Back on T37, we delved into the sophisticated songwriting of The Visceral Sovereign, the debut of a brutal death project named, unforgettably, "Anal Stabwound." Needless to say, The Death Metal Guy had to get in touch with sole mastermind Nikhil T., also known for his guitar and drum covers on Youtube. In an all-killer no-filler 45 minute conversation, Nikhil outlines his methodology for writing brutal death metal, discusses his journey to multi-instrumental mastery, and sheds some light on the strangely-structured internet scene at the vanguard of brutality.

00:00 - Introduction / origins of the Wound

07:38 - "It's a lot of shifting dyads" - Motivic songwriting / art of riff-construction / place of melody in BDM

16:28 - "Maybe I've played guitar way too much" - Nikhil's instrumental background / practice and learning new stuff

20:30 - Interlude - Anal Stabwound - "Demiurge of Abhorrence," fr. The Visceral Sovereign (Inherited Suffering Records, 2021)

24:24 - "A very fine balance to maintain" - technique as athleticism

26:32 - "Everyone else lives in Europe, or whatever" - remote collaboration / brutal death "combo" format

36:45 - "I don't take too much in people saying, 'Oh, this is garbage'." -  brutal death and slam vs. normal death metal

44:30 - Avoiding the "riff after riff approach" - future of Anal Stabwound

47:26 - Outro - Korpse - "Molestation Condonation," fr. Insufferable Violence (Unique Leader, 2021)

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