Nepali television channels at the time. That type of music was unheard in the mainstream music industry and hence the track nor the album was fortunate enough to make a break in the industry but undoubtedly Milestone is considered as the first metal band in Nepal to record and produce original metal tracks and a music video, which can be found on YouTube. In the late 1990s, a few songs from the band Drishty (formed by Iman B. Shah while he was in the US) hit the FM airwaves on a few rock shows. While in the US, Drishty recorded two albums in the bedroom studio set up by Iman B. Shah, but none of the albums were formally released. Mukti and Revival, which consisted one of the most senior rock and blues musicians, also released Kalanki Ko Jam in 2000. In the same period, Robin n Looza: also made it big in the rock scene. There were, of course, already many other regulars as well as "one gig" bands that were doing metal covers live. During the early and mid 1990s, a few Iron Maiden songs and Diamond Head's "Am I Evil" were concert staples. Almost every hard rock show would have those two songs played by at least one band. Many such bands have never been documented. Ugra Karma's release of the demo Himalayan Metal of Death in 2000 can be cited as the first proper metal release by a Nepali band. Of course, there were already some bands playing metal at their concerts, but none created their own original material. Ugra Karma went on to release a full-length album named Blood Metal Initiation in 2001. This helped encourage other existing metal bands to create, record and release their own material. Although they did not perform live much, after the release of their album they started to perform a no-cover set list. The emergence of BMI Studios (otherwise known as Sacred Soundz) was an important event in the history of Metal in Nepal. The owner/engineer Iman B. Shah (Guitarist – Drishty and formerly of Vegetarian Vampires) was a 'metalhead' himself and was familiar with capturing the essence of metal - heavy riffs, thundering drums, thumping bass and deafening vocals – in the recording studio. Out of the few albums/songs that were ever recorded by local bands at that time, most of them like Ugrakarma's "Himalayan Metal of Death",