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INDIAN METAL DEATH? SURE, WHY NOT?

 Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 9:15am by

Reader Sawan Raykar sent us the below video for the song “The Unrelenting Surge of Vengeance” by the band Demonic Resurrection, a melodic death metal band from India. It’s not the greatest thing I’ve ever heard but it’s pretty good, and I honestly can’t think of another Indian metal band (and I mean a band FROM India, not with an Indian American member). And that makes them interesting in and of itself, because, holy shit, India might be one of the last major countries that don’t seem to have gotten a chance to make their contribution to the metal world.

Anyone else know any other good Indian metal bands? Is there a whole thriving scene we don’t know about? Seriously. I’m curious.

-AR

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  • Mansonist

    Mind Snare from India. Sounds like DEATH.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1SuOrteqTg

    • Mansonist

      *Myndsnare*

      • R. Joseph Smith

        Hi.

  • RockOutWithMy…YouKnow

    Nothing to say about the post, since I don’t have speakers for my computer, but I would like to say how I’m a big fan of your resolution to get your asses out of bed and post earlier than 10:30.
    Thanks for contributing to me not doing work and eventually getting fired.

  • SMisra

    Rudra, who are/were a Singapore-based band with all Indian members. They are kind of a death/doomy hybrid with self-consciously Indian-themed lyrics (Vedic metal!). Really not too shabby.
    http://www.rudraonline.org/ or http://www.myspace.com/vedicmetal

    BTW, Indians absolutely love classic metal – Maiden, etc. are huge there . OTOH, they also love Bryan Adams, so YMMV

    • gATO

      yep, Rudra is pretty good, definitively worthy of checking out

  • IamracistbutiloveOceano

    They had good metal over there but we took it from them and left them with a bunch of bullshit.

  • http://www.segadriven.com Hairyman

    Pakarama are thoroughly influenced by classic metal. Not my cup of tea but another example of Indian metal, at least.

  • http://raiseyerfists.wordpress.com raiseyerfists

    Watch ‘Global Metal,’ by the same guys that did ‘A Headbanger’s Journey’ and ‘Maiden: Flight 666′

  • Raggogon

    not Indian, not death metal but they are Hindu black metal — and what a quality video for a start up band!

    RUDRA

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVvDOTxEb_Q

  • Coop

    Yeah, “Global Metal” had a few, but I forgot them.

  • R. Joseph Smith

    Hey Axl, how’s it going.

    “…India might be one of the last major countries that don’t seem to have gotten a chance to make their contribution to the metal world.”

    “…India might be one of the last major countries not yet contributing to the metal world.

    Give me a job as an editor and I’ll let you pay me.

  • americanfckinghatred

    This is… not bad actually.

  • http://eddiebanchs@mac.com Eddie

    A few years back in SPIN magazine there was an article about heavy metal bands and musicians in India. It seems the scene is there. Most of the impediments, like in most parts of the world, are of a cultural effect. Not exactly sure what the publication date of that article was, I’m sure if you look for it, you will find it.

    All the best.

  • http://misterbooze.blogspot.com Mister Booze

    I blogged about this a few months back, check it out:
    http://misterbooze.blogspot.com/2009/09/first-whisky-now-heavy-metal.html
    I think you would like Kryptos
    apparently there is a good Indian single malt heading to the states soon. I know, totally unrelated.

  • Verator

    Sounds like some has been listening to Old’s Mans Child/ Dimmu Burger.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/CM-Rob/688615160 CM Rob

    The Indian/South Asian Scene is bigger than most may imagine.. I have family membs over there, who gave me a brief tour in the scene over there.. i literally got mindfucked..
    there are many bands that are underground wont go near mainstrea,,
    Allso the culture and religion of south asia makes it hard to promote them nuff to go ani were near mainstream…
    So its preaty hard to get into their scene unless ur in it..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keith-Brown/537636633 Keith Brown

    Am I the only one who findsa a dude with short hair windmilling silly as hell?

  • Deathexplosion

    these guys were in Global Metal for a few seconds…the Indian dude with the Dimmu t-shirt being interviewed was from this band i believe.

  • Malacoda

    “India might be one of the last major countries that don’t seem to have gotten a chance to make their contribution to the metal world.”

    Does China have any metal bands? You’d think with such a huge amount of people, they’d have more. But according to the Archives, there are only 124, which is practically nothing. The Archives also says that India has 77 bands.

    http://metal-archives.com/browseC.php

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rohit-Gupta/666005820 Rohit Gupta

    India does have a pretty big scene. Iron Maiden, Sepultura, Opeth along with a few others have done mini tours there.

    Here’s some bands worth checking out, It’s been a while since I’ve checked out some of the newer names but here are the ones i remember.

    Rat King (Avantgarde/Industrial)
    http://www.myspace.com/raatkeeng

    Severe Dementia (Tech death from Bangladesh)
    http://www.myspace.com/severedementia

    Motherjane(progressive)
    http://www.myspace.com/motherjane

    Amogh Symphony(technical/progressive)
    http://www.myspace.com/mohenjadaro

    Bhayanak Maut
    http://www.myspace.com/bhayanakmautmusic

    Myndsnare(death thrash)
    myspace.com/myndsnare

    Amidst the Chaos
    http://www.myspace.com/amidsthechaos

    Cruentus (Black metal,these guys are actually from Nepal)
    http://www.soundclick.com/cruentusnepal

    Decibel (Progressive)
    http://www.myspace.com/decibelindia

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rohit-Gupta/666005820 Rohit Gupta

    Also the guitarist/vocalist is the owner of the first Indian record label in India, Demonstealer records

  • http://reaper-x.deviantart.com/ Reaper-X

    lol, you guys are late as shit.

    Fuckin’ Sam Dunn covered this band in his last documentary.

    Demonstealer is a pretty awesome dude though. Very friendly.

  • Dimebag6sic6

    Pin Drop Violence. They’re really pretty tight http://www.myspace.com/gutterment

  • Utmu

    I listened to these guys on one of Liquid Metal’s Bloody Root, it was of Indian metal. As it turns out, there is a HUGE Indian metal scene, thing is, most metalheads in America haven’t heard of many of them. I can’t watch this vid atm, but this band was pretty good, but somewhat generic. I can remember another Indian metal band off the top of my head, which is Bhayanak Maut.

  • Isaac

    Reptilian Death is all I can come up with. I think they share a member or two with Demonic Resurrection, too. The difference is they’re tech death instead of melodeath.

  • http://www.demonstealerrecords.com The Demonstealer

    http://www.demonstealerrecords.com/forum/

    Got some good Indian metal up for download through the forum
    Acrid Semblance
    Exhumation
    Reptilian Death
    Narsil
    IIIrd Sovereign etc.

    India has a growing metal scene so here are some more links

    Demonic Resurrection – http://www.myspace.com/DemonicResurrection
    Reptilian Death – http://www.myspace.com/ReptilianDeath
    Demonstealer – http://www.myspace.com/thedemonstealer
    Demonstealer Records – http://www.myspace.com/demonstealerrecrds

    Cheers!

  • Anshul

    Abhor , Narsil , Infernal Wrath . IIIrd Sovereign , Atmosfear , Exhumation , Disembodied Corpse , Gruesome Malady , Dying Embrace , are some of the good Death Metal bands that have spawned the Death Metal scene in India . Devoid and Brute Force are 2 good Thrash Metal bands .

  • http://www.youtube.com/ma99ot zuraz
  • Jean

    Best representatives of Thrash and Death Metal from India

    Devoid (www.mypace.com/devoidmetal)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dDcQmO_R4
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ0IUE0wdWs&feature=related or simply search for Devoid India in Youtube.

    Infernal Wrath

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2_ibn5jKx4&feature=related
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXNip3O3XjQ&feature=related

    • Tracy

      Infernal Wrath is a band I would recommend to anyone exploring Indian Metal. A friend gave me their CD a month ago and they’re pretty awesome. Decent double bass and quite catchy riffs. Also quite a few ambient tracks on the list.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Narayan-Shrouthy/100000342410632 Narayan Shrouthy
  • 5.T.4.L.k.E.R

    OK I don’t know about India, but check out these bands from their neighbor, Maldives.

    NOTHNEGAL
    http://www.myspace.com/nothnegal

    SERENITY DIES
    http://www.myspace.com/serenitydies

    SACRED LEGACY
    http://www.myspace.com/sacredl3gacy

  • aditya ramakrishnan

    these are some really good bands from India as well

    Reverrse polarity (Hardcore/Metalcore)
    http://www.myspace.com/reverrsepolarity

    Sceptre (thrash metal)
    http://www.myspace.com/SceptreIndia

    Abraxas (Metalcore)
    http://www.myspace.com/Abraxas

    Scribe(Hardcore)
    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=157732257

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shai-Rilov/502027006 Shai Rilov

    lol the vocalist looks like the love guru

  • http://www.demonstealerrecords.com The Demonstealer

    @Shai – That would be me :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Abhimanyu-Ghoshal/517045654 Abhimanyu Ghoshal

    Ooh, good to see Indians weighing in with their favourites (and their own bands) here! Inner Sanctum is another band that’s been getting some love – myspace.com/innersanctumindia . Give ‘em a listen. And props to Demonstealer for all his fantastic work in promoting music and metal in India!

  • Anshul

    wow didn’t know so many Indians checked out Metalsucks . Anyways Inner Sanctum were good but slightly give away the core vibe , i have their Provenance EP . Saw them live as well when they opended for Amon Amarth in Bangalore . Anyways hardcore fans also check out this band Please Disrupt from Mangalore . Their ep Verge of Death kicks ass and more .

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sahil-Makhija/510828514 Sahil Makhija

    @Abhimanyu – thanks for the kind words man :)

  • Tracy

    I started checking out Indian bands a couple of months ago and so far the ones I’ve taken a fancy to are Kryptos, Inner Sanctum (i have their sweatshirt :D), Infernal Wrath, Demonic Resurrection, Bhayanak Maut and Sceptre. Kryptos would have to be my favorite out off them all ’cause melo-death is my favorite genre and they’re pretty decent with the structure and melody and everything. \m/