A few questions - interview with death metal band from India - FLESHCRAVE.
Answered Soumodeep Singh, thank you.
Ave, can you introduce your band to our readers? – When was it founded and what style of music do you play etc.?
- Hey! This is Soumodeep Singh, one half of the guitars in Fleshcrave, answering all the questions on behalf of the rest of the band. We are Fleshcrave, from the city of Kolkata, India - and we play old school death metal. Our inspirations as of now range from the likes of Monstrosity, Vader, Sorcery, Pestilence, and Obituary. Fleshcrave was formed back in the days of the COVID pandemic, August of 2020 to be precise.
Where and under what conditions were you recording the new album? Who was in charge of sound, production and mastering?
- Ever since the band was formed, the concept of writing death metal songs based on the lore of Berserk (by Kentaro Miura) was something which we all thought was overtly unique, and one we had to make propitious, both backdrop-wise and composition-wise. We had started writing songs for this EP from early 2024, with two songs - Black Swordsman and Band of the Hawk - already released on all streaming platforms as singles. There were significant creative inputs from former members for the two songs mentioned above - but keeping that aside, the overall writing process for the entire EP was as smooth as it can get. The EP writing process was done within a year's time - and we started off with the recording from January 2025. The drums came first, followed by the bass recording (special thanks to Alfred Samuel, who aided us immensely in the bass recording process), the guitars followed, and finally ended with the vocal recording. All of the above takes were over by the June of 2025 - all of it being done at our guitarist Anirban Dasroy's house.
Right amidst all of the writing and recording, we did a short 3-city tour back in 2024 - two shows in NorthEast India (Guwahati and Shillong), and one show in Nepal (Kathmandu), followed by two shows in our own city (Kolkata) in 2025.
As I said, the recording was completed by June 2025, and straight to production it went. Clinton Stephen Selvam, a producer from Bangalore (India), was in-charge of mixing and mastering our EP. He possesses an amazing body of work and also happens to play for another old school death metal band called Regicide.
Safe to say, he did a stellar job in mixing and mastering our debut EP.
How many copies were released and which medium was used for this new edition (CD, digital, vinyl, cassette)?
- We started the pre-orders for our physicals/CDs (jewelcases) back in February this year. To be honest, we had very low to absolutely no expectations that someone would invest in our EP, and we expected a majority of the first lot of 30CDs to remain unsold. But with the help of local distros and thanks to our friends and well-wishers, we managed to sell all of the 30CDs, and an additional 6CDs - a total of 36CDs. We're grateful for the support we've recieved.
We'll also be carrying a limited number of physicals and tshirts to all the Indian cities we'll be playing in this year. We're looking forward to a substantial amount of support from there as well.
Who is the author of the lyrics and how were they created and about what do the lyrics deal with?
- As is evident and said above, the contextual and lyrical basis for this EP revolves around Berserk. The lyrics for the song 'Black Swordsman' and 'Band of the Hawk' were written by our good friend Neil Akash Mitra - who has been the primary lyricist for the band in its early days. Lyrics for the song 'Behelit' was written by our guitarist Anirban Dasroy, and similarly, the lyrics for 'Eclipse' was written by our guitarist Soumodeep Singh. Anybody who has watched or read Berserk needs no separate introduction to our lyrics. Apart from that, speaking from a general or comprehensive standpoint, the lyrics deal with struggle - from the moment the protagonist (Guts) was born from his dead mother's womb hanging from a tree, to him finding the sense of brotherhood and companionship amidst a group of mercenaries called Band of the Hawk, and being betrayed by one of his trusted companions in the most gruelling fashion and the aftermath of the same - our EP speaks it all.
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?
- If you happened to check out Black Swordsman on YouTube, from when we released it as a single back in 2021, you'd see a hand-drawn logo - made for us by our good friend Simran Pujari. From the next release onwards up till now, the logo we use was made by Dipayan Das, who also has an amazing body of work.
The artwork for this EP was made by Yengkhom Dennice Mangang, an outstanding artist and the frontman for the band Dead Soviet, a death-thrash metal band from Manipur (India).
Whatever live footages, music videos, or visualizers we've released so far - almost all of it has been made by our drummer Tommy Howards.
We don't have a website of our own yet, but we intend to make one soon enough. Folks who are interested in ordering/buying our EP, can do so from our Bandcamp profile as well.
Coming down to social media/networks - as of 2026, social media is probably one's only shot at making themselves and their music feel seen. Making short form content/reels, and posting snippets of your own song on top of it - you'd see that everywhere, and that is exactly what Instagram and Facebook algorithms prioritize nowadays. We have had quite a few instances where people have reached out to us or checked us out from any post or reel we've shared on our socials, and it just happened to appear in their feed. On top of that, the Berserk influence in our EP is the cherry on top - we've had a lot of praises from folks who've said that we've found the perfect combination with Berserk and death metal. To sum it up, social media has helped us with lots of new listeners and supporters, and we definitely consider having a good 'social media game' important.
Which label did you choose for releasing your album and why this label? Are you satisfied by how your label represents you and takés care about you?
- Unfortunately, we're not signed to a record label yet, so this release of ours is an independent effort entirely.
We released the EP on YouTube through Death Metal Promotion, after seeing their considerable outreach to death metal fans globally. For CD sales (as mentioned above), a huge chunk of it has been sold through local Indian distros. Apart from these two contributing factors, everything we've done is purely organic in a creating sense, and independent.
Despite all of that, the support we've recieved was heartwarming, and it surely feels great to interact and share our music with both new and old audiences.
We're also looking forward to signing with a record label for our upcoming release.
Which bands do you idolise and where do you get your inspiration?
- All of the members in Fleshcrave from the beginning (including former members), have been primarily inspired by the likes of Death, Cannibal Corpse, Cancer, Deicide, Sarcofago, Morbid Angel, etc,. Apart from that, the present members in the band have had/still have separate backgrounds of their own. Our vocalist, Pratik Bhattacharjee, has done vocals for a local modern metal band called Erased Undead, and has been the vocalist for a death metal band called Divide Torture before joining Fleshcrave. The guitarists Anirban Dasroy and Soumodeep Singh have heavy metal and thrash metal backgrounds - having contributed as members for bands like Falcun and The Neighborhood Thrashers respectively. Our bassist Ananyo Hoque is very much adept at playing blues. Our drummer Tommy has had a lot of experience playing/filling in for numerous bands and continues to do so. Overall, our separate influences range from heavy metal, thrash metal, blues - and meet at death metal.
Did you send your record to some Labels - which are the labels? How was the response?
- Nope. We didn't send this EP to any record label as of such. We did have plans for it, but we considered it best to reserve that idea for our next release i.e, our next full-length album.
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?
- Fleshcrave played its debut show back in the September of 2022, at a show called The Big Mammoth Festival, right here in Kolkata. The band was a 4-piece endeavour back in those days. From that show up until now, we've played around 14 shows - both in our own city and around the country.
Coming down to preferences, we don't really cherry-pick or have any form of favoritism for a certain type of gig. Whatever shows we've played, may it be club shows, open-air shows, or even shows with lesser crowds - we've enjoyed and have something positive to take away from all of them. And I'm pretty sure we'll have the same outlook for all of our shows in the future. The answer remains the same if we have to choose our best performance as well. Every show we've been a part of, the moment before we get up on stage, we ascertain ourselves that we'll have the time of our lives up there. We consider all of our performances as top-tier and something which we can't possibly rate.
What about your plans for the future? What do you want to achieve with the band?
- As of now, we're currently focusing on a promotional tour of some Indian cities for this EP, and the songwriting process for our upcoming album. We have a lot of plans in mind, and we intend to execute all of them slowly and steadily.
We're not implying that we're going to be the 'Cannibal Corpse/Morbid Angel from India', and neither do we have a longing to be recognized as one of the best death metal acts from this country - that is for the people to decide. What we really wish to do is continue playing death metal, for both our sake and for the people who like our music. We wish to reach out to more and more people as time goes by - and that alone for us would be an achievement.
How and where can your fans contact you? Can you provide some contact information?
- Surely.
Those who wish to check us out or reach out to us, here are our social links -
Our Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/flesh_crave
Our Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1QdFQxPqCw/
Our YouTube - https://youtube.com/@fleshcrave
Our Bandcamp profile -https://fleshcrave.bandcamp.com/album/godhand-ep
Our Spotify profile - https://open.spotify.com/artist/470HseuzngvuxNYcjjgcb0
Thanx for the interview.
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