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Statistically, Bloodywood are 10 instances extra common now than they have been simply six years in the past. When India’s most talked-about metallic export performed their first London present in 2019, it was to 250 individuals on the O2 Academy Islington. Two albums, lots of of gigs and a number of other viral hits later, they’ve offered out the two,500-capacity Discussion board down the street in Kentish City.
The numbers don’t lie, however they don’t illustrate the sheer ardour the New Delhi outfit draw from their onlookers both. From the second they storm onstage and burst into Dana Dan – just lately heard on the soundtrack of Dev Patel blockbuster Monkey Man – this crammed-in crowd won’t cease shifting. The band’s mix of Bollywood verve and nu metallic bounce is so infectious that it hops the language barrier, all people in the home pumping their fists and screaming alongside to the Hindi track’s hook “Dan! Dan! Dan!”
It’s an on the spot mission-accomplished for Bloodywood, given that just about every little thing they do is within the title of pleasure. There are not any ballads throughout their 2022 debut Rakshak and this month’s follow-up Nu Delhi – simply stomping banger after stomping banger. Plus, on tour, the trio of rapper Raoul Kerr, screamer Jayant Bhadula and guitarist Karan Khatiyar develop their ranks, including each a standard drummer and a dhal participant. In addition to nodding in direction of the band’s heritage, the two-percussionist setup provides them a thumping energy corresponding to Slipknot. When the breakdowns in Tadka and Bekhauf hit, that energy will get this huddled-together auditorium to mosh with abandon.
The band members equally refuse to face nonetheless, marching across the stage in vibrant garb as CO2 cannons fireplace round them and sparks fall behind them. There’s nonetheless room for vulnerability, although, particularly when Kerr and Bhadula dedicate Jee Veerey to these battling despair. Katiyar performs the flute throughout the 2018 single, giving it a delicate and distinctly South Asian aptitude, whereas the thudding rhythm part retains the adrenaline flowing.
Gaddaar (Hindi for “traitor”) ends the evening on its most intense notice. Kerr and Bhadula savage the oppressors of the world as Kadiyar unloads staccato, djent-like chugs. “By no means will I cease! By no means will I say die!” the rapper declares – nor does he have any motive to. Bloodywood have already amassed a list of anthems and turn into their nation’s largest metallic band, and so they can clearly hold any crowd within the palm of their hand. Wherever the ceiling for this lot is, it’s not in view but.
Bloodywood setlist: O2 Discussion board Kentish City, London – March 27, 2025
Dana Dan
Nu Delhi
Aaj
Tadka
Jee Veerey
Bekhauf
Machi Bhasad (Count on A Riot)
Halla Bol
Encore:
Gaddaar
