#30-Inside the darkness

Uralt - Black Metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hi, this is Jay reporting for
Inside the Darkness zine.
Today, I’m lucky
enough to be talking
to Uralt from Srepska
republic, Bosnia.
Hi man, thanks
for taking the
time to talk to
our readers..
1- T e l l
us about
URALT…
w h e n
where and
why did you decide to
form the band?
Uralt was formed in
Interview by Jay Parker
November of 2023, as an answer
to the great feedback
to my debut EP by Húrin
“The Night of The Futile”.
As Húrin
I mostly stick to the roots and don’t really
go into the avant-garde side of Black Metal,
but I support the effort of those bands
and showing their creativity to the world.
continues
its destined path of
Melodic Black metal and
leaves behind the raw BM
Interview with Húrin
beginnings, Uralt continues
the raw sound of the
first EP by Húrin.
2- You’ve released an
EP, Winterflame
so
far, and a
new album
is due soon
I understand
- Run
us through
them and
let our readers
know where
they can get them.
Both Winterflame and the
Self-Titled album can be
bought in physical copies.
Currently only on one of
the greatest record labels
I got the chance to work
with, Masters Of Kaos.
MOK will be selling
CDs both for the album
and EP, any other news
about physical copies
like cassette tapes can
be found on my Instagram
page.
3- The new debut
EP is an absolute
monster, I’ve
heard great reviews…I
am curious
to know what
the follow up will
be like… Do you
think you can beat
it? Tell us about
the new material
you’re recording…
At this right moment
I can say that
the album is 95%
finished. I think
that the self-titled
album will complete
the whole
picture and sound,
featuring the two
songs from Winterflame
and five more songs that
are yet to be heard. I’ve
made the decision to continue
working with Uralt
while the first full length
album for Húrin will
wait some time.
4- Tell us about your
Bosnian roots and how
they have influenced
your music…
Well, I share roots from
all the three people of
ex-Yugoslavia. So, I lived
through three similar but
still different cultures.
South Slavic folklore,
mythology and poetry
shaped my way of creating
music and Uralt will
probably see a Pagan
Black metal sound on
the second album. The
name Uralt meaning “ancient”
on German, I can already
say that the second
album will carry the name
like “Prastar” or “Drevan”
meaning “ancient”
in South Slavic languages.
5- When did you start
playing music? And what was
your first instrument?
I started playing guitar
when I was really young,
like 7 or 8. But soon I gave
up the guitar until a few
years back when I started to
play guitar again and taught
myself the fundamental
knowledge of music
and guitar, by now I
can say that my skills
are better than ever.
I also play the bass
guitar and occasionally
play the drums,
for a short period
I played drums in
a old school heavy
metal band from my
local scene.
6- Do you have any
other side projects
apart from Uralt?
Many of my fans
know me by my
first project Húrin,
but some of the locals
know me by
my Death/Sludge
metal band called
Monolith where I play guitar
and sing. I already said
about the plan with Húrin,
but Monolith will deliver
its first EP this year, I hope!
7- Tell us about
the extreme metal
scene in Bosnia.
The extreme metal
scene in Bosnia was always
a bit silent.
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