CABAL has cemented themselves as one of the heaviest and most uncompromising metal acts from Denmark, and with their upcoming album Everything Rots (out March 21st via Nuclear Blast), they’re ready to unleash absolute chaos once again.
In this interview, we sat down with Andreas Bjulver to talk about how CABAL’s sound has evolved over the years, blending death metal, hardcore, metalcore, and dark electronic elements to create their signature brutal sound. We also discussed the rise of deathcore’s popularity, what it means for extreme music today, and how bands like CABAL continue to push the genre forward.
We also touched on the raw, emotional themes of Everything Rots, from personal struggles with depression and trauma to real-life experiences that shaped the album’s lyrical direction. If their latest singles are anything to go by, this record is set to be Cabal’s most intense and focused work yet.
Everything Rots Tracklist
1. Become Nothing
3. Everything Rots
4. No Peace (ft. Jamie of VISCERA)
5. Hell Hounds
6. Still Cursed (ft. Aaron of TEN56)
7. Unveiled (ft. Matthi of NASTY)
8. Forever Marked
9. End Times
10. Snake Tongues
11. Stuck (ft. Joel of AVIANA)
12. Beneath Blackened Skies (ft. Alan of DISTANT)
CABAL has through the years proved themselves as one of the heaviest and most uncompromising metal acts hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark. The bands sound is visceral and destructive and aims to bring forth absolute chaos by drawing inspiration from everything from crushing death metal, contemporary metallic hardcore and metalcore to unnerving soundscapes and dark electronic music.
Since the release of their first album in 2018 CABAL band toured most of the planet, from Europe and North America to Japan and Australia, as well as renowned festivals like, Roskilde Festival, Copenhell, Summer Slaughter, Brutal Assault and many more, and they have no intention of slowing down. All of the above combined with features from some of the modern metal scenes most prominent names like; Matt Heafy from TRIVIUM, Jamie Hails from POLARIS and Joe Bad from FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, the band has shown the world that Denmark has something to offer when it comes to bone crushing heaviness.
The band are now gearing up for the release of their 4th studio album; Everything Rots. Everything Rots is the most focused and ferocious CABAL has ever sounded, while still expanding on the sound that fans expect from the band. Ear piercing electronic parts and unsettling soundscapes fuse together with bone-rattling riffs and uncompromising breakdowns to create a sonic attack on the senses that’s sure to please and surprise any fan of extreme heaviness. Just like instrumentals the lyrics are dark and direct as they detail the cyclical nature of depression, addiction and trauma, as they work through and detail deeply scarring life experiences and invite the listeners inside a dark world were everything rots and falls apart again and again and again.
CABAL’s tracks like ’Still Cursed’ dives into the struggle of dealing with depression and feeling eternally cursed, while the title track is an anthem for the generations born into a world of crushing uncertainty, that feels like it could collapse around them at any time. ’No Peace’ describes the harrowing real life ordeal of finding a dying suicide victim in the streets of Copenhagen, and powerlessly watching the life drains from their eyes. ‘Unveiled’ and ‘Forever Marked’ deals with two sides of the same experience of having an abuser close to you. One describes the intense anger and feeling of betrayal, that comes from finding out that someone you considered family could commit such acts, while the other the feeling of guilt in knowing that this happened so close to you without you catching on to it.
CABAL online
https://www.instagram.com/cabalcph/
www.facebook.com/cabalcph
www.cabalcult.com
www.patreon.com/cabalcult
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWujbw3iYHcXq9ExfRiA4Q
https://www.tiktok.com/@cblde4th
