Baltimore, Maryland’s NIXIL has today shared their new single and music video, In Thrall. In Thrall is the second track to be taken from the US black metal group’s forthcoming sophomore album, From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire, with the hypnotic accompanying music video self-produced by the band. On In Thrall, NIXIL further From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire‘s themes of liberation through abyssal exploration.
WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR IN THRALL BELOW.
Stream In Thrall via Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify
Pre-order From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire here.
Speaking on In Thrall‘s release, NIXIL comments: “In Thrall is a curse directed toward those who, through their base and willful ignorance, believe that systems of oppression are somehow synonymous with liberation; those who would violently usurp cultures and attempt to eradicate peoples based on toxic delusions of supremacy connected to cosmically imposed trivialities of the flesh. We see you.”
Having made their presence known with their 2021 debut, All Knots Untied, NIXIL has steadily garnered a loyal following through live appearances across the United States – sharing stages alongside Hulder, Evoken, Molder, Yatra, and an appearance at Maryland Deathfest 2022 along the way. Time spent on the road served to sharpen their collective musicianship and fully realise NIXIL’s desire for collaborative unity and authenticity within the group ahead of From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire’s creation.
NIXIL’s scorched earth approach to black metal’s sonic
extremities offer a radical alternative to secular approaches to, and
readings of, their craft. Where All Knots Untied was an
introductory affair for the quintet, 2023 sees the band further expand
upon concepts of chaos gnosticism, ego-death, self-empowerment and
freedom.
After solidifying their line-up in its current form, with the arrival of guitarist / backing vocalist Alden, NIXIL opted to record From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire
live at Magpie Cage Recording Studio with J. Robbins. The resulting six
songs seethe with a frenzied despair, whilst more ominous passages
breathe with a disquieting existential terror in every percussive and
rhythmically meditative trance, exactly as the band intended to capture
before handing mastering duties to James Plotkin.
NIXIL’s latest offering is more than invocation and manifestation alone, From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire
is an invitation for those shackled by earth and flesh to dispel from
regressive human made traditions and misplaced guilt and shatter the
illusion of a self.