INTERVIEWS 

Written by Gordon Lawrence Taylor, 24/05/2026

INTRO: "Hellkern Warriors are not a band born from one rehearsal room, one city, or one local scene. They are a cross-continental creative force moving between Berlin, Pietrasanta, and Ibagué — Germany, Italy, and Colombia — shaped through distance, digital exchange, underground histories, and a shared instinct for atmosphere, tension, and cinematic sound.

The project began in early 2025, when Kabal Apokalypse / Dylan Phoenix reached out to Mauricio Castro with the idea of forming a new musical vision. That first conversation opened the door, but the spark arrived when Tom Radar introduced the early song ideas for “Helkern Warriors,” “Petrol & Water,” and “Endless Road.” From those first demos, the band began to form its own identity: part shadow, part transmission, part emotional architecture.

What makes Hellkern Warriors especially interesting is the way each member brings a different creative history into the project. Tom Radar carries the voice, guitar, lyrics, and post-urban tension of Berlin. Kabal Apokalypse / Dylan Phoenix brings synth textures, composition, poetry, and long underground experience from Italy. Fabian Parra brings bass, guitar, weight, and musical precision from Ibagué, Colombia. Mauricio Castro brings drums, production, mixing, sound engineering, and the studio foundation through Artgot Studios. Together, these elements do not cancel each other out. They collide, connect, and become part of the same pulse.

At the centre of the project is the phrase “The Pulse of the Void” — a concept that Hellkern Warriors describe as movement and emotion inside emptiness, silence, isolation, and vast space. It is not simply a slogan. It has become a creative framework for the music, the film clips, the visual identity, and the international compilation The Pulse in the Void, Vol. 1.

Their songs move through urban decay, night movement, industrial landscapes, personal imagination, and fragments of memory. Their film clips extend the songs into visual spaces where image, shadow, motion, and atmosphere become part of the music itself. Hellkern Warriors are building more than isolated tracks. They are building a world.

In this written interview for Infectious Unease Radio / Subterranean Zone Radio — Voice In The Void, Hellkern Warriors speak about how the members first connected, how the project developed across distance, how their songs and film clips take shape, how the compilation came together, and where the band may move next.

This is a conversation about remote creation, underground connection, digital-era collaboration, and the strange life that can emerge when sound travels through the void."