Eight Mahavidyas, by RUDRA

Eight Mahavidyas

by RUDRA

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bmurator Death / Black Metal from Singapore. This has quite a few Folk Metal parts as well & can be considered as Vedic metal as it is based on religeous texts to some extent. I absolutely love the East meets West & East wins hands down thing here! You can hear the Eastern philosophy shining through every note & I love it! i wish we could have some lyrics too - please...:) Highly recommended!!!

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	1.	Sanctum Sanctorum 07:20
	2.	Apprehending Through Negation 08:49
	3.	Renunciation is Futile 07:19
	4.	Venerating Primordial Passion 08:01
	5.	Awakened and Skyclad 05:20
	6.	The Sleepless Lullaby 07:03
	7.	Marching Against the Monarch 07:55
	8.	Auspicious Widow 06:29

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A MAJESTIC VEDIC METAL CONCEPTUAL EPIC!

RUDRA, the name of the Indian deity of Destruction; conjures the scene of death and destruction. Just like the deity, RUDRA, the band, was named so to symbolize the aggressive character of its music.

Formed in 1992, Asia's extreme metal legend RUDRA returns with its 10th album "Eight Mahavidyas", another concept album. This time the album explores eight female characters extending from ancient times till the 18th century who broke stereotypes and ended up being outstanding teachers of wisdom. Each song presents the wisdom of each woman through extreme metal textures.

The CD cover features the artwork of Viktoria Polikarpova (of Visionis Phosphorescent) and the booklet will feature eight specially created portraits by Ashley Christudason (of Jungle Eye).

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released December 22, 2022

RUDRA is:
Kathir - Vocals, Bass
Shiva - Drums, Backing Vocals*
Devan - Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals**
Vinod - Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals***

* On tracks 1, 4, 6
** On tracks 1, 3
*** On tracks 1, 2, 3

All lyrics by Kathir, except for quotes from Sanskrit literature
All music by RUDRA

Presented and manufactured by Awakening Records
Marketed and distributed by Alchemy Media
Produced by RUDRA
Engineered, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Vinod Vaskaran at LightWave 804
Assistance in engineering and recording by Devan
Cover artwork by Visionis Phosphorescent
Artworks of the eight Mahavidyas were imagined and created by Ashley Christudason (Jungle Eye) (linktr.ee/AChristudason)
Design and layout by Arioch

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