The pandemic silenced their gigs for two years, but it could not arrest the flight of their talent. In August, Chennai-based metal act The Moral Putrefaction became Tamil Nadu’s first band to play on the same stage as Judas Priest and Slipknot, performing to a packed venue at Germany’s Wacken Open Air (WOA).
Back home, the four-member band is set to end a two-year drought of live metal shows in the city, as it will headline at the sixth edition of Brutal Carnage, which will also have performances by GODIA and Avekn. Armaan RM, one of the co-founders of Brutal Carnage, says this edition of the metal show has been themed ‘homecoming’. “It marks many milestones in Chennai’s metal scene: the return of live metal music to the city after two years, The Moral Putrefaction’s big win at the Wacken Metal Battle India, GODIA’s first full-length album (to be out in October) and Avekn’s first performance of its EP,” adds Armaan.
Testing their mettle
