Bengaluru-based Tech-Death/Prog Metal Band KSETRAVID | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
After a successful crowdfunding campaign last year, Bangalore-based Tech-Death/Prog Metal Band, Kesetravid, quietly conspiring to release their debut albums, God plays dice.
Now, singer Siddharth Sarkar, guitarist Pritam Midi, drummer Nikhil Rajkumar and Basist Arunav Bhattacharjee will preview their albums with a four-city tour with Mumbai on 5 June with a four-city tour in Mumbai on 5 June and is traveling with a new delif on 7 June. Bengaluru on 15 June.
In the end, about being able to plan for a year, Siddhantha says, “It seems that a long-held storm is breaking up at the end. We have been working on the album and building this tour for more than a year, with the Venu, Line-up, Funding and Logistics, with us, it is not to do anything.”
The modern metal is known for its pumming, mind-looking style, attracted by the choice of mesgagah, car bombs and more, Kesitriveds first played in Mumbai and New Delhi. “It is challenging to coordinate with places and local promoters without any centralized banking, but we have received tremendous support from community and fellow artists,” they say.
Bengaluru-based Tech-Death/Prog Metal Band KSETRAVID | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
For those who have never gone to the Kesitraved show, the band promises a “story-run, intensive” settist on “internal conflict, collapse and catarsis” according to the singer. “It is immersive – similar parts sound, story and spirit. We focus on scenes matching the atmosphere, transition and music weight.”
Formed in 2021, the band has released four solo so far, began in its first year with a “man -made crisis” and recently excluded “Enamsees” in September 2024.
With an album, God playing dice, In the final stages of production, his songs are in the headlines on subjects such as “social dogma, personal reconing and human cost of imbalance”. Another recording is being done along the account of the Barabar, which is intended to push back against the norms of the music industry such as gatekeeping and impressive forces.
Siddhanta says, “This tour is a success moment for us as an independent task; we are not waiting for permission or verification. We are making our own way, curing our own spaces, and taking our music directly to the audience on our terms.
KSETRAVID’s album will release on streaming and physical formats immediately after the tour and has some special plans for Bengaluru. Siddhanth says, “Bangalore is the place where all this started for us. The show will be the most expanded and intimate.
Once this happens, the subjects of the Kesitraved albums are planning everything from pieces of arts to global shows and cooperation. Siddanth says, “This is just the beginning of a big conversation we want to do with the world.”
KSETRAVID will play on the flow on Church Street on 15 June. Ticket on skillboxofficial
Bengaluru-based Tech-Death/Prog Metal Band KSETRAVID | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Published – June 11, 2025 02:00 PM IST
