Afraid of Destiny

Afraid of Destiny were founded in Treviso in 2012 by Adimere, initially as a solo project. Through several line-up changes, its personal and atmospheric approach to black metal developed into a band sound that brings depressive weight together with doom, post-black-metal and ambient influences.

From Personal Darkness to Social Confrontation

The early releases focused primarily on depression, solitude and inner wounds. The band later widened its perspective towards social alienation, misanthropy, nihilism and structural criticism. Those ideas remain grounded in lived experience, with the music conceived as a continuous emotional journey rather than a sequence of isolated themes.

S.I.G.H.S. and Contra Omnes

S.I.G.H.S., the band’s third album, was released through Talheim Records in 2019. Its title expands to Still I Gently Hide Sadness, and its eight tracks move from Timor Mortis to the closing Killed by Life. The fourth album, Contra Omnes, followed in 2023 and shifted the focus more openly towards resistance against social constraints and fixed expectations. Together, the two records document distinct stages of the same development: from introspective darkness towards a more confrontational and musically broader form of expression.

Afraid of Destiny have performed live since 2016. In 2019, the Days of Madness tour took the band across several European countries together with Eyelessight, Deadspace and Psychonaut 4. Afraid of Destiny remain active and part of the Talheim Records roster.