Mysterivm Xarxes

This is an excerpt from the full interview that will be published in issue #1

Interview by Sakis

-Hails Homvnkvlvs and thanks for the interview.For those that have never heard of Mysterivm Xarxes before, can you tell us a little bit about this project?

Of course . It all started when I decided to learn the guitar as a second instrument in the summer of 2020.I've been a drummer for 25 years, so I felt it was time for a new challenge with a new instrument. I used to be active in death metal, grindcore and back metal bands as a drummer, then in 2015 I stopped being active in bands , there was a lack of time and motivation to keep the whole thing going.But now back to the actual topic, after a few months of playing the guitar, the idea of ​​making a kind of solo project came up for the first time. We were all in the middle of the pandemic right now, I had a lot of free time, practicing like a maniac on the guitar, listening mainly to black metal at the time, and then I suddenly realized that I wanted to embark on a new musical journey.At that time there were also some things happening in my environment that I had to deal with and so from the beginning this project was like therapy for me to process things and to express emotions in the form of music, which I found to be very healing.

And so Mysterivm Xarxes was born and has been an integral part of my life ever since.

-What are some of the bands that have had an influence on your music?

The influences often change depending on what I'm listening to. I often listen to 1-2 bands for a few weeks and literally absorb the songs, then there are phases where I hear everything all over the place.

But the main influences on the first album were certainly classics like Darkthrone and Burzum, but also from the early US sector, leviathan, weakling, xasthur.

I'm now more of a us Black fan, these bands often have more complex arrangements or go More their own way than, for example, in the Scandinavian region, this is just my personal opinion.

While writing the 2nd album I listened to bands like Këkht Aräkh, Mrtva vod, lamp of murmuur, trhä, so More newer modern black metal that stays true to its roots but is  also creative and complex.

But what is most important besides the influences: trying to go your own way, staying true to yourself, making your own mistakes so that you can make something better out of them.

-A new album is in the works.Can you give us some info about the musical/lyrical direction?

The new album is certainly not very far away from the material of the debut, but it goes a little different way, it's harsh, raw, sometimes faster and a bit more aggressive, in contrast to the first album where the songs were slower and more melancholic.