The Carnatic progressive rock band AGAM talks about their new album, ‘Arrival of the Ethereal’

June 12, 2025

“This is the most personal thing that we have made.” That is how AGAM, the band that makes Carnatic music rock, defines Arrival of the Ethereal, their third studio album. “It encompasses our journey,” says Harish Sivaramakrishnan, lead vocalist of the Bengaluru-based band.

The band, formed in 2003, and active on the live show circuit since 2007, has taken almost eight years to bring out this album. Although work on it started after the release of their second studio album, A Dream To Remember (2017), the pandemic upset their plans. “The plan was to release it in 2020. But when COVID-19 struck, there were no shows, zero income and total uncertainty. We came back from a situation where we had no self-belief. That is why we consider the album the most personal thing.”

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