1. For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
Buxen was created in 2002 from the ashes of Triumphator. It is not a band in the traditional sense— no rehearsals, no live shows, no fixed line-up. Just two members, myself and Hurne, meeting rarely and recording only when the time demands it. Buxen manifests, then disappears.
2. Recently you have released your first full length, musically how does it differ from yourprevious split and ep?
The full-length is simply a continuation of the same spirit, but more coherent and more cruel in its vision. The old recordings were fragments. The album is the full apparition of what Buxen truly is —raw violence, graveyard atmosphere, silence and destruction intertwined.
3. From 2007 to 2022 there was no music being released, can you tell us a little bit more about what was going on during that time frame?
Nothing. That’s the point. We do not plan, we do not “work” like a normal band. There was nothing to be said in those years, so silence was the most honest form of existence.
4. A lot of your lyrics cover Occult themes, can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in the dark arts?
There is no fascination with occultism as a fashion or as a doctrine. The lyrics are personal emanations, reflections of experience. Symbols, rituals, esoteric echoes appear because they exist inside us, not because we follow a system. We do not try to teach or preach.
5. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Buxen'?
The Buxen were a real secret society in Germany and Belgium during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries — known as the Goat Riders. They gathered at night, wore horned masks, rode through the countryside leaving chaos behind, The name carries both history and ruin.
6. Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?
The full-length is entitled “…dilexerunt homines magis tenebras quam lucem…” — a passage from the Gospel of John (3:19), meaning “men loved darkness rather than light.” The cover reflects this verse directly: a stark, medieval-style woodcut of the crucifixion, stripped of any comfort or glory. There is no triumph, only suffering and abandonment. The artwork mirrors the essence of Buxen: the rejection of false light, the embrace of darkness, the silence of decay.
7. Has the band done any live shows or open to the idea?
No. And no plans to. Buxen does not belong to stages, lights or audiences. It belongs to silence, to the graveyard, to the rare moment in the studio when destruction is captured.
8. On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black metal?
The reactions are irrelevant. Some understand fragments, others do not. It doesn’t matter. We do not create for applause or recognition.
9. Are any of the other band members currently involved with any other musical projects or bands?
I have been active in other projects in the past — Triumphator, Manth, Vermiis, Mephisto — but Buxen remains separate. Hurne is not involved in anything else as far as I know.
10. Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
Nowhere. There is no plan, no direction. If another manifestation comes, it will come. If not, silence remains. Both outcomes are valid.
11. What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
In the past we listened to too much Mayhem, Darkthrone and others, and that was a mistake. Today there is no conscious influence. I listen to whatever I feel, old thrash, death, black, or even outside metal. Nothing dictates what Buxen must sound like.
12. Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Buxen is not here to convince or to convert. It exists when it must, and disappears when it must. Seek nothing in us, and you may understand everything.
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