Everything Went Black Podcast

You know, sometimes social media is good for something.  Mother of Graves showed up in my Instagram feed one day; intriguing imagery, so I checked out the music and was blown away.  The music is heavy, dark and has atmosphere to spare.  I dug further and discovered that Chris Morrison of Harakiri was in the band. Chris and I go way back, our bands have played numerous shows together, we’re stayed at each other’s houses, all of that stuff. It was a pleasure to catch up with Chris.  By all mean, do yourself a favor and check out Mother of Graves.   Intro:     “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Where the Shadows Adorn” – Mother of Graves

Aaron Keay-Homma of Killitorous joins us this week.  Aaron and I were on tour together earlier this year. Of course, I’m referring to the Origin, Abysmal Dawn, Tombs, Killitorous Tour.  Aaron and his crew had a hard run, plagued by mechanical problems, van failures and just overall hard times, but they kept rolling.  Aside from the general respect I for them because they’re such a sick band, they earned a more profound respect for their sheer will.  Little did I know that the story behind the scenes was way more wild and intense than I could have imagine.  Check it out. Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “30 Minutes” - Killitorous

This week, David Grossman joins us for an epic discussion.  David is a member of the long-standing Philly-based band Rosetta and, additionally, he is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt.  We go deep into a myriad of subjects including the concept of novelty, competition, training and various life philosophies.   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Itinerant” - Rosetta

John Adam and Toby Poser of the Adams Family / Wonder Wheel Production join us this week.  If are a Necromaniacs listener, you will undoubtedly be familiar with them. I’m had them, along with Zelda their daughter, on a guests  and we’ve covered two of their excellent films, this year’s folk horror Hellbender and The Deeper You Dig from 2019.  We shifted the conversation a bit this time around to talk about music; during my previous chats with them, I discovered that we have a lot of the same interests when it comes to music, so I thought it would be fun to cover that here on EWB.  Check out the this killer playlists on Spotify embedded in the show notes at everythingwentblackmedia.com. Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “My War” – Black Flag.

The last couple of years have been interesting to say the least.  Amidst all of the anxiety, heartache and isolation that I went thru some of the positives were meeting some really cool people.  Karl and I connected, during the depths of the pandemic, over our love of weird fiction, dark music and the occult.  We routinely traded ideas about left hand path philosophy, discussed our favorite writers, bands, films and all of the miscellanea that you can probably imagine. In this episode, we go deep.  Notably, we talk about Karl’s new podcast Sol Nox and his impending podcast dedicated to Robert E. Howard’s mightiest character Conan of Cimmeria. Intro:                    “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:                  “Hole in Me” – Red Harvest

One of the coolest things about being able to tour is catching up with old friends.  On this most recent US tour, I had the opportunity of kicking it with Steven Williams of Init Records, while we were passing thru Minneapolis.  Steve has been grinding for years, releasing music that he believes in.  If you dig forward thinking, independent music, check out his label.   Intro:                    “Al the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:                  “Iterations of Time” – Former Worlds 

I love episodes like this, where I get to connect with one of my fellow Horsemen of the Podcast Apocalypse.  This week, Brandon Legion joins us as my guest to talk about one of our mutual favorite filmmakers: David Lynch   Intro:                    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:                  “This Magic Moment” – Lou Reed

My good friend Aaron Dallison joins us this week.  I’ve known Aaron for just about a quarter century and have been a fan of his music for the entire time, first in Keelhaul and more recently with Axioma  Their new album “Sepsis”, available on Translation Lost Records is sick; an early candidate for my top 10 records of the year as a matter of fact.   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Contortions of Passage” - Axioma

This week on EWB, we have Jay Gambit, vocalist for Executioner’s Mask whose newest record Winterlong has been on heavy rotation here at my lair.  We also about his long-running noise project Crowhurst, Dave Grohl and a myriad of other things.   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Last Call” – Executioner’s Mask

The last time I tried to have this many guests on a single episode, it turned out to be total chaos.  Luckily, Locrian are three composed, articulate gentlemen.  All three members, Terence Hannum, Andre Foisy and Steven Hess joined me to discuss their forthcoming LP New Catastophisms, the value of getting a good sweat and a myriad of other fascinating subjects.   Intro:     “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Augury in an Evaporating Tower” - Locrian

I'm back from tour.  We had a great run with Origin, Abysmal Dawn and Killitorous.  I give a run down of the past few weeks. Intro:     "All the Dark Things" - Mike Hill Outro:   "Bury Me a Grave" - Executioner's Mask

Evan Hopper from Quell joins us again.  It’s more of a catch-up, hangout episode with a cool playlist.  A while back, we got together to talk about Quell’s latest record “The Kvult is Dead”. Go back and check it out if you missed it.   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Reaped by the Scythe (featuring Jackie Smit of Into the Necrosphere” - Quell

Ralph and I circle back for part 4 of our unofficial 4 part series on Portland's music scene. We talk about the city's deep history of underground bands that had a far-reaching influence.  We talk about a few of our favorite such as Greg Sage and the Wipers, Poison Idea, Deep Moon as well as some more contemporary bands.   Intro: "Plastic Bomb" -Poison Idea Outro: "Doom Town" - The Wipers

This is round 3 of our unofficial "Unholy Portland" miniseries. This week, we welcome Davey Ferchow of Dry Wedding, another great Portland band mining the post-punk shadows of one of the Northwest's most fertile music cities. Intro: "All the Dark Things" - Mike Hill Outro: "Frayed Rope" - Dry Wedding

This week, Casey Logan of Portland's Murderbait joins us. If you missed last week's episode, go back and listen to it; Ralph and I hold Murderbait in the highest regard. Casey and I go way back to the inspiration for the band, philosophies on creativity and also talk about Shadowlands, another fine participant in Portland's underground music scene. Intro: "All the Dark Things" - Mike Hill Outro: "Lost" - Murderbait

It seems like a lifetime has passed since Ralph and I did an episode together.  It was great to catch up and talk about a great band that needs more hype. A while back, Ralph turned me on to Murderbait from Portland. At the time, their EP “When the Sun Goes Down, It Goes Down Forever” was out.  You have to love that title.  Immediately, I was drawn into their web or darkness and intensity, bringing to mind some of my favorite bands such as Fields of the Nephilim, Bauhaus but with a distinctly original vibe. Murderbait have a brand new LP out called “Nostalgia Like Cancer” (yet again another great title).   Intro:     "All the Dark Things" - Mike Hill Outro:    "Lost" - Murderbait

Trevor Shelley-DeBrauw of Pelican / Rlyr returns to the podcast.  For serious, old school listeners you may remember the episode we recorded way back when we were on tour in Europe together.  I always look forward to these meetings; some of my favorite tour memories involve Trevor and the men of Pelican and Isis. Intro: "Everything Went Black" - Mike Hill Outro: "Specks of Light" - Pelican

As some of you know, Tombs wrapped up a short run of dates with Cloak and Restless Spirit. It was great to be out on the road again; also shout out to those of you that I met in person!   This week, Paul Aloisio, the guitarist  and vocalist from Restless Spirit joins us to talk about the formation of the band, their current album “Blood of the Old Gods” as well as his time writing about horror movies.   Intro:      "All the Dark Things" - Mike Hill Outro:     "Haunted" - Restless Spirit

I’m back from being on the road for a few days.  I actually got to meet some of you, which was really cool.  It’s been a while since we put one of these out, so here we go.   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:   “The Last Thing” – Lebanon Hanover

It’s another Heavy Metal Massacre coming at you this week. Me and J Bennet, long time friend / musician / rock scribe, joins us to talk about the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and some of our favorite bands that we tagged with this moniker. Intro:     “Everything Went Black” – Composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:   “Alley Cat Blues” – Star Fighters