1.Hello Mallika,thanks for taking time for this small interview.How are you today and what are you listening to these days?
Mallika: Hi Avinash,
I'm doing well, thanks. Thanks for your interest in Abnormality.
Lately I've been listening to the new Cephalic Carnage- Xenosapen, Skinless- Trample the Weak Hurdle the Dead, Neuraxis, Cryptopsy, Death, Suffocation, Watain, Cryptopsy, Angel Corpse, Morbid Angel, Deeds of Flesh, Mortal Decay, and more...
Mallika: Hi Avinash,
I'm doing well, thanks. Thanks for your interest in Abnormality.
Lately I've been listening to the new Cephalic Carnage- Xenosapen, Skinless- Trample the Weak Hurdle the Dead, Neuraxis, Cryptopsy, Death, Suffocation, Watain, Cryptopsy, Angel Corpse, Morbid Angel, Deeds of Flesh, Mortal Decay, and more...
2.I have been listening to Abnormality since quite a long time and must say Abnormality's music is a good mixture of Brutality and Technicality.Would you like to tell a brief story of your band?
Mallika: Why, thank you.
Abnormality formed about two years ago. I had been playing in a few projects, and the latest had broken up, I was actively looking to join a serious band on vocals. Jay (ex- Goratory) and Mike (ex- Ascendancy) were in popular local band out of Massachusetts, Teratism. They invited me to do a song with them in a show, for fun and to help me find a band. We had a great time, and after the show Jay and Mike asked me to form a side project with them. We started up Abnormality and found a second guitarist, Jeremy (ex-Iranach). A few months later, Teratism disbanded. Abnormality continues to practice, write and play shows. We are looking for a bass player to complete the lineup.
Mallika: Why, thank you.
Abnormality formed about two years ago. I had been playing in a few projects, and the latest had broken up, I was actively looking to join a serious band on vocals. Jay (ex- Goratory) and Mike (ex- Ascendancy) were in popular local band out of Massachusetts, Teratism. They invited me to do a song with them in a show, for fun and to help me find a band. We had a great time, and after the show Jay and Mike asked me to form a side project with them. We started up Abnormality and found a second guitarist, Jeremy (ex-Iranach). A few months later, Teratism disbanded. Abnormality continues to practice, write and play shows. We are looking for a bass player to complete the lineup.
3.Since how long you have been singing?There are very less female death metal vocalists in the circuit.And i must say your vocals are extremely brutal with perfection.Any inspiration?
Mallika: I have been singing since I was a kid, but as my musical tastes developed, so did my style of singing. I have been playing in metal bands for about 5 years. The first band I joined was Potro, while I was spending a semester in Barcelona, Spain in 2002. When I returned the the U.S. I started looking for new projects.
I aim for a vocal style as brutal as possible. I take inspiration from all my favorite band's vocalists, male and female. Some early female inspirations were Karyn Crisis and Angela Gossow. Today there are more and more women getting involved in the extreme metal scene, and I think it's great.
Mallika: I have been singing since I was a kid, but as my musical tastes developed, so did my style of singing. I have been playing in metal bands for about 5 years. The first band I joined was Potro, while I was spending a semester in Barcelona, Spain in 2002. When I returned the the U.S. I started looking for new projects.
I aim for a vocal style as brutal as possible. I take inspiration from all my favorite band's vocalists, male and female. Some early female inspirations were Karyn Crisis and Angela Gossow. Today there are more and more women getting involved in the extreme metal scene, and I think it's great.
4.Visions,Questions,Epitomize The Weak.....Ultimately amazing tracks.Who write lyrics for Abnormality and who compose the music?
Mallika: The whole band contributes to all the songs. Someone will come up with a riff, or we'll just start jamming and it will turn into a song. Usually it's Jay, Mike and I writing the lyrics. We write separately or as a collaboration. A lot of thought goes into the lyrics, with a range of topics from political subjects, sarcasm and absurdity, to our life experiences. But we think it's important to not take ourselves too seriously.
Mallika: The whole band contributes to all the songs. Someone will come up with a riff, or we'll just start jamming and it will turn into a song. Usually it's Jay, Mike and I writing the lyrics. We write separately or as a collaboration. A lot of thought goes into the lyrics, with a range of topics from political subjects, sarcasm and absurdity, to our life experiences. But we think it's important to not take ourselves too seriously.
5.What would you like to say about the current Death Metal scenario?I mean,there are many talented and creative death metal bands which are still unsigned.
Mallika: I have a great love for the death metal scene. It takes a lot of dedication, skill, and passion to play this type of music, knowing that there is little you can expect in return. You know that people are listening and performing for the right reasons, not because it's "cool" or that they could make a fortune doing it. And it's certainly not for everyone. The metal underground brings people together from all countries and walks of life.
I feel really lucky to live in New England, there are a lot of amazing bands from this area, Suffocation, Skinless, Immolation, Mortal Decay, and some good friends of ours: Goreality, Sexcrement, Deconformity, Soul Remnants, Brutal #2, A Terrible Night for a Curse, Hekseri, Dysentery, Porphyria, to name a few. Yes, there is a lot of unsigned talent, it can be a struggle to get a label's attention. Every day it is getting easier for bands to produce and distribute music on their own.
Mallika: I have a great love for the death metal scene. It takes a lot of dedication, skill, and passion to play this type of music, knowing that there is little you can expect in return. You know that people are listening and performing for the right reasons, not because it's "cool" or that they could make a fortune doing it. And it's certainly not for everyone. The metal underground brings people together from all countries and walks of life.
I feel really lucky to live in New England, there are a lot of amazing bands from this area, Suffocation, Skinless, Immolation, Mortal Decay, and some good friends of ours: Goreality, Sexcrement, Deconformity, Soul Remnants, Brutal #2, A Terrible Night for a Curse, Hekseri, Dysentery, Porphyria, to name a few. Yes, there is a lot of unsigned talent, it can be a struggle to get a label's attention. Every day it is getting easier for bands to produce and distribute music on their own.
6.So any future plans of Abnormality?How about an India Tour?
Mallika: We plan to continue what we've been doing all along, expand our fanbase, look for a label, and hopefully do some touring around the U.S. and Europe. We are going into the studio this winter to record our first full-length album.
I would love to tour India. My father is from Tamil Nadu, it's always nice to visit and see more of his home country. There is such amazing culture and musical history there.
Mallika: We plan to continue what we've been doing all along, expand our fanbase, look for a label, and hopefully do some touring around the U.S. and Europe. We are going into the studio this winter to record our first full-length album.
I would love to tour India. My father is from Tamil Nadu, it's always nice to visit and see more of his home country. There is such amazing culture and musical history there.
7.Thanks for the interview Mallika.Any message you would like to leave for indian metalheads?
Mallika: Hmm. Well if your a metal head in India you must be even rarer than here in the States, so props to you! Afaque
of Infernal Wrath was telling me about some of the hardships of getting shows together, and playing metal in India. I hope the scene keeps growing and gets easier. I look forward to hearing what bands come out of India.
You can listen to Abnormality at www.myspace.com/abnormality06
Thanks again, Avinash, and keep it brutal!
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Stay tuned for my next interview with Shalini,Guitarist Of British Brutal Death Metallers GENOCIDE X
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Mallika: Hmm. Well if your a metal head in India you must be even rarer than here in the States, so props to you! Afaque
of Infernal Wrath was telling me about some of the hardships of getting shows together, and playing metal in India. I hope the scene keeps growing and gets easier. I look forward to hearing what bands come out of India.
You can listen to Abnormality at www.myspace.com/abnormality06
Thanks again, Avinash, and keep it brutal!
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Stay tuned for my next interview with Shalini,Guitarist Of British Brutal Death Metallers GENOCIDE X
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2 comments:
very cool interview avi.... its really cool to see girls arising in death metal scene.... best of luck mallika and abnormality!!
looking forward to read more interviews!! how about exhumation?
I am stuck on the maddening "Visions" on Rock Band 2.
and now I see the amusing news that the singer is half-tamil!
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