"Blood Metal Initiation" and Albatross' "Hi : Fly" were done at BMI/Sacred Soundz. The existence of a 'metal' recording studio opened up a lot of avenues for future bands trying to cut a record or a demo. By the time Ugra Karma finally released their full-length album Blood Metal Initiation around 2001, there were already a horde of bands in the valley playing quite a range of metal music. An indie rock scene had also emerged, with punk bands like Rai Ko Ris (www.raikoris.com), with singer and bass player Sareena Rai, leading the way to a nascent DIY movement. Several band contests, where an original was mandatory to compete, also fueled the new bands to seek the creativity within them and come up with something imperative. While such contests more than often yielded nine pop bands for every metal band, it still was a very significant step forward. More gigs were being organized, and more bands emerged. But the difference between these gigs and the gigs five years ago was monumental – these new bands were playing their own songs. One of those bands was Refused 13 from Nakhipot, Lalitpur. The band had played their first gig opening for Dead Soul (on Metallica Anthology Concert, 2001). The band started creating a formidable reputation in the valley as a very "tight" metal band with an in-your-face attitude, conceived by many as the band to pick metal where Dead Soul had left and then elevate the scene into another level. During the band's active years, the band organized another memorable gig "Keep Suffering" at Nakhipot. Anuraag Pokhrel, former vocalist of Albatross on the band says, "Refused 13 was definitely a force - the band and the persona of the band. I still remember that when they would walk into a concert, I would try to look at them without getting caught, because they were Refused13 and they looked like hardcore badasses that would kill you if you looked at them wrong". Formed in late 2001, Nastik became the new leader among the metal bands, solely because of the use of growling vocals (aided by the fact that even though Ugrakarma is the first death metal band, they really never performed live). Nastik released a self-titled demo album in 2002, which featured "Maukil" – a fan favorite song in concerts. Nastik then released Judge Death – an all-out death metal album in 2003.