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The band consists of Munz (Vocals), Varun Raj (Guitar), Nezer Ahemed (Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals), Sushin Shyam (Keyboards, Backing Vocals), Ganesh Radhakrishnan (Drums), and Advaith Mohan (Guitar).[1] The band released its debut album titled How Are You? We Are Fine, Thank You on 1 January 2014 to positive reviews.[2][better\u00a0source\u00a0needed]It was produced by Keshav Dhar (Skyharbor) at Illusion Audio, New Delhi.Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Band formation[edit]Debut album[edit]Awards and major performances[edit]Musical style and influences[edit]Band members[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]Band formation[edit]The band started off as a two-man studio project by Varun and Munz in 2008, called Ultimatyum. After roping in Sushin (who had collaborated with Varun on a previous project called 25 Aug), Prayag (drums), Rinoy Balan (guitars), and Shaib (bass), The Down Troddence as a full-fledged band became a reality. Due to the departure of Shaib due to personal reasons, Nezer came in to take over bass duties. Following the release of their first single “Death Vanity”, Prayag was replaced by Ganesh (previously with progressive metal band Purple Blood) on drums.The band got its first big boost with the release of the music video for their single “Shiva”. The video received the Best Music Video award at the IndieGo South Asian Music Awards.[3] Following a series of victories at college fests in and around South India, the band went on a short hiatus during which time the various band members shifted base to other cities. Munz, Nezer and Ganesh shifted to Bangalore, while Sushin moved to Chennai to work as the studio programmer for famed South Indian music director Deepak Dev. At this juncture, Rinoy also departed the band and was replaced by Advaith Mohan (of Chennai-based band Iterate), who is also based in Bangalore.Debut album[edit]The band had already released three singles independently before 2012, and wanted to work on a full-fledged debut album. By mid October 2012, pre-production work on nine tracks had been completed, and Keshav Dhar of Skyharbor fame, agreed to produce the album. Tracking was done in Bangalore during November. After a long wait of almost a year, the debut album titled How Are You? We Are Fine, Thank You was released at Counterculture, Bangalore on New Year’s Eve, 2014.[4] The digital version of the album has gone on to become the top-seller on Oklisten.com in the span of 5 days.Awards and major performances[edit]Some of the major achievements of the band are listed below:-Best Band \u2013 Critic’s Choice \u2013 Rolling Stones India Metal Awards 2014[5]Best Band \u2013 Popular Choice \u2013 Rolling Stones India Metal Awards 2014[5]Best Song (Nagavalli) \u2013 Critic’s Choice \u2013 Rolling Stones India Metal Awards 2014[5]Best Song (Nagavalli) \u2013 Popular Choice \u2013 Rolling Stones India Metal Awards 2014[5]Best Album (How are you? We are fine. Thank you) \u2013 Critic’s Choice \u2013 Rolling Stones India Metal Awards 2014[5]Best Album (How are you? We are fine. Thank you) \u2013 Popular Choice \u2013 Rolling Stones India Metal Awards 2014[5]Best Artwork (Abhijith VB) \u2013 Rolling Stones India Metal Awards 2014[5]Best Music Video Award (Shiva) \u2013 IndieGo South Asia Music Awards 2011Best Vocalist Award (Munz) \u2013 IndieGo South Asia Music Awards 2011Best Instrumental (Ortniavis) \u2013 IndieGo South Asia Music Awards 2011Opened for UK Based band Cypher 16 in Bangalore (2011)[6]Best Keyboardist (Sushin) \u2013 Decibels Semi-Pro Band Competition (Saarang 2012)Best Band \u2013 Festember 2012Musical style and influences[edit]TDT has always been noted for its unique blend of conventional thrash and groove metal with a large dose of traditional Kerala folk music elements, art forms such as Theyyam in particular.[7] The band also incorporates a lot of traditional folk sounds and instruments in the form of ambient layers in their music. Rhythm structures used in their songs too are primarily inspired by folk music.Lyrically the band has a strong philosophy of talking about inequalities and injustices which are ever present in India’s social and political systems. A common theme in their music is the effort to project the voice of the under-privileged and down-trodden people.[8]Another big influence on the band has been the Malayalam Folk Rock band Avial, who also speak about similar themes in their music.Band members[edit]Current membersMunz \u2013 vocals (2009\u2013present)Varun Raj \u2013 guitar (2009\u2013present)Sushin Shyam \u2013 keyboards, backing vocals (2009\u2013present)Nezer Ahemed \u2013 bass, backing vocals (2009\u2013present)Ganesh Radhakrishnan \u2013 drums (2010\u2013present)Advaith Mohan \u2013 guitar (2012\u2013present)Former membersRinoy Balan \u2013 guitar (2009\u20132012)Prayag MP \u2013 drums (2009\u20132009)Shaib \u2013 bass (2009\u20132009)See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/2019\/03\/27\/the-down-troddence-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"The Down Troddence – Wikipedia"}}]}]