With both their vocalists relocating and moving out of the band in 2017, Mumbai-based metal outfit Bhayanak Maut not only have a new line-up, but have also switched to a single-vocalist set-up with Pune-based Aman Virdi. This has paved the way for a lot more backing vocals in their new tracks, the first of which was released in June after a break of five years, and the second last week, called Attack of the Roachsmokers.

"We had one less person to worry about!" jokes Aditya Gopinathan Nair (guitars), before explaining that their new songs are proof of the amount they have now experimented with their sound. "If we had two vocalists, this concept would have made us feel like we are under-utilsing our resources. We had a lot of music written between 2015 and 2017 that didn’t have a vocal line. Now, we’re finally working on them and plan to release them as singles every three to four months, given the audience’s short attention span," Nair tells us.