French extreme metallers from Skaphos bring to light a new album entitled Cult of Uzura via Transcending Obscurity Records. Band’s vocalist and guitarist, Stephan ”Valross” Le Lepraux, discussed ...
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Written interviews
Alukta was born in mourning and ritual – how did personal grief shape the sound and feel of Merok? Did music become its own kind of rite for ...
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Hi there! At what point did you realize ILL GEARED wasn’t just another project, but something you had to make happen? Tatu: It was pretty much at the ...
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Hi Ramón! “Absence” isn’t just a title — it’s a whole emotional state. When did this idea first start haunting you, and how did it become an album? ...
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The title Villa Solitude suggests something both grand and isolated. What first inspired that name — was it a particular image, feeling, or idea? The funny thing is ...
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Hi! Black metal’s usually tied to cold, Nordic landscapes, but you guys came up in Havana. How did your Cuban roots shape the sound of Ancestor of Kaos, ...
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Hi! The new EP – what are you stabbing at this time around? Is it an evolution, a regression into something uglier, or just another excuse to tear ...
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Hi Ron! Going from solo to full band – did that shift the energy or just crank it up? The energy is cranked up for sure. I still ...
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Hi there! U KRONAKH started as a solo thing. Has involving more people changed how you write, or is it still mostly in your head until the final ...
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How’s Iceland’s scene shaping the music you guys make? We arrived into the scene with our earliest material already finished and had not really been involved before that. ...
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Hi! “Swarming Angels & Flies” kicks off with a massive impact. How did you capture that raw energy, and what does it represent for the rest of the ...
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Neon Nightmare’s debut album, Faded Dream, is a raw and emotional blend of heavy metal, goth, and psychedelic sounds. Drawing inspiration from the industrial grit of Birmingham and ...
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With their latest album, XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek (The Beautiful Dreams Are Yet to Come), Thy Catafalque invites listeners on an introspective journey through nostalgia, Hungarian ...
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Celebrating their 10th anniversary, DISTANT is releasing Tsukuyomi: The Origin – a fresh take on their debut EP with brand-new tracks, reimagined originals, and guest appearances from Matthew ...
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Mörk Gryning, one of the foundational names in Swedish Black Metal, is gearing up for the release of their seventh album, Fasnornas Tid. In this interview, Draakh (vocalist, ...
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CRYPTOPSY announces the reissue of The Book of Suffering: Tome I and Tome II, available for the first time as a combined vinyl release. Set to drop via ...
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Hi! What’s the biggest inspiration behind Ominous Game? Were there any non-music influences? Hey Stanley! William here – So, the inspiration for Ominous Game came from a few ...
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Hi there! Lille, you’ve been driving Defeated Sanity since the very beginning. How has your approach to songwriting and composition evolved since the band’s early days? When Wolf ...
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I had the pleasure to conduct an interview with Raaf Atasi, the man behind Anomic, which recently signed with Wormholedeath Records for the release of Anomic’s debut EP ...
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Hi! You originally started as “Lava” but later became “Lava Abyss.” What inspired the name change, and how does it reflect the band’s evolution? At first, when I ...
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