Everything Went Black Podcast

Rick Habeeb of Grey Skies Fallen / Reeking Aura joins us this week.  Both bands have record out this year on Profound Lore. Grey Skies’ record Molded by Broken hands came out earlier this year and the new reeking Aura will hit later this year.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “I Can Hear Your Voice” – Grey Skies Fallen

Champ Morgan returns to us this week.  Black Sabbath is an iconic bansd; Tony Iommi created heavy metal guitar and the rhythm section of Bill Ward and Geezer Bulter has influenced generations of musicians over 50 years.  None of this si news to anyone, but what about Sabbath in the 90’s?  Morgan and I talk about Sabbath’s “dark years.”   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Headless Cross” – Black Sabbath

Death Metal frontman and Heavy Hole Podcast host Will Smith joins us this week.  I’ve been a fan of his since my old band Anodyne shared played a show with his old band Biolich back in the dim past in some forgotten basement in Upstate New York. Most recently, he is fronting Reeking Aura, whose album Blood and Bone Meal was on heavy rotation around here back in 2022.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Harvesting the Hatchet” – Reeking Aura

Paul Aloisio of Restless Spirit returns to us this week.  The band has been tearing up the road these past few months so I wanted to get caught up.  We also talk about our mutual love of horror movies and discuss the recent sensation Longlegs, which will be a subject of a future all-hands episode of Necromaniacs.   Intro:    “All the dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Crooked Timber of Humanity” – Restless Spirit

Chris Ashley of Slasher Film Festival Strategy joins this week to discuss his recent work with Cadabra Records.  We discuss his background in hardcore punk and the early influences that motivated him to embark on this dark journey into intense electronic music.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Deimos” – Slasher Film Festival Strategy

Ralph Schmidt returns to us for another deep, heavy episode.  As part of our Metaphysics of… we dive into one of the scariest human emotions in the human psyche.  I’m talking about Love, a feeling that defies logic and reason but underlies almost every aspect of our lives; either the presence or lack of love.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “ Eternally is Here” – Gun Club

A few weeks ago, Drugoth joined us for his first of hopefully many visits to the podcast. We spoke primarily about music and the creative process and touched on martial arts, a passion that we both share.  I think we could have gone for another hour so I invited him back.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “We Bite” - Christbane

Karl and I are at it again with another action-packed episode of Darkness Weaves, our exploration of Karl Edwar Wagner’s Dark Fiction and Fantasy writing.  This week we discuss the short story Misericorde, originally published back in 1983 in Sorcerer’s Apprentice.   Intro:    “All the Dark Things / Darkness Weaves” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Craven” - Atrament

Composer Chris Bozzone returns this week. Chris is part of the inner circle at Cadabra Records / Chiroptera Press, the place to go where weird fiction, art and music meet. We discuss all of the upcoming books and recordings that are about to drop over the next few weeks.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Along a Marble Column” – The Seer

Mitch Oliver returns to podcast this week.  Last year we chatted about his horror short, THE DRUID’S HAND, a compelling, bleak story about a priest and his dark past.  This time around we discuss LOW LIFES, his debut feature film co-directed with  Tesh Guttikonda (Influencer). Intro:    “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Evergreen” – Brian Jonestown Massacre

Davey Ferchow of Portland’s Dry Wedding joins us this week to talk about the band’s forthcoming tour and the hints of new music on the horizon.    Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Depraved Estate” – Dry Wedding

You all know how I feel about horror and horror podcasts.  This week, I’d like to welcome Kainan Becker, the host of Ghost Pirate Entertainment, a great YouTube channel that covers horror on the streaming platforms.  I check in with Kainan on a weekly basis to get the lowdown on what to check out on the seemingly endless content available out there.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Sleeve” – Slaughter Shack

This week Stephen Flam of Goden / Winter join returns.  VALE OF THE FALLEN, the new Goden record is about to drop like a hammer! Steph and I get into the details of the record. Check it out! Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Urania” - Goden

Continuing my dive into sick Australian musicians with intense work ethics, I chat with Drugoth.  It was another early morning for me, but we had a great conversation.  For those of you who tuned into the Into the Necrosphere Best of 2023 episodes, you will remember that Drugoth’s LP “Battles May Cease But War is Forever” rated quite high on my list.   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Primordial Savagery” - Drugoth

Horseman Known Associate Matt Priso joins us this week.  Matt has appeared on Into the Necrosphere and Sol Nox and is the creative force behind Sik, Conspiracy X, Spells ov Torment and his newest project Intrafear. Addionally, he is an incredible visual artist and painter.  We get deep into the creative process and the conversation veered off into some very cool places.  I’ve always felt that it was inevitable that we would talk, so it was a great pleasure to sit down and get after it with Matt.   Intro:    “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Torture” – Conspiracy X

Karl Haikara and I continue our collaboration, Darkness Weaves, an exploration of the work of Karl Edward Wagner.  The subject of this episode is Sing a Last Song of Valdese, the final short story in the Night Winds collection.  Join us as we delve into a take of vengeance from beyond the grave.  Intro: “All the Dark Things / Darkness Weaves” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Virus” – Machinenzimmer 412

If you were a fan of Murderbait, Carrion Empire is the next logical step.  This week, we go into the genesis of this new band that explores the darker side of humanity and it’s place on our planet.     Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Now” – Carrion Empire

Dave Berardi, the Duke of Metal, curator of the Razor Eater Metal Instagram joins us.  In addition to his efforts reviewing and previewing records, he has launched Xezbeth, his dark ambient project.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “A Transmission to Satan” - Xezbeth

Terence Hannum, Andre Foisy and Steven Hess of Locrian join us this week to discuss their forthcoming new LP End Terrain.  The conversation, naturally, veers off into other territories.   Intro:     “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Excarnate Light” - Locrian

It seems like we are living in a Conan the Barbarian Renaissance. Just over the past month, we had the latest issue of Titan’s outstanding Conan the Barbarian color comic, the debut of the new Savage Sword of Conan and the Conan Chronicles, a mammoth collection of the two films, hours of extra and a book, all brought to you in 4K by Arrow. It was inevitable that Karl and I sat down and discuss all of this action.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “The Death of Rexor” – Basil Poledouris