Under the Sun fanzine featuring interviews with No Future and WATAIN

Issue no. 6 of Swedish zine Under The Sun can now be ordered and features an interview with Pelle and Gottfrid about No Future, as well as an interview with Erik of WATAIN.

Other bands featured on this issue are: The Hellacopters, Tyrann, Spiders, Morax, Lepra, Barbatos,  Venthiax, Felvum and Svartanatt; alongside other reviews and articles.

Cover artwork by @jordgubbarochsprit
Text is in Swedish and the zine can be ordered via Dm on Instagram or via email at underthesunfanzine@gmail.com.

No Future - interview and "Pistvakt" song premiere featured on Radio Helsinki

During the episode of MusaMusa aired on February 20th, 2025 Radio Helsinki has featured an interview with Pelle Åhman and Olof Stolt of No Future and discussed their recent show in Tampere as well as some stories and memories of their previous show in Berlin (June 2016), how No Future got started, the songwriting process within the band, sources of inspiration, and more.

As mentioned on the 7", Pelle has also confirmed that at some point No Future will release a full-length (the release date is yet to be decided, and he mentioned that they will probably collaborate with a bigger label for the album).

They also premiered their latest single "Pistvakt", from their single "Pistvakt / Motherhood", which has just been released on Döda Barn on February 14th, 2025.

New video interview with Kolgrim of Unpure on Rauta's channel

There's a new interview with Kolgrim of Unpure on Rauta's YouTube channel, conducted in December 2024, when the band played Metal Mayhem Mariehamn: an interesting and genuine conversation, which speaks of true and relentless dedication to the music.

Kolgrim discusses the origins of the band, its name, its early times as well as the line-up changes it has gone through; furthermore the conversation touches upon his approach to songwriting, the lyrics, the new band members, playing live, and more.

"I'm putting all my energy on Unpure", said Kolgrim. "Always did and I will probably always do".

Bringing songs to new heights: an interview with drummer Emil Svensson (Degial, WATAIN, Unpure, Livgone)

E. Forcas on stage with WATAIN Photo by Afra Gethöffer-Grütz / Metal1.info

We are thrilled today to bring you an interview with one of the most diabolical drummers out there nowadays: none other than E.Forcas, whom we all know for hammering the skins in Degial and WATAIN but also in Unpure and in Livgone!
We have reached out to him with a few questions about all his current projects,  his drumming career, his gear and more:  he has offered us some very interesting insights that you can read here below.

We hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as we did!

Music, a living organism - An interview with Lukas Häger about his solo tour, future plans and more

We are delighted today to publish on Unearthed Mirrors this interview with a guitarist who has been constantly writing and playing quality music throughout the years and throughout different genres: Lukas Häger, a modern bluesman who certainly has composed some of our favourite riffs ever. 
Most readers here surely have heard him playing guitar in different bands - mainly in Reveal! (as Spine) and in No Future, also in GRAVMASKIN and live with Obnoxious Youth in more recent times - last week it has also been announced that he has officially joined them as a steady member of their live line-up.
The following conversation however will be completely focused on his solo music: his guitar sorcery, as we often call it here, because - as those of you who have listened to his instrumental solo music will know - it has that captivating, spellbinding and almost uncanny ambience which is able not only to keep the listeners immersed, but also to actively carry them along in the passages unfolded through the strings. [For those of you unfamiliar with Lukas' solo music, we recommend reading our Focus On article about him.]
His first solo album, "Folkmord I Ting" was released on his own label End All Parties in September 2023, he then has been bringing it live on several dates, including on his first solo tour across Europe in February 2024.
We reached out to him to ask him about this experience, how he feels about the album after some time has passed, his influences, his future plans and more: he has kindly offered us some interesting answers, which we find to be a really fascinating way for anyone who appreciates his music to add a deeper perspective to it.
We want to thank Lukas for taking the time to answer our questions and we hope that you all will enjoy reading this as much as we did!
Throughout the interview as well as at the end of it, you will find all the links to listen, buy and follow Lukas' music.

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Lukas Häger during his first solo tour February 2024, photo by Thilo Antelmann

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Tommie Eriksson unveils plans for a Saturnalia Temple split, new speed/thrash project and more in this interview on Tempelores

Saturnalia Temple as of 2024: Pelle, Tommie, Gottfrid Photo by Nox Ithil.

Tommie Eriksson has been recently interviewed on Tempelores about Saturnalia Temple's latest album "Paradigm Call", and in this interesting conversation he has revelaed some intriguing news about some of his future activities.

He has mentioned that Saturnalia Temple will soon announce a split with a (still undisclosed) great band, which will be recorded with Pelle and Gottfrid Åhman (who weren't part of the recording of the album, written and recorded by Tommie alone, as he confirms in this interview).

Tommie has anyway reminded their listeners that this peculiar line up of Saturnalia Temple is such a special thing that they don't know how long it can continue and that they"take every gig and every recording as a thing in itself, and the future is only what feels right to the three of us." He also added that he "will keep the band going forever surely, and I hope the guys can join the ride for a very long time. But special things must be respected and cherished and one should never take anything for granted."

Interview: Henrik Palm shares insights into his third album "Nerd Icon"

Henrik Palm Photographed by Chris Shonting

Henrik Palm's third solo album, "Nerd Icon", is about to be released on April 19th, 2024 on Svart Records and today, as In Solitude listeners who have been following  former members of the band develop and pursue their musical creativity further and beyond in these last years, we are truly excited to share with you all an interview with Henke about his new music!

We reached out to Henke to ask him a little bit of everything about "Nerd Icon", from the writing process to his own perception of the music, from the title to the cover, some hints at future plans...and more: he treated us to some very interesting insights, which are obviously making us even more curious to hear the album!
Find out what he told us here below and we hope you'll enjoy reading this as much as we did.

We want to thank Henke once again for taking the time to promptly and kindly answer our questions, it's always great to hear from musicians who are so dedicated to their music.

Interview with Oeds Beydals about Molassess on Hinsides Magazine #4

Oeds Beydals - image courtesy of Hinsides Publications

"For me The Devil's Blood was all about learning, somewhat of a musical mentor i'd say. The musical connection to spirituality and also the technical side, harmony, sound etc. I took a lot in and it resonated with me and still does. After it disbanded I had the time to shed my own light on all of this touring with my own bands. And years later some of us got the chance to do something together again which was really special, but because of circumstances I think we haven't achieved even a small part of what the band could be if given the space. We created some great music but still haven't done proper touring, which does make the music come alive, and creates this group dynamic that is essential to a band in a way."

Issue #4 of Hinsides magazine, published in December 2023, features an interesting interview with Oeds Beydals about Molassess : it can be read online on the magazine's website.

Also featured in the same issue, many other interesting interviews, all touching upon the topic of esotericism and spirituality in art, music and literature: AT THIS LINK it's possible to order the magazine.

Interview about In Solitude on Noise Magazine

From time to time, there is the chance to read about In Solitude again, after all these years: and this month, on the latest issue (4/2023) of Noise Magazine (Polish music magazine), long-time In Solitude's supporter Cyprian Łakomy has published his recent interview with Uno Bruniusson, Gottfrid Åhman and Pelle Åhman, where they discuss the band's early times, its end, their music and what it meant to them, 'Sister', its legacy and more!

The interview covers various aspects of the In Solitude times, and how the music has impacted the lives of Uno, Pelle and Gottfrid.

PÅGÅ, In Solitude, and the inner experience of music: Gottfrid Åhman interviewed on Iblis Manifestations podcast

Recently Iblis Manifestation podcast has invited Gottfrid Åhman and had an interesting conversation with him about his artistic activities after In Solitude: from his solo stuff, to PÅGÅ, his inspirations sources, musical experiences, memories from touring with The Devil's Blood, and much more.

 They also touched upon In Solitude's disbanding back at the time, and Gottfrid explained: "It felt like we were on a mission, and we did it, and it's done; we did what had to be done, and we did all we could do. But I'm extremely proud of what we did, and so I don't want to distance myself from it like that, but somewhere I came to the conclusion that I'm not that musician who can stand and play the same songs every night for years." He also added that there was no single reason for the band to quit, but it was more like different reasons together, "five human beings going different directions".

"The end can come in many forms" - an interview with Uppsala's apocalyptic doomers Endtime

As anyone following Unearthed Mirrors knows very well by now, we have been often talking and praising Uppsala's preachers of annihilation Endtime, who are committed - as you will read in this interview - to populate people's minds with sounds and visions of disaster and despair.

Musicians in this doom outfit are no strangers to Unearthed Mirrors readers: from hardcore maniacs Undergång, masters of filth Obnoxious Youth, heavy rockers Taiwaz and Noctum, members have then joined forces to spread the oppressive and grim sound of Endtime.


As the release of their first album is approaching (it is due out on March 4th, more details below), we contacted them and asked them about their music, their earth-blowing videos, their horror-themed atmosphere and more. Read below how Endtime musically envision the "Impending Doom"!

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U.M.: Your debut full-length, "Impending Doom", is about to be released in less than a month: can you tell us a bit about the songwriting process? How does an Endtime song typically take shape?

ENDTIME: It goes pretty much like this; Joppe writes a ton of riffs, then usually throws away 90% of them. Then we put the song together, record it and listen to it a couple of times and if it’s good enough we keep it. If it’s too groovy we throw it away. After that Crippe and Affe come up with the lyrics.

U.M.: The album has been recorded at Studio Shitfun in Uppsala: now, the name of the studio surely says it all - and by the way if we remember correctly, Reveal! also recorded in the same studio in the past, too - did the location of the actual recording have any impact on the album?

ENDTIME: Studio Shitfun is more of a concept and state of mind than an actual recording studio at one single location. It’s run by one of our band members therefore it was an easy choice.

U.M.: A question for all the gear nerds out there (we know there are quite a few following UM!): any favourite effects to get the best doom sound and intensify the typical oppressive, unnerving mood of the music (either that you already use or that you would like to use)?

ENDTIME: We use old stuff from the 80s. Big stuff that sounds loud and we use a lot of them. We are more like the burnouts in high school than the geeks when it comes to stuff like this.

U.M.: As you may know, we are super appreciators of your creepy-themed kind of doom. Thematically, it looks like it is more rooted in the good old horror atmosphere rather than dealing with more "earthly" kind of topics, so to say. Did the current state of the World somehow affect the apocalyptic theme of the album or is it completely unrelated to this kind of real-world state of affairs?

ENDTIME: The state of the world just confirms what we always have stated in all our previous bands as well as this one. That the world is on a 200km/h ride straight into an hillside. You reap what you sow and the chickens are coming home to roost. There is nothing more horrifying than the crushing weight of life itself. The overall theme of the album as well as the band itself deals with the end of the world and the end can come in many forms; nuclear war, biological and chemical warfare, catastrophic climate change, ecological collapse, pandemics, asteroid impact and even cosmic horror. That is why both the real threat of mass destruction by nuclear arms as well as the metaphorical threat of a cosmic doom works.

U.M.: In Endtime the music is closely linked to the horror visuals. What is the aspect of horror movies that you prefer to incorporate more in your songs: the creepy and ghastly vibe of the supernatural evil, or rather the disgusting, graphically disturbing impact of gore?

ENDTIME: Both, with everything we do we want to convey a feeling of dread and unease. And sometimes it works best with the creepy vibe and sometimes with the onslaught of ultraviolence to make people uncomfortable.

U.M.: Speaking of tasty stuff, on the label's official presentation, we can read that Endtime "turn amps up to 11, they cause ruptured eardrums and serious dysentery with their sub atomic frequencies". Will the physical effect actually be rather relevant in your shows? As in, are you aiming for some sort of less ritualistic/more nihilistic Sunn O))) kind of gut-shaking experience?

ENDTIME: The live experience of an Endtime show is just as important as the videos, artwork etc. An Endtime live show is accompanied by carefully chosen visuals being projected onto the stage. And sometimes there will even be blood. Yes, our own blood not the fake shit. You won’t be just seeing a band performing the songs while gazing down at their feet.

U.M.: Your latest music video, "Living Graves", is an impressive work of animation inspired by 80s cartoons which depicts, very appropriately, a tale of doom and destruction: would you tell us a bit about the making of the video?

ENDTIME: The idea of making a Saturday morning cartoon style video came up when we realized that making a cosmic horror video as a live action video is way above the resources we have. So making it animated was pretty much the only option we had. And also, we all grew up with that stuff! So our bassplayer worked day and night for about four months doing it the proper old school way of animating it frame by frame. And since it’s us, it’s packed with references to other films, music and places we like.

U.M.: When we spoke to Affe, he told us that you were going to release a video for each song on the album: is this still the plan?

ENDTIME: Yes, that is still the plan. Two down, three to go! All the videos will be done in different styles and when they all are finished the plan is to release them on limited VHS tapes. And since I would say we are fairly creative and with lots of stupid ideas there’s more weird stuff than just videos coming!

U.M.: "Impending Doom" will be released on Heavy Psych Sounds Records: can you tell us a bit about how the collaboration with the label came about?

ENDTIME: Heavy Psych Sounds was the only label with the courage to release an Endtime record. They instantly saw that we held a high standard through and through. With the music, the artwork and the overall package.

U.M.: This is all but, as tradition goes, if there is anything you want to add, feel free to do so and thanks again for your answers!

ENDTIME: Thanks for the support and keep up the good work with Unearthed Mirrors. The end is nigh!

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A huge thank you to Endtime for taking the time to answer our questions!

Photos courtesy of Endtime, still from their video "Living Graves".

Endtime's upcoming album "Impending Doom" will be out on Heavy Psych Sounds Records on March 4th, 2022: LPs, CDs and merchandise can be pre-ordered on the label's European shop or on the U.S. shop.

Follow Endtime on: Facebook - Instagram

Endtime are:
Joppe Ebbeson: Guitar
Daniel Johansson: Guitar
Nicke Björnör: Drums
Afshin ’Affe’ Piran: Bass
Christian Chatfield: Vocals

Maggot Heart special feature on MILK ME: interview and performance

Berlin based booking and promotion company MILK ME has premiered today the third episode on their series which features none other than our favourite power trio Maggot Heart!

The episode includes an interview with Linnéa, Olivia and Uno as well as their full performance streamed at Roadburn Redux earlier this year, with the addition of two new songs taken from Maggot Heart's latest release, the split EP with OKKLUTOKRATI: "No Song" and "Zero Hour Day".

The episode was filmed before Maggot Heart's appearance at this past year's special online edition of Roadburn, so the band talked a bit about their previous show at the festival, their participation in the online edition, the pre-pandemic times, and how they managed to turn the pause from touring due to the restrictions into a productive time focusing on the new material; they also discussed what they have been missing the most and how they have experienced the lockdown times. Linnéa also talked about the main theme which her latest track "No Song" is about and just generally how the city life often inspires her songwriting; on a different note she also speaks about interviewing Motörhead members for her Death beat zine (some issues still available at Rapid Eye Records by the way).
The interview also touches upon their tour with Voivod and how the band is an inspiration to them; how Maggot Heart include elements both from hard rock, post punk and other genres as well which makes the band rather difficult to define on these terms.

Maggot Heart's killer live performance is also part of MILK ME episode and can be streamed below: of course, the LOUDER, the BETTER!, as they certainly spared no energy and delivered a set of highly intense and visceral rock music.
Setlist as follows:

No Song
Second Class
Roses
Zero Hour Day
Gutter Feeling

About this episode:
Presented by Joshua Murphy and Catherine Elsässer
Artist - Maggot Heart
Filming - Nicolas Unger, Julian Schmidt and Catherine Elsässer
Editing - Stéphanie Morin
Lights - Thomas Sevet
Audio Recording and Mixing - Martin Ortiz and Joshua Murphy
Location - Urban Spree Berlin

www.milk-me.com

MILK ME is also organizing Maggot Heart's show at Urban Spree happening this Friday (today, depending on when you're reading this) with Phallucipher, and YFORY.
The power trio will also be soon on tour in early 2022, check out the upcoming live dates HERE!

...And then you throw in the knives - A Conversation with Spine and Crakk of Reveal!

Spine and Crakk, filming the "What Pigs Get" video (Photo by Pelle Åhman)

This needed to happen sooner or later on Unearthed Mirrors. We have been thinking about this for quite some time, we know there are a lot of other people here who have been waiting for this, too; and finally, today, we are tremendously frenzied to present you an intriguing and very fascinating interview with two creative minds whom we are particularly fans of: Crakk and Spine of Reveal!, who have kindly agreed to let us in on the band's twisted world... Or maybe it was slightly sadistic, who knows, and they just wanted to carry all of us inside Reveal!'s lunacy...fair enough either way, both cases are just equally enjoyable.

As most of you already know, Reveal! have just released the single "Some Marionettes, Some Kites (A Few Knives)" from the their upcoming fourth full-length.

They have shared with us, through this very genuine conversation, an insight into their sources of inspiration, their approach to music, art and songwriting, some fun memories and even some hints and teasers about their much anticipated upcoming fourth album.

We hope you will enjoy this as much as we did - let's go!

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Art as an endless exploration: an interview with Gottfrid Åhman

Gottfrid Åhman; 2021

We are beyond delighted to bring you an interview with an artist whose music has meant and means so much to many of us: he has been one of In Solitude's founding members and wrote with them some of the most powerful melodic passages and some of the most memorable atmospheric moments of their music; he has been involved in some of the most putrid death metal with Invidious (and produced the ferocious Degial); he has conjured tunes of dark rock with No Future, made some captivating solo music, too; he has performed live with the schizo-rockers Reveal!, and more recently, he has been making some peculiar and striking music in the form of PÅGÅ, once again with his brother Pelle, who has been member with him of most of the aforementioned bands: we are talking of course of Gottfrid Åhman, who has been so kind to answer some questions for all of us about his past and present activities, his inspirations, his creative process and more.
He is also a talented video maker and has directed the fascinating music video for Shaam Larein's song "Aurora" as well as her official live videos; he has also created some otherworldly visuals for his own music, for No Future videos, and for PÅGÅ's songs "Enter" and "Olili": we didn't forget this and in the interview you'll also find some parts which discuss this side of his artistic production.

Throughout all the years this site has been active (since 2013, formerly as Fuck yeah, In Solitude) there have been countless times where we have listened, watched and praised his music and art so we are extremely glad and honored to have had the chance to discuss all this with him, we hope you will enjoy this as much as we did and we want to say a big thank you to Gottfrid for the interesting answers he gave us, offering us an intriguing way to look at his art from his own perspective.

Affe Piran of Obnoxious Youth: "The main purpose will always be to communicate complete and utter chaos"

Affe Piran on stage with Obnoxious Youth in Hamburg Photo courtesy of Thomas Ertner

We are thrilled here at Unearthed Mirrors to feature a conversation with a man behind so many projects that we all have been appreciating for quite a long time now: from the speed heavy metal madness of Obnoxious Youth, to the unforgettable artwork of In Solitude's self titled debut album; as well as the apocalyptic doom of Endtime and recently we have also become aware that he is going to be part of another creature we are totally looking forward to: he is in fact also producing nothing less than Reveal!'s upcoming album.
Sure we should not forget to mention that he was in Uppsala's hardcore band Undergång (as you might remember, Uno of In Solitude used to be part of the band, too, and we possibly can't mention them without linking to this historical photo here); and that he also recorded VORUM's death metal assault "Poisoned Void". Indeed, the list could go on and on and by now you have probably guessed that we are talking about none other than Affe Piran, who is mostly known for being the vocalist of Obnoxious Youth, but has been, and is now more than ever, recklessly busy spreading visual and musical blasphemies in a lot of ways. Read below what he had to say about Obnoxious Youth's latest EP "Mouths Sewn Shut", about painting the cover artwork for In Solitude's debut back at the time, about DIY culture, the Reveal!'s album he is producing and more.

Meet The Black Woodpecker: an Interview with Markus Ahlbom and Pelle Åhman + new extended trailer!

Pelle & Markus - behind the scenes of "Spillkråkan / The Black Woodpecker"

As most of you who follow Unearthed Mirrors probably already know, the creative minds of Markus Ahlbom and Pelle Åhman have been working together in the past year to bring to life "SPILLKRÅKAN / The Black Woodpecker", a film of which, so far, we have been offered a glimpse at through some intriguing trailers and photos.

Today, it is with great pleasure that we present this recent interview with Markus and Pelle, where they discuss some interesting and fascinating details about their upcoming movie,
and also unveil a new extended trailer that you can
watch right below our written conversation.
 Hope you all enjoy as much as we did!

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Interview: Linnéa Olsson takes us for a fascinating ride into Maggot Heart

Maggot Heart clearly needs little introduction here on Unearthed Mirrors: it is a musical entity born from the mind of Linnéa Olsson, and as In Solitude appreciators, most of us already knew her from Sonic Ritual (the band she formed back in the days with Henrik Palm), as well as for her other previous collaborations (The Oath, Beastmilk, Grave Pleasures...), so basically we have been following it since it first came out to the public back in 2017, when Teratology Sound & Vision announced that Linnéa, joined by ex-In Solitude members Uno Bruniusson and Gottfrid Åhman, who took part in the recordings, was about to release Maggot Heart's first EP. This, understandably, made a lot of us quite excited and interested in hearing what this new musical creature was going to sound like .
And certainly, what we heard didn't disappoint: the first EP, "City Girls", followed in 2018 by the debut full-length "Dusk to Dusk", delivered an irresistible, captivating and corrosive stream of pure dark rock energy.
Now, Maggot Heart's second full-length, "Mercy Machine", is due out next week on Rapid Eye Records, the label that Linnéa recently co-founded with Ricky of Swamp Booking, and we are very pleased to be able to offer on Unearthed Mirrors this fascinating insight into Maggot Heart's inner and outer aspects: you can read below what Linnéa told us about the upcoming album, her creativity and sources of inspiration, touring as a trio, the albums' cover artworks, what playing live means to her, and more. Enjoy!

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Linnéa Olsson/Maggot Heart Photographed by Joe Dilworth

UM: Maggot Heart is about to release the new album "Mercy Machine" on July 10th: regardless of how your listeners will experience it when it comes out, how distant does it feel to you, mentally and just generally, from your previous "Dusk to Dusk"?

MH: In some ways it's been a lifetime since "Dusk to Dusk". Since then, I feel Maggot Heart has really come into its own, and done so through a lot of dues paid. We've scaled down the live line-up to a trio, which had a big impact on the band on and off stage. We also toured a lot, which again really made us tighter as a group, and as friends. Speaking for me personally, I feel more confident with my vocals after two years of intense touring. We worked very hard as a band, and also in a sort of unconventional way for such a small band, with all the touring in the US and very little internet presence for instance. My hopes were that this would pay off, and seeing now how much more attention we are getting with this album, I feel it's been worth it. "Dusk to Dusk" was a very dark album in several ways. It dealt with a lot of subconscious matters of the mind, past trauma, violence and existential anxiety. Thinking back of the writing process of this album, a lot of heavy matters come to mind. So in some ways I feel like I've worked through some of these parts of myself, and landed in a new territory. Where "Dusk to Dusk" dealt with the mind, "Mercy Machine" is rooted in the body. I believe it's a bit less melancholic and a bit more punkier, maybe. It has a bit more bite. I'm very proud of our work and of what we've become as a band on this album, and proud of the performances of the other guys as well.

Interview: Henrik Palm about his second album, signing with Svart Records, and more

Photo by Per Kristiansen

Back in 2017, when Henrik Palm's first solo song was premiered ("Elephant") and shortly after it was announced that a full-length album would have followed, many of us, who of course have been knowing him for his crucial role in In Solitude, immediately picked up on his solo music too, intrigued to hear more after listening to a first taste of it, which sounded remarkably peculiar and very promising.

Indeed, when his debut album, "Many Days", was released on Gothenburg label FETISH, it instantly became an all-time favourite of many of his listeners, finally able to enjoy his talented songwriting, his wide-ranged influences and his guitar skills complementing each other brilliantly in a solo environment which allowed him to fully express himself. And it also immediately gained him several new followers, captivated by the album's nods to punk, to noise rock as well as to industrial and experimental music, all of these blended together skillfully, at the same time creating a strange, dark in its very own way atmosphere throughout the whole record.
Now, he has recently completed his second solo album, titled "Poverty Metal", and he has teamed up with Finnish label Svart Records, that will release it in Fall 2020, alongside a reissue of his debut album. We're all eager to hear what this new record will be like and he has been so kind to answer some questions for all of us, so today we're incredibly excited to offer you this first-hand insight into Henke's upcoming album: from how his experience working on "Poverty Metal" differed from the previous one, to his creative process, from movies which have inspired him, to the new deal with Svart Records, and last but not least, some music and film recommendations: you can read it all below!

Erik Danielsson offers some hints about WATAIN's next plans and upcoming documentary

In a recent interview on The Art And Span Show Podcast published earlier today, among other topics more commonly discussed in several WATAIN interviews, Erik Danielsson also talked a bit more about  the band's -few but relevant- plans during next year, including announcing three last shows as part of the "Trident.Wolf.Eclipse" era, one of which is going to be the U.S. , in August; and also offered a few more hints at how their upcoming documentary movie is coming along. "It's looking pretty grim right now, in a good way", commented Erik about the movie. "It's kind of like 'A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica', but with a morbid touch to it."
"I want to do it because I want something to refer to when people want to have just an overall idea about what this band actually is. [...] And since WATAIN is also a very visual band, I like to take the visual element into it."
Erik also talked about the Watain Disciples Worldwide club, and how it manages to bring in its own context the similar, solemnly dedicated approach the band has towards its art and music; furthermore he discussed about touring different countries and playing to different audiences, and how the diversities and peculiarities of each WATAIN's album actually reflect the constant and dynamic progress throughout WATAIN's discography, as a result of creating music genuinely from the heart.
It's possible to download the podcast with the interview at this link.

Issue #2 of Grinder zine featuring Watain and Degial

Issue #2 of Chilean zine Grinder is out and features interviews with WATAIN and with DEGIAL, as well as several others with bands who spread extreme metal filth from all over the world, such as Krypts, Imago Mortis, Morbid Slaughter, Grave Desacrator, to name but a few. Text is written in English on the edition released by Doomentia Records.
The zine comes with a Death Yell / Morbosatan 7" split, both bands offering an exclusive track.
Some websites where it can be ordered are: Destruktion Records, Iron Bonehead, Fryktos Burnings, Record Shop X.
Other distros/shops might be having it in stock, so you might want to check out your local ones, too.