MUNTAH DARAH is no more a young band. Formed back in October 2010, they are here in the scene for about 8 years by now, and getting matured with time. The band has vomitted 3 essential releases so far; “Pemerintah Durjana” demo, “Operasi Bangkai” Split CD, and the sought-after “From Bastard To Bastard” MCD. It’s great to hear that they are now working on the new EP. For more precise, here’s an interview made with this grindcore band from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (a state in East Malaysia). – Interview by Harshziqr [04.09.2018]
Hello! Any recent news to share about your band Muntah Darah?
Hello Fast As Fuck zine!! Thanks for having us in your zine. We’re currently working on our new EP and hopefully it will be released end of this year. We’re also gonna play a local metal gig this September and also for PROGIG Borneo in December.
What inspired you to form Muntah Darah, and who’s the current band lineup?
Our inspiration for making this band happened when touring bands such as Damokis (MAL), Rajasinga (IND), Wormrot (SG) played here in Sabah. We were blown with their energy, intensity and fastness during their live performance. As soon as we saw that, we decided to make a grindcore band. Muntah Darah first line up is Wan (Vox), Hery (Guitar), Basri (Bass), and Jerry (Drums). After 5 years of slow progression, we decided to play as a 3 piece band with Wan (Vox), Basri (Guitars) and Jerry (Drums).
How do you define your music, and name some of the bands that really influenced Muntah Darah?
We just play straight forward grindcore with a bit of punk and hardcore influences. Our influences are band such as Napalm Death (old), Nasum, Phobia, Rotten Sound, Magrudergrind and a lot more.
What were written and expressed within your lyrics?
Our lyrics are basically about social issues, corruption, oppression, abuse of power, war and genocide, life experiences.
Tell us in details about your recordings and releases so far?
- 2011: Pemerintah Durjana Demo (Recorded at BMT Studio, Mix and Mastered by BMT Studio). Self-released demo and limited to 50 copies only.
- 2012: Operasi Bangkai Split CD (Tracks taken from our Pemerintah Durjana Demo). Split CD with Ipoh Grindkotor, Bahajang.
- 2013: From Bastard to Bastard MCD (Recorded at BMT Studio, Mix by BMT Studio, Mastered by Agigi Bob). Mini Album released by Grundar Production. Shout out to Mr. Prop from Grundar Production for helping us a lot with the MCD releases!!
For this upcoming EP, we’re going to record at Route33 studio and it will be engineered by Mr. Tajul Andez aka TJ. Hopefully it will run smoothly and successfully.
Do you play gigs oftenly? Any memorable and best shows ever?
We’re currently not very active in playing gigs due to other commitments such as family and works. But we were very active in 2012 and 2013. Hopefully after this new EP released, we’ll be more active like before. The most memorable shows we ever played was during the Grundar Production tour in 2013. We learned a lot during the tour because we are the youngest band that join the tour. The best shows we ever played is Sabah Death Fest 1 and Tribute to Nirvana gig.
Would you like to share something about the grindcore / gore / deathgrind scene in Malaysia?
In our opinion, the grindcore scene here is very healthy and growing. A lot of younger kids are getting interested in grindcore and started to form a band. Hopefully they will become very active and start to release physical materials. There’s a lot of good grindcore bands in Malaysia such as Tools Of The Trade, Compulsion to Kill, Rotgut, Kasrakass, Unadulterated Parasites and a lot more. Recently, Tools Of The Trade from Malaysia toured Europe and they also played in Obscene Extreme Festival. Do check them out if you haven’t yet!! They’re fucking tight live!!
Thanks for your time. Last words?
Once again thank you so much for having us in your zine. We really appreciate it. Thanks also to everyone who never quits supporting us from day one until now. Our upcoming EP is on the work so you guys better be ready because it sounded much heavier than our old releases!! Last words from us, KEEP IT GRIND!!
