PRESS KIT-2011

Eschers Knot is a Metal outfit from Chennai formed in mid 2009. The band consists of Abijith (Stond) on vocals, Anshuman (ex-IIIrd Sovereign) on guitars, Madhav (Theorized) on bass and Manu (Blood & Iron) on drums. With influences ranging from Tool to Textures to Decapitated, the band caters to a unique blend of technical riffing and drumming, heavy bass lines and growls and screeches. Being one of the few metal bands to have cropped up in Chennai, the band has carried the mantle quite well with frequent pub gigs at Unseen Underground and college festivals. January 2010 marked a terrific start to the year with the band winning the Chennai Sangamam Festival and subsequently finishing first at IIT-Chennais Saarang Festival. The band released its debut EP Tessellations in May 2010 at the Summerstorm Festival held at Bangalore where it got an overwhelming response. International and National reviews from some of the best in the industry have been pouring in ever since. Despite their recent beginnings, the band has had considerable success come their way having played alongside international acts like Dark Tranquillity, HammerFall, De Profundis, Cypher 16 and many more. Apart from these gigs, the band has headlined some of the biggest college music festivals like MCC (Chennai), KIIT (Bhubaneshwar), BMSCE (Bangalore) to name a few. The band is currently working on new material for a full length album.

The Band recently released a 6 track EP TESSELLATIONS on May 14th 2010 at the Summerstorm Festival held in Bangalore where it got an amazing response selling over 350 copies in just 2 days. Apart from India, the songs have been aired in many International Radio Stations across Europe, USA, Canada and South East Asia.

Tracklisting: 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. HyperSpace Anonymous Origins Up For Nothing Mayan Calendar Break The Cypher Saidapet Score

Recorded at Clementine Studios (Chennai) Mixed and Mastered by Stephan Fimmers of (Aexxys-Art Studio & Necrophagist, Germany) Cover Art and Design: Joyston & Shreyaa Logo, Inlays and Package Design: Diwa (The Negative Creep)

Album Reviews and Band Interviews

'Tessellations' has been rated as one of the Best Indian Metal E.Ps of 2010 on Metal Assualt (USA) and IndianRockMp3. Their Live performances are high energy, intense and their grooves and sound make even otherwise reticent people mosh and have a good time. They are one of the new bands in the metal scene and have already established themselves as a band with immense promise. - Rock Street Journal Eschers Knot, in the recent past, has proved to be one among those outstanding bands in the country.'Tessellations' is a masterpiece of technical melodic/groove metal packaged with good production. - The Hindu (Chennai) It is essential for a band not just to get together but to go forward with gigs and music-making. Chennai's Eschers Knot achieved all that and more in a year, establishing them as metal heavyweights on the South Indian Rock and Metal scene. - Bangalore Mirror "It is imminently clear that India is having a big impact on Metal music as we know it and with Eschers Knot's debut EP'Tessellations' being born, the Indian Metal scene will deal with the poppadoms and deliver the ultimate curry vindaloo" - Terrorizer Magazine (UK) The band manages to successfully combine aggression and intricacy. It shows both the ability to be intelligent, but also the ability to make the listeners head bang as well. - Avantgarde-Metal.com (Germany) 'Tessellations' will make you headbang while making you think really hard. - Rock and Raga (rockandraga.in) 'Tessellations' wouldn't blow your mind instantly, but will slowly grow over you and has enough oomph i it to grip your breath at every note. Killer to the drop!! - The Flaming Skull Podcast (tfspodcast.net) Buy 'Tessellations', insert it in your CD player, turn up the volume and i'm sure youll be sitting there with a crick in the neck, and looking like a disheveled metalhead whos just gotten thrown out of a moshpit, though youve been sitting at your desk all the while. - Headbangers India (headbangers.in)

INTERVIEW LINKS:
http://www.theunderground.in/index.php/Interviews/interview-with-eschers-knot.html http://tfspodcast.blogspot.com/ (June issue Of Ezine) http://unseenunderground.blogspot.com/p/review_3054.html http://headbangers.in/album-reviews/indian-albums/tessellations-by-eschers-knot/

RSJ - Rock Street Journal (May 2010 ISSUE)

The Hindu Interview+ EP Review(June 17th 2010)

Bass Guitarist Madhav has been endorsed by HMI Bass Guitars!!!

Opening For Swedish Power Metal Band HAMMERFALL for over 5000+ crowd.

GIGS

Supporting Act for Swedish Metal Pioneers DARK TRANQUILLITY at BITS Pilani (Pearl 2011), Hyderabad. Headlined DEEPWOODS 2011, the annual cultural festival of Madras Christian College, Chennai. Headlined Kritansh Holocaust 2011, the annual cultural festival of KIIT, Bhuvaneshwar. Headlined Deccan Rock Pub Fest II at Xtreme Sports Bar, Hyderabad (Feb 2011) Winners of Pearl 2011 at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad.

Winners of Reviera 2011, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. The Great Indian October Fest at Palace Grounds, Bangalore (October 2010). Co- Headlined with DE PROFUNDIS (UK) at The Park Sheraton Hotel in Chennai in Oct 2010. Supported Swedish Metal Act Hammerfall at the IIT Chennai SAARANG Festival (2010). Headlined Extreme Metal Fest, Hyderabad (2010) One of the Headlining acts at the Indian Music Conference (IMC) Goa, Nov 2010.

Headlined Storm Warning Festival at Manipal in August 2010. Headlined Unseen Underground Fest III, IV and V, Chennai (2009-2010) One of the main acts of the night for Raw Power @The Accord Metropolitan, Chennai. Headlined Royal Enfield RIDER MANIA in Goa. (2009) Guests at Resurrecton IX Extreme Metal Festival, Hyderabad Leg (2010) Deccan Rock Festival 2009 pre-party at Legends of Rock Bangalore. Whiplash Music Festival at B.M.S College of Engineering, Bangalore (2010) Guests at Cemetery Gates Metal Festival at Kyra, Bangalore (2010) Saturday Night Live pub gig in Chennai (2010). Headliners at Kerala Music Festival, Calicut (2009).

Winners of DECIBELS at the IIT Chennai SAARANG Festival (2010). Winners of the Let People Live concert at Chennai Sangamam Festival, Chennai (2010). Winners Including Best Guitarist, Best Vocalist, Best Drummer & Best Bassist at the Unwind Center Underground Battle of the bands. (2009) Guests at Cognizant Technologies (Chennai) where the band felicitated (2009). Strawberry Fields music festival, NLS Bangalore (2009). Mood Indigo IIT Bombay - South Zone finalists (2009). Debut gig at the World Music Festival - Alliance Francaise, Chennai (2009)

Webpage : http://www.facebook.com/eschersknot http://www.youtube.com/eschersknot http://www.reverbnation.com/eschersknot http://www.myspace.com/eschersknot http://www.myband.co.in/eschersknot http://www.gimmesound.com/eschersknot

Other Credentials :

http://www.myspace.com/iiirdsovereignnew http://www.myspace.com/theorized http://www.myspace.com/stondbangalore http://www.myspace.com/bloodnironx

For Bookings, Contact : Abijith - +91 988 4377 014 Madhav - +91 988 6333 688

Email : eschersknot@gmail.com