About this episode

Nik Nocturnal interviews Lukas Nicolai of Mental Cruelty about the band's journey and the evolution of deathcore music.

Nik Nocturnal talks with Lukas Nicolai of Mental Cruelty about joining the band, the evolution of deathcore vocals, Vocal Olympics, Mental Cruelty’s darker Nordic and folk influences, the deathcore revival, and where the genre could go next. Get 7% off Distrokid here: https://distrokid.com/vip/niknocturnal

Topics covered

• deathcore
• vocal techniques
• music evolution
• Nordic influences
• genre revival

Keywords

• Mental Cruelty
• deathcore
• vocal Olympics
• Nordic influences
• music evolution
• Distrokid

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