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Saarang Core Team 2020
Saarang (means ' Chital' or Spotted Deer in Sanskrit, a common sight on IIT Madras campus) is the annual social and cultural festival of IIT Madras. It is a 5 day long festival usually in the second week of the year. Founded in 1974, Saarang is the second oldest college festival in India. It was started in the name of 'Mardi Gras' with a small number of quizzes and music events. It adopted the name 'Saarang' and grew with the help of corporate sponsorship, collaboration with large-scale event organizers and international artists. Saarang is a not-for-profit, entirely student-run, ISO 9001:2015 organization. All organizing members of the festival are current students of IIT Madras. 450 coordinators are organized as per function, in 12 departments, each headed by a 'core coordinator'. The 12 departments are led by the 2 cultural secretaries, who are elected by the institute annually in March. History In the early 1970s, a "cultural week" festival was held. The fest was form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai, India
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Tamil Nadu, the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and territories of India, Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the List of most populous cities in India, sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the List of urban areas by population, 36th-largest urban area in the world by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motherjane
Motherjane is an Indian rock band from Kochi, India, formed in 1996. The band consists of John Thomas (drums and percussion), Clyde Rozario (bass guitar), Niranj Suresh (vocals) and Anubhav Langthasa (guitars). They have released a total of three studio albums, and five music single, singles. Since their formation, genres like progressive rock and Carnatic music have influenced their music. History Formation and early days Motherjane was formed in 1996 by drummer John Thomas, guitarist Mithun Raju and bassist Clyde Rozario to "fill in" for another band which had backed out from a college festival at St. Albert's College, Kochi. The initial line up consisted of John Thomas (drums), Clyde Rozario (bass), Mithun Raju (guitars) and Laji and Nirmal (vocals). Vocalist Laji soon left the band and Motherjane had to continue as an instrumental band without a vocalist. In 1999 lead guitarist Mithun Raju left the band and was replaced by Baiju Dharmajan. Around that time, Motherjane u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimus (band)
Grimus have recently won GBOB Romania 2007 12. Has been the subject of a half hour or longer broadcast across a national radio or TV network -> the Grimus concert in Club A, Bucharest, 2005, was broadcast on the Romanian national TV network, TVR Cultural, during a one-hour long special; also, the Grimus concert at Stufstock Festival 2007 was broadcast live on the national TV network TVR2, having a duration of approximately 35 minutes There will follow many improvements and new references to this article. --> Grimus is an alternative rock band from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. History While studying in Cluj-Napoca, the members started out as the 5-piece rock band ''Revers''. In 2006, after having suffered multiple changes in the lineup, Grimus released a demo album. Their song ''Solitude'' is declared ''Song of the Year 2006'' by ''City FM Radio''. By 2007 the band received invitations to play at most music festivals in Romania. They take their name from Salman Rushdie's 1975 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architects (British Band)
Architects is a British metalcore band from Brighton, East Sussex, formed in 2004 by twin brothers Dan and Tom Searle. The band now consists of Dan Searle on drums, Sam Carter on vocals, Alex Dean on bass, and Adam Christianson and Josh Middleton on guitars. They have been signed to Epitaph Records since 2013. Strongly influenced by bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan, the sound of their first three albums was coarse, chaotic, and rhythmically complex. In 2011, Architects went in a more melodic post-hardcore direction with ''The Here and Now'', alienating some of their fanbase. The following year, they returned towards their original style with ''Daybreaker (Architects album), Daybreaker'', establishing a balance of melody and technical harshness while introducing more politicised lyrics. With the release of their sixth album ''Lost Forever // Lost Together'' in 2014, the band achieved lasting popularity and critical acclaim. Soon after the release of their seventh album, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevar Sea
Bevar Sea (pronounced as Bevarsi, a Kannada and Telugu term for "Bastard") originally called Dirt Bucket is a stoner/doom metal band based in Bangalore, India. Originally it was a bedroom project of Srikanth Panaman and Kaustubh Thirumalai. However, the band formed into a quintet in late 2010 and currently consists of Avinash Ramchander, Michael Talreja, Ganesh Krishnaswamy, and Srikanth Panaman. Their self-titled debut album was mixed by Billy Anderson and released on October 16, 2012. It received critical acclaim and was included in Ninehertz's best albums of 2012. Bevar Sea was named the "Best Emerging Act" at the Rolling Stone Metal Awards India 2013. The band names their main influences to be bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Cathedral and Orange Goblin, among others. Biography The Bangalore-based stoner/doom/metal quintet Bevar Sea was formed in 2008 but began performing as a quintet in late 2010. Influenced by heavy blues-rock of the 1960s and 1970s, the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anathema (band)
Anathema were an English rock band from Liverpool. The group was formed in 1990 by Vincent and Daniel Cavanagh, bassist Jamie Cavanagh, drummer/keyboardist John Douglas, and vocalist Darren White. The band maintained an active concert schedule throughout their career. They first toured in 1992 with the American death metal band Cannibal Corpse; they since performed throughout Europe, the United States, Central America, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Turkey. In the latter stages of their career, the band performed at notable venues such as London's O2 Arena, Wembley Arena, and the London Palladium, as well as appearing on stage with Stephen Hawking at Starmus Festival 3. Anathema released 11 studio albums, including ''Distant Satellites'' (2014), which included the song "Anathema", named the Anthem of the Year at the third annual Progressive Music Awards. Three years later '' The Optimist'' was named Album of the Year at the Progressive Music Awards. History 1990-1995: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vildhjarta
Vildhjarta is a Swedish progressive metal band from Hudiksvall, formed in 2005. The band plays in a Meshuggah-influenced musical style employing heavily down-tuned seven-string guitars, as well as harmonic minor chord progressions, jarring staccato riffs, layers of reverberant guitars and dual lead vocalists. The group released a two-track EP entitled ''Omnislash'' in 2009 before they proceeded to sign with Century Media Records in 2011, spawning their debut full-length album ''Måsstaden'' that same year. In 2013, they followed up with a second EP, ''Thousands of Evils'' released on an exclusive 1,000-copy vinyl record run. Their second full-length album ''Måsstaden under vatten'' was released in October 2021. The word "vildhjärta" translates to "wildheart" in Swedish. The band's name was inspired by the name of an adventure module for the Swedish tabletop role-playing game Drakar och Demoner. History Vildhjarta was founded initially as an idea by Daniel Bergström, Jimmie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pain Of Salvation
Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, oscillation between heavy and calm passages, complex vocal harmonies and the structures of their albums, syncopation, and polyrhythms. Thus far, every album released by the band has been a concept album. Lyrically, the band tends to address contemporary issues, such as sexuality, war, the environment, and the nature of God, humanity, and existence. Their music is inspired by The Beatles, Faith No More, Jeff Buckley, Jesus Christ Superstar, also other musical genres like jazz, classical music and ethnic music; Sometimes hip hop, soul and funk elements can be heard in their songs. The band have also covered songs by Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder, Kiss, Lou Reed, Dio, The Moody Blues, The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and Elton John. Etymolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Bells
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by different names, including hurricane (), typhoon (), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, and a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean, South Pacific, or (rarely) South Atlantic, comparable storms are referred to simply as "tropical cyclones", and such storms in the Indian Ocean can also be called "severe cyclonic storms". "Tropical" refers to the geographical origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively over tropical seas. "Cyclone" refers to their winds moving in a circle, whirling roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HammerFall
HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band from Gothenburg. The band was formed in 1993 by ex-Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak. History Early days (1993–1996) HammerFall was formed when rhythm guitarist Oscar Dronjak quit Ceremonial Oath and invited Jesper Strömblad (from Ceremonial Oath and In Flames) to join him as a drummer in a new musical project he had been contemplating for some time. Dronjak had already composed the song "Steel Meets Steel," which was later included on HammerFall's debut album. Dronjak and Strömblad were later joined by lead guitarist Niklas Sundin, bassist Johan Larsson, and vocalist Mikael Stanne. When Niklas Sundin and Johan Larsson left HammerFall the following year, Glenn Ljungström (then guitarist of In Flames) and Fredrik Larsson (bassist of the former Swedish death metal band Dispatched), replaced them. All five members played in other bands at the time. Dronjak and Larsson played in ''Crystal Age''; Strömblad and Ljungström pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opeth
Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal/rock band from Stockholm, formed in 1990 by lead vocalist David Isberg. The group has been through several personnel changes, including the replacement of every original member; notably Isberg in 1992. Mikael Åkerfeldt has been Opeth's frontman and primary songwriter since Isberg's departure. Opeth has consistently incorporated progressive, folk, blues, classical, and jazz influences into its usually lengthy compositions, as well as strong influences from death metal, especially in their early works. Many songs include acoustic guitar passages and strong dynamic shifts, as well as death growls. Opeth is also well known for their incorporation of Mellotrons in their work. The band rarely made live appearances supporting their first four albums, but since conducting their first world tour after the 2001 release of ''Blackwater Park'', they have led several major world tours. Opeth has released 13 studio albums, four live DVDs, four live album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mynta
Mynta is an Indo-Swedish fusion jazz band which uses Indian vocal, African and Latin-American rhythms, Arabic sounds, Swedish Folkmusic and Cuban violin, together with Indian traditional instruments as tabla, kanjira, ghatam and tampura. It consists of Santiago Jimenez (violin, keyboard), Dallas Smith ( Indian flute, soprano saxophone, clarinet), Christian Paulin (electric bass guitar), Fazal Qureshi (tabla, kanjira), Max Åhman (acoustic guitar) and Sebastian Printz (drums). Mynta is Swedish for mint. The band was originally formed in 1979. History The group was founded in 1979 as a jazz band by Christian Paulin (bass), and Mynta moved into a jazz-rock & funk band in the early ‘80s. After performing to rave reviews at Jazz Festivals worldwide, they toured India in '87 where they teamed up with Fazal Qureshi and Shankar Mahadevan, to arrive upon their present sound, a new genre they call 'Nordic Ice with Indian Spice'. Members * Fazal Qureshi - tabla, kanjira * Santiago Jimene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
