Rudra is a Vedic metal band from Singapore formed in 1992. Rudra play a uniquely composed avant garde blend of styles, including, among others, black metal-influenced death metal with interpolations and extended passages of traditional Carnatic music.

Rudra is a god of storm and diseases, and a form of the God Shiva (Shankar). He is more destructive than Shankar himself. The band refer to their music as Vedic Metal , paying tribute to the culture and religion of their ancestors.

Homepage of the Vedic Metal Band - RUDRA. Rudra plays a uniquely composed avant-garde blend of styles, especially for combining extreme metal with interpolations and extend.

May 5, 2022 · RUDRA, the name of the Indian deity of Destruction; conjures the scene of death and destruction. Just like the deity, RUDRA, the band, was named so to symbolize the aggressive character of its music. A legend in the Asian Metal scene, RUDRA was established in 1992.

This debut album brought worldwide attention and respect for the band's musical creativity.

Jan 14, 2025 · RUDRA is one of the most majestic legends of the Asian extreme metal scene! Since their existence in 1992, they have released ten highly acclaimed studio albums. Now, RUDRA returns to its roots and promises to deliver a relentless sonic assault with its highly anticipated new album, ANTITHESIS.

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A legend in the Asian Metal scene, RUDRA was established in 1992. Since its humble beginning as a Death Metal band, the band went on to pioneer the evolution of a new genre of Death-Black Metal music called VEDIC METAL .

Jul 18, 2019 · The endurance of the Singaporean quartet Rudra is a close-to-home testimony of this. Since its inception in 1992, the band has been the gravitational centre of Vedic metal, a form that it pioneered, wherein sonic cues from the canons of metal, including black, death and trash, are brought to bear on those of Carnatic music, in service of the ...

Death/Black metal band from Singapore, formed in 1992. Explore Rudra's biography, discography, and artist credits. Shop rare vinyl records, top albums, and more on Discogs.