Extreme metal band from Hyderabad makes it to the top

‘States of Chaos’ by Godless tops thrash metal charts

It is not always that one visits the dark but fascinating recesses of extreme music. The vaults here contain some of the most intriguing pieces of songwriting written, and explore lyrical themes which are diametrically opposite the commonplace love-and-heartbreak affair. Here, the grotesque machinations of war, politics, and the horrors that ensue are narrated. All this, against the backdrop of a sonic tidal wave. And Godless, an extreme metal band with roots in Hyderabad, executes this well.

‘States of Chaos’ is the metal quartet’s third record which was released last month. Wrenched from these very vaults, the nine-song full length album, according to vocalist Kausal L S, deals with the macabre and as the song Netherworld explains, tech-dystopian wastelands. “The lyrics mostly explore topics based on psychological horror, and the manner in which human beings manifest trepidation precipitated by the macabre,” he says.

Soon after its release,‘States of Chaos’ climbed up to # 1 on the thrash metal charts, and # 2 on the death metal charts on Bandcamp, a music portal where listeners can directly support bands by buying their music or mechandise. “We never expected that this would happen. I was on the Bandcamp page and saw that we had made it to the top of the death and thrash metal charts. For a band from Hyderabad, being on those charts meant a lot,” says Godless founder member and bassist Syed Abbas Razvi.