I Just Read About That…

[ATTENDED: June 28, 2025] Bloodywood

I hadn’t heard of Bloodywood before this tour, but when I looked them up, I was totally intrigued.

They are a folk metal band from New Delhi, which I found interesting enough.  And their backstory is fascinating.

Prior to forming the band, Karan Katiyar regularly uploaded parody metal covers of popular Bollywood songs on YouTube.  In 2016, Katiyar quit his job as a corporate lawyer and together with Jayant Bhadula formed a two-piece band with the intention of “destroying pop songs”.

Live, the band is a six-piece.  Katiyar plays guitars and flute!  Bhadula sings and growls.  Raoul Kerr officially joined in 2019 and does rap vocals.  The touring band since 2019 includes Vishesh Singh on drums, Roshan Roy on bass and Sarthak Pahwa plays the dhol (an Indian drum that sounds amazing).

The band was loud as anything and they got the crowd going in a second.  They even had the crowd form a circle pit which is very impressive as an opening act and in such a small pit area.

My wife and I enjoyed them immensely.  My wife was saying that she hadn’t really been to a heavy show like that before and she loved the intensity and how much everyone around us got into it.

They only played five songs, but that’s because the songs are each about 5 minutes long and they had some little chats between songs.

I loved hearing him announce that they were from New (one expects York here) Delhi!

They were encouraging inner strength and fortitude.  They said that they are persecuted in their native country.  I’m not sure what that means, but they greatly appreciated the support from American audiences.  I would most definitely see them again.  They were a ton of fun.

1. Gaddaar ®
2. Aaj ®
3. Dana Dan ®
4. Bekhauf ♦
5. Nu Delhi ♦

♦ Nu Delhi (2025)
® Rakshak  (2022)