Interviews About Albums: Obscvrvm Caeli - Throne Of Eternal Night (2025)

In this new interview, we sat down with the Portuguese Metal project, Obscvrvm Caeli, to ask questions about his album "Throne Of Eternal Night". 

1. What can you say about this new CD?

With Throne of Eternal Night, I wanted to create more than an album; I wanted to summon a liturgy of collapse. Each track is a chapter in a greater ritual, where suns are devoured, skies erased, and silence becomes the ultimate force of destruction and transcendence. Even in its digital form, the release becomes a vessel of the night, a virtual relic that listeners can enter, explore, and experience as part of the ritual. This work is both a hymn to the void and a testament to the enduring power of black metal as a medium for channeling despair, ruin, and the beauty of eternal darkness.

2. What is the meaning of the CD name?

The name Throne of Eternal Night embodies the central vision of the album: the coronation of darkness as the ultimate force. It is not simply about the absence of light, but about night ascending as a sovereign power, eternal and unrelenting. The throne symbolizes dominion, a kingdom where suns are devoured, skies erased, and silence becomes law. In this vision, eternal night is not a void to be feared, but the inevitable destiny of all creation, a realm where destruction and transcendence converge.

3. Which one is the composer of the CD?

The entire vision of Throne of Eternal Night was conceived and executed by me, under the name Melkor. I composed every piece of music, recorded all instruments and vocals, programmed the drums, mixed and mastered the album, and created all the artwork and visual identity. This was not only a musical endeavor but a total work of devotion, where sound and image merge into a single ritual. I wanted no compromise, no dilution of the atmosphere; every detail had to reflect the same descent into silence, ruin, and eternal night. In this sense, the album is not just a collection of songs, but a complete manifestation of one vision, forged in solitude and shaped into a vessel of darkness.

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

If I had to choose one song, I would point to ‘Ritual of the Forgotten Skies.’ For me, it captures the essence of the entire album, the merging of liturgy, despair, and cosmic ruin. The track feels like a ceremonial invocation: chants rising from dying lungs, the heavens cracking open, and the void answering in silence. It embodies the idea that faith itself is consumed, leaving only the sovereignty of eternal night. In many ways, it is the heart of Throne of Eternal Night, because it transforms the collapse of the cosmos into a sacred rite, a moment where destruction and transcendence become indistinguishable.

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

The message of Throne of Eternal Night is not one of hope or redemption, but of revelation. It speaks of the inevitable collapse of light, the silence that devours creation, and the sovereignty of eternal night. The album is a reminder that all structures, divine, cosmic, or human, are fragile illusions destined to fall into ruin. Yet within that destruction lies a form of transcendence: the acceptance of the void as the only eternal truth. It is not a message meant to comfort, but to confront, to strip away false light and reveal the beauty and terror of absolute darkness.

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

Yes, there are certain lines that I feel capture the essence of Throne of Eternal Night. For example, in ‘Veil of Eternal Night’ I wrote: ‘So kneel before the blackened throne / Where sorrow sings and stars collapse.’ These words reflect the central vision of the album, the coronation of darkness as the only eternal sovereign, and the collapse of all false light.

Another passage that resonates deeply with me comes from ‘Ashes of the Dying Sun’: ‘Light is a lie the void once told / Now silence reigns where stars grew cold.’ This lyric embodies the idea that light itself is a deception, and that silence and night are the ultimate truths.

For me, these lines are not just poetic images, but invocations, fragments of a larger ritual that the listener enters when experiencing the album.

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

The inspirations behind Throne of Eternal Night are not limited to music alone, but to the entire spectrum of darkness that surrounds existence. Musically, I drew from the raw spirit of old-school black metal, but also from the atmospheric and avant-garde edges that allow space for silence, ritual, and decay. Beyond that, the greatest influence was solitude itself, the nights spent in isolation, where silence becomes a teacher and despair a companion.

I would also like to acknowledge those who have supported me in this path, even if from the shadows, close friends who understood the vision, and those who encouraged me to remain uncompromising in my pursuit of authenticity. This album is dedicated not to light or comfort, but to those who embrace the void with me. In that sense, Throne of Eternal Night is both a personal exorcism and a gift to anyone who finds beauty in ruin and transcendence in darkness.

8. Something to add?

What I would add is that Throne of Eternal Night is not just music, it is a ritual, a descent into silence and shadow that only truly exists when it is experienced. For those who feel the same hunger for darkness, I invite you to step into this realm with me. The album lives on Bandcamp, and every support there is more than just a gesture; it is fuel for the fire, allowing me to acquire new tools, expand the studio, and continue forging these hymns to the void.

In the end, this is a pact between creator and listener: your support keeps the ritual alive, and together we ensure that the flame of obscure music never fades into silence.