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http://www.demonicresurrection.in/
Weng: Demonic Resurrection was formed in the year 2000. Could you explain the changes of
musical styles Demonic Resurrection throughout these years?
Demonstealer: When we started out in 2000 there was a very obvious gothic influence along the lines of Theatre of Tragedy with the female vocals in DR. There was also a bit black metal and some thrash metal influences as well. This sound changed drastically when the band reformed with a completely new lineup in 2003 and we dropped the female vocals completely. Mephisto bought a more Symphonic touch to the band and JP added a lot of death metal in the drumming department so we had a more Symphonic Death/Black Metal sound in our second album with some of my power metal influences with clean male vocals and riffs. With ‘Beyond The Darkness’ we had a slightly more celestial overtone to the album because it went with the story and theme of the EP. In 2007-08 we had more lineup changes and our new drummer ‘Viru’ got in a different drumming style to the music which was very influenced by bands like Meshuggah, Textures etc plus the death metal style was still strong and Daniel also contributed with his melodic solo style. I think with ‘The Return To Darkness’ we’ve kind of found something more unique and that we can call our own and I think with the next album it will get even better.
W: Were there any setbacks during the formation of Demonic Resurrection?
DS: We’ve had problems right from the start, in our first year after every show we had a different lineup and over the years we have had many different line-ups and members but the current one is obviously the best and the strongest; I think it will last for a long time. When we started there was no proper metal scene in India so just getting gigs, studios to record, labels to distribute etc was non existent and we had to do everything ourselves and be part of the creation of the scene. We started our own festival, record label and home studio and just made things happen for us instead of waiting for someone else to do it.
W: What are the concepts of Demonic Resurrection’s albums such as “A Darkness Descends, Beyond the Darkness, and the Return of Darkness?”
DS: Well they are all part of the darkness trilogy and it is a story basically. ‘A Darkness Descends’ didn’t have a storyline running through the songs, we actually started that from ‘Beyond The Darkness.’ The basic story is about the world being plunged into everlasting darkness and a protagonist emerges who leaves the world that is plunged into darkness to go beyond that but his conscious doesn’t let him leave his fellow men in peril and he returns to rid the world of the darkness. Whether he succeeds or not people will have to hear the album and read the lyrics to find out.
W: Who are the artists responsible for Demonic Resurrection covers?
DS: The very first version of our album ‘Demonstealer’ was designed by me and the second version was done by some label in Mexico, I later found out it was a Marvel Comics character. The artwork for ‘A Darkness Descends’ and cover art for ‘Beyond The Darkness’ was done by Prashant Shah (Exhumation/Scribe) who also was the first member of DR back in 2000. The inlay pages of ‘Beyond The Darkness’ were done by my girlfriend Deepti. For our latest album we roped in Michal Xaay who has done artwork for bands like Nile, Behemoth, Vader, Necrophagist etc.
W: Demonic Resurrection has been performing in international stages such as Brutal Assault, Inferno Festival, to name a few. Are there anymore international stages which you would be performing? Which country do you look forward to on performing in an international stage?
DS: We just got confirmed to play ‘Sonisphere’ festival in the UK and we will be doing some more club dates while we are there. We are really looking forward to this experience and we definitely want to play any and every country possible. Being very influenced by Norwegian Metal we really looked forward to Inferno Festival and it was a dream come true for us.
W: How does it feel to be active in touring? Do you ever run into any obstacles on the road?
DS: There are obstacles all the time, for us the biggest one is being in India so it is not easy and affordable to book tours outside our country. In India there are not so many shows and venues so that is one of the problems we face. But things are getting better and we are working harder and we won’t stop till we conquer the world.
W: Will there be any chance of Demonic Resurrection touring the United States in the near
future?
DS: From what I know the US market is the hardest market and even big European bands are only just doing big tours and headlining shows so we don’t know when we come to the US but it is definitely on our agenda as soon as we conquer Europe and UK.
W: How is the extreme metal scene in India? Do you find it difficult for local bands to perform
in your country?
DS: The scene is small but growing and while there are not many venues here there are many battle of the bands and smaller shows and people are not starting to make things happen so we hope there will be new venues and more festival and even the smaller cities in India will develop a metal scene and then we will become the best touring destination.
W: I understand that you are into cooking and you have your own show which is called Head
Banger’s Kitchen. What motivates you to have your own cooking show? What feedback have yougotten? Are there any stereotypes you received regarding about the show?
DS: Before I even got into metal I was into cooking. I had even planned to become a chef but then later I found Heavy Metal. I still cook and three years ago I started a blog on facebook and I got lots of positive comments and appreciation so I said let me make this into a video blog and that is how the idea was born. I got a production company Enter Guerilla to partner and produce the show, they also made the DR music video and Mephisto actually came up with the name for the show and that is how we got started. So far everyone has loved it including Nick Barker (Lock-Up) and John Longstreth (Origin) both said nice things to me on facebook so it has been great and no stereotypes so far about it except some people who expected raw meat, blood and lots of cliché ‘heavy metal’ stuff.
W: Would there be any chance of a new album after “The Return to Darkness”?
DS: We have already started writing the music for the new album, we have some rough songs and ideas down and we plan to hit the studio maybe in November or December this year and start recording. Not sure when it will release but we will definitely have a new album soon.
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