Pestis  Inferos  are  a  band  from  Syracuse,  New  York  that plays  a  very  old  school  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2019  ep  "Beyond  the  Veil  Of  Light"  which  will  be  released  in  June.

 Ritualistic  bell  sounds  start  off  the  ep  along  with  a  brief  use  of  children  singing  before  going  into  a  heavier  musical  direction.  All  of  the  musical  instruments  also  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  while  the  vocals  are  mostly  grim  sounding  black  metal  screams  and  the  riffs  also  bring  in  a  decent  amount  of  melody.

  When  the  music  speeds  up  a  great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  can  also  be  heard  which  also  gives  the  songs  more  of  a  raw  feeling.  A  great  amount  of  90's  influences  can  also  be  heard  in  the  bands  musical  style  while  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts,  demonic  voices  can  also  be  heard  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  and  all  of  the  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  synths can  also  be  heard  briefly  on  the  closing  track.

  Pestis  Infernos  plays  a  style  of  black  metal  that  is  very  raw  and  old  school  in  the  90's  tradition.  The  production  sounds  very  dark  and  raw  while  the  lyrics  cover  darkness  and  occultism  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Pestis  Inferos  are  a  very  great  sounding  old  school  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "From  throne  To  Funeral"  and  "Poison  Falling  Star".  8  out  of  10. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzb6DE169Gc 

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
Ignis Invocatio is a band of black metal who is formed by just 2 members in the year of 2017 with the hungry to do black metal in the old style and is doing a music for the Devil and his flame.

2.Last year you had released an ep, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical style you went for on the recording?
The musical style that we choose for this ep is a classic sound of Black Metal who is trying to do his music with the old style but with a sound very property for Ignis Invocatio.

3.Your lyrics cover Witchcraft, Devil Worship and Occultism, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in the dark arts?
Indeed! the interest for us into the dark arts is something who really like to us and the interest for this darkness remotes from our entire life and has a real meaning musically and personally. The Black Flame of Lucifer and The Flame of  Qayin is who will guide us in the entire time to do this dark music.

4.Originally the band was called 'Black Serpent', what was the cause of the name change and also the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Ignis invocatio'?That is a fun fact because the decision of change the name of "Black Serpent" was because another band who have the same name claim be the only and originally be the "True" "Black Serpent", so they sent us a message complaining about plagiarism of the name of the band , in the first place we had never heard of that band before and never believed that someone would complain about having the same name even being from different countries and doing different kind of music. We chose that name in the first place because it had a real meaning for us but we decided not to do a drama and whine for just a band name , so we decided to change the name to "Ignis Invocatio" which has the same meaning for us , who represents the invocation of the black flame.

5.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the ep cover?
The artwork of the ep cover is the representation of the rituals who we make to the flame of the serpent and Qayin.

6.Currently there are only 2 members in the band, are you open to expanding your line up or do you prefer to remain a duo?
We are opened to expand our band to more members, with the only condition of find the right people who really like this music.

7.Has the band done any live shows or would be open to doing them in the future?
We have not done any live show yet, for the moment we want to be as a studio band and seeing the evolution of the band, of course we would like to represent our music live in the future.

8.The physical copies of the ep are coming out on 'Black Funeral Productions', how did you get in contact with this label?
Well, basically it was because i'm the vocalist of another band with the name "Sanginem Daemonus" and that label was the one that produced our EP too. So i told them about my "Ignis Invocatio"project and they liked too.

9.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black metal?
When we announced our EP through bandcamp we had a very good acceptance from different countries, which thank the support to underground bands like us.

10.When can we expect a full length and also where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We are working to make a Full length and i hope it does not take long to make it known. we see us doing more of this dark music in the future doing it with more violence and dark essence.

11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Our influence is focused on bands like Bathory (mainly), horna, pest, watain etc. and nowadays we listen a lot of bands who they have a really great sound like kadotus, Qayin regis, ultra silvam, voodus Etc.

12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Just i hope this music continues with many violence , dark essence and devil worship And FUCK OFF!!!! all this fashion shit.

  Daemoni  are  a  band  from  Bogota,  Columbia  that  plays  a  very  satanic  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of t heir  2019  album  "Black  Tyrant"  which  will  be  released  in  June  by  Goathorned  Productions.

  Horror  movie  style  keyboards  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  tortured  sounds  in  the  background  before  going  into  a  heavier  musical  direction.  When  the  music  speeds  up a   great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  can  also  be  heard  which  also  gives  the  music  more  of  a  raw  feeling.

  Vocals are  mostly  grim  black  metal  screams  while  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.  All  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recording  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  along  with  the  solos  and  leads  being  done  in  a  very  dark  yet  melodic  style.

  A  decent  amount  of  90's  influences  can  also  be  heard  in  the  bands  musical  style  but  still  sounding  very  modern  at  the  same  time  while  one  of  the  tracks  is  very  long  and  epic  in  length  which  also  adds  in  a  small  amount  of  synths  and  melodic  chants  before  returning  back  to  a  heavier  direction  The  production  sounds  very  dark  and  raw  while  the  lyrics  cover  Satanism,  Occultism,  Left  Hand  Path,  Necromancy  and  Blasphemy  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Daemoni  are  a  very  great  sounding  satanic  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Moriens  Pulsatio"  "Black  Tyrant"  and  "Thirsty  Underworld".  8  out  of  10.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=195h8S_hjaU

 1. Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?



Thanks for your time, so, yeah, currently we've been really busy with the pre promotion of our upcoming release, we just finished a month ago the songs recordings and mix sessions, so now we are focus on the cover design, meantime we decided to upload the whole songs to a digital platform for a pre listening, solely, it is not a downloading bullshit site, that is why we wanted to start the spreading out of this new stuff through that media before it comes on an analog format. In the other hand we are giving interviews also and making rehearsals for future live-rituals.





2. Recently you have released a new ep, musically how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?



Well, all the changes within the band were coming as a natural wave of creation and devotion for this music, since besides the fact we got a bit more than XVI years on this path the new line-up is completely made up by expertise’s musicians into the Black Metal genre, so the new songs are stronger songs, you know what I mean? we have never been a typical BM band writing a bunch a guitar-riffs and pretending make them pass as songs, We are composing as a painting on a canvas where you will find lots of elements and feelings. Guitar solos are the new elements we are exploring, and the blast beats now have a less presence than before, the tempo is something we are caring about also on the news, so yeah, this was not doing only for the sake of doing so, I call it growth that the time gives you. Regarding the production, this time is a thousand of times better than before, definitely on this release we got the right balance between the raw atmosphere of our music and good sounding to catch the details up.





3. Some of your lyrics deal with Satanism and Occult themes, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in the dark arts?



Actually this is a good question, well, not only the dark arts of life are within our main interest, you know, for lyrics writing we also take inspiration from the Cosmo vision that our ancient ones had regarding the death, the beyond, the universe, how they prepared themselves to face some sort of spiritual or personal challenge, it is fascinated to me. And either you are into these themes or not, in every ancient culture this is really inspirational, I am not an expertise about prehispanic topics, but the way they saw and dealed with that kind of themes seem to me something really interesting. So, when I focus on that and practice meditation, I feel a strong connection with those aspects, like a warrior from those ages into a modern world, you know? Nowadays there are many wills of mud, everyone wants to obtain something and then discard it, and there are no warriors that are prepared for personal or spiritual battles and victories that endure. So, to sum up, our lyrics covers perseverance, fight for living, Satanism as rebellion against everything wants to change your natural essence, be strong, and so forth.





4. What are some of the other lyrical topics and subjects you have explored over the years with your music?



Yeah I already explained on the question above, something I want to say also, we ain´t talk about in our lyrics is: Winter, I ain´t a fucking son of winter. I love the sea; we talk about it in one song by the way, '' To the grave alive ''





5. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Rapture Messiah'?



The meaning is the music we create. I cannot give you a better example than that. you know?, when I create this band back in 2003 we were a bunch of teenagers that wanted to play the music we were so inspired, by that time we were looking for a strong name also and after several tries we left R.M. Behind our name & our steps there are so many things, a little history of XVI years, so perseverance and work are the surface where this entity get strong.






6. So far most of the releases have been demo;s, ep's, splits and live recordings, are there any plans to release a full length in the future?



Maybe it´s weird but we have taken this fascinated path with devotion for the Underground scene and trying the get a better compositions in our music that, the recording of a full-length haven´t been our main target. Maybe it sounds weird, I know, but the full-length recording is not our search right now either, it was not even our worry right from the beginning of the band,  you know, I have seen so many bands making recordings that sounds as many other bands around the world, so I don't want to make the same, we are leaving our musical influences within the demos and comps, and live´s recs, because we are constantly looking our own sound, or at least with the new stuff recorded we want to reach out our own personality. And then, once we feel sure we got something really strong and personal, and then we will share it as a full-length for the rest of the fans that have been supporting us since long ago.





7. What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?



Over the last years we have shared the stage with so many talented bands that I cannot tell you some special gig at all. We have played along with Mystic Circle, Nargaroth, Besatt, Nebiros, Adumus, from México we have been honored to share the stage along with mexican living legends as Hiborym & Ereshkigal and more. Every single fucking gig we leave our soul right there!, so, there is no way I could mention only one night of passion and intensity delivered to the crowd.









8,Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?



About touring not for now actually, for the future we want to focus for a possible Mexico and Centro America tour tho, maybe for 2020. Upcoming shows here in Mexico, yeah we got some gigs already scheduled to be done by June, July and by the end of the year.



9.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black metal?



I don´t really know, I think quite good, proof of that are the releases we had under the banner of Labels abroad, and the fact that these releases were sold out into a short time, so yeah, maybe it is a good indicator to say that it has been good.





10. What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that some of the band members are a part of?



Armand, the lead guitarist has his own band since '99, they started as Penumbra but then changed the name to Utter Hell, they already came out with a new full-length this year. It is a really great album by the way, a sort of raw and fast Black Metal that every single fan should have under their collection. About Jan, the drummer, has not any other project at this moment, so about me, I am bassist into a Rock & Roll Stoner band named Doña Calavera, I entered after they released their first full-length produced by one Label from Tennessee, USA.





11. Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?





oh well, I am pretty sure we are going to find out our own personality at the very moment of song writing, definitely as long as we push ourselves to the next level, we will get it. In terms of music and the atmosphere we create with our art I see us right there.





12.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?



I listen up rock and roll as Dokken, Black Sabbath, Bad Company, and some other classical authors as Tchaikowsky or Strauss.








13. Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?



Thank you for the spot on your page, and being interesting in us, thanks to the people from other places that have supporting us also, and keep the Black Metal fire alive.

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?

Deathwomb is a Black Metal band from Canary Islands, Spain. We recorded our first demo in 2017 and it had a good acceptance inside the purest Black Metal public. After that we recorded our first album that going to be released by Iron Bonehead Productions. The band is working on a couple of songs for a split 7” with Prophets Of Doom and rehearsing with the intention of play live at the end of 2019.

2.In April you have your first full length coming out, musically how does it differ from from the demo you had released in 2017?

It doesn't differ too much compared with the demo, I would say that the structures and the sound improved, it sounds more powerful but raw and dark at the same time, the demo was recorded/ mixed by ourselves whilst the LP was recorded by ourselves again but mixed/ mastered in studio. I think this is part of the natural evolution from the demo to something bigger.


3.Your lyrics show more of a darker side of occultism, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in the dark arts?

I have always been interested on the dark side of  humanity and I've read some occultism articles, books, and notes, and a couple of years ago I tried to dig more about Enochian magic and satanic poetry and found a lot of inspiration from these sources.


4.Most of the other band members also play in other bands or projects. what is it that you bring into the music of 'Deathwomb', that you are not able to do with your other bands or groups?

We're involved in many projects because we know well to each other and our musical taste/ focus is the same. There is not much people in our area that understand of point of view about death/ black metal. In Deathwomb we have the opportunity of adding keyboards, obscure/ hypnotic guitar melodies or vocal effects that we never would play in our others projects.

5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Deathwomb'?

The Virgin's pregnant womb full of laments and death.


6.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?

It was taken from a Carlos Neves painting called “El Hospital Juarez” done back in 1951. We think that it fits petty good with the album's name/ concept. After sending the LP to the pressing plant we realised that another band used it before as cover artwork but we don't give a fuck to be honest.

7.On the new album the band expanded into a trio after being a duo for a while, what was the decision behind bringing in another member?

It was a natural addition as we all play together in Supremative and that is something that would happen sooner or later.

8.Has the band done any live shows or are there any planned for the future?

We never played live yet but we are rehearsing with the purpose of playimg live at the end of 2019.

9.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black and death metal?

It was really good from the very beginning. Our demo had an unexpected reception and all the copies were sold too fast, after that we got an offer to release an LP with Iron Bonehead so it culdn't be better.

10.What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that some of the band members are a part of?

At the moment we all play in Supremative, we recorded a LP recently that needs to be mixed/ mastered. Also, we're rehearsing for an US mini tour that we gonna do in June/July. We have other projects as Culto Profano or Necroven but those bands are on hold at the moment.

11.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

We'll try to keep the same sound or something even more raw and dark.

12.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

We got influenced by classics such as Demoncy, Beherit, Profanatica, Von, early Mystifier, Mortuary Drape, early Samael, Necromantia,etc. and some modern bands like Perverted Ceremony, Moenen of Xezbeth.
Personally during this week I listened  to Mortuary Drape's “Necromantic Doom Returns" compilation what is fantastic and some Running Wild, Venom, Autopsy, Deathhammer and something more that I forgot.

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Embrace the perpetual obscurity.