abettor. She stands there blindfolded and is unable to see the war. She is a victim of the media and the government who have misled her with information. She is an abettor because of her inaction to the violence surrounding her. We intend on releasing the album in March. ‘Legions Awake’ will hit the right spots in terms of groove and melody. Fans can expect plenty of metal anthems from the album.

 

Norway’s Inferno Metal Festival comes to India

Rock Street Journal and VH1 India announced the inaugural Indian edition of the well-known Inferno Metal Festival that takes place every year in Norway. The announcement, which was made on January 20th, named New Delhi and Bangalore as the 2 cities to play host to the festival. Headlining this 2-day festival will be Norwegian death metal band Obliteration and thrash metal band Nekromantheon. The Indian contingent will comprise of Undying Inc, Devoid, Inner Sanctum and Theorized. The festival is to take place on the 15th and 16th of February in New Delhi and Bangalore respectively.

India has been associated with Inferno in the past with bands like Demonic Resurrection, Scribe, Undying Inc and Zygnema having played in its Norwegian edition in the past. This year too, Kryptos have secured a spot at the festival. This is the 2nd major international festival coming to Indian shores after Bangalore Open Air’s direct support from Wacken. Stay tuned for more updates!

Inferno

Inner Sanctum releases tour blog episodes

Earlier this year, Bangalore metallers Inner Sanctum embarked on their biggest venture yet- an 8 city tour of Europe, seeking to conquer new stages and win over new legions of fans across the globe.

The band was joined by their European booker, Julian of JLF Promotion and friend Philipp Mertens from The Euroblast Collective.

The band has released a series of tour blog episodes with footage from their tour, which includes all the craziness that went down in Europe.

Watch the episodes here:

Episode 1 :


Episode 2:


Episode 3:


You can (and must) follow the band on their official website: www.innersanctum.in

 

goMAD Festival 2013 announced

The second edition of the much-awaited “Go M.A.D” Festival has been announced and promises an out of the world musical experience at the Fern hill Palace, Ooty from October 25-27, 2013. After the grand success of M.A.D 2012, the organizers are ready to make more noise, bring in more bands, splash more colors and invoke more craziness this October.

Confirmed bands to make the crowd go mad are Parikrama, Agam, Soulmate, Shobana Dance Academy, The Tank and the Bangas (USA) and Luke Jon Sheare (Aus), Jamie Ferrari (UK), Noori (Pak), Emergence and so on. And as far as we are concerned, the metal bands who form a part of this line-up are:

Blind Image
Lucid Dreams
Inner Sanctum
The Down Troddence
De’Sat
Bevar Sea

The M.A.D Festival is a three day event, which exclusively deals with Music, Art and Dance. The festival began in 2012 under the name of MAD Festival and is organized by Cobalt, a leading integrated marketing experiential company headquartered in Bangalore. The festival is spread over 44 acres, with a lovely camping area ,a curated market, a crazy adventure zone ,a bar in the woods, lots of food stalls, a play area for kids and a range of workshops by renowned artists & field experts. Additional to the fun, the MAD Festival has been known to support several environmental concerns.

Log on to their official website for more details on the event.

Inner Sanctum confirmed for Metalfest Open Air, Poland

After being confirmed for Burning Sea Open Air in Croatia, Bangalore’s Inner Sanctum have been announced as part of the line-up for Metalfest Poland 2013. This marks their 2nd European appearance of this year and the 4th Indian metal performance in Europe for 2013 so far (the others being Kryptos at WOA Germany and Zygnema at Inferno Open Air Norway). They also plan on announcing more European dates soon so keep watching this space for more updates!