Interview: Midnight’s Athenar on Fifth Full-Length Album, ‘Let There Be Witchery’

If there’s one thing that stands out about Athenar, the sole creative force behind Midnight, it’s his ability to write and grind out good songs. Operating as a one-man army since 2003, Athenar has been able to channel the raw ‘n’ rugged charm from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s music that impacted his youth, into his own electrifying, speed-metal thrill ride.  With an abundance of demos, EPs, splits, and full-lengths under his bullet-laced belt, Athenar gives credit to classics like Raw Power by The Stooges and Apocalyptic Raids by Hellhammer.   “Those albums are ingrained in me, and that’s just the style that I like,” he says. “You could hear the intensity with that stuff, and you can hear, especially with Hellhammer, too, they’re just going for it. They don’t know anything else; they don’t kno...

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