Rudra – Brahmavidya: Trascendental I
I have to admit that I had never heard this name in my life even if I was starting to listen the 5th album of these guys: well at the end I can tell you that this one of the best black death surprise of the 2009. Let’s start to say something about them: Rudra was formed in 1992 in Singapore and now they are one of the leaders in the Asian Metal scene with their five released albums and a sound that’s something of really special. They call it Vedic Metal: a perfect bridge between the east and the west, characterized by an unique way of incorporating Indian traditional music into a fast and aggressive well played black death. Indian melodies and extreme metal but also Sanskrit chants and mantras for new mystical dimension: we are in front of something really hard to describe but really fascinating, brutal, atmospheric, tribal and ethnic, lyrically based on the Vedic philosophies. I’m feeling the same “sensations” I tasted many years ago with the mighty “Under the Monspell” but with the obviously different flavors of a totally different culture: something of beautiful, dark, ethnic and evocative. Don’t miss this hour of Music and many thanks to Vic Records for this present.
1. Bhagavatpada Namaskara
2. Ravens Of Paradise
3. Amrtasyaputra
4. Hymns From The Blazing Chariot
5. Meditations At Dawn
6. Advaitamrta
7. Natural Born Ignorance
8. Immortality Roars
9. Reversing The Currents
10. Venerable Opposites
11. Avidya Nivrtti
12. Not The Seen But The Seer
13. Adiguru Namastubhyam
14. Majestic Ashtavakra
2. Ravens Of Paradise
3. Amrtasyaputra
4. Hymns From The Blazing Chariot
5. Meditations At Dawn
6. Advaitamrta
7. Natural Born Ignorance
8. Immortality Roars
9. Reversing The Currents
10. Venerable Opposites
11. Avidya Nivrtti
12. Not The Seen But The Seer
13. Adiguru Namastubhyam
14. Majestic Ashtavakra
