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The second year into the new venue DYPSA convocation Unchained 2012 is back this 4th March 2012. Unchained is one of the very few gigs in Mumbai that continues to remain an open-air event. This year brings a massive line up to the stage with headliners BHAYANAK MAUT, DEVOID and ABRAXAS and opening acts WIRED ANXIETY and GRIMMORTAL.

When I first heard the name INSANE PROPHECY, I was a little sceptical about how the band might be because quite frankly INSANE PROPHECY isn’t really a very good name for a band, it sounds like a couple of guys chatting in slang over the internet like "Doood the prophecy was insane man, it was so epic bro. Total ownage." But then I thought what’s in a name and decided to give these guys a shot and boy was I surprised!

Death/Thrash Metal band DEVOID from Mumbai, Maharashtra have recently announced that due to professional differences the band has finally decided to part ways with their integral and long-term member Frank Prashant Pawar(bassist).

A week ago Mumbai Metal band DEMONIC RESURRECTION announced an 'All-Star' show and invited entries from young upcoming bands for the opening slot. The gig is one of the pre-parties for Bacardi NH7 Weekender Festival and is being held on Saturday 5th November at the B69 Club in Mumbai. Over the course of the week the band revealed that the show would be opened by not one but two bands; VIZIA an upcoming Modern Metal band from Mumbai and ARIHANT, a Death Metal trio from Guwahati were selected from the demos received. The band also revealed the 'All-Star' list which features four bass players and nine singers as listed below.

Strawberry Fields, the National Law School of India University’s annual Rock Music festival, and India’s largest music competition for college and semi professional bands, is back once again. The critically acclaimed platform for bands, which has free entry for its audience, is currently in its fifteenth year of promoting original music in India.

IMR: Hello, Akshat Vaze! Okay, so before starting with the interview, it would be great if you could give a brief run-down about the bands origin since younger days?
Akshat Vaze(WGCF): WGCF started off as a onetime thing for me and the drummer, Aashish, back last year when it wasn’t a band. We were called to be a part of the instrumentation of a German theatre group known as "Bunte Buehne" which was a part of "Max Mueller Bhavan" here in Pune. So we, I don’t know why, stuck around for a couple of months and we played around. We actually started off as a German cover band. We officially started off in July/ August of 2010.

This 24th September 2011, Mumbai will be playing host to India’s first ever SLAYER tribute gig. This gig is a tribute organized by Mumbai Death/Thrash metal band DEVOID. They will also be joined on stage by members from DEMONIC RESURRECTION, BHAYANAK MAUT, ZYGNEMA, ATMOSFEAR, EXHUMATION and others. The event will also host a screening session of SLAYER videos prior to the gig.

India’s Independent label DEMONSTEALER RECORDS, also one of the longest running Indian record labels that focuses on Extreme Metal music has now launched 3 new divisions; a booking agency, pr agency and a band consultancy. The booking agency handles top Indian bands like BHAYANAK MAUT, DEMONIC RESURRECTION, INNER SANCTUM, DEVOID and many more.

Thrash Metal seems to be making a revival of sorts with old bands like SODOM and FORBIDDEN making a comeback and new bands like MUNICIPAL WASTE and BONDED BY BLOOD trying to recreate the sound of the 80’s, and while most new bands fail because they try too hard to sound like their predecessors and almost consciously avoid trying to sound “modern” as that would be “sacrilege”, DEVOID for the most part succeeds as their music seems genuine and they are comfortable with being who they are.

DEMONSTEALER RECORDS has announced a new contest for fans who support and buy original music called “The Demon’s Dinner Party”. All fans who purchase music and merchandise through the month of Feb from the DSR OFFER section of the online retail store CDRack.in or the “Monday Specials” on the DSR Facebook page stand a chance to win an invite to the party.