INTERVIEWS
Unleashing the Abyss: Delve into the Darkest Realms of Metal
Journey with Chort The Crop Infestor and Chernoglav The Hero With The Silver Moustache as they venture into the heart of metal's blackest artistry as we unveil the untold stories of legendary icons and unearth the rising stars that dwell within the depths. From the darkest of black metal, to the relentless brutality of death metal, of speed and thrash to the timeless echoes of NWOBHM, our interviews forge an unbreakable connection to the essence of TRVE METAL.
From Rituals to Rage: An Unholy Communion with Savarak of Andakt
"Be yourself, no rules. Stay true to your identity. Keep on recording, making albums and play live."
Emyn Muil: Tales from Tolkien
“I see myself much more in an amphitheater or an abandoned castle in the middle of nature, setting up the show like a sort of sequential tale, staged with scenery and animated sequences in the background, preferably with an accompanying orchestra.”
…And Oceans: Symphonic Dynamism & Frenzied Viciousness
“We have always done music on our own terms and not being afraid of how people would take it.”
Gravpel: Power to the Filthy Masses
One could think that living under the impression of Nazis about 70 years ago should have left an impact, but that’s just wishful thinking. Fascism works because it’s so easy to blame others, and fighting against this will always be a nuisance in the view of these people.
Embracing Chaos: Hath's Musical Transmutation
“Lithopaedic came from a dream that Frank had. Lithopaedic deals with discovering an alternate self in a parallel world, and challenging or reckoning with that self. Afterward a stronger version of yourself emerges at the behest of some mysterious force of chaos and change.“
Ulthar: Utter Cosmic Metal Insanity
“Technology has ruined everything already, now it will even ruin art. We are doomed as a species, and we deserve it. Fucking stupid arrogant humans. We have way bigger things to worry about than the metal scene.”
Echoes of Spirit: A Deep Dive with Nate Garrett of Spirit Adrift
“All of the artists that are worth their shit, they maybe had like ups and downs in their career, but the only way that they've ever been satisfied is by knowing internally that they made something that they really wanted to make that was unaffected by any sort of, outside influence.”
Ghost Bath: Honing the Art of Despair
“Finding fans who have tattooed our logo or cover art on themselves has been pretty crazy. I’ve had fans come tell me how they wanted to kill themselves and my art has helped them with that.”
Afsky: A Journey From Grief to Beauty
“I did care a lot when I was younger what people thought of me, but I do not anymore...I don’t judge anyone for their choices or for what they like or do. When you accept that, I think it's way more easy to just go through life curious and make out of it what you want.”
Nebran - The Franconian Black Heart
“I'm inspired by topics like the middle ages, nature and very personal, dark things that happened in my life. ”
Odiar: Narco Black Metal
“Narco life is here to stay so why shouldn't I make music about it if that’s how I grew up? It’s not fake, it’s real, I wanna make music that I myself and others that grew up in the USA, Latin America and other parts of the world can relate to.”
Behemoth: Kings Ov Merch
“For us, in the first place there is always quality and customer satisfaction. Profit is also important, because we live from what we do, but our business is NOT profit-driven. It’s quality-driven.”
Hellripper: Blazing Black’n’Speed
“The biggest driving force for everything Hellripper is simply my enjoyment of doing it! I’m very grateful for the support people give me and I’m glad people like the music.”
Ellende: The Rose Upon The Grave
“We incorporated a lot of harsh imagery and completely avoided showing any of us musicians. As the song intends, it should slightly drain and confuse the viewer with a somewhat sober perspective of our world.”
Kanonenfieber: The War to End All Wars.
“Propaganda was everything back then [WWI]. People were told glorious stories about pride, dignity and honor. In the end, most of them died in the mud, torn apart by shells.”
Mānbryne: Finding a Meaning in the Void
“I believe that regardless of our advancement as human species and as a society, there’s no way of finding something that can universally be described as “meaning”.”
Blackbraid: A New Spirit In The Adirondack Mountains
“Metal is based in emotion and conflict, which indigenous people are no strangers to, so I think a lot of us are drawn to music like metal or punk from a very early age.”
Minenwerfer: Mud, Snow, and Guts
[In reference to war] “Don’t ever expect for it to end. It never will. ”
Aesthus: Finnish & Blood-Drenched in His Name
“I think it's pretty obvious that Finnish black metal and Finnish melancholy drive us all. All of us listen to a lot of various music besides black metal and all that stuff influences us.”
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