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With ‘II: Aging & Formless’ on the horizon, David Bowes spoke to Scott Taylor of post-metal quintet Vnder A Crvmbling Moon to discuss the band’s evolution and future.
As they release their 12th full-length Fall, David Bowes spoke to Borknagar’s founding guitarist Øystein Garnes Brun about nature and the lasting power of art.
David Bowes spoke to Zombi’s Steve Moore and Anthony E Paterra about their genre-spanning new record ‘Direct Inject’.
David Bowes spoke to Void of Ershetu to discuss their unique blend of cinematic black metal and Mayan ritual.
Polar Veil feels like a summary of McNerney’s output to date, an album that transports black metal’s hostile chill and the slick, effortless cool of post-punk into Hexvessel’s world of magic, nature, and timeless storytelling.
One that eschews genre tropes while providing everything that lovers of death metal, doom and outsider heaviness could ever ask for.
David Bowes spoke to Gendo Ikari’s Gerald Chau about the band’s beginnings and the creation of their brilliant debut LP Rokobungi.
This is breakneck black metal, an adrenalised take on the second wave’s coldest, bleakest melodicism that never gives the listener time to catch their breath.
So was the first instalment of Core. Festival a success? In almost every respect, yes.
Its 25 minutes are crammed with styles, ideas and fragmented motifs. Sometime they are brought into close contact, disparate tones and melodies pressed elbow-to-elbow and forced to share an uneasy coexistence, like warring troops forced into a shared trench.
David Bowes spoke to Yakuza’s Bruce Lamont to discuss their return to power Sutra and how Chicago has influenced their sound.
With only a few weeks to go, David Bowes spoke to organisers David Weaver and Daniel Mutch about the first edition of Glasgow’s Core. Festival.
David Bowes spoke to Frank Allain from UK post-black metallers Fen to discuss their searing return to form Monuments To Absence.
David Bowes spoke to Divide And Dissolve’s Takiaya Reed to discuss the role of intuition in the steering of their sound.
It’s a lean and focused album, one that channels their early output while skilfully interweaving the diverse influences that they’ve picked up since then, but it does so in a way that feels natural and trims off any excess with brutal precision.
David Bowes spoke to Esben and the Witch’s Rachel Davies about their latest record Hold Sacred, new beginnings and hidden spaces.
As their epic Triade trilogy draws to a close, David Bowes spoke to Berg and Fluss of Swiss black metallers Aara to discuss its creation.
Chthonic isn’t the sound of a band seeking to reinvent themselves or their genre but it does show their ability to tap into what makes this music work.
There’s a perversely defiant spirit that runs through it, saturating each riff that strives to reach both heaven and hell. In seeking to explore the profundity of intoxication, Bacchus seem to have become one of the few bands around to replicate the bravado and regret that comes from any good sesh.
To celebrate 20 years of existence, David Bowes spoke to Debemur Morti Productions founder Phil to discuss the label’s lasting legacy.
