Me: What is the story behind Stark Denial? How did you all come together?
Stark Denial: Formed in 2006, official with a lot of line-up changes, we played first live show in 2009.
In 2006 we had Kunal (Vocals),Ruark (Guitar), Joshua (Bass) and Yash (Drums/Ex- Exhumation).
2007: Kunal (Vocals), Ruark (Guitar), Sylvester (Keyboards), Wilroy (Bass), Abhinav (Drums/Ex-Necrosis).
2008: Kunal (Vocals and Drums), Ruark (Guitar), Sylvester (Keyboards), Shrikant Sreenivasan (Guitar), Rohit Razdan (Bass).
Early 2009: Kunal (Vocals), Ruark (Guitar), Appay (Guitar), Rohit (Bass), Souvik (Drums).
Winter 2009 - Current: Kunal (Vocals), Ruark (Guitar), Vaibhav (Guitar), Felix (Bass), Souvik (Drums).
We all met with a common interest in forming a Black Metal band.
Me: What is the story behind the name of the band?
Stark Denial: We were chilling out when Kunal played an Angel Corpse album and played the song Black Solstice, from whose lyrics we derived the name Stark Denial.
Me: Where is the new album being recorded?
Stark Denial: As of now we are concentrating on gigging and coming up with new material as much as we can. But an album is definitely on its way.
Me: Tell me a bit about what Stark Denial sounds like. How will you describe your music?
Stark Denial: We are primarily influenced by Immortal, Marduk, Dark Funeral, Satyricon and other Black Metal greats. But we try to keep up with the time and introduce different elements in the music.
Me: Can you tell us how Stark Denial write songs/music?
Stark Denial: Most of us being working class guys, we do our homework so that we can maximize the output of our jam. We share our ideas as we jam and come up with songs.
Me: What do lyrics deal with?
Stark Denial: Personal and day to day life experiences, war, human negativity and hatred.
Me: How was your experience playing with outstation bands?
Stark Denial: Playing with foreign bands is always a good experience, and we are proud to carry the baton of Indian Extreme Metal bands. We will make sure that we stick to our roots and deliver a kick-ass performance.
Me: How is the metal scene in Mumbai?
Stark Denial: Ever since Razz Rhino's shut, the metal scene was dormant to the point of extinction. But with the arrival of B69 and revival of the Mumbai metal scene , extreme metal bands like Stark Denial got an opportunity to spread our music and the genre in general.
Me: What would you like to say about the Black Metal scene in India?
Stark Denial: In India, there are very few black metal bands. As the metal scene itself is not that big with a domination in popular genres such as metalcore, death metal and heavy metal in general. But we have had the good fortune of playing with other black metal bands from many cities in India as well as a couple of international bands.
Me: Anything you want to add?
Ruark: Live for music and die for music.
Kunal: Till the time we are around, we will deliver our best by raising the bar of black metal music in India.
Felix: No gods. No prisoners.
Vaibhav: I Appreciate the response that Stark Denial has got in and around Mumbai. So guys keep it coming.
Souvik: Blasting all the way. Keep it black. Keep it dark! (Bhokachoda).
Stark Denial is:
Kunal Gonsalves: Vocals
Vaibhav Pani: Guitars
Ruark D'Souza: Guitars
Felix D'souza: Bass
Souvik Roy: Drums
Check them out at http://www.reverbnation.com/starkdenial
