Bloodywood – Nu Delhi – Album Review

11th March 2025 0 By McKenzie Jones

Bloodywood are finally back with a new album after their 2022 debut Rakshak and they have not missed a beat in the 3 years since that album came out. The new release titled Nu Delhi releases on the 21st of March, with currently three singles out that everyone can listen to now, which are Nu Delhi, Bekhauf (Featuring Babymetal,) and the most recent release Tadka.

If you haven’t heard of them before, Bloodywood are an Indian Nu-metal band that were formed in New Delhi, India. They have been around since 2016 and are comprised of three members Karan Katiyar, Jayant Bhadula & most recent member, Raoul Kerr.

The album consists of 8 songs, which is two less than their first outing, but with how non-stop this record is, the shorter runtime doesn’t feel like a problem in the slightest.

Starting the album off is Halla Bol. It begins with a very folk style vocals and traditional folk singing whilst building up the instruments before kicking straight into that heavy sound that became synonymous with Bloodywood when they first came onto the scene. It doesn’t take long to bring in the trademark rapping too with a chorus that you can’t help but want to just sit and headbang along to.

They made the right choice opening the album with this song. Its the Bloodywood sound we have all come to love so for any fans coming into this album, it just feels like a natural progression from Rakshak.

Hutt & Dhadak continue this trend for the next two songs on the record. The chants of ‘Hey’ during Hutt will be amazing to get to see performed live and I can quickly see this song becoming a fan favourite on the album especially with how good the breakdown in the song is. Dhadak feels like a nice progression in the album so far starting to introduce a more melodic chorus than we have gotten from the very heavy opening two tracks. Whilst it isn’t overly melodic, it does set up the stage for Bloodywood to go more melodic, which is definitely on show in the next track.

When it was announced Bloodywood and Babymetal were doing a song together I was admittedly conflicted at first. I love both bands but I didn’t know how it would work if both of them came together on a song. I have to admit my doubts were completely unwarranted and they have delivered one of the best collaborations I have heard in a while. It feels like something that has been ripped straight out of a video game and now I wish we did have it in the soundtrack of a videogame. Its a welcome change in the album and it’s cool to see Bloodywood move out from their usual sound and fuse it in with Babymetal’s and I am hoping we can see more of this going forward from the band.

Kismat is definitely the most interesting non-single on the album and is the one I kept going back to as it was not something I was expecting to hear from them. Its chorus has an almost metalcore feel to it as opposed to the usual Nu Metal sound they do and really helps set this song apart from basically everything the band has released. Surrounding the chorus is still the typical Bloodywood sound, but that chorus just elevates this song to being one of the best tracks on the album.

Daggebaaz is a good song, however, my only critique is it just feels like it is trying to be this album’s Gaddaar. Whilst it is not a bad song by any stretch (if anything it’s the opposite) it doesn’t feel like it’s its own song either being way too similar to Gaddaar to distinguish itself and doesn’t live up to the song it’s trying to be either. Bands trying to replicate the feel of an older song isn’t an issue, but when the song is just making me wish I was listening to the song it is trying to be it makes me question if the song could have been done just being left off the album.

Tadka and the title track Nu Delhi close off the album. I’ve been able to listen to both of these for quite a while now and they are just so much fun to listen to. They have the high energy and craziness that they need and they are the perfect way to close the album off, and both of these songs are going to be amazing to hear in the live set.

Overall, this is a strong second outing for Bloodywood with some incredibly solid tracks. Anyone who was a fan of them after their first album is sure to love what they bring with this release.

Score: 8/10