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Sikkim band to perform in Bangalore

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Press Trust of India Gangtok
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 1:49 AM IST

The five member band who term the music they play as 'Happy Metal' will compete against three other metal bands, the winners of the north, south and west zones during the gig for a chance to open for legendary German metal band, 'Kreator'.

The band with Kunzang Dorjee Bhutia on vocals, Siddhartha Bejoy Gurung on percussion, Victor on bass and Leeyong Lepcha and Dibya Raj Mukhia on guitars won the eastern zone finals of the Wacken Metal Battle held in Guwahati on 25 May.

"We grew up listening to Kreator and others like them, these legends of dark metal have aspiring metal bands playing their songs like 'Phobia'," said Siddharta.

A win will take them to Germany to represent India at the battle of the bands where they will fare against the best thrash metal bands in the world.

"It's a dream that we will be opening for Kreator, this is a big break for us and for those who have metal in their blood," Siddhartha said.

Damagera previously known as Future History, the brainchild of the percussionist, was formed in March 2011 in Gangtok.

Damagera has participated and won at Underground Unleash 2011 and Hellbound 2011 at Kolkata, the Darjeeling Tea fest 2011 in Darjeeling, Metal Evolution 2012 which was the first metal band competition in Sikkim and the preliminary rounds of the Wacken Metal Battle 2012.

  

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First Published: Jun 12 2012 | 4:25 PM IST

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