INHERENT DOOM - 1.Hello, first of all, tell us who we're talking to, how long you've been in the band, and what exactly does the band play?
* Hi I’m Herethick, I am the founder, so 2021. We are primarily a black metal band but we use doom and folk related melody elements to pull from. Getting a different approach towards the fusion of eastern and western melodies. An ensemble to fight against totalitarianism, being raw, brutal, ruthless, dark and thoughtful while keeping the aesthetics here and there.
2. Are there four of you in the group? Do you expand your lineup at concerts, and why?
* There are currently 6 of us. Me (Herethick - Lead guitar), Stolos (Vocals), Slugcoil(keys), Gavshid(rhythm guitar), Egregore(bass) and Raistlin (drums).
3. After two years of playing together, you released the full album "Sermon of Ruin." What do the lyrics say, what do you talk about, what message do you convey?
* Sermon of Ruin is the voice of a land broken by theocratic chains. It speaks of violence against so-called heretics, the true warriors who rose for liberty and regaining the heritage of thought and history, strangled by repression. The words came first, then the music, each melody a weapon forged from the text itself.
* Its message is uncompromising: A kind of a mixed deep thinking element within the phenomena of existence and human life, a rebuke of those who surrendered wisdom for blind obedience. For example Eternal Blindness casts the rope around the necks of cowards who followed a desert shepherd into ruin, betraying one of history’s greatest legacies, without questioning it and leaving behind the glory of their ancient knowledge.
* Like a sermon, the album demands to be heard whole. Philosophical at its root and merciless in theme, Sermon of Ruin is a condemnation of religious imperialism and a direct challenge to the cultural, spiritual, and political erosion caused by Islam and its spread across the East.
* Each track on Sermon of Ruin is both an act of mourning and an act of defiance; an elegy for lost civilizations, and a revolt against the deception of “sacred” truths used to control minds and silence dissent. The record doesn’t shy away from the historical bloodshed, cultural destruction, and psychological oppression these systems have inflicted in the name of supposed order and salvation.
4. The music is melodic black metal. It's quite different from what we're used to in Europe. Why do you have such a variety of music and covers? Does it matter where you're from?
* Our sound is primarily nested in Eastern tradition first and then set to align with a more western tone. It doesn't matter where you're from but knowing Persian culture doesn't hurt. For example Spiral Faults starts with a solo which is actually an improvisation which is an impression from Khorasan folklore, a huge area in the east of Persia.
Where it started from is of course important for the story of the band, and how it formed back in the middle east and continues all the way in the west, United States. It’s a great opportunity to focus on the band’s message in a broader stage, to let them be more familiar with the consequences of welcoming Islam to these lands.
5. You haven't played in other bands before. What was your path into metal, and would you take a different one if you could turn back time?
* I have always carried a vision: to resonate the sounds I hear within myself. To create something whose core is born from me. This traces back to how I first discovered Metal as a child, around eight years old.
In a world suffocated by shallow, meaningless pop music, I stumbled upon a CD of mainstream videos, but buried within it were two anomalies: The Memory Remains and The Unforgiven II by Metallica. That moment revealed to me the music I had been searching for: dark, heavy, uncompromising, with visuals that reeked of evil. At that time there was no internet, and in Iran the market was heavily strangled by Islamic censorship. No store carried Rock or Metal. I didn’t even know what Metal truly was until seven years later.
When dial-up internet arrived, crawling and limited, I would measure my time and data, calculating downloads by reading reviews and articles, making sure I only obtained the best. Within less than a year I had plunged deep into the extreme scene. I found a natural bond with Norwegian Black Metal. The riffs reminded me of Persian traditional music (dastgah), yet they were wielded in a wholly different design, vast, merciless, philosophical, and anti-religious. That was exactly what I longed for.
As a non-Muslim living in a Muslim society, I had struggled to understand their dogma, only to see the blindness, the cowardice, the mental decay of people who worship idiocy. Their minds functioned like machines without input: just endless output of what was programmed into them.
When I learned of the church burnings in Europe, and how Black Metal rose against Christianity and religion as a whole, I knew my path was clear. But my rebellion had to be aimed against Islam, a force rarely confronted directly in the scene, and even more scarce from the perspective of one who has lived inside its grip, who knows its tricks, its poison, its everyday suffocation.
As I developed my concept, I also witnessed the mass migration of Muslims to the West, a movement I saw as a pre-designed plan, already eroding Europe from within. I knew this had to be resisted. If left unchecked, Western nations would soon suffer what my homeland had endured: the birth of Islamic republics on once-free soil. My music, therefore, is like a spear, carrying a proven message, born of experience.
My passion has always been rooted in history, science, and geography. Even as a child, I homeschooled myself in these subjects, devouring books far beyond the empty lessons of school. By the age of seven or eight I already understood my ancestral history, and I could see the parallels between the Christian domination of Europe and what Islam had inflicted upon the East.
All that remained was to shape sound into form. But where I lived, not a single store carried an electric guitar, nor could one find a teacher to pass on the craft. Yet passion knows no limits. I taught myself, and from that struggle I began to forge the voice that would become my art.
* And my answer to the last part is absolutely no. Extreme metal is like my unholy temple.
6. What is the response, media popularity, and physical presence of your fans, and how is that reflected at concerts? Would you play in Europe?
* We are still new to the scene, our first single emerged in 2023, followed by our debut album, yet the response has already surpassed expectations. Here in the US, the live atmosphere has been overwhelmingly fierce and welcoming. Many have told us that truly dedicated black metal bands are rare in Arizona, where the genre’s image has long been fractured.
After being booked for our first show, momentum struck quickly. We were soon placed on different lineups, even headlining. In just our first year of live presence here, we secured ten shows, with more invitations than we can sometimes fit into our schedule, a testament to the impact already felt.
Yet this is only the beginning. We are still sharpening our signature sound and concept. We plan to demonstrate more performance related acts like breaking the holiness of religious books, say bible, Qur'an, Torah, etc. as we did in our very last show and tore Qur'an on stage. Black Metal ist krieg, and we have much more to unleash.
About playing in Europe, Before coming to the US, Inherent Doom had already stepped onto the stage in Istanbul, with guest members from Chaos Descent and Pointed Mutation.
In the future we would LOVE to play in Europe, it’s just a matter of timing, planning and finding the best possible way that we can actually make this happen.
7. Thank you for your time, say something at the end that will make your hair stand UP and our blood freeze of your words.
* I should first thank you for giving us this opportunity to speak and reveal parts of ourselves rarely spoken. To share is to ignite sparks in those who are awake, to remind them of the eternal flame that burns within. The awakened must never underestimate their true strength.
Humanity was born in chaos. It craves peace, yet peace is fragile, often nothing more than a mirage meant to lead the blind like headless cattle. Chaos is life; it drives creation forward. Religion, by contrast, was forged to enslave, promising false calm while stripping away human instinct, crushing individuality, and stealing freedom.
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the interview by:Seducer 2025y.
