Mattowarrior's Metal Madness

Draugen is a one man Black Metal band from Argentina that features extremely harsh occult soundscapes that probably would've given someone like Montague Summers nightmares. Cold, "kvlt" and desolate, it could appeal to many who are into the rawer side of Black Metal. With his recently released 3rd demo (and fifth release overall), Grim Forest Sky. I caught up with Draugen's mainman Arthur, and this is what he had to say:  Tell me about the project, how did it start?   Draugen began after the dissolution of a project that was me in guitars with feelings thrash, black and sights of freedom. I started Draugen, with my guitar and a youtube drum base, with a demo, the lyrics and music were a sense of obscurantist imperialism at the beginning of Draugen.  What inspired you to play the style of black metal you play?   At the beginning I was interested in investigating les legions noires, French black metal cult groups, and they inspired me wit...

Jevil Project is, as his Soundcloud page describes, " is an France-based instrumental metal act, who does not perform live, but prefers to create music meant to be listened to. Jevil Project is proficient at marrying sludge metal riffery with dirtier post-rock guitar melodies." I found this to be a pretty apt description, though there is a lot more to be examined. His latest release, The Golden Eye EP,  starts out with Paradox, a slightly djenty (but less annoying than that description would imply) slow instrumental with some interweaving melodies. I say "Djenty" only because of the super downtuned riff that somewhat "chugs" but with a way less sterile tone than the aforementioned genre would normally deliver. The second song N.V.R.S is faster for the most part, featuring bludgeoning guitars alternating with slower sections.  Osmosis features almost more traditional sounding melodies and harmonies that make it a catchier feeling, along with m...