Unseen Underground Plan for 2011-12

Derby presents Unseen Underground Pain Of Salvation Pre Show Night on 24th January 2011 at Geoffery's Pub,in association with HMI guitars, Explocity and Chennai Live featuring Yoample from Kolkata , Public Issue from Chennai & Infidels Of Sanity from Pune. Special attraction of the event is the presence of the Swedish Progressive Rock band Pain Of Salvation, who is known as one of the best Progressive Rock/ Metal band in the world and this is the headline band for IIT-Madras, Saarang2011 main rock festival this year.

Date: 24th January 2011 ( Monday)

Time: 7.30 pm to 11 pm

Entry: Rs 300/- ( 100% reedemable cover charge )

Passes avilable only in the Derby outlets.

Band: Yonsample (Metal Band Kolkata)

Public Issue (Progressive Funk Band-Chennai)

Infidels Of Sanity (Hypnotic Progressive Rock Band-Pune)

Lot more fun- Meet & Greet the band ( we will update about it soon )

Keep checking Unseen Underground FB group for more updates.

www.unseenunderground.com

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Unseen Underground promises a whole new year of rock and metal. \m/

Unseen Underground has started their this year’s journey with a great zeal, with the Rock fanatics in the country who are already very excited about the national tour of Unseen Underground in 7 different cities along with 100 upcoming bands from every nook and corner of the country within this year.

Original music has always been appreciated by Unseen Underground. UU fans know about it without being told.

This year we are expanding our peripheries to 7 major cities ( Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati & Shillong) giving equal opportunity to more than 100 talented bands across the country.

Unseen Underground Pub Fest- 2010 plan is to conduct shows as follows throughout the year:

Kolkata: 6 shows (Bimonthly starting from July 2010)

Guwahati: 3 shows (Bimonthly starting from July 2010)

Shillong: 3 shows (Bimonthly starting from July 2010)

Delhi: 6 shows (Bimonthly starting from October 2010)

Bangalore: 6 shows (Bimonthly starting from September2010)

Chennai: 10 shows (Monthly starting from September 2010)

Hyderabad: 6 shows (Bimonthly starting from September2010)

UU welcomes you all to be a part of this mission.\m/ We hope our new TV & Radio will help us reaching what we have planned successfully.

UU is grateful to reveal that Rolling Stone, Red FM, Chennai Live, The Flaming Skull Podcast, Rang Channel, TV Southasia,Headbangers India, Rock and Raga, Re-invent Clock Group have happily agreed to join us in this march.

Shortlisted bandlist for Unseen Underground Tour:

Based on the entries that UU had received from various bands across the nation we have shortlisted 100 bands. Out of those 100 bands 75 bands will be shortlisted who will be participating in UUPF 2010-11. Out of those 75 bands, 25 bands will get a chance to play in more than 1 city with UU. 10 best bands will be shortlisted further who will be touring in all the cities that have been planned by UU for this year.

Pre Event Coverage:

Pre event Coverage in Times Of India "Chennai Times"

Pre event Coverage in "Expresso" The New Indian Express

Pre event Coverage in The Hindu "METROPLUS"

NB: Interested bands can send their profile to unseenunderground@gmail.com ( Atleast one demo & complete band profile with the band member's contact details , myspace link )

Unseen Underground Pub Fest VI

Link to the official photos

of UUPF VI click here !

Review in The Hindu, Nxg

After creating history by organizing Ragnarok’09 a whole night rock show on 31^st December Unseen Underground has started their this year’s journey with the 6^th edition of Unseen Underground Pub Fest last Sunday at Geoffrey’s pub in association with HMI guitars . Rock fanatics in the country are already very excited about the national tour of Unseen Underground in 6 different cities along with 100 upcoming bands from ever nook and corner of the country within this year. Unseen Underground Pub Fest VI was the opening show for the mega series of rock shows that are planned to happen this year.

UUPF-VI had featured 4 talented bands of different genres, from Funk Jazz to Technical Death metal. The Fest was declared open by playing the promo for the upcoming Escher’s Knot’s EP “TESSELLATIONS” which is officially getting released by this month. Franks Got The Funk a Chennai based Funkjazz band talented with a group of young musicians opened the show with a zeal. They created an ambiance suitable for the kind of music they were playing, which gathered the crowd near the stage. Their Jazzy Funk music was quite unique to the crowd that gathered for the night. Bjorn’s vocals and guitar works amazed the listeners and made them ask for more. Due to their recent line up changes they ended their performance with their popular self titled song. Their performance was tight and Chennai should certainly feel proud for bands like them.

Subsequently Blind Image a contemporary metal band from Chennai took the stage with a meticulous vigor. After the release of their 2^nd Album More Than Human they have created a strong fan base in the city. The crowd requested them to play their own comps and greeted them with equal energy. Their new line up was appreciated by everyone. They started their performance with Glitch In The System from their second album followed by Deciphered, Ominous, More than human, Sepia Tone Sunrise, Axioms of synergy and Allegiance In Defiance from the same album. It is much appreciated that Indian bands now a days cover their own music only. Shri & Siddharth’s guitar work was appreciated by the fans and their performance was energetic. Blind Image then offered the stage to Spitfire a melodic death metal band all the way from Bangalore. They started with their own composition Minds In Disguise followed by Burn It and Devil Driver’s cover Hold Back The Day. The band displayed a greater energy on stage for songs like Wild Impulse and LOG cover Black Label. Chennai already has a good number of fans for this band and they gained few more after their performance.

The Last band for the night was none other than Escher’s Knot. Most of the people among the crowd seemed to know them as well as their own compositions and most of them were singing along with the band. They started with their own composition Up For Nothing followed by Textures’ cover Drive, Mayan Calendar, This Page Has Been Left Intentionally Blank. Their new instrumental track Hyperspace surprised the crowd . They concluded the show with Break The Cypher.

Chennai rock fans had a fantastic evening. If you have missed it this time do not forget to look out for the next show. Interested bands can send in their entries to unseenunderground@gmail.com to take part in national tour to 5 other cities. Unseen Underground’s journey has just began, I am sure you rock fans don’t want to miss any of the shows!

Online Media Coverage:

# Rock and Raga.in

# Headbangers India

# Explocity.com

# Indian Music Revolution

# India Rock Mp3.com
# Indian Rocket

Unseen Underground is back on track promising a whole new year of rock and metal. \m/

Original music has always been appreciated by Unseen Underground. UU fans know about it without being told.

This year we are expanding our peripheries to 6 major cities

( Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata & Guwahati ) giving equal opportunity to more than 100 talented bands across the country.

UU plans is to conduct shows as follows throughout the year:

Delhi: 6 shows (Bimonthly starting from May 2010)

Bangalore: 6 shows (Bimonthly starting from June 2010)

Hyderabad: 6 shows (Bimonthly starting from June 2010)

Kolkata: 6 shows (Bimonthly starting from May 2010)

Guwahati: 6 shows (Bimonthly starting from June 2010)

Chennai: 10 shows (Monthly starting from May2010).

UU welcomes you all to be a part of this mission.\m/

We hope our new TV, Radio and outdoor partners will help us reaching what we have planned successfully.

UU is grateful to reveal that Headbangers India, Rock and Raga, Re-invent Clock Group have happily agreed to join us in this march.

This year's first blast UUPF VI- Spring Fest to be held on 2nd May.The 1st show of this series is scheduled in Chennai @ Geoffrey's Pub:

Featuring Bands:

Spitfire (Bangalore)

Esher's Knot (Chennai)

Blind Image (Chennai)

Franks Got The Funk (Chennai)

HMI Endorsed Madhav Ayachit of Esher's Knot

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• Madhav Ayachit, bassist of Esher’s Knot ( also bassist/vocalist of Theorized) has been endorsed by India’s leading guitar exporters - Harmony Musical Instruments, who have been exporting more than 30,000 guitars per year for the premium international bands. This was officially announced by Mr. N. Vishwanathan, Vice President (Marketing, HMI ) on 10 February 2010. Henceforth Madhav will be seen using HMI Prima HP5C bass guitar for all the upcoming shows. He is already in love with this 5 stringed bass after playing it in UUPF V and SAARANG 2010. UU wishes him all the best for all his future endeavours.\m/

Previously HMI had marketed hi-quality guitars in Indian market with the brand name “Tansen”, which was used by many rock musicians and bollywood music makers. Now going a step ahead, the company recently launched a quality line of electric guitars and basses under the company’s own brand name “HMI” built to the same highest international standard and quality requirements of the world’s leading guitar companies.

saarang 2010

Saarang 2010

NEWS:

UNSEEN UNDERGROUND IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR BELOVED BAND PURPLEBLOOD FROM TRIVANDRUM WAS AWARDED THE WINNER OF POWERCHORD 2010.

ESCHER'S KNOT THE WINNER OF CHENNAI SANGAMAM 2010 HAS YET ANOTHER GLORY TO CELEBRATE AS THEY WERE AWARDED THE WINNER OF DECIBELS 2010

Click Here to see the photos of Decibels 2010[IIT-M Saarang 2010]

Click Here to see the photos of Powerchord 2010[IIT-M Saarang 2010]

News: Skidrow has cancelled their tour to India.

SAARANG 2010 BRINGS YOU HAMMERFALL AND HURRICANE BELLS

The biggest rock act for the traditional city is back again. Yes! The most awaited rock event for all the youth in Southern part of India “IIT-M’s Saarang 2010” is just a few days away. After celebrating the golden jubilee last year Saarang is setting up a history by bringing down the biggest International Rock acts, which Chennai had never experienced before. After the successful gig with the finest Swedish Progressive/Death Metal band “Opeth”, which was withnessed by almost 8 thousand rock fans, now its time for two big international bands Hammerfall and Hurricane Bells.

Hurricane Bells: Hurricane bell is a Indie side project of Steve Schiltz [singer and guitarist of Longwave for nearly ten years.Also associated with many other bands in their live and studio records.] With the help of Ashen Keilyn, Travis Harrison, Jason Molina, Anthony Molina, Sammy James Jr, Morgan King this band has come up with many shows in the recent past. "Tonight Is The Ghost" was their debut album realeased on November 10, 2009 via Vagrant Records.Hurricane Bells had contributed one of their compositions, “Monsters” as a soundtrack in the famous Twilight Series movie New Moon directed by Chris Weitz. Hope Chennai people will enjoy their tracks like Freezing Rain, I Can't Remember, Tonight I'm Going To Be Like A Shooting Star and The Winters In New York

Hammerfall: Initially HammerFall was a side project of Oscar Dronjak ex-guitarist of Ceremonial Oath, Jesper Strömblad, ex-guitarist /drummer of In Flames and guitarist/vocalist Mikael Stanne from Dark Tranquillity. After many lineup changes this five-piece Swedish heavy metal band has been hailed as the leaders of the new heavy metal movement. Few of their must listen to songs are Never Ever, HammerFall, Glory to the Brave, Hammer of Justice and Knights of the 21st Century.

The rock show is the culmination of the world music festival. The world music festival features bands like T.Raumschmiere, Ziskakan and Hurricane Bells. With music ranging from Blues and Jazz to Glam metal, Saarang 2010 has something for everyone. So, if you are fan of good music, then this January, the place to be is Saarang 2010, because music just doesn't get any better than this. Book your tickets at www.saarang.org.

Date: 25 January 2010

Venue: OAT IIT Madras