Nightmares band from Sikkim rocks Nagaland at Hornbill Rock Contest : The Trooper

Rock band from Sikkim 'Nightmares' perform during the Hornbill International Rock Contest 2014 at Indira Gandhi stadium, Hockey Ground, Kohima, Nagaland.
The ninth edition of Hornbill International Rock contest 2014 is an exclusive chapter of the Hornbill International Music Festival. The contest was launched on 4th December at IG stadium, Hockey ground, Kohima at 5pm. The 4 days of the contest saw 28 bands from across the country pitting their skills to see who emerges the winner of this exciting event . Guitarist Vinnie Moore from America was among the judges of the contest.
As winter slowly penetrates the hilly state of Nagaland, in North East India, a festive mood seeps into the valleys.
There is a buzz in the air. This is the sound of Nagaland preparing for the Hornbill Festival held in the first week of December every year.
The Festival is named after a bird greatly admired by the Naga people for its alertness and grandeur. The bird, the hornbill is mentioned in much of the folklore of Nagaland.
The festival takes place at the Naga Heritage Village in Kisama, not too far from Kohima. The village is a microcosm of each of the Naga tribes. Tourists are welcomed warmly to the traditional huts of each tribe, where one can sit with the elderly people of the tribe and share stories. Each morung or tribal hut, houses that particular tribe's own cuisine with the ever-present rice beer being sold to visitors as well. Even though the elders do not speak English, the younger members of the tribe can act as translators. The Hornbill Festival offers a window to the great, age-old culture and traditions of Nagaland.
The Nagas, traditionally known for their kind and friendly manner open their lives every year in an attempt to showcase the best the region has to offer. Comprising of seventeen different tribes, all differentiated by their traditional attire, food and folk dances, demonstrate their rich culture and traditions at the Hornbill Festival.
The festival attracts a large number of tourists, and has become larger and more popular over the years.
Various types of meats, in all forms, whether roasted, dried or smoked are available in traditional Naga style. The ultimate in Naga cuisine is traditional rice-beer; this is a must for all visitors. The night bazaar is a big hit with families, friends and visitors alike -- where all kinds of Naga traditional crafts, food items, stationary and of course Naga King chilli pickle can be found. The bamboo pavilion is made entirely of bamboo and is the main souvenir shop. It completes the Naga package.
Another event, true to the region was the traditional stone pulling ceremony of the Angami tribe at Kigwema village. Many gathered, both young and old, dressed in traditional attire to take part in the ceremony which brought the highway to a standstill for the duration of the ceremony .The ceremony concluded with victory dances and a community feast.
Various competitions take place during the Hornbill Festival. They range from Naga wrestling, chilly eating competitions -- with the fiery King Chilli! The Pork eating competition, the traditional fire making competition, greased pole climbing and for the younger ones. The International Hornbill Rock Contest created a platform for many artists and musicians.
An initiative was taken to preserve this rich cultural heritage of the Nagas, to bring unity among the various tribes and to boast tourism in the region, and so the Hornbill Festival was born.
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[@rishab5293]

North East is the only hope for metal in India. Love from Himachal guys.

[@lncolney6133]

Thats right..👍

[@sarthakrawat6350]

Ever heard of warwan from Delhi

[@Ibrahimmuhammed97]

Kerala dude check chaos,downtroddence

[@rifatahmed6214]

That's right! Bruh

[@RC_Rider42]

Damn right

[@butwhatsoutthere]

I’m from Germany and I’m gonna visit some of the seven sisters this autumn. I just found out about their rock music scene. I was excited before, but now I’m totally hyped

[@richardpame1535]

We'd be glad to have u dear...from Nagaland ✌

[@honpainekong2630]

You are alwys welcome..... visit on december around christmas time. U will love it.

[@cygnus-x]

Are you here? Rock music contest on progress. 🤘🤘

[@arieseagle7825]

It is now 8 sisters,with Sikkim being woven into the 7 existing.Welcome to NE India n in your own time.

[@potatoman2377]

@@arieseagle7825 sikkim is added as the brother 🤭

[@bullet_4_you]

The BASSIST stole the show! The LEAD GUITAR was INSANE! KEYS were totally symphonic! Vocals was pitch perfect ! And THE DRUMS.. BOOM BOOM BOOM... I LOVE THIS BAND

[@robinyumnam2646]

Bassist stole the show?? U serious??? I can hardly hear the bass.

[@armenjamir1581]

@@robinyumnam2646 you should listen live bro

[@achibaimchen297]

@@robinyumnam2646 useless musician

[@tantrum2654]

I know the bassist personally. I jammed with him just a couple months ago. And I'm just 16!

[@Slimasyoulike]

​@@tantrum2654 So your point being?

[@therovingnaga4982]

2020 and here I am still loving it .... just awesome ..lots of love from Nagaland .

[@ketimotep1913]

It's 2022 and I'm still watching time after time.

[@imolongkumer3069]

September 2023 and I'm still back here.

[@flyvicky1]

I've never seen anybody in india playing this song with this much of perfection.

[@unwellunwell5423]

They are Nepalese

[@badass4960]

@@unwellunwell5423 racist , they are from Sikkim

[@gooseeduckgasee928]

Sikkimese band rockz

[@90AlmostFamous]

@@badass4960 Sikkim was Nepal territory until the east India company took it. Currently, Nepali is still the most spoken language in Sikkim and the culture there is more similar to Nepal than in India. Kinda like Pacific Islanders in America, they hold Indian citizenship but their ancestry is definitely Nepalese. Now what’s being racist is completely being ignorant of the history and not realizing that north East Indians are the most racially abused group in India , coz they look so different than the rest and there even sentiment to for them go independent state which they want to name as “gorkhaland”

[@ujzwollama2221]

@@90AlmostFamous Sikkim was never a part of Nepal .. Darjeeling was ..

[@kshettriraazthebassman]

Thank you all for the wonderful and inspiring comments..cheers!!!

[@honpainekong2630]

Any plan of coming to Nagaland again? U guys are awesome.

[@cooldewd35]

Simply brilliant. I am gobsmacked! Much appreciation from Melbourne, Australia.

[@WildFilmsIndia]

+Vic Nicholas We appreciate the appreciation!!! Thanks for viewing, Vic! Do subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on KZbin for a steady stream of videos from across India, as part of our ambitious 'Visual mapping of the Indian subcontinent' project. Also view our 'Best of India' video playlist on KZbin, and visit and enjoy your journey across India at clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Team WFIL

[@sureshregmi5288]

Vic Nicholas I miss nagaland it's awesome place

[@dustyfog9251]

@@WildFilmsIndia who are hosted in thos contest

[@johnnami7718]

Shirock 2019 winner 👍👍✌🏿✌🏿 congrats Nightmares

[@solomonsilal3180]

The seven sisters is heaven for music in India

[@ravishsingh9427]

well I hope u know these guys belong to the only brother of those seven sisters ;)

[@jessephaomei294phaomei3]

@@ravishsingh9427 hey idiot it's 8 sister.... And of course we don't like your classical music and those annoying Tabla

[@ronggrikmarak4357]

@@jessephaomei294phaomei3 dude first of all you are wrong. The dude above you is right. They do belong to the only brother of 7 sisters. And second of all, always be humble bitch, sit down!

[@treazarai1343]

not only seven sisters we sikkim also..... nd nightmares are from sikkim😅🤗

[@nyanlem1471]

@@treazarai1343 sikkim is considered as our brother.

[@mayukh80]

Greetings from Delhi !! Such raw talent. Would love to see you guys kicking some ass out here in Delhi...

[@sankalplimbu6481]

Man what an insane Vocals.. That actually Blew my mind off !! Bruce should see this !!

[@calvinlalremsanga2777]

I've never been much of a maiden fan... Sure there's a few songs which I like... But a cover of this song by NE with such proficiency is beyond my wildest dreams... Thank god NE music industry is still saved with the genuineness of old skool heavy metal...

[@seeker3983]

Maiden is a band that influenced more than half of all the heavy/traditional metal bands out there. Legend for a reason whether u like it or not

[@deepbhattacharya1253]

@@seeker3983 Calm down brother. Its totally fine being not a fan of a particular band. This is coming from a huge Maiden maniac

[@rajuchettri9533]

Thank you all for those wonderful and encouraging comments..

[@ayonsenroy4748]

You guys nailed it!!! fucking awesome. Hail Sikkim, hail Northeast for keeping rock music alive!

[@Avengedsevenfoldinbuonhm-ut3if]

Rock never die😂🤟

[@nyanlem1471]

When it comes to Music, Northeast comes 1st.....the rest of states are into diz bollywood shit.

[@phoenix-yx7xd]

North east except Assam. There they listen to this shit called bihu music.

[@nyanlem1471]

@@phoenix-yx7xd well, bro Bihu music is not a shit music.

[@phoenix-yx7xd]

@@nyanlem1471 listen to the latest bihu music, its shit.

[@nyanlem1471]

@@phoenix-yx7xd 😂😂

[@jugalgogoi9113]

@@phoenix-yx7xd brother, dont call bihu shit,(it isnt). also not ALL new bihu sucks, just because you like metal, does not mean other genres suck,you dont need to hate on folk music, typical metal elitist

[@ridingpaws23]

Nailed the trooper ... Awesome vocals and perfect music .

[@matsungtemjen3999]

No doubt Nepalese are great in music.......hats off from Nagaland

[@KCSuaihiam]

This performance will go down in history as one of the best performance of all times in North East India 🤘🏻

[@vishaldarnal5976]

Superb vocals bit sounds like Bruce.... Keep it up guys best wishes from Darjeeling

[@psndsh]

Woah the guitarist is playing two parts here... Btw the bassist is on point with the galloping harris sound

[@angelchettri4502]

One of the finest band from the region!!! electrifying stage presence by the "Bassist"

[@islammdamsi31]

Great vocal, you nailed it, lead, bass and drums are awesome 👍👌, big Salute from Bangladesh.. carry on brothers... you are surely international level band...

[@reubenpinto9555]

The best ever Indian cover of this song . Great vocals.

[@yankithan3959]

Everything was awesome, keep on rocking . From Nagaland

[@blaisemarak]

that was tight and not to forget that it was not a cliche cover did something un expected ... kickass !!

[@anganbaluwangba1046]

Bruce Air Raid Siren Dickinson vocals... Nightmares... Love n support from Manipur Kangleipak

[@isnajiaffarjanjalani7445]

wow! greetings from the Philippines.. just wow wow

[@michaelchristian95]

much love from Sikkim

[@gowinmoyon962]

All these rocks.... INDIAN VERSION OF IRON MAIDEN...GUYS DO KEEP ROCKING

[@kimasailo6629]

Proud of you guys, keep rocking. Love from Mizoram

[@athanawungshi6075]

Guitarist played so clean and the vocal is so powerful. Great future ahead. 👍

[@warhammer8601]

Awesome, greetings from Kalimpong, India

[@sangzualagu-afz25rider54]

I love the Vocalist and the bands are tight, nice music combination.. All are professionals... Nice Performance... You Guys Rock!

[@arjunad8766]

The best cover of this song i have seen so far.. Loved it

[@ketimotep1913]

Year 2014 of Hornbill Rock contest saw many awesome bands from around India.

[@fearmusk5714]

You guys are really insane!!!!! ❤️ From Mizoram 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@rosangzualachawngthu3034]

great performance guys..loved it..frm mizoram

[@sudeephembrom325]

one of the best cover.....and the synth take it to another level.....awsome

[@Keyzkiller]

sudeep hembrom thank u :)

[@nikimalhotra2409]

sudeep hembrom amazing playing

[@heyyou658]

Such great vocals....fitting tribute to the legendary rock band the Iron maiden.....trooper rocks .

[@user-hx8jm6yc6k]

The bass player rock them all..

[@thunder5640]

Proud to b part of sikkim...becoz of u guys rock still exist.....

[@toshijamir3702]

vocal took my breath away .. awesome

[@honpainekong2630]

Vocal hit the right note......welcome to hornbill guys.

[@quentinfernandez4673]

When it comes to music and bands be it rovk or gospel none can beat the NE states. They are miles ahead. Some of the so called hard rock groups that have taken part in these festival , stir up more noise and weird stage acts. If any reading this check out the Zoforce band. They are stunning.

[@snjytmg7540]

I heard Only North&eastern part of india . Those people ArE listening to Metal music more .Anyway Respect To Our MetalHead🤘family. Stay Calm And Listen To metal Cheers🤘from Kakarvitta 🇳🇵

[@psychicsushizoid]

Awesome! Love the tweaks you guys did to the song

[@Ansuni_33]

❤️ north east 👌 Heaven for music lover😍

[@nicolaschophi4080]

vocally, kinda like Dickinson. great performance Nightmare. Fan from Nagaland /,,/

[@RahulThakur-xl4nz]

TROOPERS are on the way my master.....just continue with this anthem

[@_DarkFlameMaster_]

You guys should do a live concert at Darjeeling

[@sauravsworld4770]

Itttttssss justtttt awesome! Ohhh I love it. I love it....I want to meet this band once any one can help! Pls...rock on man....

[@EdPaul-uc3ew]

Wow! Awesome vibe!! 🤘🤘. Good sound quality 📢! Rock on!

[@Black182heart]

Damn. Support and appreciation from Nepal

[@shobitc21]

And I am proud that I was born in Sikkim... Love from the UNITED STATES

[@guglani22]

Speechless. Simply amazing!

[@IThinkMottoMottolikesyou]

Superb. Just amazing! 🤘🤘🤘

[@abelkent332]

cover more 🙏 you guys rocked the stage that day. you deserve the best

[@shihotosumi6001]

Brilliantly done.. What a cover!!

[@ozzyosborne8854]

Very tight, keep it up. Talented and rocking. Hats off to the sound engineer

[@brd376]

Great, amazing. Keep it up, guys.

[@martinjoror3288]

Awesome performance! but can't help notice the vocal doing some hand motion with the microphone at 4:00 😂 :-D

[@jeremyprince2421]

I

[@keatborgoary]

hahahah...and the expression of his face

[@Handworth]

hahahaha i notice

[@yaminoshinn1473]

Lol

[@sankalplimbu6481]

Haha really couldn't ignore that 😂😂

[@Danzan_YT]

I had the pleasure of having them in my home studio and jamming.. ❤

[@sauravsworld4770]

Love from Kolkata...just aweaome..

[@alexbravo8423]

awesome voice man!!!! u rock

[@omw2fub559]

you guys are awesome

[@tempabhutia7093]

North East India, Sikkim Kalimpong and Darjeeling are having the Best Rock bands in the country.. eg. Girish and The Chronicles, etc...

[@jessephaomei294phaomei3]

Think of the band from Manipur and nagaland Mr.

[@yaminoshinn1473]

Seven sisters got it\m/ even our new generation of India has it , let's not argue on a trivial thing n enjoy the beat \m/

[@kiranthapa7721]

Loved it ......awesome....from Darjeeling

[@TheMotorman1981]

One word..Awesome

[@deepbhattacharya1253]

Man I'm so fucking proud that I'm a north eastern!

[@mercytingzou949]

Superb vocal

[@varunsaxena100]

Hey band members plz plan a tour to Pune would love to hear u playing .... Try for hard rock cafe here ...

[@kamunakhaling6258]

You guyz really rock frm nepal

[@vincyxpagetz541]

Best live cover ever 👍

[@Vicky_JVic]

Keep it killing.... Hope to see again on the same stage

[@nemesisgaming6927]

Vocal awesome n of course others too

[@Scientist00123]

❤❤❤ so much love from Manipur

[@user-cr9qu1sd8y]

Love to anyone and everyone here in 2024 ✨

[@sandeepchakraborthy2786]

Suberb man nail it down 🤘

[@rockylembalongkumer9798]

That voice is magical

[@mikenetric]

Man.....this was Kick ass.....Pure Talent!!!!!!

[@FelaLushai]

love Nightmare.....love from Mizoram😘

[@kusayilohe354]

If you're looking for some metals in India, North East is the direction you go to.

[@marklrralte]

Love you guys from mizoram

[@shakrbshr4058]

keep rocking boys Love from south

[@lalruatsanga9747]

Wow... I like how they fused with their own style... \m/ rock on

[@mayukhchatterji]

Superb!!!! :O kicked ass!

[@kshitij2454]

osm great m speechless what a voice great guitar

[@WildFilmsIndia]

+kshitij Thanks for viewing, Kshitij! Do subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on KZbin for a steady stream of videos from across India, as part of our ambitious 'Visual mapping of the Indian subcontinent' project. Also view our 'Best of India' video playlist on KZbin, and visit and enjoy your journey across India at clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Team WFIL

[@birensundas9590]

Pride of sikkim love you guys...

[@brd376]

Awesome sound. Keep it up Nightmare

[@MBTopTen]

My favorite song and you cover it nicely . Fom Nagpur

[@kbrokekharwar5155]

Always love metal band

[@Eternal_Grey]

Such an awesome band!

[@mongshich9373]

the BASS...........man

[@divyendusharma8006]

Beautiful..!!

[@pawanghimirey2195]

Man you guys nailed it......

[@nelsonlimbubusytrueliving3113]

Respect from Nepal 👌🏻

[@johneysonpyngrope7756]

Waw that Great you are most welcome to our place

[@bittu6437]

best wishes guys.... awesome cover

[@ujjwalkumar2934]

love you guys...

[@Atsupiyi]

The vocalist actually sounds like Bruce... Great Band