Congratulations to Dendura, the Grand Rapids-based, female-fronted, Egyptian-inspired, progressive metal band (with belly dancers!) for recently scoring an indie label deal with the Austin-based KillZone Records. The group is reportedly discussing going into the studio “with a national producer who’s worked with some very big bands,” according to their publicist. The group — which plays Detroit regularly — also has a track on the 2007 ProgPower Festival CD sampler that will be given to the 50,000 people attending the sold-out festival in Atlanta on October 5th and 6th. Dendura is also joining Fuel and other bands on the Bootleg compilation from WGRD, one of the two major rock stations in Grand Rapids.
This article appears in Sep 26 – Oct 2, 2007.