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Lazure, the Progressive Rock/Grunge/Electronica project has released their new single Voyage a semi acoustic song with Classic Rock flavor to it. The song is available for "free download" on their BandCamp page.

The Five Wishes is an Alternative/Experimental Rock band from Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) formed by a group of music enthusiasts belonging to different schools have come up with their debut single Ek Kudi today. You can check it out on BandCamp page. 

Amidst the massive amount of metchul coming out from our nation, Slow Down Clown (SDC) is a unique relief for all those who aren’t into wearing black t-shirts and and raising devil horns.

Slash, the iconic, Grammy-winning Rock guitarist and songwriter's forthcoming second studio album APOCALYPTIC LOVE, will release his second solo album on 22nd May via his own label DIK HAYD INTERNATIONAL distributed through EMI. The CD will follow his 2010 debut album, SLASH, and his November 2011 first-ever live solo album, the two-CD/DVD set MADE IN STOKE 24/7/11. Notably, the SLASH album debuted on The Billboard 200 chart at #3 (#1 on the Rock chart, #1 on the Independent chart, and #1 on the Hard Music chart). Digitally, the album also became the #1 overall digital album and hit #1 on iTunes in 13 countries. Internationally, the disc achieved Top 5 chart positions in over a dozen major territories, hitting #1 in both Japan and New Zealand.

Every once in a while, for every six metal-heads, four indie-rockers, three punk-rockers and eight odd nu-age maniacs will come a band that will be fired by the traditions of Classic Rock and feel the burning need to restore the screaming guitar licks and reverb laden drum sound of the 60's and 70's to their former glory. SOLDER from Bangalore, Karnataka is decidedly this kind of band. Bringing in layers of vocal harmony over textured guitars gives them their signature sound. While being rooted in Classic Rock traditions every once in a while they do foray into what they call ‘modern indie’ sounds as well. And that’s what makes their sound a mélange of the old and new.

IMR: Hello Alobo, seems like the proverb "As you sow, so shall you reap" turns out to be pretty true for you guys currently. So, what's going at the bands campaign and how has been the overall response so far from the fans, especially?
Alobo Naga: 2011 Was a crazy year for us, as you rightly stated, we started reaping our first harvest from the hard works that we sowed, overall we had a very positive response from all corners, we are indeed grateful to God for blessing us so much in just a short span of time, and thankful to the fans, friends & well wishers for supporting us and bringing us this far. We had a crazy tour in some of the cities of India, then released our EP, composed and sang the title track for a Bollywood movie BEYOND which is yet to be released, our song PAINTED DREAMS was featured in the VH1 International Top 10, then featured in the VH1 Best 50 Videos of 2011, composed the theme song for "Guwahati International Short Film Festival" and the list goes on. We are now working with our new songs and soon gonna resume our tour for 2012.

METAL BLADE RECORDS has announced the signing of Swedish Occult Rock band NOCTUM.

FRONTIERS RECORDS will release the new HOUSE OF LORDS studio album, BIG MONEY, on 23rd September in Europe and 27th September in North America.

MENWHOPAUSE is a Delhi based five member outfit that was formed in 2001 by Anup Kutty, who also happens to be the former editor of the Indian edition of an International Men's Magazine. One of the first bands to distribute their music for free over the internet, MENWHOPAUSE is currently one of the premier bands of the country. One EP and two successful albums old, this Alternative Rock band is the only one till now that has been sponsored by ICCR, the cultural wing of the Government of India, to perform at Ausin, Texas, in the prestigious SXSW Festival, where they were invited to perform, which also made them the first Indian Rock band to get this honour.

If you had ever thought about Fusion music losing track nowadays, with so many bands mushrooming out of nowhere, claiming to be flagbearers of Fusion music, you are recommended to give a listen to this musical masterpiece from MRIGYA, a premier and prodigious six-piece Fusion band from Delhi. What they bring out in their debut album, THE COMPOSITION OF WORLD HARMONY, is genuine expertise over the various aspects of Hindustani Classical and Sufi music, blended with the abstractness of Jazz and Blues, Latin, Rock etc.