Planet Metal CD Revealed

jamesgill / News / 10/03/2010 19:29pm

The current issue of Metal Hammer includes a very special mini-magazine and companion CD: Planet Metal.

Hammer has been trawling the globe for the best in far flung heavy metal and the stories behind them: the people, the places, the meaning. From the social and religious oppression in Iran to the burgeoning Indian metal scene; from the closed society of China and its musical outpourings to South America where the legacy of metal goes deep and means much.

Also we headed to South Africa, South Korea, Japan, Egypt and around the Mediterranean. We found bands creating metal instruments such as sitars, erdu, marimba and shamisen, and guitar-based bands using fascinating non-western chord patterns. In our search we came across not only the wild and wondetrful but simply some of the best heavy metal we’ve heard in years – seriously, check out the Bhayanak Maut track on the CD

If you want to have your eyes opened to a world of metal outside Europe and North America, then pick up a copy of Metal Hammer with the free 15 track CD

Bands include Bhayanak Maut from India, Myrath from Tunisia, Black Infinity from Vietnam, Farzad from Iran, Daycore from Colombia, Infection from Peru, Scarab from Egypt (who already have a fan in Karl Sanders Nile), Terraseria from Mexico, Bilocate from Jordan, Undying Inc from India, Agro from South Africa, the crushing Coffins from Japan, Fatal Fear from South Korea, Hate Fusion from Argentina and Sexto Sonar from Venezuela – this is a serious trip!

51 Comments


Moshtank

Wow sounds cool! i cant wait to hear em!

An Egyptian band? Of course Karl Sanders loves them XD.

Although, that’ll be interesting to hear. It’s nice to hear metal is about in some of the less well-off countries (save for Japan). I went to Egypt about four years ago and it was a nice place but I’d have never thought there would be any metal bands, at least not any who could get on one of these CDs. Props to Metal Hammer for going out there and helping out bands who might otherwise not even have careers, if you could call them that.

Woah!
Bhayanak Maut and Undying Inc. FTW! \m/

George L

All sound really good after the first listen, thanks for drawing light to these bands!

Woah sounds awesome. Can’t wait to hear it and check out all these bands.

Shyam Sudhakar

Undying Inc’s track’s gonna pawn all..\m/

Knew about some of these bands and its great to see them getting some play over here

damn!! terraseria from mexicoooo jajaajaj ellos son mis compadres!!!!!
saludossss

hellyeah fucking supporting terraseria from México you should hear them, theyre fuckin amazing live and their debut album is pretty badass

TERRASERIA!!!! FUCK YEAH!!!! a good taste of riffs and melodies \m/

Cheers fellow METALHEADS!

totosaus

proud of the mexican band Terraseria, they’ve played with bands like asesino, carcass, divine heresy…

Bhayanak maut is one of my favourite bands! Feels awesome to see them here!

Bhayanak Maut is very popular at University of Toronto. An Indian friend got it. It’s awesome!

I_tried_vodoo_once

Bwahhhhaaaaa,Looooong live Indian Metal n d Indian Metal bands…Bhayanak Maut has mde each n evry Indian Metalhead Proud today….I sre knw that its just a matter of time until v hear mayb BM,Scribe,Exhumation,DR n tons of othr Talented bands playn at Download or Rock am Ring,Warped,etc wid all d International bands…Oh wait!!! Isnt DR n Scribe already playin Mayhem festival in Norway…haaa haaa…Watch out Fellas,Indian Metal’s on a roll(serious n pun intended… :P )…. \m/

AGRO FTW!!! One of South Africa’s finest!!!

Vinay Venkatesh

Bhayanak Maut is really proud to be on this compilation. It’s about time Indian bands get noticed. Thank you, Metal Hammer \m/

Was listening to this last night whiel I read the Incoming mini mag, some great stuff on there, hell it’s all good really!
Just some better than others, cheers Hammer :D

Whooo Trivium and Chimaira tonight :P

Always knew Bhayanak Maut is International Stuff…Long Live BM…\m/ (..)\m/

Kshitij Rihal

This is amazing!
Bhayank Maut, undoubtedly, is the best Indian metal band.
Thanks for throwing some light on the Indian metal scene!
Hope you’ll do a little more coverage of the booming scene here!

My brother in SA has seen AGRO live. Says they are amazing.

Can’t wait to have the edition on my hands. Keep the metal brotherhood alive! Regards from Peru!

Looked into all the bands under this very compilation, do check out these “indian” metal monsters . . . . “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbY2jryyfOI” . . . This changes everything i heard or knew about this country man!! Peace\m/

El Dandy

TERRASERIA RULES…!!!

Random Number 8376482347372382

Love the Farzad song but cant find anything else from them on the internet

Yeah! We´ve played with Terraseria at the Monterrey Mezcal Fest, sharing stage with Testament, Deicide, Alcatrazz and Grave Digger and Voivod. It was a god dammned cool festival.

Check our band at http://www.myspace.com/thesecondhell

Infection

I just ordered a copy of the magazine. This is sick stuff, metal brotherhood at its best!

pepe hetfield

damn!!! great stuff!!!
my congrats to everybody but specially to terraseria they are mexico´s finest metal!!!

take them out on tour!!!
jejejeje

La Liga y asi....

TerraseriA!…a huevo….del piinchi corazon de Tamaulipas….pal mundo…..

YamaTai

At last! Black Infinity, yellll

axhxnxv

Those of u who liked the Bhayanak maut (INDIA)and undying inc (INDIA) tracks ….u’v not heard the best thing yet!!!! check out SCRIBE

sebastian

AMAZING!!! I recomend you DAYCORE from Colombia… incredible work and raw energy!!!

TERRASERIA!!!!!! NORTH MEXICAN METAL RULES
ARRIVA TAMAULIPAS CABRONES

AlexOrtiz

DAYCORE… Excellent group of Colombia!!!!
DAYCORE,… Excelente agrupación de Colombia!!!!

DAYCORE, Colombia is present!!!

Hails Daycore…. finest and proudly Colombian Thrash/Death Metal!!!! Just Awesome!!

eben johnson

\m/ gud to see bhayanak gettin publicity ..theyre fuckin killer especially live…real happy for you guys
much love
all the fat children

Daycore, Proudly Colombian Thrash Death Metal!!!

sexto sonar

Hey thanks so much in SEXTO SONAR we are so proud and its an honour for us to stay on this album, thank u to all metal hammer team, please dont forgte to visit us at http://www.myspace.com/sextosonar and http://www.sextosonar.com.

cheers from venezuela

Juan Manuel

Sexto Sonar, a slightly original band, they are Dream Theater’s cheap copy, in Venezuela they are not anybody and they believe a great band, do not have identity, the music that they do is it of other one, they do not have creativity

Hey Sexto Sonar rules guys!! that is the most important band at my country, they are awesome… What a proud for Venezuela… Son lo mejor del Progressive Metal

dawnyou

BLACK INFINITY \m/

Juan Manuel

The better(best) of Venezuela is Metempsychosis, Not Sexto Sonar, Sexto Sonar they do not have identity, the better(best) thing of me country is Metemp

metalone

random number… the farzad myspace page is:
http://www.myspace.com/farzadgolpayegani

Sexto Sonar Rulees!!! I dont know why Juan Manuel says that shit! You feel just envy man!
Of course they have identity. Obviously you dont have taste for music. You just write here to talk shit about them, you dont really have a good argument to say that… There´s a reason why they were choosen for planet metal. So shut up dude.

Sexto Sonar rules!!

Juan Manuel

More shit of Venezuela is A Sexto Sonar, I insist, it is a new band but they are dedicated to interpreting the progressive one of another band, that is to say, it is like a band without soul, without own(proper) style, it is good to have influences but not so marked. In addition, this band Sexto Sonar they were mounted in a cloud and they believe the most important band of Venezuela, and in Venezuela the better(best) thing is Gillman and Arkangel, and of new bands METEMPSICOSIS is THE BETTER(BEST) THING

thomas mate

Dear Juan Manuel definitivly u sound like a jealous guy, sexto sonar its a great band, its a new band of course but they are makin history, i wonder about metempsicosis where are they? the las time i heard of them they were in spain or soemthing but no more, yeah its a very cool band metempsicosis and the other bands of venezuela in his different styles whats your problem man if metal hammmer choose those guys they have his reasons u know so, live and let live man

sarganatas

Guys, you gotta hear the daycore’s track, the best fucking damn thrash/death metal i’ve heard in all south america

one of sa’s finest???? agro is south africas finest and the most appreciative of fans too

Agro is awesome. Love the song. But was shocked when I bought the Reinventing History album and found another female cameo on the same song that SUCKED!!! Shoulda bought Ritual 6 instead.

p.s. was awesome to be on this cd!

Total honour to be on with such great bands, I hope we can all play together sometime!

Fatal fear on myspace.com/bandfatalfear

Loads more great music on our (own) label Realize Records, myspace.com/x24crewx

I just wish our name was spelled right and we were ascosiated correctly on the Metal Hammer last fm as our song is credited to another band.

We are FatalFear -one word, and the first band formed

theres a mexican band called Fatal Fear -two words, that formed after us.

Anyways, thanks again to Gill for the chance to at least get some atention.

last.fm/music/fatalfear

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