Jul 292025
 

(In what might become an annual occurrence (we hope so!) Comrade Aleks engaged in the following interview of Bulgarian artist Tehina Spasova, focusing on the new album of her solo funeral doom band Destruction of Orion, which was released in May 2025.)

A year ago I learned about Destruction of Orion, a one-person band from Sofia, Bulgaria run by Tehina Spasova. Her first solo album Decreasing Brightness (2024) differed from other funeral releases with a new focus on the matter of extinction and dying. Tehina resorted to astronomy and used its scale to measure the grief and inevitable doom. Her new album States of Horror deals with this topic from another angle, so we tried to find out a bit more behind this album. Continue reading »

Aug 302024
 

(Comrade Aleks has brought us an interview with an unusual creative artist, whose debut album released in late July is a very unusual accomplishment. You’ll find out just how unusual by reading the good discussion below — and of course we hope you’ll immerse yourself in the music too.)

Funeral doom never was popular because of its specific features, like monotony and a quite limited palette of self-expression, but still there are exceptions; there are bands and projects which can offer something new.

Bulgarian Destruction of Orion is one of them. It is the solo project of Tehina Spasova who performs all instruments on her first album Decreasing Brightness. Oh, and she performed all growling vocals on her own too, so that’s notable – a funeral doom band with a lady on vocals. But, moreover, the concept behind Destruction of Orion is worth of mentioning too.

As Tehina states, the project’s name is related to the constellation’s impending doom and at the same time, it’s about a self-destructive personality. All of her songs deal both with the physical process of dying stars and poetic interpretations of inner turmoil and disintegration, something you can easily read between the lines. So let me introduce Tehina and Destruction of Orion through this interview. Continue reading »