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Devoid

In 2005 *Arun Iyer* (vocals/guitars) & *Shubham Kumar* (drums) who shared a
love for thrash metal and Slayer decided to form Devoid after having played
in a few local bands. They roped in childhood friend and lead guitarist
Keshav Kumar and started writing songs. The band struggled for almost a year
to find a bass guitarist before running into Frank Pawar, who initially
wanted to audition Shubham for a band he played in but ended up auditioning
for Devoid instead, and joined the band.

In 2006, Devoid debuted at Campus Rock Idols, a national level battle of the
bands, and won the Mumbai regional finals. The band also released their
first single called ‘Obsolete’ on a compilation called *We Are The Scene:
Vol.1* and followed it up in 2007 with another single called ‘Poems of
Death’ on the second volume of the same compilation. However later in 2007
the band changed their style and created a newer more brutal sound and
released their third single called ‘Kali’ which was released on the *All
Indian Metal* compilation.

The band was constantly touring across the country and playing various
festivals, and making an appearance at extreme metal fest Resurrection VII
and VII, and also supported many bigger metal band like IIIrd Sovereign,
MyndSnare, Demonic Resurrection etc. The band received great reviews and
became known for their live performances and became one of the youngest
bands to receive an endorsement from ESP Guitars & Basses through Furtados
Music.

August 2008 saw the release of a new single ‘Battle Cry’ which was released
online as a free download. The band followed the release with their first ever
headlining tour, playing across Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad. Following the
tour the band hit the studios to record their debut album. However in 2009
after completing his parts on the recording Keshav left Devoid to pursue
academics in the UK. The band started to hunt for a replacement and found
Sanju Aguair in early 2010. The band released another single in May 2010
called ‘The Beer Song,’ their first with Sanju.

In June 2010 Devoid signed with Demonstealer Records to release their debut
album *A God’s Lie*and they promise to deliver a new age of thrash to the
Indian metal scene. Devoid is now managed by a long time friend and the soul of Devoid : Roydon Bangera.

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