Everything Went Black Podcast

Davey Ferchow of Portland’s Dry Wedding joins us this week to talk about the band’s forthcoming tour and the hints of new music on the horizon.    Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Depraved Estate” – Dry Wedding

You all know how I feel about horror and horror podcasts.  This week, I’d like to welcome Kainan Becker, the host of Ghost Pirate Entertainment, a great YouTube channel that covers horror on the streaming platforms.  I check in with Kainan on a weekly basis to get the lowdown on what to check out on the seemingly endless content available out there.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Sleeve” – Slaughter Shack

This week Stephen Flam of Goden / Winter join returns.  VALE OF THE FALLEN, the new Goden record is about to drop like a hammer! Steph and I get into the details of the record. Check it out! Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Urania” - Goden

Continuing my dive into sick Australian musicians with intense work ethics, I chat with Drugoth.  It was another early morning for me, but we had a great conversation.  For those of you who tuned into the Into the Necrosphere Best of 2023 episodes, you will remember that Drugoth’s LP “Battles May Cease But War is Forever” rated quite high on my list.   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Primordial Savagery” - Drugoth

Horseman Known Associate Matt Priso joins us this week.  Matt has appeared on Into the Necrosphere and Sol Nox and is the creative force behind Sik, Conspiracy X, Spells ov Torment and his newest project Intrafear. Addionally, he is an incredible visual artist and painter.  We get deep into the creative process and the conversation veered off into some very cool places.  I’ve always felt that it was inevitable that we would talk, so it was a great pleasure to sit down and get after it with Matt.   Intro:    “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Torture” – Conspiracy X

Karl Haikara and I continue our collaboration, Darkness Weaves, an exploration of the work of Karl Edward Wagner.  The subject of this episode is Sing a Last Song of Valdese, the final short story in the Night Winds collection.  Join us as we delve into a take of vengeance from beyond the grave.  Intro: “All the Dark Things / Darkness Weaves” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Virus” – Machinenzimmer 412

If you were a fan of Murderbait, Carrion Empire is the next logical step.  This week, we go into the genesis of this new band that explores the darker side of humanity and it’s place on our planet.     Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Now” – Carrion Empire

Dave Berardi, the Duke of Metal, curator of the Razor Eater Metal Instagram joins us.  In addition to his efforts reviewing and previewing records, he has launched Xezbeth, his dark ambient project.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “A Transmission to Satan” - Xezbeth

Terence Hannum, Andre Foisy and Steven Hess of Locrian join us this week to discuss their forthcoming new LP End Terrain.  The conversation, naturally, veers off into other territories.   Intro:     “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “Excarnate Light” - Locrian

It seems like we are living in a Conan the Barbarian Renaissance. Just over the past month, we had the latest issue of Titan’s outstanding Conan the Barbarian color comic, the debut of the new Savage Sword of Conan and the Conan Chronicles, a mammoth collection of the two films, hours of extra and a book, all brought to you in 4K by Arrow. It was inevitable that Karl and I sat down and discuss all of this action.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “The Death of Rexor” – Basil Poledouris

My brother Ralph Schmidt returns. It seems like an inordinate amount of time has passed since we last spoke, so it was great catching up.  Ralph is one the people out there who I can just hit play / record without and notes prepared and a whole hour just slips away.   Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Unholy Passion (Samhain cover)” – Ultha featuring Mike Hill

I’m back from tour and ready to get back on the grind.  Touring with legends like Profanatica and Nunslaughter was truly and honor.  It was one of the easiest runs that I’ve been on in years, everyone was cool and easy to get along with. I had a chance to sit down with Don of the Dead, founder of Nunslaughter for a low-key chat backstage at our show in Quebec City. Intro:    “All of the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “I Hate Christians” – Nunslaughter

From the Patreon Vault! This week an re-present an episode of Long Shadows, a weird fiction series that Ralph Schmidt and I do.  This one was release around the Christmas holiday. Ralph and I get into the Lovecraft tale THE FESTIVAL.

The next couple of episode are going to be "from the Patreon Vault" while I'm out on the road with Tombs.  When I return, we will be ripping brand new material so hopefully you guys enjoy these. This week is an episode of Hollywood Babylon a series that I do with Evan Hopper of Quell. We deep dive into Event Horizon, one my all-time favorite science fiction / horror films.

Karl Haikara of Sol Nox joins us this week or another episode of Darkness Weaves, our collaborative project exploring the work of Karl Edward Wagner.  This week we dive into the Gothic, dark fantasy of Raven’s Eyrie. Music in this episode: “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill “Darkness Weaves” – Mike Hill “How It Ends” - Primordial

My friendship with Ryan Patterson has spanned over a quarter of century at this point.  We met way back in the day when he was playing in National Acrobat with his brother Evan.  We became friends and have supported each other’s creative efforts for the past several decades.  The list of bands and creative endeavors spans from his bands Fotocrime, Coliseum, Black Cross and National Acrobat (among others) to include design work, promoting shows and operating his design and merchandise company Shirt Killer.  It was a pleasure catching up with Ryan and I feel fortunate to call him Friend. Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “The Stranger” – C.L.S.M.

2024 has been kicked off and we’re all engaged in whatever endeavors we have in our live.  I wanted to do an episode talking about goals for the upcoming year.  Initially, I was going to do this as a Patreon exclusive but reconsidered.  It would be interesting to get this out there and hopefully you guys can share your own goals and reflections for the new year.   Intro:    “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Cleaved Asunder” - Diolcetian

Ralph and I get together for our first episode of the year.  To kick things off, we give out hot takes on the new True Detective season before launching into our rundown of our favorite Draculas. Intro:    “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Pharmacy” – Ascetic

Paul Aloisio of Restless Spirit returns to the podcast this week.  Over the next couple of months, I’m going to be doing these kinds of list episodes.  Paul and I kick it off with what we consider to be our favorite movies of the eighties. What movies would you put in your go bag if you had to leave town unexpectedly; it’s that kind of thing.   Intro:    “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:  “Cascade Immolator” – Restless Spirit

Shayan of Trivax and Ibis Manifestations returns this week.  If you haven’t heard our first conversation from a couple of years ago, please go back for some intense background on his journey.  We talk a bit about Eloah Burns Out, Trivax’s 2023 full length and we veer off, as I expected, into some deep topics.   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Mike Hill Outro:   “The Serpent’s Gaze” - Trivax