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[[https://www.bloodywood.net/ Bloodywood]] is a {{Folk|Metal}} RapMetal band from New Delhi, UsefulNotes/{{India}}, formed in 2016 by multi-instrumentalist Karan Katiyar and vocalist Jayant Bhadula. They later rounded out their permanent lineup with the addition of rapper Raoul Kerr. The band sings in a mixture of Hindi, Punjabi, and English.
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[[https://www.bloodywood.net/ Bloodywood]] is a {{Folk|Metal}} RapMetal NuMetal band from New Delhi, UsefulNotes/{{India}}, formed in 2016 by multi-instrumentalist Karan Katiyar and vocalist Jayant Bhadula. They later rounded out their permanent lineup with the addition of rapper Raoul Kerr. The band sings in a mixture of Hindi, Punjabi, and English.
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* GenreMashup: The band's modern sound mashes up politically charged RapMetal ''a la'' Music/RageAgainstTheMachine with hefty influence from Indian folk music.
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* GenreMashup: The band's modern sound mashes up politically charged RapMetal ''a la'' Music/RageAgainstTheMachine NuMetal with hefty influence from Indian folk music.
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** “Dana Dan” starts with warnings for Flashing Lights, References to Violence, and References to Sexual Violence. It then starts with describing the beating of a rapist for his deeds.
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* WifeBasherBasher: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65A626Ed20 "Dana Dan"]] is about [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil kicking rapists' and domestic abusers' asses]] (a huge problem in the group's native India).
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* WifeBasherBasher: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65A626Ed20 "Dana Dan"]] is about kicking the asses of [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil kicking rapists' rapists]] and [[DomesticAbuse domestic abusers' asses]] (a abusers]], both of which are a huge problem in the group's native India).homeland of India.
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* FilmiMusic: Katiyar, one of the members, used to do {{parodi|edTrope}}c metal covers of Filmi music songs.
* FilmiMusic: Katiyar, one of the members, used to do {{parodi|edTrope}}c metal covers of Filmi music songs.
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* BilingualBonus: If you aren't at least trilingual, you're not going to fully understand most of their songs. Fortunately their music videos are all subtitled in English (which is as much for domestic benefit as foreign: India has so many languages that English is frequently Indians' only common language).
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* BilingualBonus: If you aren't at least trilingual, you're not going to fully understand most of their songs. Fortunately their music videos are all subtitled in English (which is as much for domestic benefit as foreign: India has so many languages that English is frequently Indians' only common language).''lingua franca'').
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* RoadApples: Jayant steps in a freshly laid crap during the intro to the video for "Gaddaar", a song about the band's opinion of politicians who stoke ethnic and religious tensions to get votes.
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* RoadApples: Jayant steps in a freshly laid animal crap (probably either from a cow or an elephant) during the intro to the video for "Gaddaar", a song about the band's opinion of politicians who stoke ethnic and religious tensions to get votes.
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* FreeHandedPerformer: Jayant Bhadula and Raoul Kerr trade off vocal duties: Bhadula mainly provides HarshVocals in Hindi, while Kerr raps in English. The band's other permanent member Karan Katiyar plays mainly guitar and flute.
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* BoomHeadshot: Referenced in Dana Dan:
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* BoomHeadshot: Referenced in Dana Dan:"Dana Dan":
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: {{Downplayed}}. The band's native India is the world's largest democracy by population, and "Gaddaar" criticizes politicians who stoke ethnic and religious tensions to get votes but then enjoins listeners to "become the generation that breaks the camel's back"--i.e. India's democracy is flawed but still salvageable.
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* PunBasedTitle: The band dubbed their first US tour the "[[Music/NineInchNails Nine Inch Naans]] Tour" (naan being a type of Indian flatbread).
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** The band dubbed their first US tour the "[[Music/NineInchNails Nine Inch Naans]] Tour" (naan being a type of Indian flatbread).
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* TearJerker: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bldupcptbE Yaad]], about dealing with the loss of a loved one.
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* TearJerker: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bldupcptbE Yaad]], RoadApples: Jayant steps in a freshly laid crap during the intro to the video for "Gaddaar", a song about dealing with the loss band's opinion of a loved one.politicians who stoke ethnic and religious tensions to get votes.
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* ContentWarnings: The video to "Gaddaar" starts with a disclaimer advising viewers that the song pertains to politics though the band themselves maintain that they are politically neutral.
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* GenreShift: They initially started as a cover band where they performed parodic metal covers of pop and Filmi showtunes, but as of ''Rakshak'' they have more or less shifted their focus on social issues through their songs.
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* FilmiMusic: Katiyar, one of the members, used to do {{parodi|edTrope}}c metal covers of Filmi music songs.
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* PrecisionFStrike: They do these in [[BilingualBonus multiple languages]]! One non-English example is in "Gadaar":
-->''Nikal gadaar! (Now get the fuck out, traitor!)''
-->''Nikal gadaar! (Now get the fuck out, traitor!)''
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: "Dana Dan". The very first line of the song is "I put a fist through the face of a rapist".
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* WifeBasherBasher: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65A626Ed20 "Dana Dan"]] is about kicking rapists' and domestic abusers' asses (a huge problem in the group's native India).
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* WifeBasherBasher: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65A626Ed20 "Dana Dan"]] is about [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil kicking rapists' and domestic abusers' asses asses]] (a huge problem in the group's native India).
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: "Dana Dan". If it wasn't already obvious.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: "Dana Dan". If it wasn't already obvious.
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* TearJerker: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bldupcptbE Yaad]], about dealing with the loss of a loved one.
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* BoomHeadshot: Referenced in Dana Dan:
--> ''Got you in my sights, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker]] it's a headshot''
--> ''Got you in my sights, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker]] it's a headshot''
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** Another tour would be [[RageAgainstTheMachine Raj Against the Machine]].
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* ProtestSong: Most of ''Rakshak''[='s=] runtime consists of political protest music of one form or another: "Gaddaar" is targeted at political demagogues stoking ethnic and religious tensions to energize and radicalize their voting bases, while "Dana Dan" opposes India's pervasive problem with violence against women.
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** Jayant Bhadula (2016-present) — vocals, growls
** Raoul Kerr (2019-present) — rap vocals
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** Jayant Bhadula (2016-present) — vocals, growls
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** Raoul Kerr (2019-present) — rap vocals (mainly English)
** Raoul Kerr (2019-present) — rap vocals (mainly English)
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Katiyar, originally a corporate lawyer, got his start making parodic metal covers of UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} songs for Website/YouTube before meeting Bhadula at a gig. They recorded an album of covers together, ''Anti-Pop Vol. 1'', and began to gain a following, and in 2018, their cover of the Music/BombayRockers folk-rock song "Ari Ari" featuring Kerr was shared by Bollywood actress Ileana D'Cruz on social media. The positive reception led to them deciding to write original material, leading to a gig at Wacken Open Air in 2019, and their first all-original album ''Rakshak'' in 2022.
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Katiyar, originally a corporate lawyer, got his start making parodic metal covers of UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} songs FilmiMusic for Website/YouTube before meeting Bhadula at a gig. They recorded an album of covers together, ''Anti-Pop Vol. 1'', and began to gain a following, and in 2018, their cover of the Music/BombayRockers folk-rock song "Ari Ari" featuring Kerr was shared by Bollywood UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} actress Ileana D'Cruz on social media. The positive reception led to them deciding to write original material, leading to a gig at Wacken Open Air in 2019, and their first all-original album ''Rakshak'' in 2022.
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* FunWithSubtitles: From [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKjSCTxke8 "Gaddaar"]], the subtitles helpfully supply the notation "[INDIAN SINGING INTENSIFIES]" during a guitar solo.
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* WifeBasherBasher: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a65A626Ed20 "Dana Dan"]] is about kicking rapists' and domestic abusers' asses (a huge problem in the group's native India).
-->''I raise a fist for the nameless faces he disgraces\\
Raise a fist for the nameless faces he disgraces\\
And yeah, one day I may change his kind with my mind\\
One day I may change his kind\\
But until then\\
De dana dan (Bring the beatdown)\\
De dana dan (Bring the beatdown)\\
De dana dan (Bring the beatdown)\\
De dana dan (Bring the beatdown)''
-->''I raise a fist for the nameless faces he disgraces\\
Raise a fist for the nameless faces he disgraces\\
And yeah, one day I may change his kind with my mind\\
One day I may change his kind\\
But until then\\
De dana dan (Bring the beatdown)\\
De dana dan (Bring the beatdown)\\
De dana dan (Bring the beatdown)\\
De dana dan (Bring the beatdown)''
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* PunBasedTitle: The band dubbed their first US tour the "Music/NineInchNails Nine Inch Naans]] Tour" (naan being a type of Indian flatbread).
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[[https://www.bloodywood.net/ Bloodywood]] is a {{Folk|Metal}} RapMetal band from New Delhi, UsefulNotes/{{India}}, formed in 2016 by multi-instrumentalist Karan Katiyar and vocalist Jayant Bhadula. They later rounded out their permanent lineup with the addition of rapper Raoul Kerr. The band sings in a mixture of Hindi, Punjabi, and English.
Katiyar, originally a corporate lawyer, got his start making parodic metal covers of UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} songs for Website/YouTube before meeting Bhadula at a gig. They recorded an album of covers together, ''Anti-Pop Vol. 1'', and began to gain a following, and in 2018, their cover of the Music/BombayRockers folk-rock song "Ari Ari" featuring Kerr was shared by Bollywood actress Ileana D'Cruz on social media. The positive reception led to them deciding to write original material, leading to a gig at Wacken Open Air in 2019, and their first all-original album ''Rakshak'' in 2022.
!!Members:
* Permanent:
** Karan Katiyar (2016-present) — guitars, flute, production, composition
** Jayant Bhadula (2016-present) — vocals, growls
** Raoul Kerr (2019-present) — rap vocals
* Touring:
** Sarthak Pahwa — dhol
** Roshan Roy — bass
** Vishesh Singh — drums
!!Discography:
* ''Anti-Pop Vol. 1'' (2017)
* ''Rakshak'' (2022)
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!!This band's music and performances provide examples of the following tropes:
* BilingualBonus: If you aren't at least trilingual, you're not going to fully understand most of their songs. Fortunately their music videos are all subtitled in English (which is as much for domestic benefit as foreign: India has so many languages that English is frequently Indians' only common language).
* CoverVersion: Like many bands, they got their start performing covers, in this case metal covers of Bollywood and pop songs. ''Anti-Pop Vol. 1'' starts with "Despacito" by Music/LuisFonsi and ends with "Starboy" by Music/TheWeeknd, with everybody from Music/MichaelJackson to Music/{{Nirvana}} in between.
* GenreMashup: The band's modern sound mashes up politically charged RapMetal ''a la'' Music/RageAgainstTheMachine with hefty influence from Indian folk music.
* HarshVocals: Jayant Bhadula mostly performs melodeath-style screams.
* PunnyName: The name of the band is a play on "UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}".
* PunBasedTitle: The band dubbed their first US tour the "Music/NineInchNails Nine Inch Naans]] Tour" (naan being a type of Indian flatbread).
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[[caption-width-right:350:L-R: Jayant Bhadura, Karan Katiyar, Raoul Kerr]]
[[https://www.bloodywood.net/ Bloodywood]] is a {{Folk|Metal}} RapMetal band from New Delhi, UsefulNotes/{{India}}, formed in 2016 by multi-instrumentalist Karan Katiyar and vocalist Jayant Bhadula. They later rounded out their permanent lineup with the addition of rapper Raoul Kerr. The band sings in a mixture of Hindi, Punjabi, and English.
Katiyar, originally a corporate lawyer, got his start making parodic metal covers of UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} songs for Website/YouTube before meeting Bhadula at a gig. They recorded an album of covers together, ''Anti-Pop Vol. 1'', and began to gain a following, and in 2018, their cover of the Music/BombayRockers folk-rock song "Ari Ari" featuring Kerr was shared by Bollywood actress Ileana D'Cruz on social media. The positive reception led to them deciding to write original material, leading to a gig at Wacken Open Air in 2019, and their first all-original album ''Rakshak'' in 2022.
!!Members:
* Permanent:
** Karan Katiyar (2016-present) — guitars, flute, production, composition
** Jayant Bhadula (2016-present) — vocals, growls
** Raoul Kerr (2019-present) — rap vocals
* Touring:
** Sarthak Pahwa — dhol
** Roshan Roy — bass
** Vishesh Singh — drums
!!Discography:
* ''Anti-Pop Vol. 1'' (2017)
* ''Rakshak'' (2022)
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!!This band's music and performances provide examples of the following tropes:
* BilingualBonus: If you aren't at least trilingual, you're not going to fully understand most of their songs. Fortunately their music videos are all subtitled in English (which is as much for domestic benefit as foreign: India has so many languages that English is frequently Indians' only common language).
* CoverVersion: Like many bands, they got their start performing covers, in this case metal covers of Bollywood and pop songs. ''Anti-Pop Vol. 1'' starts with "Despacito" by Music/LuisFonsi and ends with "Starboy" by Music/TheWeeknd, with everybody from Music/MichaelJackson to Music/{{Nirvana}} in between.
* GenreMashup: The band's modern sound mashes up politically charged RapMetal ''a la'' Music/RageAgainstTheMachine with hefty influence from Indian folk music.
* HarshVocals: Jayant Bhadula mostly performs melodeath-style screams.
* PunnyName: The name of the band is a play on "UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}".
* PunBasedTitle: The band dubbed their first US tour the "Music/NineInchNails Nine Inch Naans]] Tour" (naan being a type of Indian flatbread).
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