Mazhab by Nivid

Taken from the critically acclaimed album Mernã which drew praise from the likes of Rolling Stone and Alternative Nation, Mazhab is the new single from Nivid, once again bringing together incisive, barbed lyrical bite together with a stunning industrial onslaught. Accompanied by a dazzling computer-generated animated video, Mazhab challenges the role of religion in peoples’ lives and declaring that it has often led to lives lived in fear and families and countries divided and at war.

The new single, Mazhab is the closing track of the concept album, Mernã, which sees Agent 2344, a Hindu recruited by religious zealots to spread chaos, only for him to realize the errors of his ways and fear for his own life and soul. In its own right, Mazhab is a startling release, at odds with the religious idolatry often associated with India and willing to question whether organized faith really does bring people together or actually drives them further apart.

Mazhab is released at a time when religion has been seen as a factor in localized terrorism across India, has exacerbated recent farmer’s protests, and has seen accusations of large religious gatherings contributing to the current COVID disaster.

Nivid is an alt-electro-rock band, with provocative and theatrical narratives, written in Hindi, based upon reflections of the self, society, and civilization.

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