Bloodywood — comprised of Karan Katiyar, Jayant Bhadula, and Raoul Kerr— are torchbearers and metal barrier-breakers hailing from India. Their hard-hitting yet modern folk metal sound has made the world sit up, take notice, show up, and sing along.
Today, the band announces its worldwide signing to Fearless Records and shares the video for the “nu” single “Nu Delhi,” which offers some insight into the band’s history, as well as its home city.
The track is packed with guttural vocals, hip-hop-influenced verses, and chaotic rhythms and it’s a nod to the diverse heritage of their home city of New Delhi. The song also walks the line between several musical styles — boldly and without a net. Watch the video below.
“New Delhi, known as the melting pot of India, is arguably one of the most diverse cities on the planet,” the band shares. “With a history that has seen as much bloodshed as it has peace and celebration, it made for the perfect womb to birth this band. The contrasting visuals, cultures, and backgrounds thriving within the city is accurately reflected in our music — where genres that cannot work together on paper…somehow do. With this song, we wanted to talk about the deadly, yet nurturing nature of the city and how it can give you a life beyond your wildest dreams if you play your cards right, or end it if you try to outsmart it.”
Bloodywood are also announced their extensive UK and European tour plans. All dates are here.
Now that you’ve enjoyed a taste of “nu” Bloodywood, let’s learn a little more about the band’s origin story and how, exactly, they got here.
Bloodywood first caught the attention of the internet with their YouTube channel, when multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Karan Katiyar and vocalist Jayant Bhadula were about to get deadly serious about their craft. Bolstered by the support they were getting, Bloodywood dropped “Ari Ari” in 2018. A Punjabi folk song made famous in the early 2000s remix boom in India by hip-hop act Bombay Rockers, Bloodywood pushed it further with help from the gritty New Delhi-based conscious hip-hop artist/rapper Raoul Kerr.
