Band Info – The Reincarnation (From Darjeeling)

May 22, 2013 by rumblefish · Leave a Comment
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Source: darjeelingnews.net

It all happened in 1998 when a group of friends unanimously came together with a confined intension to Rock n’ Roll in the “Autumn Serenade” 98. when they opened for Pralaya & Magnum Opus in Darjeeling. Despite being pitted against the two biggest bands at that time, the boys managed to get the attention of the crowd. The burning unleashed and burst forth with an enthusiasm that set the stage and thus began the saga of the “Reincarnation”.

Work started right next morning with Vicky as the front man, Kalyan on bass, Shadeo as lead guitarist accompanied by Sandeep on 2nd guitar, Dewakar on the keyboards, Sanjit taking care of his drums along with Dhiraj on percussions, the band soon began performing at minor gigs in and around Darjeeling.

However, the Reincarnation’s biggest moment was when they made a clear sweep of all the major awards at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur festival in 2000. Vicky walked away with the best vocals award, the best lead guitarist title went to Shadeo and the best drummer was bagged by Sanjit. Needless to add, the Reincarnation was declared the “Best Band”. This was followed by a series of concerts in Darjeeling and its allied areas.

What sets the band apart from the rest is perhaps their willingness to experiment with different forms of music and not just sticking to a particular genre and doing cover versions of English Rock bands. The Reincarnation bagged the first position in the first ‘Nepali Pop Competition’ held in Darjeeling during the year 2001. This event enabled them to get their track ‘Hijo Samma’ find its way into “Gorkha Rocks” compilation from the hills.

They are not bound by change in language, but for them music itself is a universal language. By releasing their first debut album now known in the market as ‘Hijo Samma’ in August, 2003, they have proved their versatility and have become a household name.

The year 2003 saw them open for 1974 AD, one of the hottest bands in Nepali Rock music scene. With ‘Hijo Samma’ gaining immense popularity they performed at major concerts in Kalimpong, Gangtok, Siliguri, Mirik, Dooars and Kurseong. They performed before 1000 thronging heads here at the “Darjeeling Carnival 2003”.

The dying music episode in Darjeeling and their zeal for music aroused their senses to revive the spirit of Rock in the hills. Going through immense hardships, they have succeeded in acquainting the people with their music. “Music for Peace” is what the Reincarnation aspires and performs.

As far as their brand of music is concerned, the Reincarnation has plenty of influences. Growing up on a staple dose of Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Guns n’ Roses, Doors, Kansas as most youngsters of the region, their music still stand apart even when they are doing cover versions. Their strength is in delivering in mainstream rock with the perfect get up of “Tie n’ Dye” T-shirts, painted torn jeans, almost dramatizing their performances to reach out to their audience, which worked wonders in creating a certain ‘on-stage image’ for them.

“Though problems do crop up, the love for music and understanding among ourselves is always constant. We all love to Rock n’ Roll and despite all the adversities, we still remain as a family” says Vicky. “We are looking forward to a new sound with the incorporation of some technical stuff in our forth coming album”, says Axeman Shadeo.

In short, the birth of “The Reincarnation” is an ode to the revival of rock music in the hills… A band that emerged as an effort to bring souls together.

With more than 40+ stage performances, the Re-birth of Souls is still rocking and plans to rock as long as they can.

“Rock n’ Roll is a state of mind, give peace a chance!” Sachin exclaims.

“Om Shanti” is what they believe in.

Originally posted 2010-06-06 10:55:00.

Band Info – Creuntus Of Nepal

August 23, 2012 by rumblefish · Leave a Comment
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Cruentus has gone through another line up change as Ryan Jordan has left for Singapore to persue his higher studies. Deepak Shakya (ex Mystic) has taken over the bass guitar duties.

The history of the formation of the band doesn’t go to far back, as they were formed about a year ago when Brij and Alice, having similar taste in music, decided that they wanted to do something about it. But they really had no idea how to go about getting the other band members. Hence they resorted to their friends Mahendra, Adoit, Girish. And the first ever ones to be names ‘Cruentus’ were Brij on vocals, Alice on lead guitar, Mahendra on rhythms, Adoit on bass, and Girish on the drums. With this line up they did played a few gigs covering sepulture songs.

Few months into their journey, they faced trouble as three of their members Mahendra, Girish and Adoit decided to leave the band to continue with their further studies. Mahendra left for UK, Girish went to Bangalore and well Adoit too wanted to concentrate more on his studies so, they left Brij and Alice in square one again. Five months went by before Brij and Alice made any progress with their search for new members. When, finally Allen, Ranav and Ryan came to their rescue. Well Allen is actually Alice’s brother and the other Ranav and Ryan met in high school. And the new and the current line up of the band is Brij on vocals, Alice on guitar, Ranav on second vocals, Ryan on bass, and Allan on the drums.

But just being another face in the crowd of the newly arising bands was not enough for these guys, they wanted to make a mark and well they have as they have chosen black metal as their genre. Why black metal and not anything else? ‘we find it very creative and unique and we wanted to expose the Nepali music scene to something new as the music being played in the concerts were becoming very monotonous,’ says Ryan the bassist.
They came out with their first single called ‘Massacre of the holy ones.’ Mahendra, their ex-guitarist, has helped them in many ways although he himself is in UK. You can almost count him as their sixth member as he is constantly sending materials for the band to work with. Anywayz when asked what the single was about they said ‘it is self explanotary, it speaks for itself’
Currently they have 2 other singles to their name, ‘Unknown Warrior’ and ‘Bless me with thy Pain.’

The band indicates their influence as Immortal, Emperor, Burzum, Satyricon, Dark throne and so on.

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