UK black metal crew The Infernal Sea talk forthcoming London show, tribalism and brand new material
With the crippling double-whammy of COVID-19 and Brexit leaving this lonely little isle largely bereft of overseas black metal talent, we...
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Russian black metal horde Second to Sun talk creative motivation, mysticism and brand new material
In an age of heavily marketised trends, overnight superstardom and vapid, attention-seeking celebrities, the concept of forging a...
Polish extreme metal titans Hate talk epic 12th album 'Rugia' and forthcoming tour plans
Having amassed a whopping 12 albums of epic, darkly brutalising carnage forged over more than 30 years of relentless, boundary-pushing...
Necronautical frontman talks genre-smashing fourth album and triumphant return to UK tour circuit
With its mind-boggling array of purist codes and conventions, elevated icons and genre-defining legends, few subgenres are harder to...
Year of No Light guitarist Jérôme Alban talks mesmerising fourth album 'Consolamentum'
If humankind’s consistently mindless, self-serving and hatefully bigoted behaviour during these continually troubled times has taught us...
French black metal masters Seth discuss making of epic sixth album ‘La Morsure du Christ’
Whether shielding child sex offenders, seizing control of women’s reproductive rights or being used to legitimise a host of bloodthirsty...
PROFITS OF DOOM: Anaal Nathrakh's Dave Hunt reflects on darkly prophetic 11th album 'Endarkenment'
As far as inspiring dark and thoroughly disquieting feats of artistic brilliance goes, suffice it to say that the year 2020 has done a...
Dutch extreme metal crew Soulburn talk post-apocalyptic fourth album ‘Noa's d'Ark’
In a scene riddled with woefully uninspiring posers and pretenders, there are certain bands that have a rare knack for cutting straight...
Mancunian wrecking crew Ingested talk newly-remastered 2006 EP, touring plans and turning 15
One of the few silver linings of lockdown has been the opportunity to stick something brutalising on the stereo, roll up our sleeves and...
US doom metallers Pulchra Morte discuss making of pivotal second album ‘Ex Rosa Ceremonia’
Forging music out of the darkest, most unspeakably tortured and broken parts of ourselves has long been something of an occupational...