Deepti Unni | Rolling Stone India

Blek – Hexes + Drama & Other Reasons For Evacuation ★★★1/2

By Deepti Unni | Albums, Reviews May 18, 2012

Mumbai boys bring the drama on debut

Demonstealer Launches Metal Supergroup

By Deepti Unni | May 16, 2012

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Members from Mumbai bands Spook, Workshop and Colossus get together to form Hellwind

Sridhar/Thayil – STD

By Deepti Unni | Albums, Reviews May 09, 2012

Eclectic pop twosome make a sexy mess

Meshuggah – Koloss

By Deepti Unni | Albums, Reviews April 18, 2012

So Swede! Meshuggah's latest album is also their most accesible

Swedish metal titans go to an unexpected place on new record

Albatross/Vestal Claret – The Kissing Flies/Black Priest

By Deepti Unni | Albums, Reviews April 18, 2012

The art of storytelling, courtesy Albatross and Vestal Claret

How Kishore Kumar’s favourite trumpet player made it to Sridhar/Thayil’s new album

By Deepti Unni | News & Updates April 18, 2012

How Kishore Kumar’s favourite trumpet player made it to Sridhar/Thayil’s self-titled debut

Sridhar/Thayil Get Down To Brass Tacks

By Deepti Unni | News & Updates April 12, 2012

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How Kishore Kumar’s favourite trumpet player made it to Sridhar/Thayil’s self-titled debut

India Rock Weekend, Day 2: Pentagram + Sky Rabbit

By Deepti Unni | Gig Reviews April 12, 2012

India Rock Weekend: Day 2Sky Rabbit and Pentagram, April 7th, Blue Frog, Mumbai Late Saturday evening, as Mumbai battled the increasingly muggy summer night, the lines outside the Blue Frog were conspicuous by their absence, odd for a place that’s usually as packed as a Virar local at peak hours. It was a quiet that [...]

Opeth Kick Off Asia Tour in India

By Deepti Unni | News & Updates February 03, 2012

It’s been a long day of relentless interviews for Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt but if he’s tired, he’s very good at not showing it. “I’m leaving for NAMM in a few hours so there’s a lot of interviews to wrap up, but it’s all good,” he says cheerfully on the phone, occasionally punctuating conversation with, [...]

Morbid Angel: Too Extreme?

By Deepti Unni | Features November 14, 2011

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Frontman and bassist Dave Vincent talks about his return to the band and their first album in eight years that took the metal world entirely by surprise Florida death metal band Morbid Angel’s had a rough year of it. First, in 2010, drummer Pete Sandoval had to opt out of recording and playing after a [...]