METALINDIA MAGAZINE ISSUE #02
40+ pages of pro-printed B & W pages, the second issue boldly announces loads of original interviews with some of the best underground bands from Asia and across the world. Launching the first assault, GRUESOME MALADY from India unleashes gore. One of the finest bands to emerge from Southern India, KRYPTOS, give us an insight into their forthcoming debut release. Dubai based melodic death metal band, ABHORRED, talk about the Fall Of The Empire. Indonesian band AAARGHHH and ROTTREVORE RECORDS are brutally interrogated. North East Indian band, UNDYING INC give a short interview after their performance at IIT-Delhi Fest. In our International band interviews, we have a variety of bands playing music ranging from Viking metal to gore/grind. Viking Gods, THRYFING from Sweden, Atmospheric death metal band, LUNATIC GODS from Slovakia, brutal VOMITORY, German grind masters COCK AND BALL TORTURE, Spanish grind freaks HAEMORRHAGE and melodic Finnish deathsters NORTHER. In our band promotion section, we have some of the upcoming bands from the underground featured in the INTROSPECT section. DEFLESH, BELIAL, MYNDSNARE from India and Asian bands like NARASIMHA, AZRA-EL, DEFILED are featured. In International bands, Austrian STERNENSTAUB, Norwegian EPITAPHIUM, DAWN OF DEFIANCE from Uruguay and Costa Rican ALASTOR are given their rightful exposure. A Special Tribute to the legendary black metallers from Norway, IMMORTAL who have defined what Black Metal is. Sadly, the band split after 13 years of delivering mayhemic and blasphemic black metal. Following the tribute is a live report of India's only metal fest, DOMINATION - THE DEATHFEST covering both the Mumbai and Bangalore events. Besides the aural assault, we have loads of METAL NEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS, ZINE REVIEWS and not to forget a special section dedicated to the great bands of the past in 'THE PAST IS STILL ALIVE'. SUPPORT UNDERGROUND METAL!!!