Indian metal bands standing against the government

“We write songs that clearly stand against the government. They are eating up the country like pure parasites. It's depressing, cruel, oppressive and the leaders sitting above and controlling are big time scumbags” - Amir Hazarika, vocalist for Eyes of the Martyr, a progressive metal band from Guwahati, told in an i-D interview. Inspired by award-winning new documentary Extreme Nation, about the metal music scenes of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, i-D presents some bands: Mumbai thrashers Sabotage, death/black metal quintet Aempyrean, Indian folk metal Bloodywood, metalcore band DemigoD...