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Rudra is a Singaporean death metal band. With their eponymous debut album, the band literally started a new genre of heavy metal: Vedic metal.
When formed in 1992, the band was known as Rudhra, comprising of Kathi (bass, vocals), Shiva (drums) & Bala (Guitars). Eventually a fourth member, Selvam, was included to intensify the guitar department. With this line-up released a 4-track Demo entitled ‘The Past’ in 1994. Prior to this release, Rudhra was also featured in a few underground Death Metal compilation albums featuring several Singaporean Death Metal bands.
In early 1996, the band decided to take a break abandoning a new direction it was already taking. After the break-up, the members of Rudhra got involved in several other bands. Towards the end of 1996, Kathi decided to resurrect Rudhra with a slight alteration to its name; thus Rudra (the most common English transliteration for the Sanskrit word). Immediately Kathi teamed up with Shiva and started work on the self-titled debut album. Bala and Alvin were included to complete the line up before the recording of the Self-titled debut album in late 1997, which was released in June 1998. The band played a couple of gigs and took a break for about a year before starting work on their new material. Rudra replaced their two guitarists with Selvam (ex-member) and Kannan in Jan 2000.
With this present line up Rudra released their second album, “The Aryan Crusade”, in September 2001. The Aryan Crusade broke new grounds and won them attention from all parts of the world. With many good reviews, this album created a cult following for Rudra in parts of the world.
When formed in 1992, the band was known as Rudhra, comprising of Kathi (bass, vocals), Shiva (drums) & Bala (Guitars). Eventually a fourth member, Selvam, was included to intensify the guitar department. With this line-up released a 4-track Demo entitled ‘The Past’ in 1994. Prior to this release, Rudhra was also featured in a few underground Death Metal compilation albums featuring several Singaporean Death Metal bands.
In early 1996, the band decided to take a break abandoning a new direction it was already taking. After the break-up, the members of Rudhra got involved in several other bands. Towards the end of 1996, Kathi decided to resurrect Rudhra with a slight alteration to its name; thus Rudra (the most common English transliteration for the Sanskrit word). Immediately Kathi teamed up with Shiva and started work on the self-titled debut album. Bala and Alvin were included to complete the line up before the recording of the Self-titled debut album in late 1997, which was released in June 1998. The band played a couple of gigs and took a break for about a year before starting work on their new material. Rudra replaced their two guitarists with Selvam (ex-member) and Kannan in Jan 2000.
With this present line up Rudra released their second album, “The Aryan Crusade”, in September 2001. The Aryan Crusade broke new grounds and won them attention from all parts of the world. With many good reviews, this album created a cult following for Rudra in parts of the world.
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Brahmavidya: Primordial 1
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GloomySunday87 wrote:
pure fucking genius!!
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asphyxiatedsoul wrote:
The new video looks incredible!
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BlackToothGrin_ wrote:
Rudra - Hymns from the Blazing Chariot - Official (HD) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVvDOTxEb_Q&aia=true
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excellentsword wrote:
Fuck yeah this is awesome! Listening to this at work for sure.
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Bludrayne wrote:
they're very good live performers. saw them once...
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NecroMorfina wrote:
almost every music is a different piece of art! wonderfull band...
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Nemesis_11 wrote:
Nice ;)
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playaa wrote:
for me new one is disappointing. unfortunately not so good as Brahmavidya: Primordial I (2005)
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Glop_Dworkin wrote:
vedic deathrash!
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MaidenSlayer wrote:
They sound more Black then Death.
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asphyxiatedsoul wrote:
I agree with the post below me.
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NecroGabo wrote:
WOW! the new album is one of the best extreme metal albums of this year! ...RUDRA!!!
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lispnik wrote:
Brutal! Love the new album! \m/
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celonq wrote:
But dissection is meloblack or something like that... Rudra is jsut death metal and they know how to do it in vedic style, i hope no more bands will change their genre during thei existing.
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greymunki wrote:
hope they do something like maha kali (dissection) in the near future, that EP was so epic, especially regarding the female choir-alike background vocals.
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das_ahcos wrote:
great band, i like the mix
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celonq wrote:
TAC > BT
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malcolmsoans wrote:
Rudra featured on Episode 4 of The Flaming Skull Podcast plus an exclusive interview with Vinod from Rudra with other insane metal acts from India Click here to listen to episode http://tfspodcast.com
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kurashu wrote:
So if a band sings in a different langaige and about a religion from that area it is now a different genre of music? Talk about fail. Good band though.
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Gauffre wrote:
This is staggering °°.
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