page_title: Indian rock
section_title: Indore scene
hierarchical_section_title: Indian rock / Regional music scenes / Indore scene
caption_attribution_description: English: Nicotine playing at 'Pedal To The Metal', TDS, Indore, India.
context_page_description: Indian rock is a music genre in India that incorporates elements of Indian music with rock music, and is often topically India-centric. While India is more often known for its classical music, filmi, Bollywood music, Indi-pop, and Bhangra, the Indian rock scene has also produced numerous bands and artists.
context_section_description: The Indore scene (in Central India) initially ignored by the mainstream Rock/Metal fraternity has been emerging as the 'Dark Horse' of Indian Rock and Metal Scene since the mid-2000s. Though Metal dominates the scene, the city has produced bands from all kinds of the genre (Classic Rock, Alternative, Hard Rock, Death Metal).
  Nicotine (band) which was formed in December 2006, is widely credited for being the pioneers of Metal music, not just in the Indore but in Central India.
  Zero Gravity, another Metal band from the city, released their full-length album called 'Holocaust Awaits' in 2014.
  Nicotine, Grim Reapers and Bliss are the only 3 bands to have qualified from the Central Zone of the 'Campus Rock Idols' Competition.
  Ceaseless Juncture and Perception as Reality are some of the existing active bands. There were bands like Avalanche, Auxiliary Triangle, Assault, Overdrive, Blindfolds which are now disbanded but won competitions outside the city.
  Though it is an independent scene, major bands from outside the city like BLAKC, Zygnema, Demonic Resurrection, Undying Inc, Albatross, etc. have performed in Indore.
  Digvijay Bhonsale, a rock and metal vocalist, guitarist and songwriter from Indore has played several gigs in the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.
caption: Nicotine playing at 'Pedal To The Metal', TDS, Indore, India in 2014.
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