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In this episode, Mephisto Deleterio and Chrisom Infernium delve into the creation of their latest album, sharing insights into their songwriting process, thematic explorations, and the evolution of their sound.

I really feel like I “found myself” when we had finished writing it.

Mostly the lyrics follow along with the story from A Sire, but ...it plays heavily on psychology with our usual occult atmosphere.

The circumstances of the pandemic and lockdown created a good opportunity to be creative. For people fortunate enough to have a creative outlet, it was the perfect opportunity to lose yourself in it.

The challenge is being open to ideas and incorporating a variety of musical influences while still retaining a cohesive identity. I don’t want to write albums that are all over the map without something central to keep everything in a common orbit.

We know exactly what we’re getting — interdimensional evil music — when these guys are in charge of "Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy". So sit back and prepare yourself for dissonance!

Album: Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy

Rating: 4/5

It’s with everything about this record that Veilburner cements itself as one of the premier acts of the mirky underworld that demands to be experienced.

Album: Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy

The duo continues to find new ways to challenge extreme metal norms and come up with something that is sonically and intellectually compelling, while also raising the bar for which they have already set rather high.

Album: The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom

Rating: 4/5

Veilburner are master storytellers, delivering grotesque yet stellar riffs and solos in a finely tuned production.

Album: The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom

Rating: 8/10

Veilburner are increasingly carving a path wholly their own with each release. Even after this album—arguably the pinnacle of its discography—there is still much to discover within the Veilburnerverse.

Album: The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom

Rating: 7/5

This is a record that some will find deeply disturbing, not understanding its true beauty, but those of us who already know or those that are open to nerve wrecking extremes will be rewarded with a legitimate masterpiece.

Album: The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom

Rating: 5/5

Duality contains an otherworldly, eerie, and distinctly ethereal character (even when compared to previous efforts); a laminar flow that allows forty-nine minutes of oddball blackened death to travel through a mere mortal’s nervous system like tea through a perfectly rendered clay kettle

Album: The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom

Rating: Very Good!

At speed, the drums spit bullets and hack at our necks, pierced by shimmering cymbal-strikes, while the ragged-edged riffing manically skitters and spasms, pierced by wordless howls and demented, strangling snarls.

Album: The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom

Although this album is insane with a lot to comprehend, it's presented with a firm foundation. Yes, it crosses a lot of lines, totally erased with chaos but it's a controlled chaos. None of the songs feel too floaty, convoluted, or pretentious. After a few trips to the other side, an odd sort of flow emerges and it certainly helps that the songs flow into each other well.

Album: The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom

Rating: 9/10

Having been an act that’s more than worthy of attention for years now, “The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom” sees Veilburner at an undeniable peak.

Album: The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom

Sick and twisted are Veilburner's bread and butter, and off‑kilter and occasionally dissonant blackened death metal is their vessel.

Album: VLBRNR

Rating: 3.5/5

There is a reason why the album cover is made up of intense shades of red. Red signifies fire, passion, love, and even anger. All these qualities are present on the album.

Album: VLBRNR

Rating: 8/10

With VLBRNR, Veilburner shows us that, six albums deep, they can still pull several infernal tricks from up their sleeves.

Album: VLBRNR

The album showcases the duo's ability to blend dissonant melodies with aggressive rhythms, creating a unique and immersive listening experience.

Album: VLBRNR

Rating: 3.5/5

The album's dissonant tones and complex structures make for a challenging listen, but one that is ultimately rewarding for those willing to delve into its depths.

Album: VLBRNR

Veilburner, whose crusade upon the very light and sanity of our world has made them a need-to-know act in their increasingly abnormal corner of black/death metal where even still, after all they’ve done, they continue to raise the bar with each release.

Album: VLBRNR

This gloomy hybrid capsule thus stands as a must-listen for anyone who likes to venture across the boundaries of black and death metal, unafraid of stepping off the beaten track.

Album: Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull

Fine-tuned though [Veilburner's songwriting] may be, I think it’s a little bit above my reading level to try and track the internal order of this material rather than the grotesque, yet enticing, contours that ripple away from it.

Album: Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull

As a Metalhead I’m used to Blackened Death Metal and the moments where this album pushes that genre are the most exciting.

Album: Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull

Rating: 7/10

I can tell someone all day this album is dissonant but until the music is actually heard, then the description won't do much good to most people.

Album: Lurkers In The Capsule Of Skull

Rating: 9/10

[Veilburner] tend to weave odd bits of melody into their music. While it may sound oppressive at first, and it certainly is, it begins to bore its way into your head little by little. Friends, this isn’t a “first listen and you’ll get it” experience.

Album: Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull

Veilburner defies all expectations to the point that I’m tempted to call this a work that’s sure to be considered one of the biggest and most well-executed of its kind that 2021.

Album: Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull

Where insanity reigns, creative power is endless. So VEILBURNER's tendency is become greater and greater, for "A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy" really points to a shining future.

Album: A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy

Rating: 8/10

The inclusion of ever-darker, ever-more compelling splashes of melody and moody ambience, soaring lead lines and, wouldn’t you know it, some honest-to-god clean vocals (on the Anaal Nathrakh-esque “Panoramic Phantoms”) definitely qualifies this album as their most melodic yet.

Album: A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy

There’s not a single dull moment to be had as Veilburner clearly understands the mammoth task of keeping the attention of the listener while still bringing a great level of complexity to the mix that can’t be ignored.

Album: A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy

...there’s ever an elusive, transcendent element to the music. You hear it in the dim corners of Mephisto Deleterio’s scabrous solos and feel it in the airy heights of the track’s main riff.

Album: A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy

VEILBURNER manages to squeeze in elements of industrial, psychedelia, progressive metal, black metal and dissonant death metal, and for the most part they pull it off well.

Album: The Obscene Rite

Rating: 8/10

A strong series of discordant, jangly patterns that are strongly technical with near-progressive tendencies within the arrangements and maneuver within the utterly off-kilter tempos which give the tracks a highly offbeat appearance that’s quite intriguing.

Album: The Obscene Rite

Its tornadic, ever-shifting time signatures; elliptical, frantic, almost jangly guitaring; limber, jazz-like bottom end; and penchant for curious tangents make for quite a musical shitstorm, but it definitely grabs your attention.

Album: The Obscene Rite

Rating: 4/5

[The Obscene Rite] completes a conceptual trilogy exploring transhumanism, ghastly experimentation, nihilism, and an unholy quest for immortality, and the music sounds every bit like the subject matter.

Album: The Obscene Rite

Rating: 4/5

An uncompromisingly bright album, its effervescent synths and heavily effected clean guitars give tracks like first single 'Ever Relapsing Fever' a brilliant, almost garish shade.

Album: Noumenon

Even with the styles brought to the table musically, ‘The Three Lightbearers’ is a fairly instant release, which resounds with powerful displays of light and dark from a broad palette. With that said, I have a feeling that once they purify and hone their style, their best work is yet to come.

Album: The Three Lightbearers

Rating: 7/10