Interviews

Greece has never been short of death metal, but the members of Serement have chosen to let black metal’s more vicious impulses seep into the old-school foundations of their sound. Formed in 2022 by Andreas and Manolis , formerly of Blessed by Perversion, they wasted little time putting...

What do Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical drawings, Sumerian mythology, Lovecraftian horrors and extreme metal have in common? For Turkish band Khepra, they are all ingredients in a creative formula that leaves little room for simplicity. Their unconventional vision came into focus on “Cosmology Divine”, released in 2016, a year...

In 2020, three musicians set out to play war metal under the name Warslaughter, with thrash metal influences also part of the original plan. As the years passed, the project went through changes, including the departure of original member Fleshripper, whose other bands left him with little time to...

Norwegian avant-garde metal has produced its share of distinctive voices, with Vulture Industries standing among the names that have shaped its more experimental side since 2003. Their music brings together dark atmospheres and theatrical elements, while their songs examine the strange times we live in, often leaning towards the...

More than 30 years after forming Sear Bliss, András Nagy is still writing music, playing live and looking towards the future. The band from Hungary marked the 30th anniversary of “Phantoms” this year, an album that its vocalist, bassist and keyboardist can still look at with pride, especially because...

Byzantine emperors, medieval battlefields and the Crusades are not exactly the subjects one would expect to encounter on a metalpunk record. Yet this is precisely where the Romanian members of Vömitt, active since 2021, find their inspiration, bringing a fascination with the Eastern Roman Empire together with speed metal,...

For Green Carnation, making music means giving 100%. There is no room for compromise when it comes to creating something they can be truly satisfied with. And if you want to see just how far that commitment can be taken, you only have to listen to “A Dark Poem”...

The year of 2026 has been an exceptionally productive one for Ruyned. The Romanian band, formed in 2023 and dedicated to thrash and death metal, to which they add a touch of black metal, are now collaborating with Osmose Productions and promoting their album “Profanum Sacrificium”, released a few...

Speed, black, thrash and heavy metal meet in the music of Belgian band Bütcher, where old-school devotion comes with a distinctly unruly streak. Yet, when it comes to deciding what makes it onto a Bütcher song, vocalist R Hellshrieker keeps it simple: “We either feel it’s «our» material or...