“Do you remember where you were on 16th December 2012? What about the 17th? Or the 18th?” I ask Mumbai-based Metal outfit Zygnema’s guitarist Sidharth Kadadi. “I could never forget,” He replies, “You?” I could never forget either. It was the first time in the…
On one end of the spectrum, he plays guitar for the Mumbai-based post-grunge band Hook and, on the other, for the Hindi prog-fusion act Paradigm Shift. Somewhere in the middle he has worked on ad films for Royal Enfield, HDFC Bank and PhonePe and as…
Moin Farooqui embodies the spirit of a true indie artist. To back me up here, Musician-Entrepreneur Big Will, AKA Will Zhong, sums up the characteristics of an indie artist perfectly, "They don't stop learning more, they work relentlessly, they think outside the box when it…
Just when we thought we’ve seen it all, 2020 has served us some more of the good stuff! Though formed in 2018, Taiwanese death metal band Dharma needed to do a little more before they could unleash their sound on us. Metal drummer, Jack Tung,…
System of a Down, the Armenia-American band that we all came of age listening to have just released two brand new tracks to address the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and the unresolved conflict over the territory, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but mostly governed by…
[Author note: This is not a review, it's a perspective] I live in a low cost housing society in Mumbai (MHADA). When the ‘hard’ lockdown began in March, we saw a reality no one had ever imagined, up and close. We all have fateful evening…
What killed Glam rock in the first place? Was it Grunge? Or excess? There's a bunch of theories, but most lead to some version the two aforementioned. In its heyday, the adage ‘party like a rockstar’ couldn’t have been a more blanket cliché for the…
Indian Metal bands are going places and we’re thrilled about it. Just a little over a week ago we talked about the band Bloodywood rocking the stage at Wacken. This time around, one of our all-time favourites Gutslit, shows the world that there’s more to…
A Viking Metal Band from Pune? Who could've imagined it? Spoiler alert - they're absolutely-positively the real deal. Make no mistake, Ragnhild's 2020 album Tavern Tales is an album to be read. We found ourselves following the storytelling all morning. Their first track, Battle On…
Inner Sanctum is out with a 360-degree Music Video. Swipe/move your screen to truly enjoy this 360° video! To watch this 360° video, you need the latest version of Chrome, Opera, Firefox, or MS Edge. On mobile devices, use the latest version of the YouTube…