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off, can you talk about India. It's really not common to
hear a band, grind or whatever coming from India. Is there
a scene in India?
India
is a very,very large country with the world's second largest
population! so people here just fuck and fuck and fuck some
more!!!!hhhhaa..it is a really beautiful country which is
going waste at the hands of corrupt politcians like everywhere
else!!!
There is no underground scene here!!!! its very sad but
there are hardly handful of bands which play true underground
extreme music! most bands play 80's heavy/thrash metal,
they are more image conscious (how they dress, what they
look like) and play covers or horrible "so-called"
originals which sound like very bad covers!people here refuse
to listen to anything other than Iron Maiden, Slayer and
Metallica!!!! They are not open minded and when we give
them an underground CD to listen to..they are more like..hey,
Metallica are cool...why are these guys singing about pathology/death
etc!there are no platforms for us to play gigs,shows,concerts!gay-rock
is what is accepted and people just love to dance to the
beats!!!!
How
and when did you get into grind & death metal?
i got
into the scene about 13 years ago..when i was about 12 years
old! I worshipped Black Sabbath and that was it...the people
in my school told me i was insane...and people now after
13 years still say the same...am fucking insane!!!!! hhhhhaaa....
i got into Death metal around 10 years ago and grindcore
about 9 years ago! Napalm Deaths-Peel Sessions was my first
grind tape!
Why
did you form Conflicting Theories?
3 years
ago!myself and Jim always had this project in mind for quite
some time and when the other 2 members from Dying Embrace
were busy with work we got down to doing this!!!we have
another project too..a real sick gore-grind project called
"Gruesome Malady".it was planned 2 years ago and
finally it is taking shape and we are getting material ready
to record a demo!
Who
are the members and what is ex-Engorged Ben part in the
band?
We are
a 3 piece band,Jimmy Palkhivala on Guitars,myself on Drums
and Ben Vargas on Vox, we have a live sessions bass player
called Samarth. Ben plays a real vital part in the bands
sound and concept etc! we call him"the visionary"!!!!
hhhaa
Your
style is very bizarre and quite original. How do you compose
the songs and what do you have in mind when doing so (influences
maybe?)
Jimmy
and Ben do most of the composing!!we have very crazy influences,each
of us are into different styles and genres of metal,so you
can say Conflicting Theories is an apt moniker..the convergence
of various influences and styles. Jim is more into polished
and technical death grind and metal,i love porn/gore-grind
and grindcore anything which is filthy,raw as fuck kinda
shit and Ben is into really crazy stuff!!so when we compose
the tracks come out to be very, very twisted, bizarre and
yet original!
The
songs are intertwined with a couple movie intros... What
are these movies? Are you a film buff? Do you have fave
movies and stuff?
Yeah!!!
we all are movie buffs!!!!Ben being the biggest among us!
nothing like some great old sick horror films!!!! most samples
on the album are taken from this particular movie-Vengeance
Of The Zombies, we all have our own favorite movies, i personally
love Fulci's City Of The Living Dead, Zombi Holocaust, Brain
Dead and not to forget Evil Dead are among my best ever.
So;
is there a Conflicting Theories release in the plans? Did
you find a label to release your stuff yet?
We have
a full length recorded with 16 bizarre mind numbing insane
grind tracks, it is yet to be mastered,it was partly recorded
here in India and in the USA, it was mixed by Ben at Black
Lake Studios in the USA, we are looking for a label to release
our stuff! we are sending out promo copies to lotta labels
who are intrested in releasing this kinda bizarre twisted
grind!!we had a offer to be on a split CD to be released
by a Czech label but the material we have is soo unique
we felt it can stand on its own on a CD!!
Did
you already played live gigs, or are you planning to play
live any day?
Yes!
we have played live gigs! we dont have many happening here
in India!most of them are held as stupid music competitions
by universities and its really fun to go and grind the place
down!!!
You
have a side-band into doom.. Can you talk a bit about that?
Sure!
Thats our first band,we play very dark doom/death metal!we
have been around for 10 years now!i do vocals there and
Jimmy plays the guitars!its called-"Dying Embrace"
we have an 7" ep titled "Misanthrope" out
just now thru French label-Legion Of Death!and our full
length 12" "Serenades Of Depravity" will
be out mostly by the end of the year through American label-Nuclear
War Now!
And
that's it I guess. Sorry, it's quite short... If I forgot
to ask something important, feel free to address the issue
now... Any last comment?
Mega-grinding
thanx to you!! Pierre,for the interview!!all the best with
your zine/label!!! you guys are the true life-vein of the
underground!!!! support forever!!!! all bands/fans and supporters
of the true underground..get in touch and email us..we reply
to all mails!!
ADDRESS-
Vikram Bhat
Ullas Refreshments
1 floor, Public Utility Building
M.G.Road,bangalore-560001
INDIA
conflictingtheories@angelfire.com
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