Indian Metal

Grossty – Crocopter Review

By Dr. Wvrm on November 14, 2016 in 2016, Grind, Indian Metal, Reviews, Transcending Obscurity, 17 comments

“My comrades may disagree, but I find the forced exploration inherent in reviewing to be a feature, not a bug. Operating outside of the norm drew me to metal in the first place, so I embrace this newfound stream of eclectic tastes and unexpected origin. Debutantes Grossty are the latest enigma I find rapping at my door. One of the only bands grinding in India today, they offer escape from the trappings of a metal culture that, though born of difference, too often trends toward uniformity.” Tasting the world, one promo at a time.

Darkrypt – Delirious Excursion Review

By Diabolus in Muzaka on October 24, 2016 in 2016, Death Metal, Indian Metal, Reviews, Transcending Obscurity, Death Metal, 25 comments

“Darkrypt was helpfully labelled as an Indian “dark death metal” band when I got the promo, which is great to know because I really thought a band named after a portmanteau of darkness and a dark underground tomb was going to be bright, poppy stuff in the vein of Carly Rae Jepsen.” I heard they’re doing a split.

Kryptos – Burn up the Night Review

By Mark Z. on October 1, 2016 in 2016, AFM Records, Heavy Metal, Indian Metal, Reviews, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, 44 comments

“When I think of India, a few things come to mind: curry, sacred cows, and the terrific 2001 novel Life of Pi. I certainly don’t think of heavy metal, much less fiery 80s-inspired metal with a deliciously modern twist. Enter Kryptos. Formed in 1998, this quartet has showboated their love of classic Judas Priest and Iron Maiden through 3 prior full-lengths, in addition to opening for acts like Death Angel and becoming the first Indian metal band to tour Europe in 2010.” Fist of the old star!

Demonstealer – This Burden Is Mine Review

By Grymm on March 21, 2016 in 2016, Death Metal, Demonstealer Records, Indian Metal, Metalcore, Reviews, Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Metalcore, Thrash Metal, 26 comments

“In my almost three years of reviewing for AngryMetalGuy.com, very few things surprise me anymore. Yet, while doing research for This Burden Is Mine, the second album by Indian one-man project Demonstealer, I hopped onto their Facebook page, and realized just how prolific one Sahil Makhija, aka The Demonstealer, is. Not only is he the guitarist and vocalist on here (as well as in his main band, Demonic Resurrection), but he also runs his own eponymous record label (which is also India’s first extreme metal label). He also has his own online cooking blog. In fact, the first thing I saw on Facebook was was a link to a YouTube video for making bacon cake. I didn’t know such a concoction of magnificence even existed on this lowly plane, proving that magic does indeed manifest on Earth.” Bacon cake impresses even the jaded staff of AMG.

Tetragrammacide – Typhonian Wormholes: Indecipherable Antistructural Formulae Review

By Grymm on November 10, 2015 in 2015, Black Metal, Iron Bonehead Productions, Reviews, Black Metal, Noise Metal, 97 comments

“I like to think, two years into my writing gig here at Angry Metal Guy, that I would have a pretty solid idea as to how to approach a review at any given time. Listen to an album over and over, look up band’s page, throw together some lofty or detrimental words, give it a number, and *BOOM!* Pictures, publish, print, next. But there will come a time when a band puts out an album where you’re perplexed as to how to approach, grade, or even talk about it.” From India with hate.

Polarization – Chasing the Light Review

By Happy Metal Guy on August 12, 2012 in 2012, 3.0, American Metal, Djent, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Swedish Metal, 9 comments

Instrumental music always works great as the soundtrack to doing productive work (such as sitting in front of the computer to scour the Facebook home page for drama queens of the day), and while mainstream society probably doesn’t think of instrumental metal music this way, perhaps they ought to give Los Angeles’ Polarization a chance.

Demonic Resurrection – The Return to Darkness Review

By Angry Metal Guy on August 3, 2010 in 2010, 3.0, Black Metal, Candlelight, Reviews, 5 comments

As world metal takes the stage, something that is happening more and more frequently these days, we’re going to be seeing more of these bands coming from places where metal just hasn’t ever shown its face earlier. Demonic Resurrection, as those of you familiar with Sam Dunn’s documentary Global Metal already know, are a band from India who play symphonic black metal. The third record in a trilogy The Return to Darkness is being released (as I understand it) as the band’s first international release via Candlelight Records. That Sam Dunn is a rockstar creating machine, it turns out. Though, when it comes to Demonic Resurrection, their music speaks for itself and if you give that music a stage that myriads of metalheads have access to, it’s not hard to see how they managed to break beyond their borders.