Dawn Of the Legion : What you should not miss.

So on 12th July Pune is going to witness Dawn of the Legion. Here is my explanation of what you might miss if you are planning to skip.

1. DIRGE - You don't wanna miss this band cause its hell lot of a fun in  headbanging slowly.

2. Elemental - Death metal fucking with groove ! How you wanna miss live porn ?

3. Ragnhild - Dude, you love using the imaginary sword. You did fight infront of mirror !

4. Gaia's Throne - We all want to meet the aliens ! Right ?

5. Orion - we always want extreme stuffs, aren't we ?

6. Dark Helm - We all love to breakdown, don't we ? :'(

Now you know why you can't miss it ! Show up in numbers ! See you in the pit :) Let me finish my beer, I just passed Pro Tools :D

Demonic Resurrection - New Single/Tour - Thoughts

Indian Metal giants Demonic Resurrection has just released their first Single from upcoming new album "The Demon King" titled "Trail Of Devastation". After listening to it I want to just say few words as I am waiting for the album eagerly. Demonic Resurrection over the past decade inspired people and they will continue to do. I have met few people in the scene and most of them are busy bitching about the band. I don't blame them, may be the popularity of the band is tagged as overrated for them but since the time I knew about this band I have seen it as a band doing their job in their own way ignoring what other think about them. Also the band is blessed with a strong army of fans.

Speaking about the Single, the most important part being in a band is finding the sound the band can own. Its like first 3 seconds passed by and you can say, "Oh its by DR". I don't think anybody would love when someone ask is this new "Born Of Osiris record ?" after listening to their own song. It feels god to be compared with huge bands but I think at matured level YOU ARE NOT DOING IT RIGHT. I think I have acquired that much knowledge by following metal community for the past 7 years. Being straight forward "Trail Of Devastation" carries the SOUND of DR, its melodic, darker and heavy enough to set people crazy when played live. (As promised few words about the song)

Check out the Single below :

Check out the album preview sampler :

"The Demon King" will be released on 13th July in India. 14th July in UK&Europe. 15th July in USA via Candellight Records and Universal Music. Wishing very best to DR for their upcoming tour in UK& Europe.

Pre-order from Flipkart. Order from flipkart's android app to avoid shipping charges.

Drink Milk ! Bye now !

Consecration - EP : The first step

I don't want to be the self proclaimed one who saw this band grow into what they are today. But I guess as a part of the audience I do have the validation of saying I did saw this band grew. I experienced a glimpse of this band 2 years ago, I remember Entombed Metal Fest (Vol I). I remember as an opening band they did utilized the small amount of time they were provided. After 2 years of dedication and being in the spirit of making music, Consecration finally released their debut EP. I attended the EP launch gig on 14th June and I will be honest, they really are tight now. But I guess it would be a fake appreciation if I don't share my thoughts on the EP.

EP launches with the trademark intro, "Ordination"; I watched them play this live several times and the perfection in playing is quiet neat and sounds very good. It felt good, after listening it in recorded format. Next up is "Victim Of My Own Words", which is a proper arrangements of intense growling, crunchy riff patterns with a touch of melody in them. I liked the way the fusion between melodic leads and crunchy riffs been allotted together in one space. You can listen to everything clearly, credits goes to the man behind the machines, shaping the EP. "Hostile Retribution" reminds of some tones I heard before but I can't remember actually. The song has some complex materials in them and carries the sound that was in the beginning of the EP, which is important in order to established a sound the band own. The melodic fusion with some soulful solos seems to be the trademark of this band."Silent Walk", have a slow progression and I must say the band is pretty neat in mixing up melody and riffs and again in quickly shifting tempos and patterns in between which would definitely set a mark. The EP wraps up with their popular number "Plunge". I personally like the arrangement of the track and the way it revolves around with few riffs but again the solos are nicely placed. I hope they will place it more perfectly during live as those solos will justify their stand. 

Overall the EP is only a tiny step towards what the band want to achieve. That can be analyzed by their serious dedication in the EP. Everything from vocals to drums to bass to drums, sounded pretty neat and not bad for a debut release from a "hard-to-surviving-zone" oriented metal scene. At the end this band is a BRAVE band to keep their sound the way it is. Honestly I have seen fights over solos, in many bands. Some prefer it some don't but this band managed to balance everything with their skills. I wish them very best, grab the EP and support them. Till then Cheers ! And I am not sorry if I made grammatical mistakes !

My Rating - 3.5/5

You can check out the EP below . Click to visit at facebook.

Post-Blizzard and Pre-Dawn of The Legion

So finally a free evening but not for long as some exams are ahead. Exams are part of life. I love to wait finish them and start wasting time. Anyway, I had a distinctive pleasure by attending Blizzard which was hosted by Metalhead Spotted guys and The Stormbringer. Really glad Seamedu (my college)  helped out for the gig. The gig took place on 14th of June at Rastafa. Its a wonderful place to chill out honestly. I don't often go to anywhere, I love being home all the time but by attending gigs I give my body a chance to be in this so called beautiful world.

I am trying to rectify this habit of getting late to the venue,I was lost also as all roads looks so similar. I could hear the bass beats though from unknown distance. So I missed Cruoris and Anarchy, I saw the Hammer Smashed Face cover in youtube which was badass, Click to check. When I reached Systemhouse 33 was setting up for their performances and when they began playing I was pulled back to Thrashfest memories. Tight set, groovy and my good time rolled in. Consecration played a good set. I must say after a long decade I have seen a band playing solos, breakdowns, amazing riffs all together in one song. Blame my recent love for Slam/Grindcore but it was fun. I did bought the EP but sadly couldn't get the poster (blame my tight budget). Existence Failed was pretty decent too though I was outside and missed their 80% of the set. I did caught up in the end, may be couple of songs. I have a habit of writing less about the band I enjoy most cause I paid some money to watch them. I don't want someone to get a bit of taste of it also by reading my experience. So SCEPTRE was EPIC. You should probably not miss them next time they are around.

Rakesh Oshwal clicked some amazing snaps, Click to check ! Among Live videos check out Systemhouse 33's performance here.

And I realized that Frameshift Initiative guys are back after a long time, which means another gig in a span of month and its quiet amazing to have back to back gigs in the town. Dawn of the Legion will take place on 12th July. Click to go to the event page and don't miss it. Sorry you can't give the excuse for living far as its happening somewhere around the main town. But I can say I live far as it will be hard to travel back to Balewadi at night. I am sick of walking 20 KM all the time.
So does that mean I am going to miss ? You crazy ? No ! 

That's it for now. I am tired and relaxed. Also sad that I missed Rolling Stone Metal Awards in order to complete the assignments. And Sanjeev, I am sad as you are for Gutslit. Now time to enjoy FIFA World Cup, Cheers. Sorry for the Argentina flag theme, I don't support them. 

BLIZZARD : June 14: Why am not missing it !

Pune is all set to experience an intense gig. I am going to go and have a slice of its intensity. I don't care about other people showing up or not but I am going to go and have a good time . Rather then writing some boring dramatic bullshits, here is my 5 reasons, why am attending the gig. 

1. I want to support the scene, have a good time, mosh and headbang and unleash the beast in me !

  

2. Sceptre and  SystemHouse 33 from Mumbai will be playing in PUNE. I witnessed both the bands in Thrash Fest and I know how much heavy they are. Pune is going to loose some legs due to extreme voltage of grooveness. 

 

3. Pune's Consecration and Existence Failed will be releasing their EP respectively and also will exclusively perform and provide breakdown massage to your spinal cords. I will try to grab both the EP and I bet you guys should as well. 








4. Anarchy and Cruoris, will make sure you return home with loads of blood jammed in your system. 

5. Seriously you need another reason ? 

See you guys in the PIT ! 

 

Event Link : Blizzard 

 

 

Ctrl Alt Dlt . Survived but my face and neck is dead!

May 26 , 1:30 PM

It all started from here, a shiny bright afternoon. I was busy doing nothing. And guess who arrived, our house owner. He was in a vengeance of announcing some rules. First few rules were literally out of our context of matching it. But the last rule, BACHELORS NOT ALLOWED injected my veins the pressure and pain of being homeless and the plan of Ctrl Alt Dlt drain away from my schedule as I have to find a new place by 1st June.

June 1 , 10:30 AM

Yesterday, we went to a place to check out and it was good. I loved it. But early morning was informed the place is gone. So we had to go and check out another place. Abhimanyu called me up and asked about my surety and I was sure am not making it. But the place we checked was quiet amazing and we had no choice but take it. I was broke, left with 1200 bucks. So I thought I might have to pay that amount. But my new roommate was so kind he paid all the amount needed to book the place.

12:15 PM

I was happy that I have a chance to go to Ctrl Alt Dlt, no offense to any of the bands performing, I was dying only to catch Undying Inc as they are in my dream live list. So called up Abhimanyu , to check whether he left or what. So may be it was all written in the fortune, Abhimanyu was still there and he was with two other people planning to go. Now I added myself in the group and finally it was decided we are going to Ctrl Alt Dlt.

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

May be one of the longest bus ride I have encountered. When 5 PM was in the watch we were discussing about Reptilian Death, as they might have started playing. We decided to get down at Vashi. Catch a local train and go till Currey Road, as someone informed us Blue Frog is at walkable distance from there.

Bombay 
6:33 - 7:45 PM

We took a train to K**** (I forgot the name sorry) . From there we were supposed to take a train to Currey Road via slow Train and guess what ? Yes Bombay people; we took the fast train. So we had to take another train from B***** (I forgot) till Currey Road. After asking several strangers and with the help of my GPS (first time using) (Proud how my cheap smartphone functions) (Why XOLO is supporting Liverpool ? I am breaking it soon and buying Samsung) we reached the venue. We missed Reptilian Death ,GWE (Hoping to catch them soon) and also GUTSLIT ( Saw them four times).

8:15 PM ( I guess)

I lost track on my time, but yes when we entered Noiseware just began playing. Me and Vijit decided to join the pit and so we did. While I was busy in doing what I should do in the pit , Mr. Akash Watekar appeared from nowhere and we met after almost one year. We decided to go out and sadly left Noiseware's set ( I saw them live twice) but just when Need For Sleep began. I did sing along till I reached gate and discovered KXIP batting , IPL final OKAY. We went to a local bar. I was hungry, I didn't ate anything and Chicken 65 was my only meal of the day with some bitter liquid. I got high after drinking that. We rushed to catch Providence and entered when Pantera's cover was happening. After a short time of fun, we decided to go and burn some grass. I missed DEVOID as well ( Saw them Twice). But in that span of hour met some people, talked shitty stuffs, I don't know what I was talking about. Just before Undying Inc and when KKR needs 12 from 11 balls I guess. It was a mad experience. I couldn't believe in my ears the way the band was sounding. Delightfully this was one of the fun gig I ever went to and now I finally can add Undying Inc to my list. Next was Zygnema, well I am proud I remember the words of few songs and literally loved everything going on during the set. Stage dives were fun, and hope next time no one will hit the ground and I will jump as well. And Akash Watekar was missing but I found Abhimanyu back haha! I didn't discuss alot about the sets cause I don't want you to read about it for free LOL jokes apart, videos will be up soon I guess so why to torture my brain and write about the sets !

2nd June :1:30 AM -5:00 PM

I reached home at 5 AM. I managed to take a shower and drink only water and crash in my bed. I was hungry though.  While returning with the cab, the driver slept in the middle like 5 times. It was close, we are lucky to be alive and now recovering from neck sore. Bombay people really mosh hard, next time I am going to be extra careful. My face got punched several times and I was disturbing my friends by asking them to see if my face is on normal position.

Present : June 3 / 12:45 PM
I would give 10 out of 10 anytime for this gig. But from being unsure and changing plans at last minute, I am happy finally to catch Undying Inc live. Cheers to Abhi, Vijit, Karan. Next up is Blizzard , June 14- Pune. Time to eat food, I am hungry. And fuck English grammar.