Bloodywood

The Grind

Beloved patrons,

Karan here. I write to you from a forest behind the Air BnB I'm in right now. This place is in the quiet outskirts of Dehradun, Uttrakhand right where the Himalyan range begins and concrete jungles end.
It has been a while since we've told you what's up and I wanted to give you a little update.

As most of you know, we're working on our debut album. As is with most debut albums, it is a "make it or break it" thing. Since the stakes are so high, our entire focu...

Winter Merch Patreon Exclusive Access!

Our new winter collection is here! These are available for patrons exclusively for the next 24 hours.

Link: Bloodywood.myshopify.com
Password: braveone

PLEASE NOTE: The store is password protected to give you exclusive access. Once you click the link, look for the "Enter Using Password" link at the top of the webpage!

Also available are:

• Beanies
• Masks
• Previous t-shirt designs

Hope you guys like the new minimal d...

New Patreon Tiers + Rewards! (Lots of free merch!)

IMPORTANT: changes made by us to Patreon Tiers will NOT affect your current pledge in any way. It will NOT be automatically increased/decreased and will remain the same till you yourself choose to edit it.

Now that the confusion regarding Patreon taxation is over, we've finally added new Patreon tiers and rewards! There's some really cool merchandise that's up for grabs in specific Patreon tiers. 

What's even cooler is that for tiers equ...

Patreon LIVE AMA + Announcements!

Live now! Join in :)

Live Chat on 30.10.2020

A lot has been going on these past couple of months so we've got a lot to talk about! Let's catch up on this Patreon exclusive live chat this Friday at 20:00 hours IST. Link will follow soon!

30th October 2020

20:00 IST

14:00 EST

07:30 PST

Remembering Matt Cantrill

Beloved Patrons,

It is with a very heavy heart that I write this to inform you that our long time patron, supporter and friend Matt Cantrill has passed away. He had been suffering for several years with various diseases and finally found peace in his sleep today, surrounded by his closest friends.

If any of you had the chance of speaking to him, you would know of his impossibly positive take on life and extremely infectious humour. 

In all honesty, even though I knew he...

OFFICIAL MERCH STORE!

It's alive! We're doing a short pre-order run for a few designs till 7th August! Hoping to see some of you in these on our next tour :)

[Patreon Exclusive] Bloodywood - Raj Against the Machine (The Documentary)

Oh boy, here it is. Co-incidentally, today marks exactly 1 year since we left for this life-changing tour.

This took the better part of a year to make owing to the unending footage I had to go through to pick and choose what to show. Hope you enjoy! Don't forget to comment once you've seen it and express your opinions on it :)

We've also credited ALL patrons as of 31.06.2020, because it's more of a milestone video and everybody played a part in this journey.

P.S. - This is ...

Documentary update!

Hey guys, really sorry for the delay. There are some copyright issues with the artists who submitted music for our documentary that we're trying to sort out (Youtube is automatically flagging the video as infringing their rights as soon as it's uploaded). Till we get a clearance from those artist's labels, it's really risky to upload it to our channel right now as Youtube can impose a copyright strike on us. It should take a couple of days to fix, all the artists have been informed and are wo...

IMPORTANT UPDATES!!

Hi guys! First off - the documentary drops tomorrow and will remain exclusively for Patron viewing for at least a week! It's more than 1.5 hours long and has been a labor of love.

Secondly, Patreon's gonna start charging some sales tax which amounts to different figures in different regions. There's a lot of confusion about this, but one thing is clear - it's based on the rewards that are mentioned in the tiers.

We aren't huge fans of this move. So to save you tax...

Thank you!

We're blown away by how well the new song was received. Thank you so much for supporting us throughout! 

Right now we're busy managing the inflow of questions and emails regarding the song (we've also been approached to air the video on national television!) so we'll get back to you with a full report of how things have been in just a couple of days.

Also, we've had many new people join us on Patreon in the past couple of days. Welcome to the most amazing family on the planet...

Bloodywood - Yaad (Exclusive Patreon Release!)

Here's the exclusive premiere of our new song which comes out tomorrow, only for you guys. We're very eager to know what you think of it :)

P.S. this link will NOT be live, it's exclusively for Patrons. We would really appreciate if you do not share this on any social media platform.

Hoping we made you proud once again :)

"Yaad" releasing this month!

The video will be available exclusively for patrons on 26th March :)

Also, if you are a Spotify user, here's a pre-save link:  https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/bloodywood/yaad 

We're super nervous but in a good way ;D

The Ambulance is here! + next video screenshots + updates

(To all the new Patrons- Hi!!! Check out our previous post to see what this is about)

Elated to share with you beautiful people - a purchase we are extremely proud of! The ambulance is here and already at work at The Posh Foundation! 

Someone at the foundation was kind enough to send us a video of the new van entering the shelter premises. Check out the attachme...

Bloodywood Documentary Trailer (Patreon Exclusive)

Here's an exclusive trailer for you lovely people. Let us know what you think! :)

(Patreon exclusive vlog) Visiting the Animal Shelter

I visited the shelter along with Archy. Lemme know what you think!

P.S. some of you might not know what this is about - As part of our next song, we're funding an animal ambulance for a local NGO that helps homeless animals in India. There's a detailed post about it in the previous patreon post, feel free to check it out :)

Hope you had a great Christmas and are enjoying the holiday season. Next post will have a short sneak peak of the new song along with more festival shows annou...

(WARNING: GRAPHIC) Let's Help the Voiceless

It's time we let you know what we've been planning.

As many of you know, we recently completed a tour of EU and UK. For most of us, including me, it was our first time stepping out of India. And we were amazed - the structures, the landscapes, the food, the pace, the people, the obedience of traffic (if you've been to India, you know what I'm talking about lol). But what impressed us the most was the absolute absence of homeless animals. 

I s...

USA!!! We're COMING! (finally)

Stoked is an understatement. Look at that lineup!

We will be planning a US Tour around this and cant wait to meet you guys! <3 <3 

Once the tour dates are finalised we'll accommodate as many as we can amongst you to our guest list for shows. Just let us know which city would suit you and we'll have your name on the list :)

We will be HEADLINING Bloodstock's Sophie Lancaster stage!

Yesterday it was announced that we will be headlining at Bloodstock - that too the Sophie Lancaster Stage. 

Sophie Lancaster was a victim of bullying. She and her boyfriend was beaten up by a gang of hooligans. While her boyfriend was grievously injured but later recovered with memory loss, Sohpie went into coma and subsequently died of her injuries. The reason of the attack was solely because of the way she looked. Sophie was a part of the goth subculture.

Witnesses in the p...

The Good, the Bad and the Future

Dear Patrons,

Hello! Karan here. Here are the updates I spoke about a couple of days ago:

The Good:
As the image suggests, we have new agents! They're obviously really well connected and we hope to get the ball rolling with them soon.
You already knew about Rob McDermott being our manager - we had him onboard a couple of days before the tour started and his help and guidance has been indispensable.


The Bad:
We've had a pret...

Reporting in Post-Tour

Beloved Patrons,


Karan here. It has now been a month since we returned from the life-changing experience that was Raj Against the Machine tour. We were extremely grateful to have met so many of you along with many equally passionate supporters of the band. So surreal was the experience that when asked, I often describe the tour as a “month-long movie”.


With great pride, I’d like to tell you that 10 out of the 15 shows we played were sold out! Not only is that an in...

Our First Show

Beloved Patrons,

Karan here. I write this to you sitting in the balcony of a hotel in the wonderful city of Bangalore. The weather is far more forgiving than Delhi. Yesterday we played our first announced show here, kicking off the Raj Against the Machine Tour.

Sing-alongs, pits and the world's first bhangra-mosh (that continued throughout the set lol). None of these were planned, the crowd did it themselves. It is a strage feeling watching people recognize and connect to your ...

Machi Bhasad song file

We just noticed the track was not in the google drive folder, sorry for that!

Here's the link to the folder - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1R4EkaJPSAgFpFNak6gDeYtRp3DQhvHx5

The track is also attached in this post if you guys wanna download directly

NEW VIDEO!!

ITS HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

tell us what you think!

TOUR DATES + POSTER!!

It's happening! Our first ever tour - Germany, UK and Russia!

P.S. - 01.08 is Wacken Open Air. We cant publicly disclose that till Wacken announces the next set of bands which includes us

So are we gonna meet any of you guys on tour? MUCH EXCITE! 

Full Lineup Reveal! + stills from next video!

That's us! The full live lineup for our upcoming tours and videos.

Top (left to right):

Roshan Roy - Bass

Vishesh Singh - Drums

Sarthak Pahwa - Dhol/Indian Percussions (he's the same guy in the Tunak Tunak video)

Bottom (left to right)

Jayant Bhadula - Indian Vocals

Karan Katiyar - Guitars, Flute

Raoul Kerr - Rap Vocals

Here are a couple more photos:

2019-03-16 19:15:23 +0000 UTC View Post

New Logo Reveal!

Interpretation:

The elephant is representative of strength, the third eye represents wisdom, and the chariot wheel represents defense. We've taken these references from Indian mythology. Credit goes to Barnaby from Crossfade Productions UK for executing this exactly how we envisioned.

Tell us what you think! This will be on our new merch too - with different colours and detailing. 

Next up - Full lineup reveal! Which means the...

Gearing up for the upcoming tour! (+ updates)

This just arrived today! The Berhinger x32 digital rack mixer. We will be using this to mix our personal IEM systems on stage and send a separate signal to the FOH for the main mix.

Sounds like jargon? Did to us too till a couple of weeks back. 

This tour is very important to us. All of what we have worked for in the past 2 years has brought us to a place where so many festivals and venues are willing to give us their stage on prime slots. They're giving this to a band they h...

We're going to Germany!

It's happening guys! We're going live! Thank you so much for your support!! More dates, venues, cities and hopefully countries will be added soon!

[UPDATED] Bloodywood - "Endurant"

Thank you so much for your feedback, guys! We've added the rap lyrics and some minor adjustments to the text. This is a fresh upload and open to public viewing, feel free to share!

The track is uploaded in the Google Drive folder for you to download. Thank you once again for your positive response. Hope this does well :)