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Full List Of Bands Competing in the Hornbill International Rock Contest Announced

The four-day rock contest will be held in Kohima between December 6th and 10th

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Sikkim metalcore band Eyestill will compete at Hornbill.

Local bands from the North East have been shortlisted to compete at the eighth edition of the Hornbill International Rock Contest, which takes place in Kohima, Nagaland between December 6th and 10th.

Bands from Nagaland at Hornbill include alt rock band White Noise, experimental rock/metal band Infuse, folk fusion band Purple Fusion, indie rock band We The Giants and alternative rock band Making Merry. Other bands from the North East also added to the list include Sikkim metalcore band Eyestill, Shillong metalcore band Deadnote and Manipur progressive metal band The WisHess.

Here is the complete list of bands competing at Hornbill International Rock Contest 2013 

Dying Out Flame ”“ Kathmandu, Nepal

Johnmpamei & The Band ”“ UAE

Escapades ”“ Melbourne

Underground Authority ”“ Kolkata

4 Degrees of Freedom ”“ Ranchi

The F16s ”“ Chennai

Yesterdrive ”“ New Delhi

Ground Zero ”“ Kalimpong, Darjeeling

Turnkey ”“ Kolkata

Red Light Passengers ”“ New Delhi

Elision ”“ Srinagar

The Urban EarlyMen ”“ New Delhi

Nigambodh ”“ New Delhi

Colossal Figures ”“ New Delhi

Chaos ”“ Trivandrum

Street Stories ”“ Shillong

Route 3 ”“ New Delhi

Circle’s End ”“ Darjeeling

Phobia ”“ New Delhi

Grey Shack ”“ Chennai

Red Seems Right ”“ Mumbai 

Sycorax ”“ Darjeeling

Eyestill ”“ Gangtok

White Noise ”“ Dimapur

Infuse ”“ Mokokchung

Purple Fusion ”“ Dimapur

We The Giants ”“ Dimapur

Making Merry ”“ Kohima

Deadnote ”“ Shillong

The WisHess ”“ Imphal

 

The Hornbill International Rock Contest takes place between December 6th to December 10th at Solidarity Park, Kohima, Nagaland. Event details here.

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