Baltimore, Maryland black metal group NIXIL are today premiering their sophomore album, From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire, via Decibel ahead of its release via Prosthetic Records on Friday, August 25. NIXIL‘s second full-length treads a spiritual path toward liberation through abyssal exploration, from the microcosmic to the macrocosmic. The band has also recently shared US September and October tour dates in support of From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire – further details below.
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Speaking on the album premiere, NIXIL comments: “From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire is a documentation of spiritual and temporal ascension through the alchemical engagement with adversity. It is a labor of fury and love, harrowing in the quest for catharsis. We hope it evokes the same transformative journey for you to experience it as it did for us to create it.”
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.
From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire tracklist:
1. Collapsing the Poles
2. In Thrall
3. A Door Never Closed
4. From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire
5. Abyss Unto Abyss
6. The Way is the Grave
Upcoming NIXIL tour dates:
29 September – Westside Bowl – Youngstown, OH
30 September – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
1 October – Ralph’s Rock Diner – Worcester, MA
2 October – Cherry Street Station – Wallingford, CT
3 October – Windsor Exchange – Windsor, VT
4 October – Geno’s Rock Club – Portland, ME
5 October – Dusk – Providence, RI
6 October – El Bunker del Diablo – New York City, NY
NIXIL is:
C.: vocals
Key: drums
Aurora: bass, backing vox
Alden: guitar, backing vox
Shane: guitar
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