KARTIKEYA is a Russian/Serbian/Canadian international act, which playsethnic extreme metal with epic atmosphere, brutal riffs, blast-beats and
fierce growls meshed with mantras, authentic instruments and Indianmythology.

In 2007 Musica Production released the band's debut album "The BattleBegins" which met critical acclaim from various zines and founded astrong fan-base in Russia.

After four long years of hard work, on April 8th, 2011 the second album'Mahayuga' was released via Grailight Productions. "Mahayuga" confirmed
the band's status of one of the most original and innovative heavy bandsin Russia and unleashed a new whirlwind of extreme metal, middle eastern
music and Hindu traditions on the international metal community. Anotherinteresting surprise was the appearance of Kathir (Rudra) and Marina(Ambehr) as guest vocalists on the record.

Later Kartikeya stepped on the next level with their new singles 'DurgaPuja' (2012, mixed and mastered by Logan Mader), 'The Horrors Of Home'(2012, feat. Keith Merrow (Demisery) and Aleksandra Radosavljevic (AboveThe Earth, ex-Destiny Potato)) and their first official music video for"Tunnels Of Naraka" (2013, feat. David Maxim Micic (Destiny Potato)).

In 2013 the band played their first international shows at UK Tech MetalFest (UK) and Euroblast (Germany), recruited Chela Rhea (ex-CoalChamber, VII, Censura) as 2-nd guitarist/back vocalist and startedrecording their 3-rd album "Samudra".

"I think what Kartikeya does with international blends of ethnicorchestral instruments and percussion mixed bludgeoning metal guitarriffs is amazing. I'm looking forward to working more with the band." -Logan Mader

Line-up:

Mars - vocals
Arsafes - guitars, keyboards, ethnic instruments, vocals
Chela Rhea - guitar
Alexander - bass
Alex Smirnov - drums
Dmitriy - percussion

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