Bit Meseri The Incantation – Spectrum Mortis Art: Khaos Diktator Design Our record revolves around Mesopotamian culture. Our idea was to investigate and inquire into that culture and civilisation. The curious thing about this process was to see how it is easy to establish parallels between that culture and the current one despite the physical…
Of Boötes Void Death Spell – Reincarnated Art: Festering Phlegm Each individual has their own beliefs, and society should be secular. Doom metal is a way for us to express our grievances towards the world we live in. We don’t dabble in narcotics, so we can’t relate to that aspect; we generally seek inspiration from…
With: Brian Magar, Rebecca Magar Art: Rebecca Magar HMA: Tell us about the album title and lyrics. Brian: The album title ‘Of Fire and Sorcery’ is taken from the last vocal line delivered on the album (minus the ‘Iron Spider’ bonus track). All of the lyrics revolve around the Warlock pictured on the cover (some…
Flesh Crusade – Zach Smith Art: Grant Hatfield As a writer, you should be able to use anything as inspiration. If someone wants to write about something in a particular way, they should be able to, and freely. Some of the greatest literary works of the last few hundred years have had ties to what…
Cult Burial by Simon Cult Burial is a blackened death metal band from London. Formed in early 2020, the self-titled debut album ‘Cult Burial’ was released later the same year. Cult Burial’s album debuted via Decibel magazine and featured in many year-end best-of lists. The band is a studio project and something I’d wanted to…
Puritan, Masochism by Sara Helena Nørregaard When we signed the deal in 2018, we only had a few finished tracks, so we were far from going into the studio. Since we had quite many concerts in 2018, we didn’t have a lot of time to work on the album. Half of the record was made…
Descending Pillars by John Hancock Void Rot from Minneapolis, USA, formed in 2017 with influences from the glorious progenitors of majestic, atmospheric and slow-moving death metal like Winter, Rippikoulu and diSEMBOWELMENT, as well as newer entries within the genre such as Krypts, Spectral Voice and Sempiternal Dusk. Void Rot weave light and darkness seamlessly and…