JOIN USVenting out the pressure of a hectic week, and bringing out the best of their energies, the ‘Garage Jam’ at Sonido Musicals, was yet another unique display of talent.
The four ‘Underground’ bands that jammed at the event were unique in style. This event, focussed on exploring musical genres that are beyond the
mainstream culture.
‘Ontologus’, a bunch of musicians who play ‘extreme progressive metal’ were first in line. As they rocked the stage with their compositions, the crowd warmed up. Subhramani Satyanarayan, the drummer of the band, says, “Our works are oft about music itself, and how the country is not tolerant to all types of music yet, and can’t accept all genres yet. Our music has an angry tone to it.”
The compositions that the band played included tracks like ‘Of Power and Hate’, ‘Hostile Territory’, ‘The Invisible’, ‘Breach of Trust’ and ‘Dread and the Fugitive Mind’. Talking about the experience at this session, Subhramani opines, “Even though it wasn’t a large event, the crowd present at the venue was a group who genuinely cared for music.”
‘Pisakas’, a five-piece metal band stepped on the stage for the next set. With compositions like ‘Wired’, ‘Blood Tears’, ‘Vorarephilia’, ‘Compromised’, ‘Falling Shadows’ and ‘Abduction’, this band, which is a blend of thrash and grind, got the crowd into a frenzy. Nilesh Das, guitarist with ‘Pisakas’, says, “Our themes oft revolve around the society’s atrocities on human and environment.” He says about the event, “It was a very well organised and fun effort. The response of the crowd and even the other bands, was just awesome.”
Charlie Firman, the vocalist with Nauseate, shares about their first gig. “We usually do more of studio recordings and we have performed at different clubs, but this is the first of its kind.
The response of the crowd was amazing,” shares Charlie. The different pieces that the band played included ‘Social Trap’, ‘Genocide of the Propogandist’, ‘Superstitious fools’, ‘Warsore’ ‘Your System...’ and ‘Clean the Scene’.
The event closed with ‘Grossty’, a five-piece band that identifies themselves with genres like nasty, funny, hardcore punk and grindcore. Vino, one of the vocalists with the band, says, “We play short and very fast songs, and the themes revolve around funny hardcore and nasty stuff, which are very underground in nature.”
Commenting about the event, Amit SK, a college student, says, “It’s hard to find music like this which is so involving. After a crazy week of exams and stress, this was a great unwinding session, and I hope to be able to come for more head-banging events like these.”