ANTIMGHRahan!!!! HELL THE DARKNESS

For those tired of mainstream melodies after the plethora of jazzy-bluesy festivals in the last couple of months, December is going to be, metaphorically speaking, a breath of fresh air. Everybody, welcome to Nepal the first international metal rock concert entitled 'Silence Festival' (we know it will be anything but silent!). It's organized by Silence Entertainment, a new production house and will be held on 18 December. The line-up will feature two Swiss bands: The Motherockers Gang and The Enigmatik, and four Nepali bands: Binaash, 72 hrs, Alt-F4, and Monkey Temple. Here is a bit about the guys intent on breaking your eardrums:

The Motherockers Gang was formally formed in spring this year. They started together by entering a competition to be a support act for US guitar legend Joe Satriani. They beat 297 other bands and Satriani himself lauded their performance. That was 2008 and now they are putting the finishing touches on their first CD, which will be out later this year. They describe their music as undestroyable hand-made power rock. Lovely.

One of Switzerland's most active black-death-metal bands, The Enigmatik has come up with seven albums since 1998. Their current line up includes Guido Wyss on the drums, Dominique Gendre and Nicolas Von Ritter on the guitars, Loïc Grobéty on bass and vocals and Ben Plüss and Randy on vox. One reviewer described the genre as "Brutal Jazz Metal," and went on so say, "Enigmatik is a really original band and their music is really disturbing." That's disturbing to know.
The story of Binaash's formation is that of break-ups to make-ups of its members from other bands. Formerly known as Kaal, the band was formed in 2009 when vocalist Prateek Raj Neupane split with Ugra Karma and 72hrs and got together with drummers Rishav Acharya and Tshewang Tamang (now replaced by Bijent Bikram Shah) to pursue their death metal enthusiasm. Prabin (ex Arachnids) joined later for growls and grunts and so did Shashank (72hrs) on guitars. Good to know they're all friends now.
After winning the third spot in the Sprite Bandh Challenge of 2008, an open music competition, Alt-F4 enjoyed good coverage. With Girish on the guitars, Santosh on the drums, Sameer on bass and Kiran on vocals, their music is hugely driven by Nepal's aggressive social and political scene. Let's hope the political leaders are invited for an earful.