Teitan experiments with musical “Vakuum”

7 min readSep 3, 2021

Teitan was born in 2009 as a musical project between Devi and Damon and after Damon’s departure, Devi took on the task of continuing with it. If you are one of those who like dark and mysterious music then you are in the right place and you should listen to “Vákuum”, the most recent musical work of Teitan. But let’s leave it to Devi, the mastermind behind this project to give us more details.

Hi Devi, how are you? How has the pandemic been going for you? A pleasure to interview you

Hey man, Thank you so much for reaching out! This is actually the first interview I’m doing for Teitan and it’s a pleasure to talk with you about this project.

The pandemic obviously sucks for everyone. I am very lucky to have a very steady job and income and also to be in good health and haven’t caught the virus yet.

I used the pandemic to write a lot of music and do a lot of work for my bands in general. And I also belong to the small group of people to benefit in a strange way from this whole situation, for I live very healthy at, and can concentrate more on the important things in life, such as music.

It was in 2009 when you decided to create the Teitan project with Damon.

How did the idea of creating this project come up?
What are your musical influences?

Well, going back to 2009, I was 19 back then. Damon and I played in a black ‘n roll band and wanted to create a project about extreme, chaotic and evil music. Like a lot of teenagers do haha

We were influenced by bands like Marduk and Gorgoroth. It never really went anywhere, but a shitty demo.

After a “pause” period, due to Damon’s departure from the project, Teitan’s debut album “Weight of the Void” was released 10 years after the first demo.

Tell us a little bit about this album?
How was the process of editing and recording?
How many songs does it include?
How did you publicize and promote it?
How was it received in general, both by the public and by the specialized press?
Where is it possible to get a copy of it?

Damon was even way younger than I, he was 15 at that moment in time. He stopped listening black metal and I got in a bigger black metal band. And ten years past. Damon and myself are still good friends and one day, he was at my place, joking about how cool it would be if 10 years after the demo a debut album would appear.

I saw the fun in that and started working on some song. I am not a professional music producer so the recording phase is really messy. I do everything myself and learn a lot from every minute of music I record.

Since it was basically meant as a joke, I didn’t make the effort to find a label and do a paid promo campaign on it. I just emailed a few small media, and a befriended label released less than 50 tapes. The reviews were very positive (there weren’t that many reviews, but still).

I worked with a combination of raw black metal and dark drone elements. Which later brought me to the idea of working this further out.

There may still be some copies around at Zwaertgevegt Records. But you can listen to it on Spotify and YouTube.

While I was writing this interview I could listen to your music and to tell you the truth it is something totally different from what I am accustomed to listen to.

Where does the inspiration come from to compose and create your own songs?
Do you reflect personal feelings or experiences?

Oh, but I’ll take that as a compliment, thank you very much 😉

But all jokes aside. Making experimental and new music is mandatory for a standard in my creative output, no matter what project I’m working on. The concept that I’m working on for Teitan defiantly needs some more work, but I’m confident that I’m working on something refreshing.

Well, I did (and sometimes still do) a lot of psychedelic drugs. LSD, mushrooms, DMT etc. and also I work in the field of psychiatry, so exploring the human psyche is something I do for both fun and profession. I like to express my subjective psychedelic experiences in my music.

Also I read a lot and love to read about science and philosophy, and obviously all those thing bring me to strange concepts that I deem very fitting for dark art.

I think I mostly reflect personal feelings in my art when it comes to my everyday frustrations. Also I am a most energetic person (ADHD) and found a very healthy outlet through making extreme music.

Back to the project. Next September 15th will be released the EP ‘Vákuum’, which also coincides with your birthday (so congratulations in advance!).

How was the editing and recording process?

Well thank you.

Recording this work started off with the artwork. After Weight of the Void I wanted to do more with Teitan and after being deeply touched by the artwork made by Wolfstone I wrote a few songs on the feeling I got from the artwork. Five of them resulted in the EP Vákuum.

How many tracks does it include?

Recording it was a fluent process of going back and forth through instrumental sections, lyrics and the production itself. I am still very much in an accelerating learning curve when it comes to production, or any aspect of making albums on my own for that matter.

How will you make it known and promote it?

I work together with Hardlife Promotions to make sure that the upcoming EP will be heard by fans all over the world. I try to make the EP in to a complete experience and dance the dance of the media. For the most recent news people should follow my Facebook page.

How do you think it will be received in general?

I am not quite sure how it will be received. It’s always exciting when you publish something, but this time its extra exciting for me personally for it is the first time I put out something I recorded and produced alone.

Where is it available?

The digipacks are already available for pre-order at Voidwanderer Productions and Onism Productions, the tape can be bought at Zwaertgevegt and off course it will be available on most streaming services.

On another matter. Besides being the mind behind Teitan you are also the guitarist of the band Cthuluminati.

What is the current state of the band?
Are you working on a new album?

Guitarist and singer to be exact haha

Cthuluminati is very much alive. We were very much a live band before the pandemic and currently used this ocean of time to develop some awesome new stuff. We’re working on new stories, new music and a brand new website where people can read the first book and other awesome stuff. We have written a lot of new music and are in a strange process of making a few albums.

So very much alive and expect a lot of news coming up!

Back to the project. Besides the next album, what else can we expect from Teitan?

I am already writing new music. For this album I want to do some new things, so I am currently creating different songs in different styles that would fit Teitan so I can choose what direction I want it to go.

Also I am putting out something else concerning Vákuum just before the actual release. So stay tuned for that!

Well Devi, that’s all. Thank you for your time for this interview and just wish you the best of luck in your project. Before I finish, something you want to say.

The labels that release my music are the frontiers of really quality underground music. Please check out the bands Schavot and Grey Aura. Both really interesting stuff that deserves every praise they get. Thanks again!