You know how Bengaluru likes its metal? Look no further than stoner/doom band Bevar Sea’s second full-length album Invoke the Bizarre . The makings of a favourite are all in it - six tracks that range from psychedelic to slow to heavy. That’s more of a Venn diagram of descriptions we’re drawing out for the sound, though. A mix of dense, evil and trippy metal, Bevar Sea have been getting international and national recognition for being one of the heaviest bands around.
Yes, it’s a pity they don’t play very often, but when you mouse over the play button for this six-track album, you’d immediately make a note to see them perform live. Invoke the Bizarre , more or less, captures the band’s intense live show, which piles on riff after crunching, chunky riffs. With drummer Deepak Raghu leading the way on the opening track ‘Bearded and Bizarre’, vocalist Ganesh Krishnaswamy can snarl and growl his way through to match a lot of the twin-guitar attack of Srikanth Panaman and Rahul Chacko. And when you’re carving out of a dense stoner/doom sound like Bevar Sea, they’ve got bassist Avinash Ramchander adding grooves.
While their first self-titled album from 2012 was a varied collection of songs, there seems to be an overarching concept (at least sonically) on
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After an acoustic guitar interlude called ‘Heathen’ (more new territory for Bevar Sea), they head into the 11-minute closer ‘The Grand Alignment’, which lives up to its epic name, Raghu going all sticks blazing on the drums.
Get the album on bevarsea.bandcamp.com