Interviews About Albums: Erzsebet Nadasdy - A Pact In The Pale Light (2025)

In this new interview, we sat down with the artist Erzsebet Nadasdy to ask questions about her album, "A Pact In The Pale Light".

1. What can you say about this new CD?

First of all, I’d like to thank Breathing the Core for supporting true underground expression. It’s an honour to be featured here. A Pact in the Pale Night is more than an album; it’s a descent into a haunted realm where blood, memory, and forbidden rituals intertwine. It’s colder and more atmospheric than the debut, with a raw, almost ceremonial sound. Every song was carefully crafted to evoke a different vision, a fragment of a dark mythos I’ve been building.

The CD comes with an exclusive ebook, written by me in both English and Portuguese, that dives deeper into the stories that inspired the lyrics. It’s a complete artistic statement, meant to be experienced as a whole.

2. What is the meaning of the CD name?

A Pact in the Pale Night refers to a silent agreement, a forbidden bond. made under the veil of moonlight, away from the gaze of the world. It symbolises the moment someone crosses a threshold and can never return. It could be a pact with darkness, with knowledge, with blood, or even with oneself.

It’s about surrendering to something deeper, older, and possibly damning... and embracing it fully.

3. Which one is the composer of the CD?

I am. This album is entirely my vision. I composed and performed every instrument, wrote the lyrics, produced, mixed, and mastered everything at my home studio. Even the artwork and the stories in the accompanying ebook are my own.

This is the purest form of expression I can offer, no filters, no compromises.

4. If you had to pick one song, which one would you pick?

That’s difficult, because each song is a different ritual, but if I had to choose... “The Chamber of Salt and Bone.” It encapsulates the entire atmosphere of the album, poetic, menacing, and full of symbolic weight. It speaks of ancient wrath and forgotten thrones, and of a voice that was never yours, no matter how loud you screamed. That track feels like the final seal in the ritual.

5. Is there a special message on this CD? If there is what it is?

There is. The message is: Power always comes at a price, and that price is written in blood, not words.

The album speaks of inner transformation, of embracing the parts of ourselves we’re taught to fear or repress. It’s about confronting the truth, even if it tears you apart.

It’s also a tribute to all voices silenced by history, especially women who were demonised simply for existing outside the norm.

6. Are there some lyrics that you'd love to share?

Yes. These are from “Thorns of the Moon Rite”, which represents one of the key rituals in the narrative:

"One drop - the forest sighs

Two drops - the silence dies

Three drops - I am undone

Bound in flesh, reborn as one"

They capture the moment of transformation, of becoming part of something greater, and darker, than the self. It’s one of my favourite lyrical passages on the album.

7. Which inspirations have been important for this album? Like musically or friends, family, someone you'd love to thank especially?

Musically, this album is rooted in old-school black metal, but it also draws from doom, dark ambient, and horror film soundtracks. I was especially inspired by bands that master the cold, cinematic atmosphere I wanted to evoke, names like Samael, Dimmu Borgir (early era), Limbonic Art, Emperor, and others who understand that darkness is not just aggression, but depth and mystery.

Most of the lyrical and conceptual inspiration came through obsessive online research into rituals, obscure mythologies, and forgotten historical fragments. I didn’t want to retell known stories; I wanted to carve my own path through the mist.

Finally, I want to thank those who dive into the full experience, reading the stories, listening beyond the surface, and embracing what lies beneath. You are the reason this project exists, and the ones who keep the fire burning in the pale night.

8. Something to add?

Yes, to those reading this: thank you for supporting extreme and independent art. This project was born from silence, solitude, and obsession, and yet it reaches you.

I invite you to step into the pale light, open the manuscript, and lose yourself in the whispers. The pact is not sealed until you press play. And once again, deep thanks to Breathing the Core for this space, may the underground remain strong and unyielding.