Interviews

Forged in the shadowy corners of the French underground, Sektarism has earned a reputation for its raw, unrelenting, and ritualistic approach to metal. With four albums that explore blasphemy, chaos, and the occult, the band has become a force in European extreme music. Their sound fuses atmospheric darkness with...

Few names carry the same weight and mystique as Varathron. Emerging from the primordial fires of the early Greek black metal scene, the band has spent nearly four decades shaping a sound that is both arcane and unmistakably their own—steeped in ritual, melody, and dark atmosphere. From the legendary...

“The only role of this band is to serve ourselves as individuals”, this is how Michael Bertoldini describes the function of Deathless Void, a death/black metal act formed in the Netherlands around 2022. Bertoldini prefers to let chaos define the rules and does not deviate in search of external...

For Nag of the Norwegian black metal band Tsjuder, the path was never meant to bend. It was set early, in 1993, held fast, and followed without compromise. In a scene that often fractures under its own weight, Tsjuder stand as something colder, more deliberate, bound to a vision that...

Czechia has much to say, both in lyrics and in what is brought to the stage. Mallephyr, formed in 2013, stand among these voices. A death and black metal act built on anti-religious themes, authentic and ambitious in equal measure. At the core of their message lies “worship your...

The year 2013 witnessed what dedication in Polish black metal means. Proch, for that is the band in question, wasted no time in bringing their ideas to the fore. Focusing on themes such as anti-Christianity, death, hate, and paganism, the members released two demos, “Urna” and “Promo 2016”, followed by...

From the depths of the French underground, Pénitence Onirique has carved out a unique identity built on atmosphere, introspection, and raw emotional intensity. Blending elements of depressive black metal with post-black textures, the band creates a sound that feels both suffocating and strangely cathartic. Across releases like V.I.T.R.I.O.L., Vestige,...

From the shadows of Costa Rica emerges Umbra Conscientia, a band whose sound blends raw aggression, ritualistic atmosphere, and introspective darkness. Despite hailing from a scene less known for extreme metal, they have carved a place in the global underground through immersive compositions and uncompromising intensity. With two full-length...

In every life, there comes a moment when certain words can no longer be withheld, not out of revenge, nor in pursuit of justice, but because silence itself begins to corrode what remains unspoken. For the French black metal group Malhkebre, that moment surfaced in 2002. What followed was...