Chaos Concert

The young adults — some in college,some in school — who have soaked in rock,metal,jazz and blues,among others,had been selected after a month-long search at MTV’s Talenthouse India earlier this week. “It would have been great to meet them,” says drummer Kabir Mahajan,a student of Delhi School of Economics.

Their journey through the years however speaks for them. They were the first runners-up at the Indian rock competition,at Hornbill in Nagaland last year. Their first-ever album,The Cynic,was voted the 17th best metal release worldwide on a prominent progressive metal site http://www.seaoftranquility.com,and they opened for British heavy metal band,Viatrophie,during their India tour earlier this year.

While Mahajan and Takar Nabam were together in the school band of Delhi Public School,RK Puram,vocalist Karan Nambiar joined them in 2006. “As musicians,we’re just five weird guys doing our thing. But on stage,we don different personalities,” says Nambiar,who works for a radio station and hosts karaoke nights in the city.

With heavy influences of death metal,along with jazz,funk,reggae and blues,among others,the band talks more than just music. In The Cynic,they have delved into religious and political lines. Nambiar says,“It was based on the concept of man’s realisation of the hollowness in religion,how religion is used more for political control and power.”

The self-taught musicians have performed along with Delhi-based DJ Sidharth Talwar of Cafe Morrison and Biffy Clyro,a Scottish Band,before the much anticipated final performance for Metallica