With every year passing by, we are witnessing more and more colleges going through with evolving their college cultural fests. Earlier with performances by local artists, they turned to nationally acclaimed artists for gracing their fests, only for them to grow and have international artists rocking the pro shows. The trend started with IITs and has now being adapted by colleges across the country.
Dhanak, the annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) has been gaining more and more public attention, as it continues to grow every year. Entering its fifth edition, the festival is set to attract large participation from colleges all across India.
The ‘Pronite’ at the festival, has been a huge success in the previous editions with rock bands Faridkot (2010), Kaash (2011) and Indian metal heavy-weight Demonic Resurrection (2012) performing in the previous editions. This year the event is set to be even bigger with Danish metal quartet Cold Night For Alligators set to rock Trivandrum.
For the last few years Cold Night For Alligators have been making a name for themselves and catching the attention of fans with their energetic and positive live show. The band has played all over Denmark as well as in the UK, Belgium and Norway, always trying to give the audience the greatest experience possible. Although not looking like the stereotypical long haired, leather wearing metal band, make no mistake Cold Night for Alligators is all about heavy. Their music is aggressive, highly technical, melodic and has plenty of groove.
Although being associated with techcore/djent and certainly rivaling the best of what that scene has to offer, these terms alone do not do the band justice. With their combination of progressive death metal, atmospheric ambient and brutal technical hardcore they bring something completely unique to the scene. This eclectic approach is enjoyable to those who appreciate taking the time to delve into technical detail with music of a very high, as well as those who enjoy to simply bang their heads at metal shows. Either way, Cold Night For Alligators deliver the goods with the down tuned assault of an 8-string guitar and brutal vocals ranging from guttural growls to high pitch screams.
The ‘Pronite’ will take place on 22nd September 2013, at IIST campus. For further details log on to www.dhanak.co.in
