Band Photo : AimBase

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AimBase , Progressive Rock/Metal Band From Kathmandu are the winners of Nepfest II. They are newly formed band in our SCENE. AimBase is four man band with Kundan Shrestha ( Bassist of Antim Gahan).

Photo Credit: Umes Shrestha

Gothica Deification Of The Saboteur(DOTS) EP Album Download

 

Gothica ,Nepali Black Metal Band Recently released their Album (EP) DEIFICATION OF THE SABOTEUR (DOTS) online through their official Facebook. But hard copy of DEIFICATION OF THE SABOTEUR was released already in DEIFICATION OF THE SABOTEUR GIG few weeks back.The sole aim of releasing album through online is to let Gothica's music know to Other rather than any other reason.

In this Ep They have included :

• 2012


• Cyborg Cataclysm


• Salvation From Eternal Sorrow::Death


• Deification Of The Saboteur


• Mortal Warriors Die [BONUS TRACK]

Two tracks Mortal Warriors Die and Cyborg Cataclysm were already big hit among us and have posted already as Gothica's Songs .

Do support Gothica by downloading DOTS  here and Comment them.

Go through our Recent  interview with Gothica few days ago.

 

Nepfest II ICMC Review

Nepfest II was successfully completed yesterday (17th September). It was little bit late to kick start show. Audience were remarkable as compared to first verse of Nepfest.There were alltogether seventeen bands warrior for   Nepfest II. All participants bands completed  their perfomance around 4:30pm. There was an hour break for starting featured  bands to start.From Featured bands Power Metal core band ,Rage Hybrid stood on stage for their performance. Rage Hybrid did 4-5 songs with some originals and few cover. Next  it was Hatebook on stage.Hatebook was winner of Nepfest I. Hatebook  did their orginals numbers including Revenge.After 30 mins of their Perfomance, it was melodic black metal band Kalodin on the stage. As usual they were painted over their faces. They started show with their original Dark Whisper.

The result of Nepfest II is :

Winner : Aimbase

Runner Up: Unholy Sickdom and Forsaken Weirdo.

What Winner Bagged ?

1.Rs.50,000 , will be officially signed by KTM Rocks record label

2.One original song will be recorded by REC Records.
What Runner up Bagged ?

Rs.20,000

The winners were declared on the basis of Judge Points and Votes of Audience.

Total competitor Bands  are 17:

11
Trux
Atext
Aghori
Denial
Aimbase
Fractals
Downfall
Altruistic
Nakinjhyaa
The Exorcist
Scarlett Void
Dis-Integrated
Spinal Discord
Unholy Sickdom
Forsaken Weirdo
Crossed Authority

AimBase : Winner of Nepfest II.

[Pic Credits:Umes Shrestha]

Interview : Hatebook (Death Metal Band) from Nepal

Hatebook is a death metal band from Kathmandu formed in 2006. They had started their journey playing thrash metal initially, but soon they split-up in 2008, and had reformed again in 2010, this time playing death metal. Here is a short interview with the band.

Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt & Fredrik Åkesson Talk "Heritage" Interview Video

This is the exclusive video interviewed by roadrunnerrecords.com of UK . Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt & Fredrik Åkesson describes about their latest album heritage which will released on September 20. Heritage Can be order from amazon and itunes.

Download The Devil's Orchard.

Also Opeth Heritage is leaked from mediafire,torrent and blogspot site in Internet.

Dead Mariners - Ishwori Download

Dead Mariners is a metal band from Patan, Nepal. Dead Mariners recently released song "Ishwori" from their debut album "Night of fallen Morbid" . Ishwori is Newari song, which is the fusion of classical music and black metal. They have used a Newari instrument called khen in this song.

Interview : GOTHICA

Gothica is a metal band thrashing the underground scene of Kathmandu for quite some years now. After the release of their debut single “Mortal Warriors Die” in late 2008/2009, they’ve come up with their first EP titled “Deification of the Saboteur”. We talk with the band about the album and other things. The interview:

NU: Hi there. Thank you for taking some time for this interview. You guys have recently released your first EP, "Deification of the Saboteur". How have been the responses so far?

Gothica: The response so far has been good. Well, the album has not been widely distributed so we've received very few feedbacks but nevertheless with good tags on it.

NU: How was the whole recording experience? In which studio had you guys recorded the EP?

Gothica: The album was recorded at PHOENIX studio. The entire experience has been tedious and frustrating due to the load shedding problem; but that apart, everything else has been just so awesome. We got to learn quite a few new things. Experimenting was fun and of course the studio people were just too awesome – very patient and creative. Sadly we will miss our trip to the studio.

NU: Was the album self-produced?

Gothica: Yes. We had a deal with Rock Fever to sponsor the album but midst of recording the second song, they wanted us to throw our drummer (due to personal reasons), which we could not and the deal was off. So we decided to do it on our own.

NU: How can we get our hands on the EP?

Gothica: Well it’s not distributed widely. In fact, it’s not distributed at all. But it’s going to be downloadable via our Facebook page itself: http://www.facebook.com/MortalWarriors

NU: Could you describe the concept behind the album title "Deification of the Saboteur", which we had been hearing as the title of the gigs organized by you guys. And what are the overall lyrical themes of Gothica?

Gothica: DEIFICATION is to worship as a deity or a god and SABOTEUR is someone who sabotages. So the album and the songs are based on the political scenario following the many rebellion acts during the past decade who destroyed homes, ruined families, took lives, de-structured what our forefathers constructed with sweat and blood and god knows what not. And sadly those beasts are now deificated and worshipped as they are the ones in ruling power.

There is a line in the song:

“Like an abomination they came across through the darkened land. Will their planted seeds wrong the deeds that our predecessors rightfully paved with just to make it and they break they take they make it pale time will tell tale will tell of the sins they committed and yet they were deificated”

The overall theme has always been political. The lyrics however are not literal. It has hidden meanings to it, look deep into it and you will get our message.

NU: I had read that your lyrics also contain political touch, particularly in the song "Cyborg Cataclysm". Now isn't it strange for a gothic/black metal band singing on political issues?

Gothica: Yes just like all other songs, Cyborg… is written on the tragic event: The Narayanhiti Massacre. The lyrics here include the general public's perspective on what exactly happened there. And about our genre: though when we started the band, we actually planned it to be a GOHTIC/SYMPHONIC metal band but down the line we kept experimenting with our songs and we cannot be called as a gothic or black metal or a symphonic band. Why limit a band to a certain genre when we can keep experimenting and create good music? We are just a metal band and I believe we have the full right to write on political issues.

NU: So do you prefer singing on fictional or real life subjects? Which one do you think provides a stronger meaning to music?

Gothica: Of course on real concrete facts but we like to keep the lyrics like a walnut. You need to crack through it to get to the fruit.

NU: We could see a significant influence of Cradle of Filth in your music. What else bands have influenced you guys?

Gothica: Yeah, Besides CoF, Nightwish, Iron maiden, The faceless, Necrophagist, Death, The Black Dahlia Murder, Dimmu Borgir, Children of Bodom are some of our other key influences.

NU: And we've heard that Gothica is going in hiatus for now?

Gothica: Yes, as three of our members have headed abroad, it will not be before a year that we will be hitting the stage.

NU: The last gig you played was with Kalodin and Unholy Sickdom in Hotel View Bhrikuti, Godavari, a strange location to say. How was the closure gig?

Gothica: The Godavari gig was well… very very unconventional to say the least. It was a very new and weird experience. You know, a gig with awesome carpeting where you could stage dive and not feel a bump, haha. It was an enclosed rooftop venue and a very… well, don’t have the word for it. It was just awesome and it was our last gig (for now) and also our first ever where we did 9 songs in a row.

NU: There have been a HUGE number of line-up changes in the band in past, isn't it?

Gothica: Yes all total there has been 20 members approx who have joined the band. There are members who joined the band, jammed with us but left before even playing gig. So we are a platoon when all of us reunite, haha.

NU: So do you think you'll be reforming anytime in the future?

Gothica: Yes, after one year.

NU: And recording more stuff?

Gothica: I cannot say anything about recording more stuff but we surely are hopeful to.

NU: Alright. Any final words to wrap up the interview?

Gothica: STAY METAL \m/ Amen!

 

 

[ Interviewed by Samyam Shrestha for NU ]

[Pic Credit: ktmROCKS ]