Screaming Projector Episode 7 - Fires in the Distance

Fires in the Distance guitarist Yegor Savonin and vocalist Brendan Hayter join Screaming Projector to talk about "Harbingers," the opening track from Air Not Meant For Us — and the conversation goes somewhere neither of us expected. We dig into the real, unexpected origin of the song (a Russian poet's fatal duel), the band's new album Circadian Promise, why Yegor calls his own music "a diary, not a mythos," and three very different horror films that all connect back to the same eleven minutes of music: A Quiet Place, Lights Out, and The Mist. Along the way: Icarus, Midsommar vs. The Wicker Man, Flatliners, Frankenstein, and a genuinely fascinating detour into agonal dreaming — what the brain might experience in its final seconds. This is one of the most honest conversations we've had on the show about what horror and metal actually share: not just imagery, but a shared willingness to sit with the unbearable and give it a shape. 🎵 Fires in the Distance: [links] 🎬 Films discussed: A Quiet Place (2018), Lights Out (2016), The Mist (2007), Midsommar (2019), The Wicker Man (1973) #ScreamingProjector #FiresInTheDistance #DeathMetal #DoomMetal #HorrorPodcast #Metal Podcast #Deep Dive