Kryptos, Bangalore Based Melodic Metal Band

Bangalore’s pubs are known to give birth to many sparkling ideas, one of which was Bangalore’s best known metal band, Kryptos.

Kryptos was formed in the winter of 1998 from the remnants of many a beer keg. Ganesh and Nolan, who by some glitch in the cosmos, were classmates, decided to take their love for heavy metal to the next level. After spending countless beer guzzling nights listening to metal, metal and more metal, Kryptos was born. In came Chinglen on the skins and Kryptos made their live debut at Vibrations '98 at I.I.Sc, Bangalore. The three guzzlers went from strength to strength razing venues all over the country to the ground with their ripping brand of heavy metal.

The first chink (no pun intended) in the band's armour appeared when Chinglen had to leave the band due to unfortunate circumstances. But unfazed and undeterred, the band recruited drum wiz and beer monster, Ryan Colaco in the fall of 2001. Kryptos further added to their full metal arsenal when they recruited Akshay a.k.a Axe on guitars during the end of 2002. With a stable, alcohol fuelled lineup, Kryptos is better than ever and is all set to rip their way into the international metal scene and firmly put Indian metal on the map.

They have Grateful Deadesque fan following that follows them on their tours in India.

Influences

In a world ruled by mindless trends and braindead music, Kryptos are unabashedly 110% heavy metal and make no bones about it. Influenced by the classic gods of metal like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, along with other extreme/melodic metal stalwarts like Dark Tranquillity, Nevermore, Iced earth, In Flames, Sodom, Candlemass, Death etc.

Debut Album

After many a hiccup in the pubs (literally), Kryptos, came out with “Spiral Ascent”, an album of nine metal tracks - well-tempered and straight from the furnace!

Tracks like Descension, Forsaken, (Forgotten) Land of ice, Altered Destinies, Clandestine elements and Forsaken have been tested on live audience with positively devastating results. Their newer tracks like Expedition to abnormalia, Satyr like face and In twilight’s grace match the older tracks. Of course, Kryptos line-up comprising Nolan and Akshay (on guitars), Ryan (drums) and Ganesh (bass and vocals) are supported by friends in the studio.

Kryptos was formed in the winter of 1998 from the remnants of many a beer mug. Ganesh and Nolan, who were classmates, decided to take their love for heavy metal to the next level. After spending countless beer guzzling nights listening to metal and more metal, Kryptos was born. In came Chinglen on the skins and Kryptos made their live debut at Vibrations 1998 at IISc.

The threesome went from strength to strength razing venues all over the country to the ground with their ripping brand of heavy metal. The first chink in the band's armour appeared when Chinglen had to leave the band due to unfortunate circumstances.

But unfazed and undeterred, the band recruited drum wizard Ryan Colaco in the fall of 2001. Kryptos further added to their metal arsenal when they recruited Akshay alias Axe on guitars during the ed of 2002. Kryptos is now better than ever and is all set to rip their way into the international metal scene and firmly put Indian metal on the map.

Kryptos is not intimidated by trance, dance, remix or some flavour-of-the-month music as they call it.

The are unabashedly heavy metal and are influenced by the classic gods of metal like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, along with other extreme/ melodic metal stalwarts like Dark Tranquillity, Nevermore, Iced Earth, In Flames, Sodom, Candlemass and Death.

They play metal because “it's in the blood” and are a highly intense live act capable of raising hell at any venue with their bone-crushing brand of metal as their audience will vouch for.

The album cover for Spiral Ascent is stunning in a metallic way. The cover art is designed by the masterful Niklas Sundin of Dark Tranquillity. Whether live or on CD, Kryptos guarantees a lethal dose of heavy metal fury.

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contributed by: maxdiamond [1]

External Links

1. Kryptos Official Website: Kryptos
2. Heavy Metal : Heavy Metal