BLOOD and IRON are renowned as one of India’s earlier metal bands to delve into the sub-genres of symphonic and later, pristine old school heavy metal. The shift of genres can be attributed to a plethora of changes in the line-up that has left only founding guitarist Ashish Shetty as the lone constant ever since… Read More REVIEW: BLOOD and IRON – Voices Of Eternity
Solar Deity is perhaps the only established and happening Black Metal band across India. And yes, those words ought to be politically correct, given the band’s rise to prominence in the underground circuit since their inception in late-2011. The band started out as a 2-man act, with Aditya Mehta taking on vocal and guitaring duties… Read More REVIEW: SOLAR DEITY – Devil Worship
Among the predominantly silent hills of the north-eastern part of India is a haven for musicians across many genres. The ‘Seven Sisters’ states are also known to be a breeding ground for many a metal bands, bands that shy away from commercialism and play for passion. The likes of Alien Gods, Agnostic and Dark Carnage… Read More REVIEW: PLAGUE THROAT – An Exordium To Contagion
To describe Immolation in brief would be “straight-up”, “on-the-face”, and ”crunching”, to name a few. With a career spanning over the better part of two decades, nine full-length releases, and a myriad of live shows later, these men from the Big Apple have well made their way into becoming one of the most well-known and… Read More REVIEW: IMMOLATION – Kingdom Of Conspiracy
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
Soilwork means to ‘work up from below the ground’. This melodic death metal band from the Swedish town of Helsingborg has been a trendsetter in their genre ever since their formation as Inferior Breed in 1995. Starting out as an out-and-out melodic death metal band, Soilwork had become pioneers. With a whiff of refreshingly aggressive… Read More REVIEW: SOILWORK – The Living Infinite
The fall of the millennium saw the rise of many a metal bands all over India, bands that encapsulated the spirit of raw and high-energy heavy metal with perfection. These bands inculcated a sense of pure metal-head ecstasy in the willing crowds that thronged their shows and also bought their CD’s, thanks to widespread promotion… Read More REVIEW: SCEPTRE – Age Of Calamity
Reptilian Death are a Death Metal band based in Mumbai, India that began as Sahil Makhija, a.k.a The Demonstealer’s solo project in the summer of 2001. The project took off with the release of ‘5 Easy Ways to Kill People’, which was a light-hearted take on murder. Intense in terms of music and humorous content,… Read More REVIEW: REPTILIAN DEATH – The Dawn Of Consummation And Emergence
The past decade has seen quite the number of contemporary metal bands rising up in pockets of the vast country that is the United States of America, riding the wave of pure and raw heavy metal. Formed in 2008, Holy Grail sure does count, backed up by refreshing, mind-blowing and head bang-worthy music. Lining up… Read More REVIEW: HOLY GRAIL – Ride The Void