
UK Progressive Metal band TESSERACT have announced additional details of their highly-anticipated acoustic EP, PERSPECTIVE. Set for a European release of 21st May, the effort will be available digitally, while a physical version will be issued through the band's webshop. The five song-EP features EDEN 2.0, acoustic versions of three tracks from the band's debut album, ONE, plus a cover of Jeff Buckley's classic DREAM BROTHER. As a special bonus, the iTunes version will contain instrumentals of all the tracks.

Instrumental band KAAV from Vypin Island, Kochi have come up with a music video for their single THEE which comes from their upcoming debut album RHAPSODY OF RAINS. Check out the music video below!

Jaipur, Rajasthan based Progressive Death Metal band WINTER GATE has finally released their debut E.P titled DISILLUMINATION. The E.P has been made available for "Free Download" for the fans. So better hurry up!
The Alternative scene in Delhi is just about to get hotter with another local band that has entered the mainstream with their debut E.P. Welcome aboard, WHITE BERYL, who with their Alternative/Jam music, and now a self titled debut E.P, have been regularly playing live in Delhi underground circuits and even other cities, colleges and clubs.

Queens, New York Instrumental/Progressive Metal band DYSRHYTHMIA has inked a deal with PROFOUND LORE RECORDS. The band will enter the studio this spring with DYSRHYTHMIA bassist Colin Marston handling production duties to begin recording its next album for a late summer/early fall release. The group states, "We're gonna do our most to make this the best DYSRHYTHMIA [effort] yet."
Band: Gru
Album: Cosmogenesis
Genre: Djent/ Intrumental/ Fusion
Country: Poland
Year: 2010
Record Label: Unsigned
Artwork: Cosmogenesis

Tracklist: Cosmogenesis
1. Universe (01:11)
2. Nebula (05:48)
3. Pulsar (05:02)
4. Fermi Paradox (02:25)
5. Stellar (05:19)
6. Aurora (03:30)
7. Andromeda (05:27)
8. Zeta Reticuli (05:12)
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TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA) invites entries for the eighth annual Toto award for young budding musicians and bands. The winner, to be decided by an eminent panel, will receive a cash award of Rs 50,000. Entries should reach TFA by 10 October 2011. There will be no extension of this deadline.
We are in a time where experimentation in music is the thing, where cross-country genres are being dabbled with, together in the same bowl, and “fusion” as a term is gaining more and more meaning. Ten years previously, you wouldn’t have thought of playing a sitar alongside a DJ scratching away on his turntable, while manipulating the crossfader on his mixer. Even if you would have, you would have met with a lot of raised eyebrows from peers. In the midst of all this, Niladri Kumar, the 37-year old sitar prodigy, who is already a famous name in the Classical Music and Indian Fusion circuit for his unparalleled talent on the sitar, and also for the invention of the ‘zitar’, blends the magic of Indian Classical instruments with new-age sound and churns out a beauty of an album PRIORITY, which is pure auditory bliss. Call the genre Indian Classical, Instrumental, Ambient, Lounge, Experimental or all of them together, it doesn’t matter. This multi-award winning maestro has to be heard and seen to be believed.

An Indian trio playing Instrumental music is not something we get to hear about often. And then, we have KAAV, a band based in Vypin Island, Cochin, that is set to break all notions. Personally, I feel instrumental albums have low attention span, and without vocals, all the attention is paid towards the music, technical and melodic strength, which is a real tough task to accomplish. However, KAAV’s three- track EP quite does make the cut. And, with Baiju Dharmajan on board for the production, it certainly cannot get better.