Teevra Aandhi

I recently rediscovered Indian Ocean. I first listened to them when we covered "Maa Rewaa" in a fusion contest in our college. My music player hit Kandisa in the random mode and I realized I hadn't heard enough of this awesome band. Indian Ocean is our own desi jam band. Apart from their 3 awesome albums, they have also made the soundtrack for the movie "Black Friday". That film and the OST just blew me away completely. "Opening Pre-Blast" is one of the creepiest pieces of music ever written. My salute to the band for making great music and more importantly for staying true to their music. Four rock solid albums. They say, support the Indian rock bands. Well, this one's also Indian, support it!

An other album that I have been listening to endlessly is Quo Vadis' "Defiant Imagination". Their vocalist has this amazing growl and he can continuously growl for 20 seconds (yes I have timed a couple of his growls!). Vocals apart from that are pretty average death metal vocals, but the instumental department is just out of this world. If you like technical, fast, brilliant death metal, this is the perfect band for you. One more highlight is the bass playing of the almighty Steve DiGiorgio. The bass lines are just out of this world, typical SDG fare. He killed on all the Death albums, but I'm amazed at the speeds at which he plays on this one. The recent Sadus album (SDG's own band) was a disappointment for me. It is good, but not brilliant. So, all of you into metal, check this out