Interviews: 85 Segundos Para El Fin Del Mundo

On this new occasion, we have had the opportunity to interview the Extreme Metal band 85 Segundos Para El Fin Del Mundo from Chile. Check out the interview and follow the band on their INSTAGRAM PROFILE.

1. Where did you get the idea for the band name? Did you plan it, or did it just come out like that?

The idea for the name came from Cristian. After reading and watching news about the “Doomsday Clock”, he proposed the name, and it worked perfectly with the musical and lyrical concept of the band. It’s interesting to realise that instead of moving toward something better and positive, we keep falling into a cycle of self-destruction. To be honest, it doesn’t leave much hope.

2. Why did you want to play this genre?

We dragged into the musical battlefield sounds that embody the band’s name — crust, metal, and industrial metal rising like weapons. Samplers, synthesisers, and HM 2 death metal guitars carve the landscape. Crust is pure punk rage. Metal is the crushing weight. Industrial metal is the cold machinery of a world doomed to misery and failure. Together they form a sonic plague — relentless, suffocating, merciless. And yet, this is only our foundation. This project has no limits. We are already thinking of breaking boundaries, experimenting with other styles, contaminating our sound with new textures, and pushing further into uncharted territory.

3. Did you know each other before the band was formed?

Yes, Cristian and I have known each other for many years. We’ve shared the stage with our bands and have also worked together in his recording studio. Cristian is an excellent producer and mastering engineer. We’ve known each other for over 20 years.

4. Each band member's favourite band?

Good shot! Me (Matías): Judas Priest, Dead Kennedys and Killing Joke. Cristian, At The Gates, The Haunted, Rage Against The Machine and Alice In Chains.

5. Who or what inspires you to write songs?

We draw inspiration from humanity’s most harrowing realities: death, misery, the suffocating sensation of living each day in hopelessness. Humanity has built its existence on harming itself — breeding misery, crushing difference, erasing compassion. What invades us is a permanent state of anguish, a choking weight that never lifts. Our music is the mirror of that decay. It is not born from optimism, but from the certainty that humanity will not correct its path. On the contrary, we are drowning in a diseased individualism, sinking deeper into the rot of our own making.

6. Where was your last gig?

Here’s the strange part: we haven’t played live yet. At first, we conceived this as a studio project, focused on recording and releasing singles. But over time, things have shifted — we’ve received feedback from people who want to see us on stage. We are a duo: Cristian creates all the music, and I forge the lyrics. For now, we don’t know if we’ll take this to the stage soon. The uncertainty itself becomes part of the project — a tension between creation in isolation and the demand to unleash it live.

7. Where would you like to act?

On stage, we want to perform where tension is real — places that breathe chaos, sweat, and noise. Underground venues, spaces where intensity and distortion collide. We’re not chasing comfort or glamour; we want to unleash this sound in places condemned to intensity, where the audience feels the same suffocating burden as we do.

8. Whom would you like to feature with?

It would be great to share a bill with acts such as Wolfbrigade from Sweden or Resistant Culture from the US.

9. Whom not? 

We don’t want to share the stage with acts that dilute intensity, chase trends, or soften the blow. This project rejects comfort, glamour, and commercial polish. We have no interest in standing next to bands that turn heaviness into entertainment or reduce rage into a gimmick.

10. Have any of you ever suffered from stage fright? Any tips for beginners on how to beat that?

Yes. Sometimes it’s hard to stand in front of a crowd. Even with many shows behind you, stage fright never fully disappears. The only way to endure it is to step forward and face it head-on. Let the force of the music take over — it will carry you through every moment until the last note of the set.

11. What bands have inspired you the most?

Disfear, At The Gates, Ministry, Killing Joke, Joy Division and Nine Inch Nails, among many others.

12. What's the weirdest thing a fan has ever asked you for?

Once, I was asked to sign a baby protection helmet. Who even brings a baby protection helmet to a gig? It was bizarre, surreal, and definitely one of the weirdest requests I’ve ever faced.

13. What do you think of your fans?

Our fans are intense, authentic people — true supporters who give strength to this project. We’re deeply grateful to everyone who shares kind words, appreciation, and energy for our music. Their feedback and passion remind us why we create: to connect through rage, weight, and sound.

14. What do you think of our site?

Great site — a raw, brutal source of information about underground tendencies. Thanks for shining a spotlight on bands from the end of the world like us, dragging our noise and rage into the global conversation.

15. Something to add?

Listen to our music on all digital platforms. Dive into the noise, rage, and despair that fuel us. Every riff, every sampler, every word is a reflection of human decay and the crushing weight of existence. No limits, no concessions — only intensity. Let the sound consume you.

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