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The Recent Upsurge of Indian Old School Metal Continues With Hellwind
/ May 16, 2012 11:31 pm

The Recent Upsurge of Indian Old School Metal Continues With Hellwind

The recent upsurge of old school metal in India continues with the Mumbai based new hard rock/glam metal band band Hellwind. Just after the pleasant re-union of legendary thrash metal band Postmark as well as the new albums by old school giant Kryptos and Mumbai based heavy metal band Albatross, the

Cheisrah Posted New Track “To The Subliminal”
/ May 11, 2012 8:39 pm

Cheisrah Posted New Track “To The Subliminal”

Bangalore based Experimental/Progressive Metal act Cheisrah released their latest single titled “To The Subliminal” from their upcoming debut album on the band’s official Souncloud page. The track is available for free download as well. The band had recently unveiled their fresh new logo and a bunch of crisp new band photographs. Since their inception in May 2011

Sabaton Releases New Promo Video From Their Upcoming LP
/ May 10, 2012 11:06 pm

Sabaton Releases New Promo Video From Their Upcoming LP

Swedish Power Metal band Sabaton have posted a promo video featuring the new track “A Lifetime Of War” english version of “En Livstid I Krig” from their upcoming LP ‘Carolus Rex’. The release dates for the album are May 22nd 2012 (USA) and May 25th 2012 (EU) through Nuclear Blast Records.

Avaka It’s All About The Beats
/ May 7, 2012 1:01 am

Avaka It’s All About The Beats

So, I am in Calcutta and I come across this event- Avaka It’s All About The Beats , and as I look for passes to attend it, I come across the young organizers who have this to say- “Last year, our music festival ‘AVAKA’ was beyond our expectations. Buoyed by

Escape Festival 2012
/ May 2, 2012 2:22 pm

Escape Festival 2012

  An initiative by Potheads, the Escape Festival of Art & Music, is a creative retreat and will feature bands, artists, writers, photographers, painters, graffiti artists, performance artists, tattoo artists and potters in a melange of talent. In addition to that, the festival will also feature a festival camp, a

Lucid Recess to Release New Music Video
/ April 29, 2012 9:26 pm

Lucid Recess to Release New Music Video

Lucid Recess will be releasing their new single ‘Changes Are Sold’ on 4th May. The single is the theme song of ‘2nd Guwahati International Short Film Festival, 2012’ and is from their upcoming album to be released later this year. The video of the song will be released on the

Nile India Tour Cancelled
/ April 22, 2012 1:30 am

Nile India Tour Cancelled

Metamorphik Prouduction who were handling the artist management for the Nile India tour, have recently confirmed that the tour has been called off due to Visa related issues. Announcing the news they’ve posted the following updates on their facebook page:   We are extremely sad to inform this to the

BOA Updates: Another Indian Band Confirmed.
/ April 19, 2012 5:59 pm

BOA Updates: Another Indian Band Confirmed.

It’s raining metal bands in Indian rock capital Bangalore! Eccentric Pendulum are the latest band to be confirmed for Bangalore Open Air. The progressive metal act from Bangalore will be seen playing with Iced Earth and Kreator along with Indian bands Albatross, 1833 AD, Dying Embrace and Bevar Sea. Formed in late 2008

BOA Updates: 3rd Indian Band Confirmed
/ April 17, 2012 4:25 pm

BOA Updates: 3rd Indian Band Confirmed

Delhi’s black metal venom 1833 AD is the 3rd Indian band to be confirmed for Bangalore open air. The 4-piece black metal act will also be releasing their debut album on 5th of May at Summer Blaze festival, Delhi where they will share stage with technical death giant Nile. For

Firehouse India Tour Rescheduled
/ April 17, 2012 3:26 pm

Firehouse India Tour Rescheduled

Indian tour of American hair metal band Firehouse which got postponed due to visa related issues, now is being rescheduled to 4th and 6th of May. Earlier the band was supposed to play on 7th and 10th of April at Dimapur and Imphal respectively. The new tour dates are:  May