Brazen Molok is a four-piece metal band from Raipur, Chattisgarh. They’re one of the upcoming metal outfits from India that show appreciable musical acumen. The band has played at various events across the country and are soon going to release their debut full-length album. Indian Metal Scene recently had a conversation with them where they spoke about their music, ideology and experiences. Read here:
IMS: Please introduce the band to us. Tell us a bit about how you decided to form the band.
Brazen Molok: Brazen Molok is a re-incarnated outfit of what was known earlier as Devil Lies on Strings (D-LOS). We all were from same city and hardcore metalheads. We started with covering some rock bands like GnR and then some metal bands. When we started performing metal we were appreciated well enough. So that’s how we entered into metal.
IMS: Please tell us about your perception of death metal. What made you choose this sub genre in particular?
Brazen Molok: Death metal is something we can completely connect to. How we write the lyrics and execute it musically is what we actually think about it. Death metal helps us to expressed our feeling and approach towards society.
IMS: How do you write your music? Is there any compositional process that you follow or is it spontaneous?
Brazen Molok: Sarthak, our guitarist starts with writing the riffs and then our drummer Nikhil sits along for jam sessions to create a basic structure. Once it’s done, our bassist Taran composes his parts and at last, Saurabh writes the lyrics.
IMS: What are the lyrical themes your music incorporates? What is their relevance?
Brazen Molok: Our lyrical themes are all about shared experiences as like-minded people despite being culturally different.
IMS: What importance
does Brazen Molok attach to ideology when it comes to making death metal?
Brazen Molok: Our ideology speaks for the poor and oppressed. We oppose racism, casteism and the rich/poor divide. So, we believe we are at war with the society that thinks otherwise. It is the genre which shows us the easiest way to express our aggression, our thoughts about the wrongdoings in society.
IMS: Please tell us about bands or artists you derive inspiration from.
Brazen Molok: Actually all of us have different tastes in music. But our biggest influences are Dying Fetus, Cattle Decapitation, Cannibal Corpse and all heavy/death metal bands. And from the Indian metal scene, we follow Undying Inc., Bhayanak Maut and Gutslit.
IMS: Do you have any non-musical influences? Literature, movies, real life experiences etc….
Brazen Molok: The wrongdoings in society led us to write death metal. Our music seeks to resist that.
IMS: What’s cooking. in the camp? Tell us about your upcoming release. Any shows anytime soon?
Brazen Molok: Yeah, we are working on our full length album which is going to be released by April of 2017. Just a few songs are left to be be recorded. And recently we played at Alpviraam 5.0. It’s a local gig here. We will soon be getting back to recording the album. We are done with all the songs and have recorded two of them as demos at a local studio called Omania. We are planning to hit the studio again in February 2017.
IMS: Please share with us memorable experiences from your journey so far as Brazen Molok.
Brazen Molok: After forming the band, we traveled and performed in many parts of the country. But the best experience was sharing stage with Demonic Resurrection at IIT BHU.
And everyone loves the Pune metal scene and recently we performed at Stromfest IV-Deccan Rock pre gig in Pune. That was one of those great times we had with the band.
IMS: How well is your music accepted in Chattisgarh? Is there a growing metal scene in your hometown? Tell us a bit about it.
Brazen Molok: People appreciate our music which is the most important thing for us and it encourages us to continue our music as a death metal band. Few year’s ago the metal scene over here was very small..like we had only 5-6 people who knew what Metal is. But today, the scene here is growing. Musicians support Metal, whether they play indie rock, classical or Bollywood stuff. Our last gig saw around 220 people in the house which was great!
IMS: Any message you might have for our readers..
Brazen Molok: We just wanna say, do support local metal bands, and please pay to see local bands on stage because we work very hard for every set of 30 minutes. Support metal in India and help the scene grow!
IMS: Thank you for your time. We wish you all the best!
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