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Metalheads rejoice. Rolling Stone magazine is all set to bring you the fifth edition of India’s biggest annual show for headbangers. Zippo presents Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2014 will be held at Mumbai’s Blue Frog on the evening of 22nd of June, 2014
Every year, the country’s biggest music magazine Rolling Stone India recognizes the best talent on the metal scene with these awards. The growing number of fan response both online as well as at the show reflects the rising popularity of metal as a music genre as well as the fast evolving quality of local music and musicians.
Past winners in the 13 categories in which awards are given out include the who’s who of Indian metal including Demonic Resurrection, Bhayanak Maut, Scribe, Zygnema, Noiseware, Undying Inc, Eccentric Pendulum and Skyharbor.
The Jury for this year is formed by some of the best metak musicans across the globe, Chris Adler from Lamb Of God and Alex Skolnick from Testament have been announced as the current jury for the awards.
UPDATE :
Clean Sweep for The Down Troddence by winning EIGHT AWARDS at Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2014.
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Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2014
Chris Adler :
American metal band Lamb of God’s [LoG] India connection began in 2010, when they made their debut in the country at the Summer Storm Festival in Bengaluru. Almost two years later, they were back for Nokia Alive in 2012. Supporting them were Delhi prog metal band Skyharbor, a band which had impressed LoG’s drummer Chris Adler enough to express an interest to perform with them.
Skyharbor have since gone on to win at two consecutive editions of the Rolling Stone Metal Awards, so Rolling Stone India figured Adler needed a new dose of Indian metal. Adler, who has also played drums for thrash metal veterans Testament and Canadian experimental band Protest the Hero, is part of the jury for the fifth edition of RSMA and talks about the nominees this year and hopefully returning to India as part of their next tour.
Alex Skolnick :
Skolnick, who is also a jazz guitarist, wrote a Bollywood-inspired song [“Bollywood Jam”] for his 2011 album Veritas with the Alex Skolnick Trio. Last month, the guitarist started jamming with Indian fusion guitarist Prasanna Ramaswamy for a project called Raga Metal Conversations [more on that later]. Skolnick’s interest for metal and India led Rolling Stone India to ask him to be part of the jury for the fifth edition of the Zippo Presents Rolling Stone Metal Awards
The categories of awards given out this year include Best Band, Best Song, Best Album, Best Guitarist, Best Bassist, Best Vocalist, Best Keyboardist, Best Emerging Artist and Best Album artwork. The winners are chosen by a combination of online polling and jury poll.
The growing international recognition of Zippo presents Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2014 as well as India’s metal music scene can be seen in the gravitas of the jury this year which includes Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler; Alex Skolnick, the lead guitarist for the Bay Area thrash metal band Testament; Mattias Eklundh, the guitarist and vocalist for the Swedish band Freak Kitchen and Tommy Giles Rogers the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and founding member of the American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me.
Public voting in the popular choice categories for Best Band, Best Album and Best Song is open till June 20th on the Rolling Stone India Facebook page (www.facebook.com/rollingstoneindia).
Like every year, the 2014 awards show will be anchored by Indian metal scene’s enfant terrible Rohit ‘P-Man’ Pereira, the bassist of death metal act Exhumation. And keeping with tradition of presenting the loudest gig of the year in the city, the show will be headlined by Mumbai extreme metal band Demonic Resurrection (DR) , who also feature on the cover of the Rolling Stone India’s June metal special issue. The band, of course, is all set for a UK tour, followed by a performance at Europe’s biggest metal festival Wacken Open Air.
After DR’s performance, Zippo presents Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2014 will bring to stage Third Sovereign from Aizawl who will perform in Mumbai after five years, and two award nominees: Mumbai’s hardcore/prog metal band Reverrse Polarity, performing for the first time since their album release in 2013, and Bengaluru-based folk metal band The Down Troddence who will be making their Mumbai debut.
The winner’s gold plated trophies this year are made in the likeness of the iconic Gibson Flying V Guitar, courtesy of guitar sponsor Gibson Brands, Inc. Other prizes for the evening include Zippo lighters and Casio watches. Says David Warfel, Global Marketing Director, Zippo Manufacturing Company, which is the main sponsor for the evening, “Zippo enjoys a rich heritage in music and we are always looking for new ways to continue this exciting journey. Zippo’s association with Rolling Stone Metal Awards serves as an ideal platform for the brand’s commitment towards promoting upcoming music genres and talent.”
Adds Radhakrishnan Nair, Editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone India, “Zippo presents Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2014 is our way of supporting and recognizing the growing popularity of metal music in India. We are thankful that a renowned brand like Zippo has come on board as the main sponsor for this year’s awards. We also wish to thank the contribution of our other sponsors including Gibson and Casio.”
Voting links:
Best Band
http://bit.ly/RSMABestBand
Best Album
http://bit.ly/RSMABestAlbum
Best Song
http://bit.ly/RSMABestSong
Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2014
Venue : Blue Frog, Mumbai
Date : 22nd June 2014
Time : 8:00 PM onwards
Entry : Rs 200
Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2014 – Gig Schedule
For more information:
Call Ashwin Sharma on 9987666108 or log onto RollingStoneindia.com/metalawards
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