By Devious Dayna
This Day in Metal
As Ov Sulfur prepares to unleash Endless on January 16 via Century Media Records, the band finds itself at a pivotal creative moment. Known for their unrelenting heaviness and unapologetic themes, Endless pushes beyond sheer aggression, embracing atmosphere, melody, and introspection in ways that may surprise even longtime listeners.
I caught up with guitarist Chase Wilson to talk about the album’s deeper meaning, its evolving sound, and why discomfort is sometimes the most honest place to create from.
“We've really taken our time crafting these songs, trying to dial in how it flows, you know, telling a story essentially,” Chase explains. “I feel like because we've had so much time to do all these things, it shows in the end result.”
For Chase, Endless is more than just a collection of songs. “I personally see it as a concept album,” he says. “What if, you were eternally damned to feel endless doubt, endless grief, endless depression? You have songs like Wither, which is your endless grief, or Evermore, which is your endless life, watching the people you love die, watching the world go to war, watching all these terrible things happen. It is kind of a cool story to tell. It is a what‑if album essentially, but to me, it is a concept album.”
That conceptual depth carries directly into the music. Endless showcases some of Ov Sulfur’s most dynamic writing to date, blending crushing riffs with melodic passages and even clean vocals. When asked about the mixed reactions some fans have had to the clean parts, Chase is blunt, “We don’t care.”
Philosophical and anti‑religion themes continue to play a role in the album, though in a more subtle way than earlier releases. “In songs like Vast Eternal, Ricky was having dreams of an existential crisis, what if you die and go to a place that is just a void? No loved ones, no light, just darkness,” Chase says. “That is still an anti‑religion theme. We are doing it in a more subtle way now. It shows we have matured, and the songs have matured too.”
At its heart, Endless is about shared human experience. “I feel like the album does answer a lot of questions, but it is open to interpretation as well,” Chase explains. “Essentially, we were trying to get across that people are not alone in feeling these things. We have all felt grief, doubt, fear, or depression, and we go through all those emotions on this record. It goes from despair at the beginning to almost a light at the end of the tunnel. It feels endless, but it is not, eventually, things do get better.”
In the context of Ov Sulfur’s evolution, Endless feels less like a conclusion and more like a turning point, a declaration of who they are now and where they are willing to go creatively.
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