There is an evil so great that every man, woman and child must acknowledge it. It is the creeping darkness that grows, brooding in the distant recesses of our minds. It is the snake we dare not feed—the voice in our heads we refrain from responding to, for fear of losing the things that make us most human. We dare not speak it’s name lest we summon it into being—even if, at the core of our collective essence, we know it’s too late.
It’s name is Belial—and it is upon us, thirsting for every ounce of happiness we keep inside of us.
The Siege Records debut and monstrous double-release by the UK’s newest and most annihilating technical deathcore outfit, Nihil Est is the sound of pure, bleak suffering. Dismal to the core and devastatingly heavy throughout, every note Belial play is carefully written and arranged to inflict nothing more than pure suffering. From the bloodthirsty licks of “In Extremis” to the spacy, sinister atmosphere of “In Origin” and “Eon,” Belial bear a beast’s name for good reason—as they do nothing as well as they tear flesh from bone.