Interviews – Swallowed In Black

“IT’S NOT UNCOMMON THAT OUR SONGS ARE INSPIRED BY VARIOUS REAL LIFE ATROCITIES OR CERTAIN BRUTAL PARTS OF HORROR MOVIES OR COMICS” – DAVID TORTURDØD (UNDERGANG)

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Gerald Robinson Undergang, Aldrig I Livet, Undergang interview, David Torturdød interview

Never was a new Undergang album more welcome than ‘Aldrig I Livet’, the depraved Danes’ captivating fifth full-length regurgitation of

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“WHO WOULD LIKE TO LIVE WITH A THOUSAND EYES ON HIS BACK?” – DRASTUS

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 Gerald Robinson Drastus, Venoms, Drastus interview

Flying contemptuously beneath the whoring, self-gratifying radar and wilfully shunning attention hasn’t prevented Drastus from producing some of the most

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“ALL BLOOD RITES ARE ALIGNED AND THE SACRIFICE FOR THE MASTER SHALL TAKE ITS RIGHTEOUS PLACE” – SATANIZE

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Gerald Robinson Satanize, Baphomet Altar Worship, Satanize interview, Reverend of Diabolical Services and Sinister Sorcery

On their Christ-crushing, goat-glorifying sixth full length, ‘Baphomet Altar Worship’, Portuguese duo Satanize elevate their trademark bestial and barbaric sonic

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“THE MANY HARDSHIPS CONSPIRING AGAINST US HAVE ONLY MADE US HUNGRIER AND MORE FURIOUS” – ACERBUS (ONDSKAPT)

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Gerald Robinson Grimoire Ordo Devus, Ondskapt, Ondskapt interview, Acerbus, Acerbus interview

At the grim denouement of an utterly repugnant calendar year that saw mankind cast for perpetuity into all-consuming darkness, it

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“MOST HUMANS ARE WORTHLESS FLESH ZOMBIES CONSUMED BY THEIR IGNORANCE AND LACK OF CONVICTION” – OMINOUS RESURRECTION

December 13, 2020December 14, 2020 Gerald Robinson Ominous Resurrection, Judgement, Ominous Resurrection interview, Diabolic Gulgalta interview

Conceived through mountains of bone and valleys of Death, Ominous Resurrection’s eerily-prophetic and utterly-compelling sophomore full-length, ‘Judgement’, provided a powerful

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“MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT DESPAIR TURNS TO ANGER, WHICH IN TURN SPURS PEOPLE ON TO RESIST THIS TYRANNY” – JOSEPH DEEGAN (SLIDHR)

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Gerald Robinson Slidhr, Slidhr interview, Joseph Deegan interview

Cursed with obscene weather, widespread inequality, a crippled health system, crooked politicians, a corrupt economy, steep taxes, alcohol dependency, paedophile

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“MAY EVERYONE LIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN WILL AND DESIRES” – TYRANT (MALUM)

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Gerald Robinson Purity Through Fire, Malum, Malum interview

As blasphemous Finnish sect Malum prepare to flagellate the flesh of the shamed fraudster once more with six new spells

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“INSIDE THE FINNISH MAN LIVES THIS DEMON, THE PERKELE, WHO IS JUST WAITING TO GET OUT” – VALGRINDER (FÖRGJORD)

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Gerald Robinson Förgjord, Förgjord interview, Valgrinder interview

Immortalising in timeless Black Metal malevolence the victims of some of the most appalling atrocities in their nation’s cruel history,

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“I WOULD’VE WELCOMED A MANDATORY EXPOSURE FOR EVERYONE AND ALL OF THIS WOULD’VE BEEN OVER AND DEALT WITH” – SHATRAUG (HORNA)

October 28, 2020October 30, 2020 Gerald Robinson Horna, Kuoleman Kirjo, Horna interview, Shatraug interview

A quarter of a century on from their maiden recording, the expansive new Horna full-length, ‘Kuoleman Kirjo’, arrives as a

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“WITH ALL THE SUFFERING, PAIN AND EMOTIONAL AGONY WE’VE TO ENDURE ON THE JOURNEY, IT’S BETTER TO FIND SOMETHING THAT BRINGS YOU JOY AND JUST DO THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABLITIES UNTIL YOU’RE GONE” – BLOODSOAKED NECROVOID

October 21, 2020 Gerald Robinson Bloodsoaked Necrovoid, Expelled Into The Unknown Depths Of The Unfathomable, Bloodsoaked Necrovoid interview

A nightmare conceived of the darkest cosmos, Bloodsoaked Necrovoid’s debut full-length, ‘Expelled Into The Unknown Depths Of The Unfathomable’, is

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“I SUPPOSE IT’S A METAPHOR FOR LIVING WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, FOR LOSING PART OF ONESELF AND COMING FACE TO FACE WITH THE DARKNESS THAT REMAINS IN ITS PLACE” – PNEUMA HAGION

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Gerald Robinson Voidgazer, Pneuma Hagion, Pneuma Hagion interview

With ‘Voidgazer’, Pneuma Hagion has delivered a truly harrowing and ghastly debut full-length that bleeds bleakness, despair and alienation. I

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“I DON’T CONSIDER MYSELF A VERY SPIRITUAL OR RELIGIOUS PERSON, SO IN MY MIND IT’S PRETTY ABSURD TO THINK THAT WE’RE NOT OF THE COSMOS” – GARÐAR S. JÓNSSON / ALMYRKVI

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Gerald Robinson Almyrkvi, Almyrkvi interview, Garðar S. Jónsson interview

A deeply-personal exploration of awe-inspiring, cosmic Black Metal, Almyrkvi represents the singular, interstellar vision of Sinmara guitarist Garðar S. Jónsson,

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“WE CAN’T BE A MISANTHROPIC, GRIM BLACK METAL BAND AND AT THE SAME TIME FLOOD THE SOCIAL NETWORKS PROMOTING OUR MUSIC” – SAD

September 28, 2020October 2, 2020 Gerald Robinson Sad, Misty Breath Of Ancient Forests, SAD interview, Ungod, Nadir

If SAD’s superb seventh full-length, ‘Misty Breath Of Ancient Forests’, proves anything it’s that the dedicated Greek duo have no

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“WE MUST EVENTUALLY ACCEPT THAT NOTHING IS MEANT TO LAST FOREVER, AS MUCH AS IT TERRIFIES US TO OUR CORE AND WOUNDS US DEEP WITHIN OUR SOULS” – ATRAMENTUS

September 19, 2020September 19, 2020 Gerald Robinson 20 Buck Spin, Stygian, Atramentus, Atramentus interview

Depicting utter despondency, desolation and dejection, Atramentus’ harrowing debut full-length, ‘Stygian’, is a devastating descent to the deepest depths of