Kala

This is an excerpt from the full interview that will be published in issue #1

Interview by Sakis

-Hi Aryo and thanks for the interview.For those who don’t know your band, can you give us a brief history of Kala?

Kala was formed in 2018. At first, It was my black metal duo project with Daniel Mardhany (Darksouls/Ex Deadsquad) but then we changed the concept into a full band after we released our first album “Litany Of Dissonant Souls”in 2019. In, 2021, Daniel Mardhany left the Band, and right now Kala is consist of Aryo as Guitarist, Andrian as Bassist and Litong as Vocalist. We’ve just released our new single “Constant Hollow” last month.

-What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name ’’Kala’’?

I remembered for the first time i saw Interstellar and its magical quotes “I’m not afraid of Death, but I’m Afraid of Time.Thus, to remind me of the quotes, I took name “Kala” because it is often used to refer Time in Indonesia.

-In 2019 you released ‘’Litany of Dissonant Souls’’.What feedback have you received from the underground so far?

We’ve got some good feedback for our first album. We were lucky because because one of the best illustrator in Indonesia, Morrg of Raja Singa, made the artwork for the album. Thus, it boosted the album to be more recognizable.

-You recently released a new single.How would you describe your music progress from the album your until now?Also who did  this amazing cover of  ‘’Constant Hollow’’ single?

Our new single indeed is more complex than our previous material. We are trying to challenge ourselves to explore more music for our new material, therefore we can make our upcoming album more experimental. Yeah for the result,It took 4 years to release a new single hahahaha. Litong, our vocalist, made the artwork of “constant hollow” single. He is so good as an illustrator.