Bloodywood

In the organizer's words:

Already with their 2022 published

debut album "Rakshak", the Indian band

Indian band Bloodywood became a

worldwide sensation. They performed at the

most important international metal festivals

festivals and toured Europe, Asia and

North America. Their tour through

Germany in 2023 was completely

sold out.

Now the band, which combines Indian folklore

with western metal in a unique way

metal in a unique way, has announced its second, currently untitled

currently untitled album; a first pre-release single will be released on October 16.

It all began in 2016 as the idea of guitar and Indian flute-playing metalhead

Karan Katijar from New Delhi: How about adapting some of the best-known Bollywood songs as metal songs?

and, conversely, to interpret great metal hits in versions of Indian folklore?

No sooner said than done: together with lawyer and amateur singer Jayant Bhadula, he recorded the first songs under the name Bloodywood.

the first songs under the name Bloodywood, which enjoyed immediate success in India.

in India. With the cover of Linkin Park's "Heavy", the two-man band attracted

man band attracted international attention for the first time in 2017.

"Anti-Pop Vol. 1", the first, albeit still self-released and therefore unofficial

Bloodywood album, which only contained further cover versions.

The following year, Bloodywood released the first self-penned song "Arioul Kerr" in collaboration with rapper Raoul Kerr.

the first self-written song "Ari, Ari", which was followed in 2022 by the first official

album "Rakshak" followed. The songs on this album, although always in the metal genre

genre, are very different; what unites them is their strong influence of Indian folklore

Indian folklore, manifested through the use of typical Indian instruments such as the dhol,

various flutes and the one-stringed tumbi. All of this has earned Bloodywood a

description that is now traded as a genre in its own right: "Panjabi Metal".

The international enthusiasm literally overwhelmed the band, which had grown into a sextet

The international enthusiasm literally overwhelmed the band - people all over the world wanted to experience their special sound live. The capacity of

The capacity of booked venues grew steadily, but their shows were still sold out. After a

long tour around the world, the band holed up in New Delhi that year and wrote the songs

wrote the songs for the second album, which will be released in early 2025. At the same time

the first tours following this release were also announced. We can once again

concerts, because this mysterious mixture of western metal and Indian folklore

metal and Indian folklore - what happens on stage is far too exciting for that.

stage is far too exciting.