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Rudra is a Singaporean band which was formed in 1992, and plays a specifically Asian style of death metal influenced by traditional indian music it refers to as Vedic metal. The lyrics derive from the Hindu Vedic literature and philosophy.
History
Rudra was formed in mid-1992 as a trio, then made up of Kathi (bass, vocals), Shiva (drums) and Bala (guitar). Back then, the band was known as Rudhra. A fourth member, Selvam, was recruited to supplement Bala on guitar. With this line-up they released a 4-track demo, The Past, in 1994. Prior to this release, Rudhra was also featured in a few underground death metal compilation albums with Singaporean death metal bands.
In early 1996, the band split up and the members were involved in separate bands. Towards the end of 1996, Kathi decided to resurrect Rudhra with a slight alteration to its name; thus Rudra (the most common English transliteration for the Sanskrit word) was born. Kathi teamed up with Shiva and started work in the studio, soon to be joined by Bala and Alvin to complete the line up before recording the self-titled debut album in late 1997, which was released in June 1998. The band played a couple of gigs and took a break for about a year before starting work on new material. Rudra replaced their two guitarists with Selvam (ex-member) and Kannan in January 2000.
With that line-up Rudra released their second album, The Aryan Crusade, in September 2001. In July 2003, Rudra released a third album, named for the battlefield featured in the Indian epic the Mahabharata, Kurukshetra. After touring in Singapore, India, Indonesia and Thailand, Rudra released its latest album, Brahmavidya: Primordial I, in April 2005.
Discography
- The Past (Demo, 1995 )
- Rudra (Album, 1998)
- The Aryan Crusade (Album, 2001)
- Kurukshetra (Album, 2003)
- Brahmavidya: Primordial I (Album, 2005)