Acrid Semblance is one rare entity in India, as in they’re a Death Metal band from Delhi, which is very refreshing!! And rumors are that they will be releasing a demo cd soon, so Metal India decided to catch up with them for a short interview.
Acrid Semblance is a very new band on the Delhi circuit right? So many people dunno about you, can u tell the deatheads something about your band?
First of all, we are not exactly Death Metal. We are a melody based Metal band. Yes we are a new band, formed around July 2002.
I’ve heard that you’ve also recently recorded a demo cd. Is that true? When do u plan on releasing the same?
Yeah, it’s called Soul Corrosion. It will be released soon.
Will you be looking for a label to release the demo or will it a D.I.Y. release?
D.I. Ourselves
I have seen you guys play last year at IIT-Delhi and it’s quite an impressive performance. It was quite sad that you guys couldn’t qualify! Where else have you played after that, & where all do you plan on playing soon?
Well after IIT we went to Pilani, not a very good experience (har har har), we will be playin’ at NSIT and DCE in Feb.
Your sound is very similar to popular band ‘Children of Bodom’ I felt! Any comments?
Well we do like COB a lot but I think we are more into melody than aggression.
Can you tell me of other Delhi metal ands in the making, as I haven’t been to a concert in Delhi in ages! And its very good to see as Delhi DM band record quite quickly after forming, will this demo be the end or will you strive for a full length release shortly?
Again we aren’t a death metal band, and we aren’t stopping on just a demo at this point. We are already through with 3 new songs for our first album. As far as Delhi metal scene goes, we don’t think that too many Delhi bands are interested in metal of any kind, it’s more like hype than music, but again we would be glad to have a really awesome metal band from Delhi (too many from Bangalore and Mumbai), its reckoning day for Delhi we guess!
How frequently does Acrid Semblance jam? And who came up with that name? Do you prefer playing your own compositions more or covers?
Initially we started w/ 5 -day a week schedule but as we all are pursuing technical education so we had to cope w/ our respective colleges, so now its just on weekends but we guess its enough for us as we have tremendous chemistry among ourselves. The name of the band was Anubhav’s and his divine sumthing’s (???????????) idea, it’s a cool name so we don’t mind (har har har). Well definitely originals but we don’t mind a real cool cover once in a while.
Can you name some other Indian/Asian bands that you respect/like? What bands influence Acrid Semblance as a band?
we like bands who don’t compromise like certain other bands who thrive on hype. We like bands like Fate, Mindsnare, MPD, Infinite dreams, and these guys really know their stuff. As far as influences are concerned we are heavily influenced by Children Of Bodom (but obvious), In Flames, Death, Stratovarius, Maiden, Satch, Marty Friedman, Sonata Arctica and Symphony X.
What do you make of the Indian metal scene, as a band? Any last comments for Metal India?
well not too bright right now cuz no 1 is tryin to do anything new or fresh, it’s either maiden or Metallica (we mean life doesn’t stop here at these bands, there are so many other GREAT bands). Last comment…UP THE IRONS!!!!!!
Thanx Acrid Semblance for this interview! Good luck to you guys!
Interview By : Riju (psychoray@hotmail.com)