AN NCS INTERVIEW: EMISSARY

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Sep 232025
 

(In this new interview our Comrade Aleks talked with Michel Regueiro from the Spanish thrashing death metal band Emissary, whose debut album was released last March by Fetzner Death.)

Michel Regueiro (guitars, vocals) and Hlib Overchuk (drums) from Barcelona got together in 2023 in the name of old-school thrash/death metal, and believe me, they wasted no time recruiting Philip Graves (guitars) and Cosmil Martin (bass) and soon had eight tracks for their debut album Eldritch, which came out earlier this year.

The telling cover-art and track titles “The Shadows Lengthen in Carcosa”, “Hobb’s End,” and “At the Throne of Chaos” promised Lovecraftian horror in slightly atypical form. Indeed, I’ve gotten used to hearing Lovecraftian mythology in black, death, or at least, doom bands, but Emissary play their variations on themes in a completely traditional thrash vein with a bit of death overload. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: EMISSARY — “HOBB’S END”

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Jul 072025
 

(written by Islander)

Some emissaries are open about the powers they represent, others are secretive or deceptive or simply misunderstood. The biblical Gabriel made quite clear who he represented. “The prince of the power of the air” had agents who were more secretive about their fiendish missions. We all know that big wooden horse was filled with Greek soldiers, but the Trojans thought it was a parting gift.

The Barcelona band Emissary are open-faced about their musical mission. The name they chose for their debut album — Eldritch — further signifies where they want to lead us: In their music they act as agents of cosmic horrors, beckoning us into “a labyrinth of shadowed realms where the unknown reigns supreme,” guiding us toward “a descent into madness” that “blurs the lines between reality and nightmare”.

Those are among the words offered to listeners on behalf of Fetzner Death Records, which released Eldritch in March of this year. We have some words of our own to offer, along with our premiere of a video for a song off Eldritch called “Hobb’s End“, which we hope will help spread the word of this Emissary to new listeners. Continue reading »