Arson Cafe: October 2023

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Amorphous transmutations - Interview with Cryptworm

A lot of stench thrives in the underground death metal scene, if you're willing to get your hands dirty. Cryptworm's their first steps in 2017 with a potent demo were already promising. After a handful of mini releases for a few years, the band released its debut in 2022 named Spewing Mefitic Putridity, a delectable dose of 90's death metal and filth. Mainman Tibor had a short conversation with A.C. about the status of the band the exciting news for the near future.

Saturday, October 07, 2023

Our struggle reflects hope - Interview with Thlipsis

Thlipsis (from the word θλίψις, meaning sadness) is a relatively new name in the underground scene but its band members are no rookies. After a formidable short EP in 2021, the project's debut full length Dawn of Defiance came out just some weeks ago and constitutes one of the best Greek black metal releases of the year so far. Pumped with scourging melodies, fantastic musicianship and an intimidating presence, the record is worth your time both sound-wise and lyric-wise. The band discussed with Arson Cafe topics around its release, ideology and current status.

Reckoning

From all the hills came screams. A piece of sky beside the crescent sun was detaching. It was a loosened circle of evening sky, suddenly lighted from the back. It was an abrupt black body out of nowhere; it was a flat disk; it was almost over the sun. That is when there were screams. At once this disk of sky slid over the sun like a lid. The sky snapped over the sun like a lens cover. The hatch in the brain slammed. Abruptly it was dark night, on the land and in the sky. In the night sky was a tiny ring of light. The hole where the sun belongs is very small. A thin ring of light marked its place. There was no sound. The eyes dried, the arteries drained, the lungs hushed. There was no world. We were the world’s dead people rotating and orbiting around and around, embedded in the planet’s crust, while the earth rolled down. Our minds were light-years distant, forgetful of almost everything.