Interviews - Swallowed In Black

“WHAT I SEE IS A GLOBULAR FIGURE DRIPPING WITH EXCREMENT, COVERED IN EYES, STANDING IN A CAVE” – HAASIOPHIS (ANTEDILUVIAN)

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 Bornosin Through the Cervix of Hawaah, Antediluvian, Defleshing The Serpent Infinity, Antediluvian interview, Tim Grieco interview

The tumult, terror and transcendence of Antediluvian’s music is matched for sheer, naked potency only by the decadence, depravity and

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“IF HUMANITY WERE REMOVED FROM OUR TERRESTRIAL ABODE, WE WOULD STILL FIND A WAY TO EXIST SOLELY WITHIN CYCLES OF REPETITION” – VOID ROT

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Bornosin Descending Pillars, Void Rot, Void Rot interview

Equal parts science fiction, cosmic chaos and sheer horror, the concept behind Void Rot’s magnificent forthcoming debut full-length of utterly

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“DEATH IS EVERYTHING AND EVERYWHERE BUT IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF CONSCIOUSNESS” – THE FUNERAL ORCHESTRA

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Bornosin The Funeral Orchestra, Negative Evocation Rites, The Funeral Orchestra interview

Death is the mantra on The Funeral Orchestra’s long-awaited sophomore full-length, ‘Negative Evocation Rites’ – a crawling, crushing leviathan of

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“IF NOTHING MATTERS TO YOU, GREAT, THEN TAKE ALL THE RISKS AND TRY TO BURN BRIGHTER THAN ANYBODY BEFORE” – SHRINE OF INSANABILIS

July 30, 2020 Bornosin Shrine Of Insanabilis, Vast Vortex Litanies, Shrine Of Insanabilis interview

Void-gazing dimensional nomads Shrine Of Insanabilis have crafted two stellar albums of thought-provoking, illuminating, occult Black Metal. I contacted the

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“MELANCHOLY, PANIC AND FEAR ARE ATTRIBUTES OF WEAK, CLOSE-MINDED PEOPLE” – THRONEUM

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Bornosin Throneum, Oh Death... Oh Death... Determinate Preach And Lead Us Astray..., Throneum interview

Suitably entranced by the ghastly, death-worshipping new Throneum album, ‘Oh Death… Oh Death… Determinate, Preach and Lead Us Astray…’, I

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“MAN IS ADDICTED TO FEEDING THE SURFACE ASPECTS OF THE EGO” – ACHERONTAS

July 12, 2020July 13, 2020 Bornosin Acherontas, Psychic Death - The Shattering Of Perceptions, Acherontas interview

Judging by the vibrancy and vitality of their exceptional eighth full-length, ‘Psychic Death – The Shattering Of Perceptions’, it’s fair

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“HOW CAN YOU CALL YOUR MUSIC TRULY VIOLENT AND EXTREME IF IT’S CORRUPTED AND WEAKENED BY INTELLECTUAL NUANCE?” – DIABOLIC OATH

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020 Bornosin Diabolic Oath interview, Profane Death Exodus

Battered and bruised by the seething maelstrom of ritualistic sonic chaos that is Diabolic Oath’s devastating debut album, I sought

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“HUMANKIND WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF RELIGIOUS DOGMAS AND FAITH DISSOLVE ALTOGETHER” – A.L.N. (MIZMOR)

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Bornosin Cairn, Mizmor interview, A.L.N. interview

Armed with the empirical evidence provided by hard science, introspective Mizmor creator A.L.N. concluded that god is counterfeit and that

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“IT WAS A TIME OF SILENCE, A TIME TO REFLECT AND A TIME TO RETURN TO THE ESSENCE OF THINGS” – PORTAE OBSCURITAS

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Bornosin Portae Obscuritas interview, Lvx Atra Aeterna, Portae Obscuritas

Obscure Austrian darkness dealers Portae Obscuritas used the lockdown to take stock of things and to continue working on their

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“IT TAKES A LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL ISOLATION, REASON, INTELLIGENCE, DISCIPLINE AND STRENGTH OF WILL TO BREAK THE SHACKLES CULTURE AND COMMUNITY PLACE ON US” – AKHTYA NACHTTOTER / MICHAEL W. FORD

June 12, 2020June 13, 2020 Bornosin Black Funeral, Scourge Of Lamashtu, Akhtya Nachttoter, Michael W. Ford interview

With spiritual bankruptcy and a lack of intelligent, independent thinking posing a greater threat to the population at large than

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“NOT WIPING OURSELVES OUT BY ANY OF A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS WOULD BE A REAL MIRACLE” – KARL SANDERS

May 31, 2020July 6, 2020 Bornosin Karl Sanders interview, Nile, Vile Nilotic Rites

History has a terrible habit of repeating itself. With another civilization teetering precariously on the brink of self-inflicted extinction, destined