Gear up for ‘India’s first Metal pilgrimage’.
In a day and age when music festivals are directly related to dance music or Indie/rock, here is a festival that will specifically cater to every heavy metal fan in Mumbai. That’s right, BIG69 supported by Pepsi MTV Indies and managed by BAJAAO Consulting and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., BIG69 will bring the biggest names in the rock music arena to India at the Richardson & Cruddas industrial compound in Byculla on the 17th and 18th of January, 2015.
In its very first year, BIG69 will showcase UKβs leading heavy metal legends Carcass and progressive metal act Sikth as the headliners. The festival lineup includes Italian metallers Fleshgod Apocalypse and UK rap metallers Hacktivist along with some of the biggest Indian bands such as Bombay Metal Project and Joint Family, who will be reuniting for this festival after seven years of being defunct.
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This festival will also serve as a platform to some of our very own Indian bands who have been performing in this genre, that include Demonic Resurrection, Undying Inc, Zygnema, Kryptos, Devoid, Noiseware and Nepalβs Apart from music, the festival will also have a special focus on art, with well-designed stages, art installations and the Indies Kvlture project – a special showcase of visual art, photographs and iconography associated with heavy metal. This will involve a number of collaborations with some of the finest artists and designers from the Indian metal scene who will create artwork and designs especially for the festival.
The full lineup:
17 Jan
Carcass (Headliner)
Fleshgod Apocalypse,
Demonic Resurrection,
Kryptos,
Devoid,
Inner Sanctum,
Albatross,
Gutslit,
Chronic Xorn,
Plague Throat,
Halahkuh
18 January
SikTh,Β (Headliner)
Hacktivist,
Bombay Metal Project,
Joint Family,
Underside,
Zygnema,
Undying Inc,
Escher’s Knot,
Providence,
Noiseware,
Grammy Winning Effort,
Elemental
Be there or be square : January 17th to 18th, atΒ the Richardson & Cruddas industrial compound in Byculla