.png)
THRASHVILLE 2026 - TICKETS ON SALE NOW
%20(1).gif)
PRIMITIVE MOTH - CLICK HERE TO DISCOVER ARTISTS
NEW JERSEY DEATH METAL DESTROYERS ‘NIGHTS OF MALICE’ UNLEASH LEAD SINGLE ‘EX-MORTIS’
.jpeg)
With a sound that is synonymous with razor sharp technical death metal riffing, monolithic groove, and rapid-fire vocal phrasing, as is signature with acts such as Psycroptic, Whitechapel, Aborted, and Archspire, NIGHTS OF MALICE is a triumphant example of the quality of acts that have emerged from the Garden State scene.
Since the band's inception, the band has worked with the outstanding team of Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland at Atrium Audio, who have produced albums from bands such as Black Crown Initiate, August Burns Red, Rivers Of Nihil, The Ghost Inside, and many more. NIGHTS OF MALICE has once again teamed up with Atrium Audio for Chaos Exordium.
“The whole album started to really come together once we wrote [lead single] ‘Ex-Mortis,” reflects vocalist Brendan McGrath on the creation of Chaos Exordium. “We felt like that was the song that fully encompassed the current era of our sound and from there, it was easier to pick and choose which of our ideas were going to be on the album, to sort of map out the pacing of it. Our goal was to make the heaviest, most intense NIGHTS OF MALICE album ever. We’ve experimented with our sound in a lot of different ways, but one thing we all agree on is that we are at our best when we’re riffing all over the place. Our writing process always starts with guitar, so it comes naturally to us most of the time.
“For the production,” he continues, “we knew we were going to go back to Atrium. We love working with Grant and Carson; we’ve been working with them for ten years now. They have always been an integral part of bringing our vision to life and they’ve given us our best sounding mix yet. It’s a very guitar-heavy mix since the riffs are the driving force behind this record.”
On the record’s lead single, McGrath notes, “‘Ex-Mortis’ had everyone in the band firing on all cylinders. It was created midway through the writing process of Chaos Exordium and it both changed and helped define how we wrote the record. It has fast riffs, brutal vocals, blast beats, crazy drum fills, heavy breakdowns, and a ripping solo. Everything you’d want from a NIGHTS OF MALICE song. The lyrics are inspired by one of my all-time favorite horror franchises, The Evil Dead. Those movies have been a goldmine of inspiration for many extreme metal songs for decades, and I wanted to do my own take on it.”