SO,
first, sorry you lovely folks! I've been away for sometime thanks to what I had earlier called 'my tantrum-throwing pampered brat of an internet connection'. But occasionally, like now, having three laptops, two connections and a rich daddy helps. ;) As also, the fact that semester exams are finally over and oh what joy! It's party season!
second,
October 20th saw Kolkata freaks witnessing the fourth edition of the first-of-its-kind Underground Metal Fest in the city. The Pit v.4: Rogue Dimension consisted of eight local underground Extreme Metal bands performing for eight hours in a rip-your-throat, melt-your-face extravanganza with adrenaline running down the sides. 11am onwards, a usually sleepy, quiet paara theater auditorium in Kalighat,a posh locality among the oldest areas of Kolkata, saw mysterious-looking pierced and tattooed people in black arriving in hoardes and accumulating...
By 2pm, the theater, its ginormous stage, the auditorium- all of it had been metempsychosed(is that even the word? LOL) into a raging pit- spewing wrath, blood and dust round its circumference.
A space that is usually barred to anything more than 300 people was forced to admit 800-900 tensile-steel-nerved Metal enthusiasts.
Now, for the photos!!
First, obviously, me with the boy...
Next, Evil Conscience in action.
Pritam (the boy) on guitar.
Arunava aka Grimforecast, the beast with the mic.
Niloy aka Imp Estine, the monster on drums
Jonny on the bass
and us, the fangirls/boys. You can see the starry-eyed(Well, not quite..) me sitting (of all places), right *on* the stage in front of the monitors.
Sinful Oath.
Kunzang, the pint-sized decibel demon.
Kunzang, mic-man and Soumabir(aka Pittu) on guitar.
Bibek, bass/bawaal man and Vineet, guitar player.
Oh, and that's Pittu again. Maybe someday he'll grow up, poor dear bro of mine. ;)
Erased Undead
Rajdeep aka Rjd the growler and Pratik the screamer.
Neerajan on the axe.
Chronic Xorn
Sunny aka Saptadeep, growler.
Axeman Suvam
Dead, aka Angshuman, little bass-demon
Tamaghna, the drum humachine.
Yonsample
Arka, voice.
Jojo, axe.
Ani, four strings.
Pupai, melody.
Unfortunately, I couldn't shoot 3 bands- Wranglers, Burnout Syndrome and What Escapes Me, but maybe I will. Next time around. :)
Oh, and here are a few bonus additions:
Me and soul-sis Mallika.
MOSH!!!!! Fuck aye! \m/
Stagediving/Crowdsurfing.
[The last two pics courtesy Kushal.]
