BLOODYWOOD, torchbearers and metal barrier-breakers from India, have released their latest single and music video for ‘Bekhauf’. The monstrous track features an iconic collaboration with fellow international superstars BABYMETAL, and comes with an animated, anime video game-styled music video. ‘Bekhauf’ closely follows most recent single “Nu Delhi”, streaming now via the band’s new label home Fearless Records.
On the iconic collaboration and new track, BLOODYWOOD share:
“’Bekhauf’ means ‘fearless’ in Hindi. It was born out of the realisation that fear can be seen as a choice, and that choice is our own. It’s about using this knowledge to take control of our fears and eliminate the side of them that holds us back. It also marks our first ever collaboration. We’ve been waiting to find the right artists to work with, so when the possibility of the BABYMETAL collab emerged, we knew it was time. We were all fans of their music but were still surprised by the level of synergy we managed to achieve on the track. It’s a trilingual song and features English, Hindi and Japanese. The fact that we tied it all together by creating an anime/video game hybrid video pushes everything to the next level. This is a piece of Asian metal history and we’re proud to share it with the world.”
There’s a cultural collision on BLOODYWOOD‘s new single ‘Bekhauf’. The track layers BLOODYWOOD‘s gloriously gruff vocals and Indian folk sonic nuances with the sweetly melodic vocals of Japan’s BABYMETAL. The hyper fast riffing and ferocious breakdown will incite mosh pits and non-stop headbanging. Ultimately, the song reminds us that hard rock is a universal language and welcoming to all styles, ethnicities, and genders. And that’s truly a beautiful and brutal thing!
ABOUT BLOODYWOOD:
BLOODYWOOD are the torchbearers and barrier-breakers of metal from India, their hard-hitting folk yet modern metal sound making the world sit up, take notice and show up to sing along. BLOODYWOOD first caught the attention of the internet with their YouTube channel, when multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Karan Katiyar and vocalist Jayant Bhadula were about to get deadly serious about their craft. Bolstered by the support they were getting, BLOODYWOOD dropped ‘Ari Ari’ in 2018. A Punjabi folksong made famous in the early 2000s remix boom in India by hip-hop act Bombay Rockers, BLOODYWOOD pushed it further with help from the gritty New Delhi-based conscious hip-hop artist rapper RaoulKerr.
With the additional accessibility from Kerr’s English rap verses, Katiyar’s inimitable flute melody and Bhadula’s powerful vocals, the band expanded into original songs ‘Jee Veerey’, ‘Endurant’, ‘Machi Bhasad (Expect A Riot)’, ‘Yaad’, ‘Gaddaar’, ‘Aaj’, and ‘Dana Dan’.
Joined on tour by drummer VisheshSingh, bassist RoshanRoy and dhol player SarthakPahwa, BLOODYWOOD took their music out of the studio and to concerts across Europe, UK and Russia for their first ever sold-out Raj Against the Machine tour.
Their debut album Rakshak earned them a nomination for Best International Breakthrough Artist at the Heavy Music Awards in 2022, and charted on the Billboard US and UK’s Official Charts, garnering such accolades as ”Indian metal sensation Bloodywood mix nu, folk and rap metal on their thrilling debut Rakshak” (Loudersound/Metal Hammer UK), and “Rakshak is a thrilling ride through western and eastern sounds…It’s undeniably fun but also well thought out with emotional and anthemic moments” (Wall of Sound.AU).
BLOODYWOOD went on to perform to packed crowds, selling out such storied venues as Gramercy Theatre in New York City, The Electric Ballroom in London, O-East in Tokyo to playing in front of tens of thousands at festivals across the world. From Lollapalooza India, Download Festival, Bloodstock (UK), Hellfest (France), Summer Breeze (Germany) to Brutal Assault (Czechia), to Fuji Rock (Japan) and American mainstays like Louder Than Life and Aftershock, BLOODYWOOD won global acclaim.
In 2024, ‘Dana Dan’ even made it to a pivotal sequence in the Jordan Peele-produced action movie Monkey Man, directed by and starring Dev Patel.
BLOODYWOOD will be embarking on a mammoth 26-date RETURN OF THE SINGH European and UK tour, and will seethem cross the continent from Italy to Scandinavia, Poland to the UK.
On returning to the EU and UK, BLOODYWOOD couldn’t be more excited: “Our very first tour back in 2019 kicked off in Europe, and we’ve always felt an incredible amount of support from both Europe and the UK. It’s like a second home to us. We’re thrilled to be back, bringing intense riffs, hard-hitting beats, and a ton of new material, along with the classic Bloodywood energy you know and love.”
Full dates below:
Return of the Singh Tour Dates:
21.02.25 – Amager Bio, Copenhagen – Denmark
23.02.25 – John Dee, Oslo – Norway
24.02.25 – Debaser, Stockholm – Sweden
25.02.25 – Plan B, Malmo – Sweden
27.02.25 – Proxima, Warsaw – Poland
28.02.25 – Huxleys, Berlin – Germany
02.03.25 – Docks, Hamburg – Germany
03.03.25 – Melkweg, Amsterdam – Netherlands
05.03.25 – Trix, Antwerp – Belgium
06.03.25 – Live Music Hall, Cologne – Germany
07.03.25 – Batschkapp, Frankfurt – Germany
08.03.25 – Longhorn, Stuttgart – Germany
09.03.25 – Täubchenthal, Leipzig – Germany
11.03.25 – Roxy, Prague – Czech Republic
12.03.25 – Backstage Werk, Munich – Germany
14.02.25 – Gasometer, Vienna – Austria
15.03.25 – Legend Club, Milan – Italy
16.03.25 – Complex 457, Zurich – Switzerland
17.03.25 – La Rayon, Lyon – France
19.03.25 – Bataclan, Paris – France
20.03.25 – L’aeronef, Lille – France
22.03.25 – O2 Institute, Birmingham – UK
23.03.25 – SWG3, Glasgow – UK
25.03.25 – O2 Ritz, Manchester – UK
26.03.25 – O2 Academy, Bristol – UK
27.03.25 – O2 Kentish Town Forum, London – UK
Tickets available now: https://www.bloodywood.net/tour.
Band Members:Raoul Kerr – vocals
Jayant Bhadula – vocals
Karan Katiyar – guitars
Vishesh Singh – drums
Roshan Roy – bass
Sarthak Pahwa – dhol
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