Harbringer – Charlie Leduc Art: Paolo Girardi Lyrics for the previous three full-length albums were written conceptually, with each release diving deeper into the mythos we aimed to create. Superficially, the lyrics are violent outpourings of enmity towards organised religion, wrapped in old-school infernal demonic worship. Beneath that, we created characters, worlds, languages and symbolism…
Convergence – Tommaso Cappelletti Art: James McCarthy When writing music, we’re only stuck to the riffs and the atmosphere we want to create. Strict philosophies can be a limiting condition in life; they don’t let you 100% appreciate all the shades of this world. We mostly started out of curiosity and because we were attracted…
Buried Realm – Josh Dummer Art: Pär Olofsson It comes down to practice. Whether that means learning new vocal/guitar techniques or improving the production, songwriting, etc., the music has to move me and keep me excited and inspired. So, it’s important not to become bored by repeating myself. The lyrical metaphors could lean slightly on…
Ecophagy – Paul Ryan Art: Santiago Jaramillo Bio: Formed in Topeka, Kansas, in 1997, Origin has eight full-length albums to their name. The group buzzed early with their 1998 EP, ‘A Coming into Existence’. Fans of high-calibre death metal and record label representatives had noticed. After Origin joined luminaries Nile, Cryptopsy, and Gorguts on the…
Iconic – Linus Klausenitzer, Javi Perera Art: Adrien Bousson HMA: Any creative routines or rituals? Linus: We are obsessive regarding songwriting, and it can take a long time until everyone is happy with the result. We all have ways of starting with musical ideas, but all are based on our musical education. Music theory is…
Suspended Between Earth and Sky with David Porter Our new album is titled ‘Suspended Between Earth and Sky’ and is principally a concept album about misery, disorder and the indifference of reality. It is essentially an ode to our frustrations and torments we’ve experienced both as part of this band and personally between now and…