Horn Up Podcast: Episode 48

Kaoteon’s latest album, self-titled is said to be “created in a state of flow between time and dust from broken to reborn souls.” What does that mean? And why should you care? Answers to that and more as wecatch up with Anthony Kaoteon, founder of Kaoteon, a band with origins in the devastated Middle East and a sound blending a brutally dark atmosphere that ranges from anthemic post-rock to oriental/Middle Eastern folklore and incendiary lyrics driven by the band’s background in turbulent Beirut, Lebanon.

Horn Up Podcast: Episode 47

On the latest episode of the Horns Up Podcast, we speak to a band that has been mentioned multiple times by their other guests, Gutslit. The band describe their music as Brutal and Fun.

We spoke to them about what keeps them going, to where they are going in 2020 and everything in between. Gutslit also talk about their upcoming album and also new member Vigneshkumar Venkatraman.

Horn Up Podcast: Episode 46

On this episode we discuss the albums we are looking forward to in 2020.

Some of the albums are:

Sons of Apollo – MMXX
Sepultura – Quadra
Kvelertak – Splid
King Diamond – The Institute
Intronaut – Fluid Existential Inversions
Iron Maiden – TBA
Lamb Of God – TBA
Cannibal Corpse – TBA
Mastodon – TBA
Protest the Hero – TBA
and many more

Horns Up Podcast: Episode 45

It’s all about live music on this episode of Horns Up as Chuck / Deepak Gopalakrishnan helps us chronicle all the live music they’ve experience in 2019. Favourite bands, favourite acts, favourite venues, and duds and disappointments as well.

Horns Up Podcast: Episode 44

The year’s about to end, and that means it’s time for lists!

On this episode, we (Animesh & I) recount our favourite albums of the year.

Presenting the Horns Up list for 2019.

Playlists:

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/in/playlist/horns-up-top-albums-of-2019/pl.u-aZb0NbZtPBB0vjm

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ihlyaN56HEG94U0PE8Wld?si=lgaJ6Qq2SnKWr4ky1roXzQ

Fistful of Metal # 11

Tracklist

Corbata – Corbata
Corbata – Alba
Smallpox Aroma – Torturous Hours
AtomicDeath – The Last Letter
Iron Curtain – Danger Zone
Ancestor – Bloody Repression
Haunt – Mind Freeze
Primitiv – Squishy & Spongy
Devoid – Drop Dead Gorgeous
Intronaut – Cubensis
Limit Zero – Gravestone Constellations
False Flag – Counterfeit
Heathen Beast – Ab Ki Baar Atyachaar
Pallbearer – I saw the End

Horns Up Podcast: Episode 41

We have a new format on the Horns Up Podcast where the music takes center stage. Presenting Breakdown, a deep dive into a piece of music, and an attempt to appreciate and understand the musicians behind it.

The first track under the scanner is Drop Dead Gorgeous by Mumbai metal act Devoid. The song is a “A skewering look at our social reality, in this case, virtuality.” Vocalist/guitarist Arun Iyer joins us to break down the track and talks about Devoid’s comeback.

Fistful of Metal # 10

Track list
Road rash – Burn out
Screamer – Out of the Dark
Megaton Sword – Born Beneath the Sword
SuidAkrA – Halls of Tales
Coilguns – Manicheans
Formless Master – First Strike
Formless Master – Fatal Impasse
Nile – Long Shadows of Dread
Nox Irae – All is Over
Abigail Williams – Ever so Bold
Chrome Waves – When the sun hits
Jakub Zytecki – Sunflower
November’s Doom – What we Become
Officium Triste – World in Flames

Horns Up Podcast: Episode 37

“Fuck yeah! Now this is NILE!”

That’s how frontman, guitarist, and chief songwriter Karl Sanders defines Nile‘s latest album, Vile Nilotic Rites. And we at the Horn Up Podcast agree. In a crisp chat, we spoke to Sanders about the renewed spirit and energy that encapsulates the album, and try to figure out the secret sauce behind an incredible work ethic.

Fistful of Metal # 9

Tracklist

Kryptos – Full Throttle

Infinite Ashes – Ignite

In Mourning – Hierophant

Paganizer –   Apocalypse Writings

Genocide Shrines – All And/or Nothing

Baby metal – Shanti Shanti

Sitar Metal  – Dreamers We never learn

Sect – Redundant Gods

Vultures – Push

Cloud Rat – Al Di La

Car Bomb – Antipatterns

Serpents Athirst – Poisoning the Seven

Serpent Column –  Mεταγενέσιν