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India releases its first Motorhead tribute album

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The aptly-named Iron Fist Records have now released the much awaited Motorhead India tribute album, featuring 12 ear-splitting covers spanning various genres of metal from bands of different backgrounds. The album can be streamed in its entirety on Bandcamp, where you can also order a special edition bundle with a poster and a limited edition t-shirt. The bands and songs featured are thus:

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Millennium – Iron Fist 02:28   (Heavy Metal|Bangalore)
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Dying Embrace – Deaf Forever 04:14  (Doom Metal/Stoner Rock|Bangalore)
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1833 AD – Dead and Gone 06:11 (Black Metal|New Delhi)
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Bevar Sea – Turn You Round Again 05:05 (Doom Metal/Stoner Rock|Bangalore)
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Albatross – God Was Never On Your Side 05:11 (Heavy Metal|Mumbai)
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Shepherd – Sacrifice 04:10 (Sludge/Heavy Rock|Bangalore)
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Witchgoat – Death or Glory 04:21 (Black/Thrash Metal|Bangalore)
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Mortar – I am the Sword 03:36 (Thrash Metal|Kolkata)
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Solar Deity – Orgasmatron 04:03 (Black Metal|Mumbai)
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Purgation – Terminal Show 03:42 (Death Metal|Kolkata)
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Dormant Inferno – The Game 04:36 (Doom Metal|Mumbai)
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Kryptos complete 15 years, announce massive Europe tour, including Wacken Open Air 2013

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This was an announcement posted by Indian heavy/thrash metal band Kryptos on 27th February 2013 on various social media pages:

KRYPTOS – XV YEARS OF METALPRESS RELEASE – BANGALORE 27TH FEB 2013A decade and a half. Who would have thought it would get this far? This year Kryptos completes its fifteenth year of existence and there are absolutely no signs of slowing down. 1998 now seems like a long time ago, probably had some pterodactyls flying about as well but we’ve weathered every shit storm that’s come our way since then and here we are in 2013, fatter, uglier and with most of our hair intact but still piling on the leather in unholy temperatures all around the country and bringing our metal to the masses.
To mark this monumental feat we’re pulling out all the stops this year and going for the jugular. This May we will put on a mammoth gig to celebrate the last 15 years that will see us play material from all our albums to date as well as a special set with some of our good friends and booze hounds from Bangalore and elsewhere. It’s going to be an epic night of unadulterated metal where we will bang heads and raise the devil horns with our long time supporters and metal brothers.
It doesn’t end there though. In July we hit Europe once again and return to magnificent Germany for a month long festival tour that will see us play at the In Flammen Open Air once again, followed by the killer Ragnarock Open Air as well as a one off festival appearance in Norway and Aschaffenburg with more dates to be added in the coming months.
But the big daddy of them all will be our very first appearance at Wacken Open Air 2013. When we started this band we didn’t think we’d even get past the bedroom we practiced in but fifteen years later we’re going to be playing at the biggest metal festival on the planet in front of tens of thousands of people alongside many of the bands we grew up listening to. Surreal doesn’t even begin to describe it.
So here’s to the last fifteen years and the next fifteen and beyond. Major thanks and cheers to everyone who supported us and still support us and a huge round of cheers to our manager Salman for his relentless work ethic behind the scenes, Miriam & Enno for all her fantastic support and our label AFM Records Germany for their belief in us. We’ve outlasted every ‘flavor of the month’ douchebag that put us down or said we were ‘irrelevant’ and would never last. Well we’re still standing with a cigarette in our hands and a middle finger in your face.
Rock hard, Ride free \m/
Cheers fuckers!KRYPTOS COILS AROUND EUROPE TOUR 20136TH July 2013 In-Flammen Open Air, Germany
13th July 2013 Open Air festival, Germany (TBC)
27th July 2013 Ragnarock Open Air, Germany
1st – 3rd August 2013 Wacken Open Air, Germany
9th August 2013 Aalesund, Norway
10th August 2013 Sam’s 15th Anniversary Festival, Aschaffenburg,

More dates to be announced Soon!!

Iron Fist records to release Motorhead Tribute album

Iron Fist Records is proud to announce a tribute album by India’s metal underground for one of the most influential bands of all time, Motorhead. The album, titled simply “Motorhead Tribute – India”, is a reference to the iconic “Motorhead – England” imagery. As for the cover artwork, it follows a proud Motorhead tradition of featuring a thematic adaptation of Snaggletooth, and is crafted by one of the scene’s most prolific illustrators – Bevar Sea guitarist, Rahul Chacko.

The line-up features some of the best old school metal bands from the country, spanning three decades. This just proves how Lemmy and company have influenced metal of various kinds, and how the band has made an impact on metal fans of all ages, whether you’re still a young kid, or well into your 40s.

The album is scheduled for a summer 2013 release. This will be the label’s third release since its inception in 2012, following old school stalwarts Kryptos’ third album ‘The Coils of Apollyon’ in February 2012, and the doom bastards Bevar Sea’s self-titled album in October.

The final line-up and tracklist in no particular order:

Millenium [heavy metal, Bangalore] – Iron Fist
Witchgoat [heavy/black/thrash, Bangalore] – The Chase is Better than the Catch
Albatross [heavy metal, Mumbai] – God Was Never On Your Side
Dying Embrace [death/doom, Bangalore] – Deaf Forever
Mortar [thrash, Kolkatta] – Burner
Bevar Sea [doom, Bangalore] – Turn You Round Again
Shepherd [sludge, Bangalore] – Sacrifice
Solar Deity [black, Mumbai] – Orgasmatron
Djinn & Miskatonic [drone/doom, Bangalore] – I Don’t Believe a Word
Dormant Inferno [doom/death, Mumbai] – The Game