Virendra Kaith:
Demonic Resurrection
www.myspace.com/demonicresurrection
www.prayagzone.com
Virendra Kaith, better known as Viru has been playing the drums for over 8 years. He found interest and inspirations when he saw his uncle play drums in a classical band. At the age of 14 he started playing percussion instruments like the tumba and conga’s along with his uncle’s band.
In 2000 he joined a death metal band Abhor which introduced him to heavier bands like Slayer, Six Feet Under, Vader etc. After his short spell with the band he joined another metal band called Cranium. The band owned a studio and record label and he recorded a single ‘Pariah’ with the band for the Deepthroat compilation. The music was traditional metal with Indian percussion and melodies. While he was with the band he also worked as a sound engineer in the recording studio and he also learned the fine art of recording live drums. While working in the studio he played sessions drums for a local Hindi Rock band ‘Prayag’ which he later joined as a full time drummer. The album however did not get released eventually.
In 2007 Viru left the studio and joined ‘Pin Drop Violence’ on tour to promote their 2nd album ‘Right To Riot’ which was released on Counter Culture Records. Since their original drummer left for the states Viru joined as a permanent replacement. The band however disbanded 2 years later. In 2007 Viru also joined ‘Demonic Resurrection’ a band that plays Melodic Death Metal and is regarded as India’s best Extreme Metal band who had been on the lookout for a drummer since a year as their music was extremely fast and challenging and Viru was the only local drummer who was able to play their drum parts. The extreme style of drumming pushed Viru’s drum playing to another level having to play at tempo’s of over 200bpm on the double bass.
In 2008 he toured with Demonic Resurrection with notable performances at Independence Rock XXII and The Eastwind Festivals which had an attendance of almost 10,000 people. In 2009 Demonic Resurrection embarked on an all India tour playing cities untouched before like Dhanbad, Jalandhar, Anand, Indore, Silchar and also covering the metros like Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Guwahati. The tour included opening for ‘Opeth’ at Saarang ’09 in Chennai. Viru is currently recording Demonic Resurrection’s 3rd full length album which is due for release in November 2009 on Demonstealer Records. His band Prayag also finally re-recorded and released their debut album in August 2009.
Viru is a completely self taught drummer and enjoys playing various styles of music.
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