Rites of Gore – Sentient Horror Art: Juanjo Castellano Rosado All I need is my guitar, a cup of coffee, and my DAW open in front of me. The writing process is like anything else in music, just a lot of hard work and attention to detail. I’ll begin conceptualising a new record by making…
Shadows Without Light Part Two – Tom Reynolds Art: Arif Suhaimi An idiot and talentless musician hoping no one finds out I’m a hack fraud. I think lyrics are important as a cathartic experience for the person writing them and the listener. My lyrics were just old crap at first because it was more about…
When Sanity Becomes Insanity – Suffering Sights Art: Fernando JFL At the beginning, it was a little bunch of Suffering, Existential Realism and Death Mysteries; at that time, Luciano (vocals, guitars) was fully stuck into philosophical and cosmic discussions of our reality, by now, with the work of Francisco (Backing Vocals & Guitars) and Juan…
Liminality – Reed Reimer Art: Henrik Rosenborg Cthulhu Dreamt is a concept project created to tell a human story through an inhuman metaphor. Dealing with loss, tragedy, and depression in a world under Cthulhu’s gaze, the music becomes the soundtrack for the story. Founded by Reed Reimer in 2020 with members Jake Myslinski, Ben Larson,…
Disembodied – Abe Art: Edgar Roldan We write lyrics based on things we have witnessed or experienced for ourselves in our own lives. We find real life is the most brutal thing you can experience, and there are many evils in the world. Therefore, we like to base our lyrics on that. It makes the…
With: Kyle Severn, Matt Sorg Art: J. Meyers HMA: What are your lyrics generally about? Chuck: Evil, or what one would interpret as evil, without the boundaries or opinions/ethics of faith. Over the centuries, less-spoken topics of occultism, demonology, and folklore/mythology were found worldwide. I’ll discover through research certain peoples and practices that are so…
Towards Extinction – Minkio We are regular guys trying to express ourselves and screaming about what bothers us. We don’t want to change minds or give an educational speech. We want to let out our rage because we are tired of seeing all the bullshit that this world is living now and how this new…
Gutricyde – Bret Smith Art: Sdenzil Budon I wouldn’t say metal is a ‘cult worship’ necessarily. It’s a form of extreme expression. In my observation, most of us that are into the extreme genres have or have had some trauma of some kind in our life as a child or even as an adult. I…
Dawn of Annihilation – Tom Kuzmic Art: Tata Kumislizer No rituals. This stuff is only for the weak. Whether you’re into the goat guy or the white-bearded one, we don’t care about religion. No jokes aside, we jam and come up with a riff, then another one we combine, look for significant drum parts, and…
Engrossed in Decay – Aaren Pantke Art: Lucas Korte Any creative rituals? Usually just fire up a bowl/crack open a beer, and listen to other bands we enjoy. It’s not unusual for us to get nice and ripped before jamming out new ideas. However, that’s not to say it’s necessary. Otherwise no ‘rituals’, really; we…
…From Dead Horizon to Dead Horizon – Kyle Shaw Art: Skaðvaldur Bio: Conjured in 2016, Obscene is a death metal quartet from Indianapolis, Indiana. Following their Sermon to the Snake demo in late 2017, they quickly caught the attention of Sweden’s Blood Harvest, who reissued the demo on cassette and digital formats in early 2018.…
Of Soil Unearthed – Deathcult Art: Stefan Todorović We deal with abstract, religious themes, or rather the many and varied excesses of a spiritual, sick mind. But we don’t limit ourselves too much within. We want to convey content in our lyrics that go beyond the usual scheme and allows listeners to express their ideas…
Constructing The Cataclysm – Jay Barnes Art: Armaada Art My name is Jay Barnes from Concord, North Carolina. I’ve lived here most of my life; I am 52 years old, born March 13th, 1970. I am the vocalist for Lust of Decay, Shuriken Cadaveric Entwinement and Cesspool of Vermin. The only ritual I have before…
Seraphic Punishment – Maul Art: Jason Barnett Maul is a five-piece Death Metal band from Fargo, North Dakota. Since 2017, ‘Midwest Death’ has blended elements of brutal death, sludge, doom and hardcore to bring an energetic and often described as an unhinged live performance. Many of my lyrics are taken from a personal space, emotions/traumas,…
The Last Mirror – Edu Art: Rodrigo Pereira Salvatierra Ataraxy emerged in 2008 from the clogged-up sewers of Zaragoza, Spain to deliver uncompromising and dark death metal. Having worked with different labels such as Memento Mori, Dark Descent Records or Me Saco Un Ojo, the band is now supporting the release of their third full-length…
Effigies of Obsolescence – Søren Willatzen Art: Alexander Gjerdevik Skjøtt Chaotian is a Copenhagen-based death metal band which was founded in 2017 by Søren Willatzen (vocals/guitar) and Andreas Nordgreen (vocals/drums). The band released the two demos ’Where Gods Excarnate’ and ’Festering Carcinolith’, which garnered Chaotian lots of interest in the death metal underground circles, which…
Echoes of Despair – Vicente Payá Art: Daemorph Bio: Unbounded Terror was formed in 1991 (Mallorca, Spain) by Vicente Paya, driven by the emerging death metal scene around the world in those years. Thus, at the end of 1992, the band released their first album (and it was probably known as the first Death Metal…
Brutal Existence – Sickbay Art: Dedy Badic Art Sickbay was Initially formed between 2000 and 2004 out of the twisted morass of the Hudson Valley, NY scene; Sickbay are a hardcore-fueled death metal band bringing a new brand of hate to the genre. With a sound that owes as much to Hatebreed and Youth of…
Sadism And Severed Heads – John Russell Art: Paolo Girardi Bio: Last Retch is a death metal band from Hamilton, Ontario. Drawing on influences such as Bolt Thrower, Carcass and Entombed, Last Retch plays a stripped-back brand of old-school death metal. Simple riffs, short songs, and dual chainsaw guitars define their take on the classic…
Reared Up in Spectral Predation with Brett Taylor The process of making this album was not too tricky at all! Covid-related restrictions fueled things by forcing me to stay home. Before everything got severe with the pandemic, my wife and I lucked out and found a house to rent that included a (free) garage apartment…