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Seventh Anniversary release of this modern day cult classic film is now available to view. 🧨Emergence of extreme underground subculture from the volatile Indian subcontinent viz, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh & India. 🧨An analytical & objective deep dive of a roller coaster through an era of metal, punk and noise across the Indian subcontinent in the most DIY, underground yet cinematic way. 🧨"This is not a journal of bands, rather an intense geopolitical observation and aesthetic narrative of the voices from the subcontinent underground" - The Hindu, 2019 ***VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED FOR DEPICTED VIOLENCE, STROBE EFFECTS, SENSITIVE WORDS AND IMAGERY.*** ▶️ Filmed between 2013-2018. ▶️ 2019 Premiered at Jecheon International, South Korea (red carpet) ▶️ One of the most reviewed subculture doc films from the Indian subcontinent - I-D by Vice, Scroll.in, Hindustan Times, Rolling Stone France, The Hindu, TOI, DT Next, Letterboxd, Unite Asia, Metal Hammer and many more! ▶️ Awarded at film festivals nationally and globally ▶️ Streaming on BFI, UK backed platform Doc n Roll TV since 2020 ▶️ 08.08.2026 - 7th Anniversary Youtube Release ▶️ For BTS and Episodic go to "From The Archives" Playlist on this channel 🧨CREDITS //// A Royville Media film Cinematography: Amith Surendran, Aniket Dasgupta, Animesh Mondal, Ashwath Nair, Dewan Ashraf, Gagan Judge, Harish Gowtham, Manish Tipu, Mithun Bhat, Oinam Doren, Raja Bannerjee, Ramis, Rogger Kenneth, Durjoy Imteaz, Moutushi Barua Editing: Supratim Roy, Charan Balakrishnan Sound Design: Sankararaman K Colour DI: Harish Gowtham Web: Sushant Prasad, Quantum Climb Official Poster Source Image: Metal Farmer Photography Official Poster Art: Raj Khatri Executive Producers: Abhay Singh, Roy Dipankar Associate Producers: Sumesh Khosa, Krishnan Bantering Ram, Abhay Singh, Soumen Roy Producer, Writer, Research & Direction: Roy Dipankar Huge vote of thanks to all the enablers of the film. More info here: https://royvillemedia.in/extreme-nation 🏆🏆🏆 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS & AWARDS //// \\ World Premiere 15th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival August 2019, South Korea \\ Honourable Jury Mention Award 9th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival April 2019, Delhi \\ Best International Documentary Feature Festival Internacional de Cine y Metal July 2019, Colombia \\ Official Selection Wacken Open Air August 2019, Germany \\ Jury Selection showcase OUT.RA Sonica Ekrano September 2021, Portugal \\ Official Selection Norient Film Festival February 2021, Switzerland \\ Official Selection Gars Film Festival March 2020, Norway \\ Infierno en los Andes Fest Best Documentary Trophy September 2019, Peru #featuredocumentary #independentfilm #documentary #undergroundmusic #subculture #extrememetal #blackmetal #deathmetal #powerelectronics #southasia
Extreme Nation | Feature Documentary | 2019
Duration 21’ | English, Telugu, Hindi with English subtitles Thursday – Saturday, 11:00 – 17:00 WOMEX Official Selection - Film Library (Manchester Central) Production Country, Year India, 2024 | Produced by Bass Sanskriti, Sonic Street Technologies, Royville Media | Director Roy Dipankar | Producer Bala Subramanyam S V | Executive Producer Roy Dipankar | Directors of Photography Amith Surendran, Vamshidhar K, Sumer Mehta | Sound Rahul Allam | Music Shakuntala Records | Editor Charan Balakrishnan 'The story of the DJ, selector, radio host and son of a priest, Dakta Dub, from the multi-ethnic Indian city of Hyderabad where together with his crew, and despite the pitfalls, he is building the city's first spiritual sound system, referencing Indian and Jamaican Rastafari connections in reggae music culture, to promote roots, reggae, dub music and dance meditation amongst the youth in a diverse and partisan community.' © Royville Media, Bass Sanskriti
Sound System Sanskriti | Trailer | WOMEX '24
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Full episode now streaming on this channel. The island nation, rich with bountiful nature, a vivid culture as well as a tumultuous and ancient past - our Sri Lanka episode explorations lead to the naja0naja influenced heretic black metallers SERPENTS ATHIRST as they shared with us their ideologies of sonic warfare and also of life in the country and as neighbors in the Indian subcontinent. Shot in three different cities of Colombo, Bangalore and Kolkata from 2014 to 2016, we are honored to have found substantial insights right from the hordes of @raavankommand Manipura Devoccult Kingdom of Dharma. This footage has not been published anywhere earlier, those interested in further explorations of the Sri Lankan extreme underground {Konflict and Genocide Shrines} watch the film here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/extremenation Soundtrack: Serpents Athirst - Heralding Ceremonial Mass Obliteration (2015) SATHARA'ASTHIKA - Suryasidhdhantha from SWASTHISIDDHAM (2022) ~~~~ DISCLAIMER ~~~ All views expressed belong solely to the interviewees and were recorded with full consent of the interviewees. Views expressed do not represent that of the makers of the film, content and episodes. 'From The Archives' episodes are being published for archival viewing purposes and not necessarily with commercial intent. This footage is exclusive and isn't a part of the film. © ℗ Royville Media MMXX1V.
Promo 11 - Serpents Athirst | SRI LANKA #fromthearchives #blackmetal #musicdocumentary
The island nation, rich with bountiful nature, a vivid culture as well as a tumultuous and ancient past - our Sri Lanka episode explorations lead to the naja0naja influenced heretic black metallers SERPENTS ATHIRST as they shared with us their ideologies of sonic warfare and also of life in the country and as neighbors in the Indian subcontinent. Shot in three different cities of Colombo, Bangalore and Kolkata from 2014 to 2016, we are honored to have found substantial insights right from the hordes of @raavankommand Manipura Devoccult Kingdom of Dharma. This footage has not been published anywhere earlier, those interested in further explorations of the Sri Lankan extreme underground {Konflict and Genocide Shrines} watch the film here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/extremenation Soundtrack: Serpents Athirst - Heralding Ceremonial Mass Obliteration (2015) SATHARA'ASTHIKA - Suryasidhdhantha from SWASTHISIDDHAM (2022) 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - Live at Trendslaughter Fest 1:45 - Interview, TSF Bangalore 3:05 - Encounter in Sri Lanka 4:09 - Live at Trendslaughter Fest 5:28 - Encounter in Sri Lanka ii 10:05 - Interview, TSF B'lore / Colombo sights 14:08 - Live at Trendslaughter Fest 15:30 - Vesak Suryasidhdhantha 17:00 - Encounter in Sri Lanka iii 18:13 - Live at OTHT, Kolkata 19:23 - Encounter in Sri Lanka iv 20:05 - Encounter in Kolkata 20:15 - On Satanism 23:00 - Influences 23:44 - Live at Trendslaughter Fest 25:10 - Outro/ Interview, TSF Bangalore ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ What is 'From The Archives'? The endless vault of Extreme Nation archives, regurgitates a fresh series of unpublished interviews, gig walk-throughs, metal shows, views, conversations, faces and landscapes of the underground, people and places of the Indian subcontinent. This series celebrates 10 years since documenting footage for the feature documentary. #FROMTHEARCHIVES Episode 11 - Serpents Athirst | SRI LANKA 2014 - 2016 Release Date: 15th March 2024 Cinematography: Rogger Kenneth, Aniket Dasgupta, Animesh Mondal, Raja Banerjee, Roy Dipankar Audio Clean up: Arjun Janakiram Episodic Editing, Grading and Sound: Roy Dipankar Tech: Abhay Singh Post Prod. Assistant: Jason Torinho Executive Producers: Roy Dipankar | Abhay Singh Archival Photography: Royville Media A Royville Media Presentation www.royvillemedia.in ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ For the Feature Documentary #ExtremeNation Watch film here: www.vimeo.com/ondemand/extremenation Camera: Amith Surendran, Aniket Dasgupta, Animesh Mondal, Ashwath Nair, Dewan Ashraf, Gagan Judge, Harish Gowtham, Manish Tipu, Mithun Bhat, Oinam Doren, Raja Bannerjee, Ramis, Rogger Kenneth, Aman Basumatary, Jesoy, Moutushi Barua, Durjoy Imteaz Editing: Charan Balakrishnan, Supratim Roy Sound: Sankararaman Krishnamurthy DI: Harish Gowtham Web: Sushant Prasad Official Poster Source Image: Metal Farmer Photography Official Poster Art: Raj Khatri Produced, Written & Directed: Roy Dipankar Associate Producers: Sumesh Khosa, Krishnan Bantering Ram, Soumen Roy ~~~~ DISCLAIMER ~~~ All views expressed belong solely to the interviewees and were recorded with full consent of the interviewees. Views expressed do not represent that of the makers of the film, content and episodes. 'From The Archives' episodes are being published for archival viewing purposes and not necessarily with commercial intent. This footage is exclusive and isn't a part of the film. © ℗ Royville Media MMXX1V.
Episode 11 - Serpents Athirst | SRI LANKA #fromthearchives #blackmetal #musicdocumentary
This episode is special, probably the most unique in the series. EKUSHEY FEBRUARY or literally 21st February is International Mother Language Day also known as Martyrs' Day in Bangladesh when people of the nation gather to commemorate the sacrifice of thousands of revolutionary lives for the Bengali language freedom movement. Zoheb from Qabar PR was kind and graceful to show us around a thriving Dhaka University, Shahid Minar (Martyrs' Memorial) and Shahbag as well as to introduce us to some incredible black metal and rock musicians (from bands Eternal Armageddon, Burial Dust, Quanta and Leela) who exchange thoughts and views about their nation in the 21st Century on the historic night of 21st February! This helped us to comprehend the sentiment and history attached to this day. Lots of questions raised, emotions high and amongst other eternal visits - a homage to the National High Poet of Rebellion Kazi Nazrul Islam - at his resting grave. Soundtrack: Code Minority by Haremsluts (BAN) Obey To None by Eternal Armageddon (Ban) Oshubho Ahobaan by Burial Dust (BAN) ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ What is 'From The Archives'? The endless vault of Extreme Nation archives, regurgitates a fresh series of unpublished interviews, gig walk-throughs, metal shows, views, conversations, faces and landscapes of the underground, people and places of the Indian subcontinent. This series celebrates 10 years since documenting footage for the feature documentary. #FROMTHEARCHIVES Episode 10 - EKUSHEY FEB / BANGLADESH / Dhaka 2018 Release Date: 21st February 2024 Cinematography: Dewan Ashraf, Tanveer Shuvo Producer: Ehsan Kabir Assistant: Hasnur Zimy Audio Clean up: Arjun Janakiram Episodic Editing, Grading and Sound: Roy Dipankar Tech: Abhay Singh Post Prod. Assistant: Jason Torinho Executive Producers: Roy Dipankar | Abhay Singh Archival Photography: Royville Media SOUNDTRACK: "Obey To None" Band: Eternal Armageddon Album: In Light In Dark In Hate Abrar: Vocal, Bass, Lyric Turag: Guitar Rashik: Drums Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Iftekhar Ifti at 2AG Recording Studio. Remastered by James McBain (Hellripper) at Coronach Studios. https://eternalarmageddon.bandcamp.com/album/in-light-in-dark-in-hate "Oshubho Ahobaan" Band: Burial Dust EP: Oshubho Ahobaan https://burialdust.bandcamp.com/album/oshubho-ahobaan "Code Minority" Band: HaremSluts EP: Code Minority Abrar (Daddy Mercury): Lead Vocal, Rhythm Guitar, Lyrics and Compositions Swapnil (Dave Sustain): Lead Vocal, Bass Turag (Searchgoat): Lead Guitar, Back Vocal Zawad (Vegan Fox): Drums Recorded in Studio 100 Miles by A Ayon. Mixed and Mastered by Joel Grind (Toxic Holocaust) A Royville Media Presentation www.royvillemedia.in ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ For the Feature Documentary #ExtremeNation Watch film here: www.vimeo.com/ondemand/extremenation Camera: Amith Surendran, Aniket Dasgupta, Animesh Mondal, Ashwath Nair, Dewan Ashraf, Gagan Judge, Harish Gowtham, Manish Tipu, Mithun Bhat, Oinam Doren, Raja Bannerjee, Ramis, Rogger Kenneth, Aman Basumatary, Jesoy, Moutushi Barua, Durjoy Imteaz Editing: Charan Balakrishnan, Supratim Roy Sound: Sankararaman Krishnamurthy DI: Harish Gowtham Web: Sushant Prasad Official Poster Source Image: Metal Farmer Photography Official Poster Art: Raj Khatri Produced, Written & Directed: Roy Dipankar Associate Producers: Sumesh Khosa, Krishnan Bantering Ram, Soumen Roy ~~~~ DISCLAIMER ~~~ All views expressed belong solely to the interviewees and were recorded with full consent of the interviewees. Views expressed do not represent that of the makers of the film, content and episodes. 'From The Archives' episodes are being published for archival viewing purposes and not necessarily with commercial intent. This footage is exclusive and isn't a part of the film. © ℗ Royville Media MMXXIII.
Episode 10 - Ekushey February | BANGLADESH #FromTheArchives #blackmetal #dhaka_news
Releasing today! A metal homage to the revolutionaries who laid down their lives to retain their language and cultural heritage which is Bangla. Eternally grateful to Zoheb (Qabar PR) for the hospitality and access! Check out the episode dropping shortly. Soundtrack: Code Minority by Haremsluts (BAN) Obey To None by Eternal Armageddon (Ban) Oshubho Ahobaan by Burial Dust (BAN) ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ What is 'From The Archives'? The endless vault of Extreme Nation archives, regurgitates a fresh series of unpublished interviews, gig walk-throughs, metal shows, views, conversations, faces and landscapes of the underground, people and places of the Indian subcontinent. This series celebrates 10 years since documenting footage for the feature documentary. #FROMTHEARCHIVES Promo 10 : Ekushey February / Bangladesh / Dhaka 2018 Release Date: 21st February 2024 Cinematography: Tanveer Shuvo, Dewan Ashraf Producer: Ehsan Kabir Assistant: Hasnur Zimy Audio Clean up: Arjun Janakiram Episodic Editing, Grading and Sound: Roy Dipankar Tech: Abhay Singh Post Prod. Assistant: Jason Torinho Executive Producers: Roy Dipankar | Abhay Singh Archival Photography: Royville Media A Royville Media Presentation www.royvillemedia.in ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ For the Feature Documentary #ExtremeNation Watch film here: www.vimeo.com/ondemand/extremenation Camera: Amith Surendran, Aniket Dasgupta, Animesh Mondal, Ashwath Nair, Dewan Ashraf, Gagan Judge, Harish Gowtham, Manish Tipu, Mithun Bhat, Oinam Doren, Raja Bannerjee, Ramis, Rogger Kenneth, Aman Basumatary, Jesoy, Moutushi Barua, Durjoy Imteaz Editing: Charan Balakrishnan, Supratim Roy Sound: Sankararaman Krishnamurthy DI: Harish Gowtham Web: Sushant Prasad Official Poster Source Image: Metal Farmer Photography Official Poster Art: Raj Khatri Produced, Written & Directed: Roy Dipankar Associate Producers: Sumesh Khosa, Krishnan Bantering Ram, Soumen Roy ~~~~ DISCLAIMER ~~~ All views expressed belong solely to the interviewees and were recorded with full consent of the interviewees. Views expressed do not represent that of the makers of the film, content and episodes. 'From The Archives' episodes are being published for archival viewing purposes and not necessarily with commercial intent. This footage is exclusive and isn't a part of the film. © ℗ Royville Media MMXXIII.
Promo 10 - EKUSHEY FEBRUARY | Bangladesh #fromthearchives #ekusheyfebruary #blackmetal #dhakapost
'Spiritual Bass' coming soon! #soundsystem #soundsystemculture #hyderabad #reggaesoundsystem #roots
Full episode streaming on Royville Media #fromthearchives #indianmetal #metalhead
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