Death metal as a sub-genre has seen significant evolution since its inception almost four decades back. Moral Putrefaction, a trio based in Chennai, India epitomises that diversity, as their blend of death metal music showcases both old-school and modern elements almost perfectly.
Two and a half decades have passed by since their inception, but Kryptos is showing no signs of slowing down. The heavy metal outfit from Bangalore has recently dropped a brand new single ‘Decimator’, which also happens to be the title track
Veteran Indian metal band Inner Sanctum has announced that they have found their new frontman. The Bengaluru-based thrash metallers have roped in Shashank Bhatnagar as their new vocalist, filling in the void left by Gaurav Basu. New Delhi-based Shashank Bhatnagar is known
In a tragic development, Divyanshu Gupta, guitarist/bassist of renowned Indian metal acts KillKount and Elemental, passed away yesterday morning. At the time of reporting this news, the reason behind the musician’s death has been kept undisclosed due to privacy reasons. His untimely
Shillong Thrash metal band ETERNAL SCORN, a Shillong-based thrash metal outfit, have recently announced that they are going to release a brand new EP this October. Titled ‘Built For Mayhem’, the EP is going to be released on October 14 on all
After 16 years of touring and releasing music, legendary Indian metal vocalist Gaurav Basu has decided to call it quits. Frontman of the Bangalore-based metal band Inner Sanctum, Gaurav has announced via social media that he left the band last week. Also
It has been more than five years since Chronic Xorn last came out with an original record. Through several obstacles and delays during this period, the Kolkata-based metal outfit is finally gearing up to release its much-awaited new album due this year.
Among all the old-school extreme metal offshoots, black metal has always been a bit underplayed and understated in the burgeoning Indian metal scene. For reasons unknown, rather its cousin sub-genres like death metal, thrash, and grindcore, have had more representation from this
In the past few years, India has witnessed a surge of metal acts from remote parts of the country. Whereas over the years, metal bands would mostly be seen hailing from cities and urban centers where there’s hardly any dearth of infrastructural
Back in mid-2008/09, when the music scene of Kolkata was still in the nascent stages of accepting metal into its repertoire, a few musicians came up with an idea with only a single goal in mind. To make this extreme form of