Mixing old school elements and modern metal sounds
Constellation band members chat with Joshua Surendraraj about creating an authentic sound and releasing an album this year
In a bid to create a unique sound ‘Constellation’, Sri Lanka’s upcoming progressive metal band has come a long way since winning the coveted TNL Onstage trophy in 2014, and this week we got a chance to catch up with them.
Since winning Onstage, ‘Constellation’ played live gigs consistently and kept recording new material. “Ever since then, the lineup has gone through quite a few changes, and funnily enough, it’s only now, in 2019, that the lineup feels perfect to us,” Eshantha Perera, the band’s vocalist tells us.
‘Pillar of light,’ their latest single had the heavy metal community in the country a buzz, ever since it was released in November last year (2018). So we thought it apt to begin our chat with an insight into their music.
The aim was to set a standard for the recording quality in Sri Lanka, Eshantha recalls. This was simply
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founded on a belief that the metal music produced in Sri Lanka, not just by Constellation, but by any other band can set high standards in the international arena.
The underlying themes for their music have always revolved around being somewhat anti-political, and also challenging the concept of organised religion.” It’s not that we’re against religion by any means; some of us are Catholics. But we like to challenge the delusion that a lot of people have within organized religion,” Eshantha says.
‘Pillar of light’ is the perfect example of what their material is like. Eshantha tells us, the single has acts to it. In a sense, different parts of the song signify a variation