Juhi at a musical do in Bangalore

It was the night when Pravogue — Live Madbrought Cradle of Filth to the city to give Bangaloreans a taste of death metal.Belting numbers from their latest album Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, the bandgave the crowd just what they had come for. With their goth make-up and Paul andJames doing their thing on the guitars, while spinning their long hair, it was aperfect night for head banging. Even before the band took the stage, the crowdwent berserk, screaming for their idols to take them to the belly of hard-coremusic. As is wont with metal heads, guys and gals came in black metal tees,displaying their love for the genre of music. And the band did not disappoint.Belting numbers like Lilith Immaculate, Cult of Venus Aversa, Eleventh Hour,Forgive Me Father and I Have Sinned, the crowd were not only playing air-guitarand drumming in the air, to the beat of the song, but they were also mouthingthe lyrics word-for-word. For a few brief hours at Palace Grounds, the bandmembers of Cradle of Filth were the gods of the night. Speaking atthe event, Salama Yamini, head IMC said: “We at the Indian MusicConference plan to bring more international bands this year for IMC 2011. Theevent was promoted and produced by Spotlight Event and Entertainment PvtLtd.” Samar Singh Sheikhawat, senior vice president, marketingsaid: Kingfisher has always pioneered in bringing the best to its consumers.Kingfisher Premium has a long standing association with music being one of them.Through our association with powerhouse performances by bands like Cradle ofFilth, we intend to extend bundles of cheer and good times to our fellowBangaloreans.”BT also caught up with Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla and Onir backstage enjoying the music. Though, not a big fan of the genre, Juhi sportingly did headbang, saying the music reminded her of her college days.