| ABOUT BLOODYWOOD: BLOODYWOOD are the torchbearers and barrier-breakers of metal from India, their hard-hitting folk yet modern metal sound making the world sit up, take notice and show up to sing along. BLOODYWOOD first caught the attention of the internet with their YouTube channel, when multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Karan Katiyar and vocalist Jayant Bhadula were about to get deadly serious about their craft. Bolstered by the support they were getting, BLOODYWOOD dropped ‘Ari Ari’ in 2018. A Punjabi folksong made famous in the early 2000s remix boom in India by hip-hop act Bombay Rockers, BLOODYWOOD pushed it further with help from the gritty New Delhi-based conscious hip-hop artist rapper Raoul Kerr. With the additional accessibility from Kerr’s English rap verses, Katiyar’s inimitable flute melody and Bhadula’s powerful vocals, the band expanded into original songs ‘Jee Veerey’, ‘Endurant’, ‘Machi Bhasad (Expect A Riot)’, ‘Yaad’, ‘Gaddaar’, ‘Aaj’, and ‘Dana Dan’. Joined on tour by drummer Vishesh Singh, bassist Roshan Roy and dhol player Sarthak Pahwa, BLOODYWOOD took their music out of the studio and to concerts across Europe, UK and Russia for their first ever sold-out Raj Against the Machine tour. Their debut album Rakshak earned them a nomination for Best International Breakthrough Artist at the Heavy Music Awards in 2022, and charted on the Billboard US and UK’s Official Charts, garnering such accolades as ”Indian metal sensation Bloodywood mix nu, folk and rap metal on their thrilling debut Rakshak” (Loudersound/Metal Hammer UK), and “Rakshak is a thrilling ride through western and eastern sounds…It’s undeniably fun but also well thought out with emotional and anthemic moments” (Wall of Sound.AU).BLOODYWOOD went on to perform to packed crowds, selling out such storied venues as Gramercy Theatre in New York City, The Electric Ballroom in London, O-East in Tokyo to playing in front of tens of thousands at festivals across the world. From Lollapalooza India, Download Festival, Bloodstock (UK), Hellfest (France), Summer Breeze (Germany) to Brutal Assault (Czechia), to Fuji Rock (Japan) and American mainstays like Louder Than Life and Aftershock, BLOODYWOOD won global acclaim. In 2024, ‘Dana Dan’ even made it to a pivotal sequence in the Jordan Peele-produced action movie Monkey Man, directed by and starring Dev Patel. | 
