Ave,
can you introduce your band to our readers? – When was it founded
and what style of music do you play etc. ?
The
band was formed around 2011..it started of as a grindcore side
project the sole reason being to use my material as they were not
well received by the band i used to play back then(Purgation)..We
played shows now and then and people seem to like what we did..But
that was it..Due to drummer issues we had to stop..The band got
together after Purgation broke up in early 2014 with a new lineup and
a good friend of mine Subhasish Mitra helping us out with vocals and
has been do us till date..though the band has been through line up
changes like a million times..Subhasish and i worked things out and
here we are playing pure old school death metal Cannibal Coprse being
our biggest inspiration.
Where
and under what conditions were you recording the new album? Who was
in charge of sound, production and mastering?
Some
of the riffs were written back in 2011..like the intro riff to
Primordial Execution and Orchestrated Massacre..Writting began around
June 2014 before the band played live with their new sound and
lineup..Songs like Barbaric Decadence(inticially called A tale Of
Rage)...the momentum of our song writting process slowed after a
lineup yet again after playing 3 shows..Then early 2015 i started
writing new material at home, in front of my laptop and was pretty
much done by June of 2015..though the song Blood and Bones was
written when we were in the studio recording our drums..process got
delayed as our drummer back then was not good enough to lay down our
tracks..so we decided to programme drum tracks and then a friend of
mine decided to help us out and live drums were recorded there
after..Hence Prakash Paul did do a great job by helping us out with
drums..Tushar Banerjee was incharge of our sound from the get go and
he also mastered it.
How
many copies were released and which medium was used for this new
edition (CD, digital, vinyl, cassette)?
150
copies has been released by Transcending Obscurity..and there are
digital copies you can download from Bandcamp under TO
Who
is the author of the lyrics and how were they created and about what
do the lyrics deal with?
Lyrics
were written by Subhasish Mitra..I had ideas in my mind when the
songs were written..We both are big fans of Cannibal Corpse and love
the Gore aspect of death metal..Songs like Primordial Execution,
Mysogiynistic Horror, Catacombs Of Decay i had the intial ideas from
get go as per how the songs should go and Subhasish did a great job
by writting them down. The others well, Subhasish had some ideas of
his own and I
find them killer.
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Who
created the logo of the band, and who took care of the graphics and
the website? What about you and social networks? Do you consider
these things important?
The
logo was created by Shekh Rizwan(ex weapon drummer) and our artwork
was created by Jaydeep Bairagi..Well our Facebook page is managed by
me and Subhasish at times but when it comes to talking to organizers
and people interested in booking us i handle the dealings..
Well
to me the only way to spread music internationally is through social
media..Well things have changed..people don't go to music store and
buy music or check out bands...they sit in front of the computers
and check them out..so social network is really important for bands
these days to get their music across.
Which
label did you choose for releasing your album and why that
label? Are you satisfied by how your label represents you and takés
care about you?
Kunal
Choksi of Transcending Obscurity contacted us after we have sent him
our songs..he liked our stuffs and decided to realse us under his Sub
Label..And as of now I’m
happy with the way things are going.
Kunal
is doing a great job with the distribution of our cd's
and our promotion internationally.
Which
bands do you idolise and from
where
do you get your inspiration?
Well
that's easy...Cannibal Corpse..Both Subhasish and I love the Chris
Barnes era..we like the new Stuff too..Subhasish being a Big George
Fisher fan..We like the old school raw death metal sound which bands
like Autopsy,
Deicide,
Cancer,
Morbid
Angel,
Malevolant
Creation had.That in your face death metal with a Bit of Thrash Metal
element
going
on in there..Brutal
Did
you send your record to some Labels - which are the labels? How was
the response?
When
the
album was done our
intentions were
to release it independently.
I did
approach Slaughterhous(USA) Salute Records and Transcending
Obscurity.
Well,
labels
these days are not keen in signing new upcoming bands..but
Kunal(Transcending
Obscurity) is doing a great job in singing new bands and helping them
out.
How
many gigs have you played? Which type of gigs do you prefer, whether
it's (clubs or festivals) and which of your performances would you
consider as the best?
To
be honest,
there
not not too many gigs happening in India
these days..Organizers are not interested in promoting new bands and
the metal scene in india is dying..Older bands are playing in clubs
and venue..That being said when there was a scene here in Kolkata
(India).
We
played in each and every one of them.
Metal
is not that big in india as compared to the rest of the world.
We
prefer the club shows
because of
the energy that comes from the crowd.
What
about your plans for the future? What do you want to achieve with the
band?
Well
I've
been writing new materials as of now and planning to hit the studio
by the end of October..Planning
to release our 2nd
full
lenght by June 2017.As a band our goal is to get our music out there
as much as possible and tour as much as possible.
How
and where can your fans contact you? Can you provide some contact
information?
Well,
fans
can contact us on our facebook page:
or
email us at www.strangulateinc@gmail.com
Or
call/text- Denzil Davidson- +91 8017217882, +917059244278
Subhasish
Mitra- +91 9903579486
Thanx
for the interview
