On August 27, Mortem – a local team that organizes underground gigs, collaborated with Silence Entertainment to manage the stage/sound and lights for GIG-4 Perfect Dehumanization, which was a selection of performances by various local underground bands.
The gig kicked off at around 2:00 in Silence Street, Tangal with Spinal Discord performing originals such as Crop Circles, Dirt, etc. They also did a cover of the Parkway Drive song Pandora. Nakinjhyaa, a death metal band from Patan were the next band on stage and they had their originals too, namely, Blood 99, Raptured and The Doppelganger. They also did a Necrophagist cover-Foul Body Autopsy. Consequence, was the next band, they played Happy by Mudvayne, Psychosocial by Slipknot and another cover. They left the stage with huge appreciation from the crowd. Next Up Were Divine Influence, who put up a very tight performance with Lamb Of God’s Laid To Rest and their other originals. After Divine Influence-black metal band Garudh entered the stage doing a Satyricon cover-Mother North and three of their originals-Warnings of Impending Doom, Cursing them all in his dying words and Engraining the fingers of prayers. Went wild! Next, on stage were Rage Hybrid a new age influenced band who did a Parkway Drive cover-Bournyard, Blister Exists a Slipknot cover and some of their originals that made the crowd mosh. Bidroha, a thrash metal band had a Metallica Cover-License to Kill, a slayer cover and some of their originals. Black Sins Immortal gave one of the best performances of the day with cannibal corpse’s covers with songs like make them suffer, Decapitated’s Lying and weak, and some of their originals like Animated Apocalypse, causing some serious head banging. After them the most awaited band- Lost Oblivion performed. As usual, they were exactly what the crowd was looking for. They did 30-30/150, a Stone Sour cover. Dig, a Mudvayne cover, Duality/Before I Forget-Slipknot covers. God Hates Us All and August Burns red cover. The band also made their mark with originals such as Twilight Ending In Red and Horror never stops. The finale was the new band ‘Underside’,who performed a couple of their outstanding originals
GIG-IV certainly proved to be the best in the gig-series, which has been happening for a few years now. Thanks to the support of ktmROCKS and budding interest in the underground scene, we can now hope for better gigs. Thank you and a good luck to the Mortem And Silence Entertainment collaboration.