Nihilist Death Cult recently unveiled their album, Death to All Tyrants
Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Nihilist Death Cult released their debut album, Death To All Tyrants, on December 2, 2022.
They also released a video for the track “Obey & Consume,” which is about just following blindly and not questioning anything, and being a good consumer. The time to fight is always now, not later, and it was inspired by John Carpenter’s “They Live.”
The album Death To All Tyrants is in-your-face punk rock that combines angry riffs and hate-fuel lyrics about how the corporate-sponsored news media feeds you the stories and ideas they are paid to push. This record is about the victims standing up to the tyrants, it’s about choosing your own path and not blindly following norms if they don’t suit you. Bassist/vocalist Nick Sagias writes most of the music but takes in input from his brother, drummer John Sagias and guitarist Ethan Bolduc. He shares their writing process:
“When I started writing for NDC, I knew that I wanted it to be aggressive, relentless, savage, no breakdowns, short songs, angry hardcore punk, the fact that my brother’s drumming fit perfectly in that and he was into it was a bonus for this otherwise it probably never would have happened. We just wanted to do this relentless style that we love and miss. Poison Idea, early DRI, early Bad Brains, the early dbeat bands, Discharge and GBH, that stuff gets the blood pumping and that’s the kinda stuff we wanna hear and see live.”
Watch the video for “Obey & Consume” below and learn more about Nihilist Death Cult via our Five Questions With segment.
Care to introduce yourself to our readers?
My name is Nick Sagias and I play bass and vocals for Nihilist Death Cult and Tribe of Pazuzu.
Tell us a bit about your most recent release.
My most recent release would be Nihilist Death Cult’s Death To All Tyrants, which is nine songs of fast, relentless hardcore death punk… the biggest influences were from my favorite era of the hardcore punk scene from 82-86… and adding an aggressive Death Metal element as well as some grind/blast for a nice heavy mix… produced by Scott Middleton who captured us perfectly for this recording, he was great to work with. We love the final result… cuz it captures what we sound like rehearsing and playing live.
Where do you tend to pull inspiration from when writing?
Inspiration for the lyrics comes from a variety of places… movies… John Carpenter’s “They Live,” Clockwork Orange, THX1138… looking around at things in society… things you see and hear from the Corporate sponsored Mainstream News Media… things that anger us.
Are there any upcoming shows or festivals you’d like to tell us about?
We have a couple of shows coming up in Toronto in the early part of the new year / 2023… we also have a show in April in Detroit with our friends in Centenary… setting up more as we go.
What’s your goal for 2022?
Our goal in 2022 was to record and release our album “Death to All Tyrants,” and we did that… 2023 will see us playing a lot more shows and starting work on the second album, which has already begun.
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