Nonexister announce debut album ‘Demons’

November 10, 2023 James Weaver

NONEXISTER have announced their debut album!

Titled Demons, the upcoming album from the Swiss band is their debut full-length album and is scheduled to be released in March next year, via self-release.

The album was recorded at Marco Neeser‘s home studio and at New Sound Studio with producer Tommy Vetterli, known as the mastermind of CORONER and member of legendary thrashers KREATOR, adding another dimension to the production. Vetterli also composed the backings and adlibs together with vocalist Nik Leuthold.

Speaking about the debut album, vocalist Nik Leuthold says, “I am beyond happy that our debut album Demons is finally ready to be released in spring 2024. It has been a long journey to get there and I am very proud of the result. The collaboration with Marco is a great fortune that brings us both to worlds where we wouldn’t have got by ourselves. And so many great people helped shape the final product, tweak every detail, so that the baby is now a true beauty.

Demons is a journey through the unfathomable depths of human nature — that’s what the lyrics are about and that’s how it sounds. It is dramatic, possibly disturbing, sometimes ironic, and now and then, quite surprising. There are many pumping grooves, perfect for the moshpit, but there are these eerie, strange things as well, that gnaw on your brain. The lyrics orbit all around human behavior. They are often socially critical, but sometimes as well just poetic and personal views on the abysses in our heads.”

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, NONEXISTER have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming debut album; A Promise In The Air. The new song is the fourth single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from Drowning In The Void, Your Pain Up My Veins and How Do You Dare.

Speaking about the new song, producer and multi-instrumentalist Marco Neeser says, “A Promise In The Air is the antithesis of a pop song. It is long, it builds up slowly, it leads the listener astray by beginning with a pulsating synth line and seductive, intimate vocals, and then finally dissolving into an epic finale of guitars.”

Vocalist Nik Leuthold adds, “the song is about the raging night of an impossible love, about two people who burn brightly when they get close to each other, but each burn in this fire. Now, they meet again and try to keep control this time and escape the maelstrom. But once again, they are each other’s drug and plunge into this maelstrom, powerless and yet open-eyed, surfing through the night in a mixture of frenzied desire, overwhelming happiness, and deep despair. They know where it will end and yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. An unstoppable tidal wave of laughter and tears, lust, hope, and despair sweeps them away, leaving devastation again in its wake.”

Watch the official music video for A Promise In The Air here: