By Aniruddh ‘Andrew’ Bansal
Over the past few years, a culture for underground extreme metal has been brewing in the Indian city of Bangalore, thanks to the efforts of organizations like Cyclopean Eye Productions, a record label and distribution company that took it upon itself to do metal shows in the city of Bangalore and started a series of annual festivals called ‘Trendslaughter Fest’ in 2011, bringing together the best of Indian underground metal and bands from South-East Asia and other parts of the world traveling to Bangalore to play these shows. After three successful editions, the TSF and Cyclopean Eye crew is ready to unleash the festival’s fourth edition on February 1st at Bangalore’s No Limmits Lounge & Club. This time, the show will be headlined by Impiety from Singapore with support acts Dying Embrace and Necrodeity from India, Orator from Bangladesh, Serpents Athirst from Sri Lanka and Ugra Karma from Nepal. I did an interview with Cyclopean Eye/TSF mainman Sandesh Shenoy to discuss this year’s skull-crushing lineup, the history of TSF, his take on the Bangalore and Indian metal scene, the organizing process behind such gigs, and future plans. Read the conversation below. Continue reading “Sandesh Shenoy Discusses ‘Trendslaughter Fest IV’”
