Chronic Xorn ( bn, ক্রনীক জর্ন), is a
metalcore
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band, based in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
,
India
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. ''Chronic Xorn'' started in 2008, and shot to prominence after being featured in October 2009 in Headbanger's India.
History
Early years (2007–2009)
In 2010, ''Chronic Xorn'' was signed by Six Inch Nails Records, making them the first band to receive a record label from
Eastern India
East India is a region of India consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha
and West Bengal and also the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The region roughly corresponds to the historical region of Magadha fr ...
and has released its debut album entitled Death Destruction on May 14, 2010. ''Chronic Xorn'' has a history of playing alongside supporting bands like Parkway Drive (Australia), Nervo Chaos (Brazil) and Indian heavy weights like Demonic Resurrection, Kryptos, Scribe and many more. The band has also played in 2010 at the Summer Storm Festival supporting Nothnegal (Singapore), Festival headlined by Lamb Of God.
The band has done a nationwide tour in October in support of their new album ''From Mercy'' consisting of cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong. In the tour the Chronic Xorn has played in fests supporting International acts like Children of Bodom, Dawn of Demise, Cypher 16 and Gone In April apart from Indian metal giants like Bhayanak Maut, Demonic Resurrection and from mainstream artistes like Raghu Dixit, Shaa’ir & Func, Indian Ocean to Bollywood sensations like
Sunidhi Chauhan
Sunidhi Chauhan (pronounced ; born 14 August 1983) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Delhi, she began performing in local gatherings at the age of 5 and made her career debut at the age of 13, with the film ''Shastra'' (1996). During the ye ...
and Javed Ali. Travis Montgomery of the highly esteemed metal band Threat Signal,
Canada
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has played a guest guitar solo in the title track of the album which is considered quite a great accomplishment in the Indian Metal community.
Chronic Xorn is the first metal band in India to release an album from a commercial record label and is the first band to have the physical body circulation in the music stores throughout India, since albums by Indian metal bands are not available physically in the music stores in India.
''Death Destruction Sermon'' (2009–2010)
''Death Destruction Sermon'' is their latest EP which was released in 2010. The EP consists of six tracks and the full-length of the EP is 00:25:45. The EP is one of the highest selling heavy metal albums in India and has even been sold at various parts of Europe and USA. The EP received good ratings from both the European and Indian music magazines.
Track listing
Critical reception
Sputnikmusic
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Upon its release, Death Destruction Sermon was met with mostly positive response.
In a positive review of the album, Anshul Kaushal at SputnikMusic said the album "stands tall as the first metal album from East India and one of the finest in the genre by an Indian band"
''From Mercy'' (2010–2012)
Chronic Xorn released their debut album ''From Mercy'' on 3 October 2012. The album consists of eleven tracks. There are two tracks ''Necropolis'' and ''Death Destruction Sermon'', which are the remakes of their previous EP released in 2010. The album also features ''Travis Montgomery'' from the band
Threat Signal
Threat Signal is a Canadian heavy metal band from Hamilton, Ontario. The band has had numerous lineup changes, with only Jon Howard remaining from the original incarnation. Their music is often classified as metalcore, melodic death metal, groo ...
,
Canada
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, playing a guest solo for the track ''From Mercy''.
Various songs from this album were aired in Full Metal Racket Radio Show, 103.2 Preston FM (United Kingdom), Planet Metal Radio Show (France), Painkiller Metal Show (Belgium), The Pit Radio Show (United Kingdom), Washington Bangla Radio (India).
Track listing
''Touring and side projects'' (2012–present)
They were a part of FIREBALL 2012 which is one of the biggest music festivals held in the north east India. On March 28, 2012, the band announced their opening up of their own music school, ''Xorn School of Music (XSM)'', to educate about metalcore and maybe even heavy metal music. On April 18, 2013, the band headlined in EKSTASI 2013 held at Camellia School Of Engineering & Technology and on May 4, 2013, they performed at
Eclecia 2013,
Heritage Institute of Technology
Heritage Institute of Technology, popularly known as HITK or HIT is a self-financed institute in the state of the West Bengal. Heritage Institute of Technology is ranked one of the best amongst engineering colleges in Eastern India.The campus i ...
. On 23 August 2013, they headlined the EASTERN DARKFEST at
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
, Bangladesh, along with many other international bands, Lotus Of Darkness (Thailand), Godsire (Singapore) and Brothers (Bangladesh), Satanik, Sent Men Revolt, Stygian Oath.
Band members
;Current members
* Sunny (Vocals)
* Suvam (Guitar/vocals)
* Biswarup (Guitar)
* Kanad Roy (Bass Guitar)
* Dipayan (Drums)
;Former members
* Tamaghna (Drums)
* Anindya (Guitar)
* Abhinav (Guitar)
* Jeet (Bass Guitar)
* Sambit (Drums)
* Angshuman (Bass Guitar)
* Soumyadeep (Bass Guitar)
See also
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Bangla Rock
Bangladeshi rock music, or Bangla rock music, is a style of music in Bangladesh that is derived from British and American rock music, mixed with Bengali classical and adhunik musical styles from the 1960s. The genre was introduced in the 196 ...
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Princeton Club
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External links
Chronic Xorn – MyspaceChronic Xorn – Reverbnation
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Bengali music
Bengali musicians
Musical groups established in 2007