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Meet ATMAHATYA a bi-lingual death metal band in the city making some…
Calcutta Telegraph – Oct 27, 2007
Next comes the music: the tiny Jadavpur practice pad pretty much holds a noise fest every time Tanmoy (from Rabindra Bharati University) lashes out on the drums joined by guitarist Neel Roy (graduate from Maharaja Manindra Chandra College) bassist Deep Banerjee (B. Com final-year student of St Xavier’s College) and growling vocalist Debashish Pradhan (B. Tech passout from ICFAI Institute of Technology Hyderabad). This is no-holds-barred death metal and the guys behind it are called Atmahatya. It’s a sound that will surely upset parents… Com final-year student of St Xavier’s College) and growling vocalist Debashish Pradhan (B. Tech passout from ICFAI Institute of Technology Hyderabad). This is no-holds-barred death metal and the guys behind it are called Atmahatya. It’s a sound that will surely upset parents. But it’s exactly this dedication to the dark music that has won the quartet quite a fan following helping them cruise past competition at the Uneesh Kuri Youth Fest the JU engineering Sanskriti and the Heritage College Fest in 2007. The band was also second runners-up in the zonal finals of Campus Rock Idols in January 2007. Why: The enduring appeal of darkness.

Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Story : Column by David Melson
Shelbyville Times-Gazette – Oct 27, 2007
?I ran across a 1958 newspaper story last week in which teenagers surveyed thought rock music would last until at least 1963. I’d imagine some of those teens are still rockin’ today. A small minority thought rock music would be a menace to society and were concerned even then with lyrics. ne girl said she listened to lyrics before buying because she didn’t want obscenity in her home. Ah the innocence of the 1950s. She’s in her mid-60s today if still alive. Wonder what she thought about the teen in Cleveland who went on a shooting rampage in his high school a few weeks ago?The boy who was into Goth and dressed in all-black had told friends he was a Marilyn Manson follower and didn’t believe in God… Maybe that “small minority” mentioned were more insightful than anyone realized. I don’t think rock overall hurts at all but one sub-genre is a very real threat. These groups have lead “singers” who yell not sing in guttural bellows and if they can even be understood are muttering anti-Christian thoughts. Check out some of their lyrics online and be ready for a shock. Rock’s always been about rebellion. But this goes too far.

Bjorn again believers
NEWS.com.au – Oct 27, 2007
"We are far more animated" she explains. "Sometimes there’s a car crash on stage. "It’s time to steer clear of near-death experiences apart obviously from the one I’m undergoing. Is there an endless hunger for your music um the music their music?"We’re constantly having new friends" she says. "They get younger. Then they get older. Then they get younger again.