Category: Interviews

No Owner: Interview with Xavier Godart, Birtawil

Bir Tawil is a strip of desert on the Egypt-Sudan border that neither country claims. In 2013, a musician from Bordeaux, Xavier Godart, named his solo project after it. The logic turned out to run deeper than the name. Dua Min, Birtawil’s 2026 album, is a record about what happens when unclaimed territory finally gets a structure imposed on it: drum machines, live performance, industrial coldness, and six tracks in Esperanto that move from feeling to death. Godart on autonomy, solitude, and the cost of friction.

The Devastation: Vienna’s Youngest Are Not Waiting for Permission

Demetra Cartsos is fifteen years old. She fronts a band, writes the songs, manages the bookings, runs the social media, attends regular school and music school in the same week, and still finds time to have nightmares worth writing about. The Devastation, the Vienna occult rock and metal band she founded in February 2025 at fourteen, spent their first year winning competitions, opening for established acts, and playing every serious doom stage the Austrian underground had to offer

Q&A: Rosary

Doomnation Radio caught up with frontman Misha to talk about the meaning behind the band’s name, the evolution from Telestai to The Broken Sacrament, and what makes the Polish doom scene such a vibrant, diverse force.

Q&A: Faustian Slip

Faustian Slip is the doom metal project of Jason Sullivan, a solo artist from Florida whose music blends classic doom influences with personal convictions, creating a sound that captures the essence of the genre.

Void Sinker

Q&A: Void Sinker

Void Sinker, the one-man project of Italian musician Guglielmo Allegro, crafts instrumental doom and drone metal that explores themes of isolation and transformation, weaving through evocative soundscapes that defy boundaries.

Q&A: Ze Stoner

In this Q&A, Alexander and Dor share their journey, from their first impromptu performance in the woods to crafting their didgeridoo-laden, desert-inspired soundscapes. Dive into their story to discover the heart of their music and their vision for stoner rock’s future in Israel and beyond.