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“A transitory acceptance of the guillotine leads to its institutionalisation.”
— Alfredo M. Bonanno, Armed Joy (1977)
“The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.”
— George Bernard Shaw, Letter, 25 Sept. 1899, in Collected Letters, vol.2, in The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations, p. 791
“In not more than a month’s time terror will assume very violent forms, after the example of the great French Revolution; the guillotine ... will be ready for our enemies ... that remarkable invention of the French Revolution which makes man shorter by a head.”
— Leon Trotsky, as quoted in The Cheka: Lenin’s Political Police (1981) by George Leggett, p. 54

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Overview

Guillotine is a progressive metal band from Delhi. They play melodies ranging from blues, jazz to death metal. The band has released one album The Cynic in 2010. They indicate that their original tracks are basically a part of a three tier concept of a man's realisation of the hollowness of religious faith. The Cynic is a concept album about a man who is an atheist and frustrated by the fact that religion has taken over society. Guillotine Won first prize at the coveted Rocktaves held at BITS, Pilani in the year 2009. At the annual National Rock Contest held in Nagaland in the Hornbill Festival in 2010, Guillotine won the second prize. And Akshat Taneja winning the best keyboard player award. After a nationwide competition, Guillotine were chosen to open for Metallica in Gurgaon. After the Gurgaon show was cancelled, they opened the Rock 'N India 2011 show along with Inner Sanctum and Scottish Band Biffy Clyro for Metallica on 30 October 2011.

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