We're talking tour, first album and future projects with Naraka!

It's a tradition at Distrolution Merch. Each month, we present a band that we have decided to highlight and this month, we invite you to discover the French metal band, Naraka!

Photo: Brice Hincker

Hello, Naraka! Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions! Can you introduce your band to our readers?

Naraka is a recent metal band with thrash, death, and symphonic black death influences. The first album "In Tenebris" was released in October 2021 via Blood Blast / Nuclear Blast for digital and via Season of Mist for physical copies.

You just finished a great tour across 12 countries. Tell us about your experience!

Incredible experience! Opening for Cradle of Filth and Alcest was simply surreal, a true human experience, and it allowed Naraka to introduce the first album to many people!

Is there a concert that particularly stood out to you during this tour?

The Toulouse concert was great! Moreover, in our country, the audience was responsive from the very first notes, a really cool date ;)

How do you keep up the pace on such an intensive tour?

That's for sure, especially since we, as an opening band, don't have a tour bus. We travel in a van, so over more than 12,000 km, fatigue and stress are very present, but despite that, the moments on stage remain magical!

A year ago, you unveiled your first album "In Tenebris". How long did you work on this album?

About 2 years, the work began with the creation of the band in 2018 and ended in 2020. The final mixing took place during the first lockdown, after that, of course, we couldn't go out and do concerts right away due to the pandemic.

Naraka - Debut album In Tenebris Artwork - By Seth Siro

How would you describe your usual composition process?

Everything starts with a riff, what I would call a main riff, where there isn't necessarily any vocals, then the rest of the riffs that will accompany the vocals come naturally. The main riff remains important in the composition process, it can come just like that in your head or on the guitar while warming up.

Let's talk about merch. Is there an item (merch, pressing, stage equipment) that you give particular importance to? If so, which one?

Having beautiful visuals for merch is very important to us, because the visual remains the thing that attracts people first when they don't know the music yet.

The final word is yours!

Thank you and thanks to Distrolution Merch for the superb work done in creating our backdrop for the stage! ;)