Nu Delhi is the second studio album by the Indian heavy metal band Bloodywood. It was released on 21 March 2025.
The album is a tribute to the musical scene of Delhi, from which the band originates. In a Kerrang! interview, Jayant Bhadula states:
"We always try to advocate for things that are close to us. With Nu Delhi, we wanted to let the world know that there is this thriving music scene – not just metal – in India, which is on par with what's happening in the world. The first single, Nu Delhi itself, is a love letter from us to this city."
The third single, "Tadka", released at the end of January 2025, is a reference to the South Asian cooking method of the same name: "It's about going the extra mile in the pursuit of a greater flavour," wrote the band in a statement accompanying the single.
Nu Delhi is a nu-metal album by Indian metal band Bloodywood. Most of the music is rather generic nu-metal. "Bekhauf" is featuring Babymetal, but is indistinctive for the most part. The tracks at the end of the album ("Daggebaaz", "Tadka" and "Nu Delhi") show some native musical influences, making these songs a bit more interesting. Too bad the damage is already done at that moment and my interest is lost.
First Indian heavy metal album I’ve listened to. I actually really enjoyed this, not a massive metal head but the short running time meant this didn’t outstay its welcome.
Hell yeah! Possibly my new favourite band, and Dhadak is my favourite song of this year (even if it came out last year!) - their twist on "float like a butterfly" is one of the rare perfect moments in music. An absolute joy, from a band clearly having a blast, and another discography for me to explore in full.
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Metal metal metal lately, which is not my main genre, and this also features my least favorite vocal style, though the heavy effects actually made it a lot more tolerable for me. I liked that it was mostly not in English. All in all very solid modern metal, and I always appreciate when bands keep it short and sweet.
Nu Delhi sounds like it should've been released 25 years ago, which I guess is the point. It's short, loud and not particularly easy to understand but makes a decent racket. It'd fall squarely into the middle of the nu metal pack so probably a low 3/5, though I could've done without the BABYMETAL cameo because I can't abide them. The last track is the angriest and therefore best.
This started out pretty bad, then got good for a while simply because of how absolutely fucking unabashedly cheesy it was, then it overdoses on that cheese and returns to being pretty bad.
Mixed so ungodly loud that the "Nu Metal x Punjabi folk music" gimmick barely registers on most songs.
An interesting cultural mashup, but way too overstuffed – there's zero dynamic contrast or variation, and the whole thing ends up becoming a bloated wall of distorted mid-range. Desperately needs some lighter instrumentation and a good mix engineer, hope these guys found a better producer for the next release.
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