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INTERVIEWS
"Extreme metal duo Veilburner take off their masks to discuss their seventh album The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom."
— Tom Osman Substack, November 5, 2024
"The Extreme Metal duo of multi-instrumentalist Mephisto Deleterio and vocalist Chrisom Infernium always have plenty of insight into their fascinating, musical explorations."
— Blessed Altar Zine, December 1, 2022
"We’re trying to stimulate as many of the five senses as we can."
— Mosh Pit Nation, October 11, 2021
"With the excellent follow-up record Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull due out on September 24th I caught up with the band again to hear about the new record and find out how they’ve been doing in these crazy times"
— Blessed Altar Zine, September 6, 2021
"The Philadelphia two-piece’s debut album The Three Lightbearers seems to have gone largely under the radar, but this is a band whose voice need be heard."
— Toilet ov Hell, October 17, 2014
ALBUM REVIEWS
"Once again, it seems we won’t be able to ignore Veilburner this year."
— Metal Eclipse Reviews, October 5, 2025
"Dense but intensely frenetic, Veilburner’s dark magic still has yet to wane in its ever-shifting menace!"
— Head-Banger Reviews, September 26, 2025
"The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom is another triumph from Veilburner."
— Metal Rules, December 2024
"The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom turned into one of the best Dissonant Metal pieces on our roster."
— Rock Music Raider, November 24, 2024
"Mephisto Deleterio and Chrisom Infernom follow up 2022’s VLBRNR with their seventh and arguably most potent conjuring yet."
— Metal Eclipse Reviews, November 15, 2024
"The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom is a masterclass in not only unorthodox music, but it’s also thematically and lyrically strong."
— Metal Epidemic, November 14, 2024
"...listeners can rest assured that Duality reinforces Veilburner’s reputation for reliability and creativity in an extremely challenging field. "
— Angry Metal Guy, November 12, 2024
"Veilburner's eclecticism isn't scattershot. They do have their anchor-points in death and black metal."
— No Clean Singing, October 29, 2024
"The twisted compositions only get better as the album is played more and more. This is a trip down a rabbit hole that I'll happily get lost in."
— Metal Temple, October 7, 2024
" For their seventh creation, Veilburner seeks to deepen their ever-evolving sound of madness and intricacies."
— Head-Banger Reviews, September 15, 2024
"Veilburner are a force to be reckoned with, and VLBRNR is yet another strong exhibit of proof to that end."
— Angry Metal Guy, December 3, 2022
"Whatever itches for you, scratch it with "VLBRNR.""
— Metal Temple, November 14, 2022
"Veilburner have followed up last year's career highlight with something darker, louder, and more dyspeptic."
— No Clean Singing, September 30, 2022
"Veilburner's latest offering is a complex and challenging listen, but one that rewards repeated plays."
— Metal Epidemic, November 29, 2022
"Veilburner's VLBRNR is a chaotic yet cohesive album that showcases the band's evolution."
— Teeth of the Divine, December 19, 2022
"Words can only barely begin to truly penetrate the monolithic presence that makes its home within the confines of “VLBRNR”."
— Head-Banger Reviews, October 2, 2022
"Creatively linked to its predecessor, yet with a soul of its own, Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull is a tasty slab of blackened experimentalism just waiting to be discovered."
— Encyclopaedia Metallum, October 14, 2021
"Everything you hear is distorted through a curved lens, and when it’s over, the real world might feel a little too linear to be trusted."
— Toilet ov Hell, September 10, 2021
"It blasts in with borderline Grindcore aggression mixed with Symphonic Black Metal and Death Metal spew. Overall, a pretty stunning mix..."
— Ave Noctum, September 23, 2021
"This isn't a journey for everyone but I highly suggest everyone takes it anyway."
— Metal Temple, August 23, 2021
"This is heavy, oppressive, feral, unhinged, and yet somehow musical. To me, it’s the most musical album I’ve heard of this death metal sub-genre."
— Teeth of the Divine, August 12th, 2021
"You cannot deny the otherworldly superiority that Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull commands at every given moment."
— Head-Banger Reviews, July 24, 2021
"It's not so easy to describe this chaotic and aggressive form of music, but it's good in the way it is."
— Metal Temple, January 12, 2019
"A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy is yet another example of Veilburner at their mind-bending, genre-blending best."
— No Clean Singing, December 28, 2018
"It’s with Veilburner that I’m lucky enough to go into next year with yet another top-tier sample of the genre fresh on my lips and still ringing in my ears!"
— Head-Banger Reviews, October 30, 2018
"It is beauty and ugliness, heaviness and levity, and it will absolutely set your mind ablaze."
— Toilet ov Hell, 2017
"The Obscene Rite is a majestic, intricate spectacle of an album that manages to be both disturbing and uplifting."
— Metal Temple, January 12, 2017
"A solid choice for more adventurous-leaning extreme metal fans or fans of the bands’ previous work."
— Encyclopaedia Metallum, November 3, 2016
"...for all of its quirks, and mystifying story line, Rite is an utterly fascinating work."
— Metal Rules, October 2016
"Veilburner once again proves they have the songwriting ability and conceptual prowess to deliver a cohesive, yet bizarrely far-reaching album."
— Toilet ov Hell, October 5, 2016
"Veilburner's Noumenon is a sophisticated and dynamic metal album that transcends traditional brutality."
— Toilet ov Hell, July 31, 2015
"Veilburner’s debut album is packed with chaotic, technical death/black and brimming with crushing riffage that could flatten cities, yet it’s so much more"
— Ave Noctum, December 15, 2014