KATHMANDU: Metal is their religion — From the way they dress, the way they take life and create their music.

Lost Oblivion was formed in 2005 by five high school guys — Roshan Limbu (guitar), Rup Thagona (keyboards), Avishek KC (vocals), Navin Gurung (bass) and Dikesh Shrestha (drums).

They were in different bands, but once they realised that music is serious business and not just jamming up, they formed Lost Oblivion.

“We had a different name for the band, but were not satisfied. We changed it to Lost Oblivion as it was appropriate to the way we felt and was cool,” says Avishek.

They enjoy playing new age metal genre as it gives them a high and is very expressive and aggressive. Though they also play cover versions of bands like Lamb of God, Stonesoor, Killswitch Engage, Slipknot and Pantera, they focus more on playing their original numbers.

Lyrics are penned by Avishek, who tries to write more about and on the state of mind, something that represents the present generation, and is not about very personal feelings. For example, White Needle Agony tells of negativity of society and people’s feelings.

They are blessed with supportive families who help in buying equipment but also make sure that they take their studies seriously.

Though music is all they do in their free time, the boys are also interested in movies. The recent movies they liked are True Romance and Borat. While others don’t have any other hobby, Avishek is a self acclaimed writer who likes writing about anything he can think of.

Lost Oblivion is not interested in any other genre of music apart from metal.

“ We don’t listen to hip hop and pop, but when it comes to rock and old classics, we respect their talent and the contribution they have made to the music industry,” says Roshan.

They admire Atomic Bush and Vhumi.

They feel society is not very supportive of metal music.

“They are not interfering, but also not very supportive. When we play in concerts, we feel we have lots of supporters, but only a handful of genuine fans,” says Roshan.

They also feel the organisers are not able to pay for most of the concerts because there are not enough metal heads in Nepal.

“The day the fans fill the grounds of a metal concert, the organisers will be bound to pay us,” says Avishek, who keeps complaining about an organiser who did not give their winning cash prize in one of the competitions.

Their first album The Last Verge of Madness is to be released soon.