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Interview: Veilburner

By DrGonzo1937 Monday December 29, 2025

Ryan (Hawks) and Simon (Dr.Gonzo) recently caught up with David Moody and Chris Sheppard, the duo behind some of the most interesting black/death metal on the market today, to talk about Veilburner’s latest album, Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy, as well as a load of interesting subjects including world-building, playing live, influences, and a candid look at how the sausage is made in the Veilburner camp.

The full interview:

Stream the full album:
<a href="https://veilburnerband.bandcamp.com/album/longing-for-triumph-reeking-of-tragedy">Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy by VEILBURNER</a>

Track recommendations:
“Pestilent Niche”
<a href="https://veilburnerband.bandcamp.com/album/longing-for-triumph-reeking-of-tragedy">Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy by VEILBURNER</a>

“That Which Crypts Howls Grandeur”
<a href="https://veilburnerband.bandcamp.com/album/longing-for-triumph-reeking-of-tragedy">Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy by VEILBURNER</a>

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61 Comments

DrGonzo1937
12.29.25

Merry Christmas everybody, I hope you're having a great holiday! This interview was originally going to be posted tomorrow, but I've managed to get everything in place before then so I've posted it a day earlier than expected.

Just a quick info dump for you guys; if time permits, I've got some ambitious plans for 2026 that involves more focus on our YouTube channel. Content has always been put on there over the years, but it was hardly bursting at the seams or consistent. One of the big things for it will be interviews, but to do that I had to look at a different approach to the conventional interview format here on sputnik. So with that in mind, any interviews posted by me going forward will be exclusively audio/video. This is largely down to how time consuming interviews are to produce, in terms of editing and typing transcripts/videos etc -- which is also the main reason why I've only ever been able to do a couple interviews a year. With this new format, I'm able to provide the site with a lot more interview content going forward without being bogged down. So, if you prefer the written interviews over video/audio, I can only apologies.

With that out of the way, I hope you enjoy this interview me and Hawks did with Veilburner recently. This was Hawk's first interview and, as you'll see, he did a great job.

Let us know what you think about the look of the new format, and please consider subscribing to the YouTube channel, as the aim is to produce more than just interviews on there.

ShartHarder
12.29.25

This is great! WIll have to watch later, but looking forward to more sput content and interviews in 2026.

RVAHC13
12.29.25

Nice job with this interview both of you, looking forward to more YouTube videos

Lasssie
12.29.25

Nice work! Been listening to this at work and enjoying it a lot!

Hawks
12.29.25

Thanks boys!!!

Christbait
12.29.25

I know Veilburner is a niche band but I can't help but feel this was a great get by the site. I'll be sure to dig into the interview when I have time, but kudos to you both nonetheless for getting this interview. And I'm sure Hawks was through the roof excited and demonstrated absolutely zero bias during that entire interview ;)

Hawks
12.29.25

HAHAHAHA I was for sure excited lol.

arthropod
12.29.25

👍
but why'd you put a memetic agent at the bottom of the post

Hawks
12.29.25

What do you mean? Lol

Calc
12.29.25

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