It was a just another end-of-summer weekend in the software capital of India with showers rampant across the city of Bangalore on the eve of India’s largest metal festival. The spirits were high, literally at the ‘Bak Bak Bar’, with The Score Magazine bringing together 5 bands- Fragile Silence, Nihilus, Providence and the ‘Wacken Metal… Read More GIG REVIEW: Bangalore Open Air 2013
BANGALORE OPEN AIR(BOA) 2013 announced, ICED EARTH, American heavy metal act as sixth international and also headliner of this year’s BOA. The American legends were to co-headline last year’s BOA alongside KREATOR, but were forced to cancel their performance due to denial of visas from Indian Embassy. Are now, ready to swing their axes for… Read More American metallers ICED EARTH to headline BANGALORE OPEN AIR 2013
The organizers of the Bangalore Open Air fest have announced that American legends, ICED EARTH, will not be able to perform at the event as their visas have been denied. Here is the official statement from the band on their Facebook page: Dear fans, friends and fellow metalheads in India.It is with a heavy heart… Read More ICED EARTH cancel Bangalore Open Air performance due to visa issues
Wacken Open Air‘s Metal Battle India has just announced the regional winners. The winners will be playing at 4 venues across the country before performing at the Bangalore Open Air. Out of the regional winners, 4 finalists will get a chance to perform at Bangalore Open Air scheduled for June 16th which will be headlined… Read More Wacken Open Air – Metal Battle India regional winners announced
Bangalore Open Air announced the co-headliners ICED EARTH and KREATOR earlier in April and have now revealed complete lineup of supporting bands. The supporting bands were revealed everyday in the past week. The supporting bands are : 1833 AD Kryptos Eccentric Pendulum Dying Embrace Bevar Sea Albatross B.O.A have also launched their new website and… Read More Bangalore Open Air complete lineup announced
Bangalore Open Air announced the first co-headliner of the festival few days back and it was none other than legendary heavy metal band ICED EARTH. BOA has now announced the second co-headliner which are the mighty thrash gods KREATOR. Here is the official announcement on BOA’s Facebook page. Here is the news you’ve all been… Read More Bangalore Open Air announces second co-headliner – ‘KREATOR’
Bangalore Open Air announced the first co-headliners of the festival which will be held at the Palace grounds, Bangalore on June 16th are none other than the legendary heavy metal band ICED EARTH. “Here it is folks. Bangalore Open Air is proud to present our first co-headliner. They have long been an institution of pure… Read More Legendary heavy metal band ICED EARTH to co-headline ‘Bangalore Open Air’
It’s pretty obvious that the question on everyone’s lips is ‘How the hell can anyone replace Matt Barlow?’ To be perfectly honest I was less than enthused when the news broke that Stu Block was recruited to take over vocal duties for Iced Earth. While he is certainly a talented vocalist with a huge range… Read More REVIEW: Iced Earth – Dystopia