From television shows like The Kettering Incident and The Gloaming, to Richard Flanagan's literary musings all the way back to Marcus Clarke's 1870s work For the Term of His Natural Life, artists have been embracing Gothic influences in their work.

Launceston band Interitum are one of the latest to embrace this aesthetic, with their mix of heavy metal genres such as sludge and doom helping the band attract a loyal following across the globe.

Kelly Barrett has been the vocalist for the band since their inception.

"My husband Trent and myself just came up with the idea of it," Barrett said.

"We started writing in 2015 and demo recorded five songs before we had our members Jarrod and Paul join."

Despite a small scene for metal music in Launceston, the band received confidence from playing in Hobart before booking a string of gigs in cities on the mainland.

The highlight of Interitum's touring so far was a five date jaunt to Canada in the middle of last year.

"We toured in a camper-van so it was pretty full on driving around," Barrett said.

"It was five shows with four of them being headlining shows."

Since returning from Canada the band has set about their debut album at home in Launceston, with Forever. Silent. Broken. due for release at the end of March.

Hobart guitarist Joe Haley, of the band Psycroptic, mixed and mastered the album after previously recording the band's Conformed Suffering EP.

The album was self-recorded by the band, leaning on tricks learnt from their previous recording experiences.

Along with the new release, the band is feverishly rehearsing for the Melbourne playoff for a spot at Germany's Wacken open air festival.

With a lineup headlined by Slipknot, Judas Priest, and Devin Townsend, the festival is a pilgrimage for metal fans from around the world.

"Even to play the battle in Melbourne, the opportunity is beyond amazing," Barrett said.

The band must play a battle of the bands in Melbourne before a national final, with the winner of that gig to go to Germany to represent Australia at the festival.

"At Wacken there's another battle and bands are sent from all over the world." Barrett said.

"And if you win that world battle you get the opportunity to be signed by a huge record label as well as play Wacken which is amazing."

Even if the band doesn't make the trip to Germany, their international touring schedule will kick off again in 2020.

Interitum will make their New Zealand debut at Wellington's Windburn festival in April to showcase tracks from their new album.