Baltimore, Maryland black metal band NIXIL has today announced their signing to Prosthetic Records, with their forthcoming sophomore album – and Prosthetic debut – From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire set for release on August 25. Alongside the signing and album announcement, NIXIL are currently premiering the lead single and accompanying music video Collapsing the Poles via Knotfest. Collapsing the Poles serves as an introduction to From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire’s spiritual themes of liberation through abyssal exploration.
LISTEN / WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR COLLAPSING THE POLES VIA KNOTFEST.
Collapsing the Poles will be available on all streaming platforms on May 24.
Pre-order From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire here.
Speaking on the album announcement, NIXIL comments: “From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire is the manifestation of will of five individuals in collaboration, clawing toward catharsis and escape from the oppressive grasp of this rotting society. It is about finding power through adversity and the increase of spirit that can be gained through the intentional death of what our feeble human minds perceive as “Self.” It is also a magickal
act, containing hymns of rebellion and strength in honor of the teachers and muses along the ever winding path toward liberation.”
Of Collapsing the Poles, the band adds: “Collapsing the Poles is our siren song, heralding the breaking of the chains of demiurgic oppression through the recognition and eradication of the restrictive tendencies within the self (microcosm), allowing for the advancement of adversarial energy outward toward the seemingly unshakably oppressive forces of That Which Is (macrocosm). It is also an invocation of Void, creating a sacred space for all that which we seek to put out into the world, and a reminder that even in the moments where it seems unreachable, freedom is always worth fighting for.”
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.