Shillong artist Nangsan Lyngwa (who goes by his first title as an artist) brings again the loss of life metallic sound he was recognized for fronting erstwhile metal band Plague Throat, on his new track “Fracture Beliefs.”
The blistering track is from Nangsan’s upcoming four-track EP Altered Senses, which releases by way of Subcontinental Records on Oct. 5, 2024. “Fracture Beliefs” and the remainder of the EP songs function Russian drummer Vladimir aka Blastbeatology and bassist Arun Natarajan from Bengaluru prog metallic band Eccentric Pendulum (and founding father of Subcontinental Records).
Nangsan’s new track was a number of years within the works. It follows his wide-ranging singles from 2023 together with “Hollow” and “Forlorn Figure.” He says, “With the solo project, you’ve heard a variety of songs. But for this [EP], I waited for the right time, because I had an idea of releasing something similar to Plague Throat – that fanbase is still there, waiting for me to do something similar. I’ve always kept that in mind, that I will release something in that [death metal] sound.”
It was in the course of the lockdown that songs for Altered Senses had been made, remotely working with Natarajan and Blastbeatology. “I was looking to record an EP. I had other songs, but it didn’t feel right, man. That’s when I realized that this is the sound I’ve been looking for all this while and found it to fit into the EP,” Nangsan provides.
Thematically, “Fracture Beliefs” attracts from the concept of individuals readily accepting completely different gods. Nangsan says, “You jump from one faith to another, you denounce your former god. If you have faith, you don’t do that, right? Which god is real if you’re jumping from one faith to the other? I think people all over the world are doing that – they don’t know what they believe in, they’re so confused about themselves. That’s why there’s so many fractures in our society right now.”
Nangsan’s reply is easy when it comes to those that bask in non secular superiority. “Humanity comes first and then you can believe whatever you want. Especially in our country, we’re so divided by religion,” he provides.
Watch the ‘Fracture Beliefs’ lyric video under.
The artist will carry out the monitor on Jul. 17, as a part of open-air live performance Hessian Aggression: The Gathering in Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya. Headlined by German metallic stalwarts Defeated Sanity, the day-long gig will even embrace Hyderabad/Bengaluru thrash-death metallers Godless (on their final tour with vocalist Kaushal L.S.), Sikkim noise/grindcore act Konflicts, Darjeeling brutal loss of life metallers Estrotomy and Shillong’s thrash metallers Eternal Scorn.
Nangsan, who can be among the many core organizers of the occasion, will step up first on the lineup to carry out after which return to operating the present with the workforce. He says the concept to do an open-air live performance had been within the works since December final yr and clicked when Godless bassist Abbas Razvi supplied Defeated Sanity to them.
The present will little doubt take lots to pull off – and Nangsan is upfront that they’ll run right into a loss – however they’re doing it for the “legacy” of metallic in Shillong. While Hessian Aggression – initially held in indoor venues equivalent to The Evening Club in Shillong – will take a break after this July version, Nangsan says he’ll proceed writing music and may do a tour to assist Altered Senses EP.
