Commented the band: “Past, Present…Torture” is an album we’ve been working on for roughly the last 4 years. The album consists of 13 new tracks that promise to be the most extreme and versatile Nervecell record to date, have no doubt about it! The title speaks for itself, focusing on the state of the world and where we are all headed as a civilization. We can’t wait for you all to have a taste of what’s in store, don’t say we didn’t warn you…

Source: Lifeforce Records

The band’s vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Demonstealer comments, “Our previous album ‘The Demon King‘ was born from the idea of writing about ‘Ravan’ who is a demon king from Hindu mythology and while we wrote our own story from scratch it did kind of set the tone of where we want to go from there. My fiance was the one who told me the rather gruesome tale of Narasimha the ‘man-lion’ avatar of Vishnu which really made me look at mythology rather differently and it made for a great idea to write a song about each of the avatars of Vishnu, since they were very interesting stories. It was pretty obvious then that the album had to be called Dashavatar.”

Artwork has been made by Indian artist Reuben Bhattacharya (Visual Amnesia) who explains it in more detail –

“Ten ancient gods in one and the band’s most death metal sounding album, it had epic written all over it. So when Sahil got in touch with me with the brilliant idea of Dashavatar, i just had to give life to this vision. Since the idea itself of India’s premier metal band doing something from Indian mythology itself is a polarizing one, I had a dual responsibility to create a Vishnu that hadn’t been seen before and one that was demonical and true to the band’s legacy as well. The amount of reference material to go through with this was ridiculous but i find studying and absorbing ancient lore and myths fascinating. Painting a completely new version of Vishnu was a worthy challenge i set myself and chased relentlessly. Of course it was not easy re-imagining a godly image so deep rooted in our culture; with so many layers both in meaning and sensitivity and how it relates to the stories of the 10 avatars on their respective tracks on the album. This the alien hyper god of the multiverse preserving the might of all that is good in his bolt of lightning, as the avatars fight of the sneering serpents of evil, all avatars united as one combined mega force in a central battle at the lair of all creation. Remember this image is not as a religious god, this is a metal god \m/”

Track list:
1. Matsya – The Fish
2. Kurma – The Tortoise
3. Varaha – The Boar
4. Vamana – The Dwarf
5. Narasimha – The Man-Lion
6. Parashurama – The Axe Wielder
7. Rama – The Prince
8. Krishna – The Cowherd
9. Buddha – The Teacher
10. Kalki – The Destroyer Of Filth

Lineup:
Demonstealer – Vocals/Guitars/Keys
Nishith Hegde – Lead Guitars
Ashwin Shriyan – Bass
Virendra Kaith – Drums

Demonic Resurrection PledgeMusic page

Hope your guys are having a good time. A sneak peek review of your experience so far into the tour in India.
It was a delightful, amazing experience. It was really inspirational and touching to see how many fans we had in this country.

Your first album was out in 1997, looking back on it now; how has the journey been as a band and in your style of playing.
It’s been a brilliant journey. More like trial by error and a learning process. It’s a work in progress as a band. We sing about love, pain, hate and desire. I think we’re more understanding as a band now. We take emotion and we put emotion into our songs.

It’s been a while since your last album, will we get to hear you guys play any new songs? I’am sure fans will get Stoned and go Blurry.
The album will be out after Christmas 2015. Wiping the Slates Clean is the title. Its old school Puddle of Mudd with some heart felt and life saving musical and lyrical content that will hopefully impact other people’s lives.

Have you been able to attend any local gigs so far?
Unfortunately we’ve had no time to see other bands. Maybe we can on our next visit.

It’s Roktoberfest at Hard Rock Cafe (HRC), and the band’s performance coincides with this “Rock” fest. So, how does it feel that you are the first to perform at this fest?
I think this opportunity is amazing and it’s going to have a lot of legs for many many years, we are all really happy to be here and we appreciate Hard Rock Café for having us here.

As this is your first tour to India, and you are to perform at Hard Rock Cafe. So, how excited are you for this?
We’re really excited to be here and play at HRC, its one of our favorite brands and not everyone gets to perform at a HRC. We love this country and its very special for me and the rest of the band.

Thank you for the interview, best wishes with the gigs ahead. A few words to the rockers out there listening.
Thank you for supporting us and coming out in such great numbers. Our fans in India are beautiful, inspirational people who have been blessed by the almighty above. I have been blessed through you and I can’t believe I’m here.

…panic-stricken I recall running frantically for my life as the deafening and colossal drumming grew louder behind me, it followed by some rather intimidating yet cadence riffs which loped in faster than ever. That’s when I ran into the Wizard, in a numinous voice he unleashed a series of cosmic and philosophical spells and branded me Bearded and Bizarre. I journeyed through a passage of dead stars, blackholes and lunar phases and landed into a queer and beastly era of obscurity, where malevolents whispered of an unholy place, they made sacrifices, danced to a vice trance as they Buried me in NOLA. My petrified mind drifted into a cryogenic Sleeping Pool, to a rescindable time, a prolonged state of objectivity drawn into a riffy parallel universe. The sound of pages being turned hurriedly woke me, I found myself starting straight into the Wizards face, he was carrying a quire. Pryingly I wondered about my premonitions of Where There’s Smoke (There’s a Pyre). I called upon the Heathen Lord and read a prayer asking to be made free from this nightmarish repression of oblivion and melancholy dream. A bright shining light appeared out of nowhere and the next thing I recall was gazing into the twilight sky and witnessing The Grand Alignment.

From the opening note until the last beat, this album bestows a forty four minute ride into an analogous universe; experience a starker and unpitying sound of drums which are dunked into slower and faster paced riffs, which are topped with some unkempt vocals which will descend your mind into a murkier and enchanted galaxy.

When you get your hands on the album prepare yourself to; give in and visit an outlandish planetary ecosystem with this meditative cosmos of BevarSea’s latest creation.

Invoke the Bizarre … because a parallel and orderly ecosystem is typical and unexciting.

Witnessing these boys at a gig is enchanting, as they cast their chilling, melancholic tunes onto us and we helplessly drift into their bewitched cosmos.

This September the band gears up for the release of their much awaited second album.

Be part of the Grand Alignment at their album launch and Invoke The Bizarre.

Commented Demonstealer “Having George be a part of this album and to play drums on it is a huge honour for me. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect something like that to happen. I had the pleasure of meeting George personally in 2011 to interview him for my show Headbanger’s Kitchen and we became good friends, but still I’m only going to believe it when I have the drum tracks in my hands.”

“This album has been 4 years in the making and often took a backseat due to my work with DR, RD and Workshop, all who released albums over the last 2 years. The music is quite melodic and I think there is a lot of emotion in this album. The music is more melodic death metal so it’s going to be very interesting to hear George play on this because it’s definitely not as ferocious or fast as Nile so definitely excited to see what he brings to the table.”

Watch the announcement video here:

Demonstealer is also running a crowd funding campaign for the album where fans can pre-order the music and merchandise. The campaign link is: https://www.fairfundr.com/campaigns/recording-releasing-solo-album-2/

The band features bassist Ashwin Shriyan and axeman Nishith Hegde from Demonic Resurrection as well as axeman Prateek Rajagopal from Gutslit who started the project as a 1 man bedroom band. While their first single features programmed drums the band is already joined by 16 year old Ranbir Kapoor as a permanent drummer.

Stream the single: http://rollingstoneindia.com/listen-minerva-conduct-unearth/

The band is currently instrumental and is still looking for a vocalist.

Created by the ridiculously talented Jess Cope and her team at Owl House Studios (who have also created visual wonders for Steven Wilson, Devin Townsend and Mikael Akerfeldt), ‘Patience’ is the product of 3 months of meticulous illustration, photography and stop-motion animation.

View the new video in all its glory here:

Guiding Lights offers 10 new tracks of exhilarating and heady progressive music, weaving a sonic tapestry of technically beautiful and imaginative melodies around crunchy metal riffs and sweeping, atmospheric vocals.

The album was funded by fans after a fast-paced and successful PledgeMusic campaign and has been mixed and mastered by legendary Australian producer Forrester Savell (Karnivool, Animals As Leaders, Dead Letter Circus). The album release rounds out a fantastic year for SKYHARBOR which has seen appearances at Download Festival, Graspop and a European tour, as well as a nomination for best Global Metal Band at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods.

Guiding Lights follows on from the critically acclaimed 2011 debut Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos which won the band fans worldwide, including Lamb of God who handpicked the band to support them in India, whilst also resulting in awards for Best Song, Best Album and Best Band at the Rolling Stone India Metal Awards.

Guiding Lights will be released worldwide on November 10th.

Catch the band live on the following dates:

22nd November – NH7, Pune, India
23rd November – Guwahati, India
28th November – Bangalore, India
29th November – NH7, Delhi, India
+ more dates to follow

Watch the teaser here: http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/news/2014-10-07/demonic-resurrection-unveil-cryptic-teaser

Demonic Resurrection recently completed a UK tour including performances at Sonisphere Festival as well as supporting UK thrash legends Onslaught. The band also played at the prestigious Wacken Open Air in Germany for which they released a pro shot video which can be viewed here