Kryptos is a heavy metal band from Bangalore, formed in 1998 by Nolan Lewis (guitars) and Ganesh K (ex-vocals and bass). Their music is an ecstatic blend of traditional melodic metal and aggression of 80’s thrash. The have released three albums till date: Spiral Ascent (2004), The Ark of Gemini (2008) and The Coils… Well there’s no point of mentioning it again and again, is it? It’s something most of you are already aware of or you can get it off any damn site on the internet. Here are a few things Nolan Lewis tells us about Kryptos that I bet most of you don’t know:

• We back masked a vocal sample from Nevermore’s ‘Evolution 169’ on our first album Spiral Ascent. See if you can find it.
• We once auditioned a violinist for the band. What were we thinking?
• We’ve only had two members for every position in the band since we started

Vocals – Ganesh

Guitars – Rohit and Akshay

Bass – Jayawant and Ganesh

Drums – Ching Len and Ryan

• The first time we got paid was sometime in 2001 or 2002 when we won a college competition in Mysore I think and we got 7 grand. Needless to say we ended up back in Bangalore with empty pockets and terrible hangovers.
• We once travelled 26 hours by bus for a gig in Mumbai, played for about 20 minutes, got back to the station immediately after that and got onto another bus that took another 24 hours to get back to Bangalore so we could get back in time for college.
• The title track of the new album The Coils of Apollyon was actually meant to be the title track for The Ark of Gemini, but things panned out differently.
• There was a UFO sighting in Chennai when we went to get our visas for Europe in 2010. Make of that what you will.
• Something something dark side blah blah!

Read more about Kryptos on our site as they are the Artist of the Month for June 2013.