Interemo, hailing from the fertile Swedish death metal underground, has been making waves with their raw energy and dedication to the genre. Milo discusses the band's formation, their influences, and their latest EP, which captures the essence of classic Swedish death metal. Despite facing challenges in reaching a wider audience, Interemo remains committed to their vision and delivering high-energy performances.
Serial Metalbums: Could you introduce Interemo to our readers and share how the band was formed? What were your goals or intentions when you decided to create this death metal project? The name "Interemo" is intriguing. What is the meaning or story behind it? How does it reflect the essence of your music or the themes you explore?
Milo S. Galaczy: The idea for Interemo came to me (Milo) and our drummer, Harry, when we saw a band called Heretic Legion in Malmö, Sweden. Our first goals was to find members for the band, and start writing songs. After that we just wanted to play and have fun together. We realized a year later that maybe we were on to something, since people seemed to like our music. Then we just kept doing what we love, and here we are now! Harry came up with the name. It basically means “kill” in Latin, and we think it fits our sound and our genre pretty well, haha!
Serial Metalbums: The Swedish underground scene has a rich history in death metal. As an underground band, where do you see Interemo fitting within this scene? Are there specific influences from this tradition, or do you aim to carve out your own unique path?
Milo S. Galaczy: Our biggest influences in Swedish death metal are Entombed, Dismember and Death Breath (even if they came along later on). We try of course to carve out our own path, but at the same time we want to honor the scene for what it is and what it always has been. I think that the Swedish death metal sound have to carry on, and not be developed too much, because then it will lose its authenticity.
Serial Metalbums: Your debut album, Buried in Rotten Remains, was an impressive first step in your discography. What were the main inspirations for this album, and how did you find your sound during the creative process?
Milo S. Galaczy: Thank you! The main inspirations were of course the big Swedish death metal bands; Entombed, Dismember, Grave and some other bands as well. But we also take a lot of inspiration from rock/heavy metal bands, such as The Hellacopters and Motörhead.
We have always had a clear vision of how we wanted our sound to be. But it was hard to capture on Buried In Rotten Remains. All the songs are different in some way from the rest, so it was a bit tricky to find a sound that would fit for all the songs. We worked on it in the studio with the man that recorded it, and it turned out pretty well!
Serial Metalbums: The raw energy and atmosphere of Buried in Rotten Remains perfectly capture the spirit of underground death metal. Can you tell us about the recording process for this album? Was it a DIY effort, or did you collaborate with a particular studio or producer?
Milo S. Galaczy: I would say that it was a mixture of both. We recorded it in our good friends rehearsal space, with the guitarist of Coffin Creep (Mattias “Steve” Weltz) pressing the buttons! So it wasn’t completely DIY, but it wasn’t either a professional studio.
Serial Metalbums: In 2025, you released a powerful new EP that caught a lot of attention, including mine. Could you tell us more about this project? What were your artistic goals for this EP compared to Buried in Rotten Remains?
Milo S. Galaczy: On the EP, we put much more time and focus into writing songs that would have some kind of resemblance, and also fitting the sound that we had in mind for Buried In Rotten Remains. Our goal was to capture the real raw Swedish death metal sound, and I think we managed! As I said before, Buried In Rotten Remains was a pretty broad album, and we didn’t want that for The Return Of The Creep.
Serial Metalbums: The new EP seems to mark a progression in your sound. Could you tell us more about the process of writing and recording this EP ? How would you describe the evolution of your music between the album and this EP?
Milo S. Galaczy: We put much more time in to writing the songs for the EP, compared to the album. We wanted them to be perfect, and to reflect exactly what we sound like. We didn’t capture that as good on the album. The recording of the EP was completely DIY. We recorded and mixed it ourselves in our rehearsal space, and we got to take the time that we needed for it to be exactly what we pictured in our minds!
I think that we always wanted to have this sound and write songs like these on the EP, but we haven’t really understood how to do it properly. We have gained much more experience in writing songs, recording, and mixing since we recorded Buried In Rotten Remains. And I think that is the biggest difference between the two.
Serial Metalbums: As an underground band, what are the biggest challenges you’ve faced so far? Do you feel that these challenges have strengthened your identity and perseverance as a band?
Milo S. Galaczy: The biggest challenge is to reach out to people. We work hard to write and record music, but it’s difficult to get it out there as much as we would like. But the positive thing about that is that it makes us keep going even more. If we didn’t have to work for it, then we wouldn’t be as motivated to keep working even harder.
Serial Metalbums: Live performances are often crucial for death metal bands. Do you have plans for tours or concerts to promote the new EP? What can fans expect from your shows in terms of energy and experience?
Milo S. Galaczy: Right now we have big ideas, and we hope that they we can make them work. That of course involves touring, writing, recording and all that.
We try to create shows with much energy. We all come from rock and heavy metal from the beginning, so that is what we want to do for the live parts. We don’t just hope for head banging, we also hope for the audience to move around and be included in the show.
Serial Metalbums: Which artists or albums are currently inspiring you, whether within death metal or in other musical genres? How do these influences reflect in your sound or songwriting?
Milo S. Galaczy: My all time favorite band is The Hellacopters, and because of that I get a lot of inspiration from them naturally. But we of course look up to the legends in our genre, such as Entombed, Grave, Dismember and many more. Another big inspiration for us is Motörhead, all of us love Motörhead a little too much to not take inspiration from them.
Us writing songs almost always starts with one of us hearing a good song, and then we think “what if we could do something like this”, and then it just kind of goes on until the song is all done!
