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ELUVEITIE announce double headers in India

 

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Swiss folk metal gauls Eluveitie have announced a return to Indian shores with 2 headlining performances at NIT Calicut and IIT Roorkee. The former will take place on the 27th of March at NIT Calicut‘s annual cultural festival Ragam while the latter will take place on the 29th of March at IIT Roorkee‘s annual fest Cognizance. In 2010, the band had headlined IIT Guwahati’s Alcheringa.

Eluveitie will be performing on the back of their 2014 release Origins, the band’s sixth full-length release. Their massive eight-member line-up include a violinist, a hurdy gurdy player and a flautist. They will be managed for this India tour by Orka Networks, the same folks who are bringing Xandria down to India and have also been responsible for managing other artistes like Gojira, Bloodshot Dawn and Hacride.

 

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.

Hacride announce June tour throughout India

French extreme progressive metal band Hacride are ready to return to India in June in a huge way, this time by playing a tour all throughout the country. The poster below was released less than 24 hours ago. The tour is being organized jointly by Orka Networks and The Link Productions. More details to be announced soon so watch this space.

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Final line-up for Deccan Rock announced

The final line-up for the Deccan Rock festival (2011) has been announced. This year’s edition is bigger than the last, and will take place in Hyderabad. Though the festival/event website is still to announce details, bands performing have been putting up some pretty useful information. However, once the official announcement is out, we’ll let you know.

As of now, the bands performing are:

Day 1
Sybreed – Switzerland
Violent Eve – Spain
Bloodshedd – Philippines
Motor Militia – Bahrain
Antim Grahan – Nepal
Shades of Retribution – Assam, India
Escher’s knot – Chennai, India
Abraxas – Pune, India
Evergreen – Cochin, India

Day 2
Decapitated – Poland
Nervecell – Dubai
Cyanide Serenity – United Kingdom
Inner Guilt – Lebanon
Devoid – Mumbai, India
III Sovereign – Delhi, India
Abandoned Agony – Bangalore, India
Artillerie – Delhi, India
Funeral in Heaven – Sri lanka
Sledge – Hyderabad, India

Tickets are priced at Rs.1000 for two days.  For details, visit http://orkanetworks.com/ (We’re hoping that it will be updated soon).