ARTIST OF THE MONTH – BLAKC
January 31, 2010 – 10:02 PM | 8 Comments

Having renamed the band from Black to Blakc, this Mumbai based 5 piece alternative rock act has come a long way since it was formed back in 2005. Blakc comprises of Shawn Pereira on Vocals, …

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The Year That Was 2009 – Riju Dasgupta
January 2, 2010 – 11:05 PM | 2 Comments
The Year That Was 2009 – Riju Dasgupta

Name : Riju Dasgupta
Band : Albatross, Workshop
City : Mumbai .

How was 2009 for you and your band? What do you think has been the best thing to happen for the Indian Rock scenario in 2009?
Was …

The Year That Was 2009 – Ashutosh Pande
January 2, 2010 – 7:23 PM | No Comment
The Year That Was 2009 – Ashutosh Pande

Name : Ashutosh Pande
Company : BAJAAO , N.O.C
Band : Khiladi .
City : Bombay
How was 2009 for you and your company/band? What do you think has been the best thing to happen for the Indian …

The Year That Was 2009 – Jayashree Singh
January 2, 2010 – 4:08 PM | No Comment
The Year That Was 2009 – Jayashree Singh

Name : Jayashree Singh .
Band: PINKNOISE , Skinny Alley
City : Kolkata
How was 2009 for you and your bands? What do you think has been the best thing to happen for the Indian Rock scenario in …

The Year That Was 2009 – Vidhi Gandhi
January 2, 2010 – 10:46 AM | No Comment
The Year That Was 2009 – Vidhi Gandhi

Name : Vidhi Gandhi .
Company: Chordvine.com
City : Bombay

How was 2009 for you and your company? What do you think has been the best thing to happen for the Indian Rock scenario in 2009?
2009 has …

The Year That Was 2009 – Sahil Makhija
January 1, 2010 – 9:40 PM | 3 Comments
The Year That Was 2009 – Sahil Makhija

Name : Sahil ‘Demonstealer’ Makhija
Company: Demonstealer Records .
Band: Demonic Resurrection, Workshop.
City : Bombay .
How was 2009 for you and your company and bands, what do you think has been the best thing to happen for …

The Year That Was 2009 – Inner Sanctum
January 1, 2010 – 3:00 PM | 2 Comments

Name : Inner Sanctum
City : Bangalore
How was 2009 for you and your band, what do you think has been the best thing to happen for the Indian Rock scenario in 2009?
2009 has been fabulous for …

The Year That Was 2009 – Headbangers.In
January 1, 2010 – 12:00 PM | No Comment
The Year That Was 2009 – Headbangers.In

Name:
Subhramani Iyer .
Vilasini Muralidhar .
Company :  Headbangers.in
City: Bangalore
How was 2009 for you and your company, what do you think has been the best thing to happen for the Indian Rock scenario in 2009?
2009 …

The Year That Was 2009 – Anubhav Misra
January 1, 2010 – 3:20 AM | One Comment
The Year That Was 2009 – Anubhav Misra

Name : Anubhav Misra .
Band: Acrid Semblance .
City: Delhi

How was 2009 for you and your band, what do you think has been the best thing to happen for the Indian Rock scenario in 2009?
It …

Quote of the Day
December 22, 2009 – 9:49 PM | No Comment

All this while, the crowd had been swelling up and getting increasingly insane, and by around 6.00 pm, it was finally time for us to get on stage. We started with Life and the place …

Year in Indian Rock – 09 & the years gone by…..
December 13, 2009 – 9:02 PM | 16 Comments
Year in Indian Rock – 09 & the years gone by…..

The Year – 1991 was my first brush with an Indian rock band performing live. Those were the days when MTV had just launched in India, GNR was the biggest rock band around and Metallica …

Review: Prelude to Chaos – ARTILLERIE
November 25, 2009 – 4:54 PM | 3 Comments
Review: Prelude to Chaos – ARTILLERIE

By: Jitesh Rajan *
When the drum kicks in the first few seconds of ‘phalanx of chaos‘ & the face melting riffs thereafter you do realise that Artillerie
is back with an aural assault to fire things …

Gig Review: Unseen Underground Pub Fest V
November 17, 2009 – 3:01 PM | No Comment
Gig Review: Unseen Underground Pub Fest V

By : Nicky / Vijay / Shruti

The fifth edition of Unseen Underground Pub Fest underwent at Geoffrey’s pub last Sunday was nothing less than a complete extreme metal treat for the Chennai fans. The gig was …

Album Review: 'Moving On' – SOULMATE
November 6, 2009 – 12:12 PM | One Comment

By Itihas Shetty.
(This review is cross-posted at Absurd History)
Before I get started with the review i want to write something about my musical taste. I enjoymetal. I want it dirty, fast, brutal, dark, sick, perverted and straight …

Album Review: DYNAMITE WORLD – BLOOD & IRON
October 14, 2009 – 3:49 PM | No Comment

Right. It’s time for another desi band to be reviewed. I’ll admit though, that this is a bad time to do it. My head is full to the brim with a throbbing headache, and im …

Album Review: Two Point Perspective – HUMAN ABSTRACT
September 22, 2009 – 11:46 AM | 3 Comments

The first time I ever checked out Human Abstract perform was way back in 2004 at a college fest in andheri when they performed for a relief fund with other mainstream acts from Mumbai…With their …

Review: Sodium Trail(and the current beantown voice) – PARACHUTE XVI
September 8, 2009 – 12:13 PM | No Comment
Review: Sodium Trail(and the current beantown voice) – PARACHUTE XVI

By Subhadip Sural . (This review is also crossposted at www.indianrockwaves.com )
Look at the album cover. Looks like an Alternative Band.
Look at the name of the band. Looks Alternative.
Look at the song titles. Looks Alternative.
Well…they …

This week in review
September 6, 2009 – 12:27 PM | No Comment

Sept 05: War Dog got pwned by Irie syiemlieh over the Great Eastern Rock Vol1 review . Must stop using adjective like Superb, Great etc for general effect. Thanks Irie.
Sept o5: Unmaad (Bangalore) calls …

Review: Great Eastern Rock Vol1 – V/A
September 5, 2009 – 3:17 PM | 88 Comments
Review: Great Eastern Rock Vol1 – V/A

The Great Eastern Rock Vol1 is the brain child of Editor in Chief of ‘The NorthEast Today’ Magazine Mr P.B.K Manikya (Maharaja of Tripura) whose great efforts also brought classic rock bands like Firehouse and …

Album Review: VanQuish – SLEDGE
August 31, 2009 – 10:31 AM | No Comment

By JITESH RAJAN .
Listening to the new SLEDGE record is like a journey back to the Kill em all & Schizophrenia days.
The veteran Hyderabad metallers latest effort VanQuish epitomizes the thrash era of the 80’s and early 90’s. …

Quote of the Day
July 10, 2009 – 10:49 AM | No Comment

“A drummer sent a query calling his band, Prestorika, the “only heavy metal act in India,He continued, in press release style, about playing alongside Megadeth and Machinehead in March 2008 at the “Rock in India” …

Review : 'Transcend' – SRIDHAR
June 20, 2009 – 12:01 AM | No Comment
Review : 'Transcend' – SRIDHAR

tran⋅scend  [tran-send]
–verb (used with object)
1. To rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
2. To outdo or exceed in excellence, elevation, extent, degree, etc.; surpass; excel.
tran⋅scend [tran-send]
–verb …

Review : 'Between & Beyond' – EVERGREEN
June 17, 2009 – 1:20 PM | No Comment
Review : 'Between & Beyond' – EVERGREEN

Evergreen is one of the most underrated rock act in India , blame it for their marketing strategy or  any other reason, when I first heard Evergreen I was convinced from the start. This five …

Review : 'Khooni Murga' – WORKSHOP
June 9, 2009 – 11:24 AM | 15 Comments
Review : 'Khooni Murga' – WORKSHOP

Review By ITIHAS SHETTY.
To begin with this Album has trounced every other Indian album in terms of recording.
Actually, coming from Demonstealer records this isn’t surprising considering the vast experience. And of course the man himself …

Quote of the day
April 28, 2009 – 11:52 AM | No Comment

Though JYG seem to have reworked the intro, the song remains Simple lyrics and high on melody, if you can sing like Ameeth Thomas can, there ain’t no lady you can’t lay – Vineet Kanabar Reviews …