“We thought about a reunion when we were asked if the band would want to come together to open for Megadeth. And we got excited,” says Vehrnon Ibrahim, the vocalist of the band. The five-member band first came together in 1988 and became the living symbol of metal music in the country. “When we started, we were not in it to make money. We were free to do our own thing, which was mainly heavy metal, and it worked well for the band," says Ibrahim, now based in Delhi as the national programming head of a leading radio station.

Millennium is not new to grand opening acts. Back in 1995, they opened for Deep Purple in Mumbai and Delhi. Thirteen years later, the bunch of 40-somethings is equally kicked about opening for Megadeth, which will perform the final show of their February-March 2008 Tour of Duty at Bangalore’s Palace Grounds. “It was a big deal for us when Deep Purple happened and we are as excited as we were then,” says Ibrahim. “We have drawn inspiration from bands like Megadeth, Iron Maiden and Alice in Chains, and it is an amazing feeling to open for them.”