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Ston'd is a Death Metal band from Bangalore, India. Their self-produced and recorded EP Disater Area was released in late 2007.They are currently working on recording their new originals.

History

The story starts in the summer of 2005 when Anoop (bass) and Abijith (vocals) met Aditya (guitars) for the first time.The band has seen a few line-up changes through the years.The present line-up change was initiated in October of 2008 when Kevin Prichard replaced Karthik on drums and was completed in the beginning of 2009 when Arvind replaced Aditya on guitars.

Music

The band plays a varied style of heavy music, with a perfect balance of melody as well. Technical guitar riffs,fast intricate drumming patterns with melodious leads and heavy vocals define the band's sound.

Every band member incorporates his own influences in the band which is responsible for the bands' rather different sound.Influences ranging from Textures to Lamb Of God, Meshuggah to Iron Maiden have really seen the birth of a new sound.

The band has to its credit a number of gigs around the country and also a number of competitions which has seen the band rise to its present state.

In Jan 2009 Ston'd made it to the top 5 at Saarang '09 making it past over 160 top bands from around the country and had the privilege of being judged by Swedish metal giants Opeth.

Band Members

Current

Abijith-vocals

Sudir Venkatesan-guitars

Arvind Kaushik-guitars

Anoop-bass

Kevin Prichard-drums

Former

Aditya-guitars

Hitesh-guitars

Karthik-drums