New Rudra Album should be out....

[JayKeeley]

This was posted back in December...I completely missed it:

ALBUM UPDATE Recording of Rudra's forthcoming album is completed. The album will be called BRAHMAVIDYA: PRIMORDIAL I. The tentative release date is in Feb 2005. The Track list is as follows:

1. Twilight of Duality
2. Ananya Chaitanya
3. The Pathless Path to the Knowable Unknown
4. There the Sun Never Shines
5. Veil of Maya
6. Ageless Consciousness, I am
7. Meditations on the Mahavakya
8. Aham Brahmasmi
9. Shivoham
10. In the Fourth Quarter: Turiya

J - work your magic...where can we get this? If you can't find it, I'll contact the band directly.

 

[J.]

Damn, oughta be a good 'un. Let me see what I can see.

 

[JayKeeley]

Gotta love this title:

"The Pathless Path to the Knowable Unknown"

Vedic people, vedic.

 

[J.]

hey, you do know that you are mentioned on their homepage, right?

http://www.rudraonline.org/news/index.htm

 

[J.]

I dont think it's out yet. Demonzend doesn't even have it available through their own webstore.

 

[JayKeeley]

Woah, cool!!

So where's the promo for the new one!!?? Haha, just kidding. I like buying from bands that (a) self-release, (b) live in poor countries, (c) deserve some recognition.

I haven't heard Kurukshetra (or any Rudra) in a while....better fix that.

 

[JayKeeley]

I dont think it's out yet. Demonzend doesn't even have it available through their own webstore.

OK I'll send the band an e-mail....

 

[JayKeeley]

Interview from Metal-Rules...(Metal-Rules interviewed these guys? Now I feel embarassed for not chasing them down myself...I'm going to track them down for the new album).

Anyway, some excerpts:

Lurch will like this one:

Your band is sometimes compared with Nile, insofar as blending ancient and traditional themes with modern death metal. What do you think of that comparison, and would you say Nile has been an influence on your style??

I would say the comparison is legitimate since we are both digging ancient cultures with modern metal. But Nile has never influenced us in our path. During the time when we were experimenting with ethnic fusion in Metal, we hadn't known any other band that was doing the same thing. Only after releasing the debut album did we realize that there were two other bands (Nile & Orphaned Land) doing something similar.

Hehe, Nile, Rudra, and Orphaned Land: spot the odd one out...

Also, I like this news...

Your use of traditional instruments seemed to decrease on Kurukshetra from your previous work. Does that trend continue with the new album??

Actually it is going to be the reverse on the new album. Kurukshetra was sort of an experiment. We wanted to see if we could produce an album without incorporating traditional influences. But this won't happen in the new album. The new album will have lots of traditional parts and lots of chanting. For a change I will be doing most of the Sanskrit chants myself.

"In the know" metal circles...

With each release Rudra have become a name spoken amongst “in the know” metal circles. Do the think your next album could be the one that really breaks the door down for you in terms of international recognition?

Yeah. We are really hoping for that with the new album. We have faced too many obstacles throughout our career and this is the biggest one. Hopefully this album will break down those barriers. Let's see how it goes.


Full interview here: http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/Rudra-Sept2004.htm

And yes, they talk about the term "Aryan".

 

[singahell]

Sample the track 'Aham Brahmasmi' at http://www.metaltronic.com/music/rudradownload.htm

 

[JayKeeley]

*downloading*