Vile Creature are a
Canadian
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heavy metal band from
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
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,
Ontario
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.
[Bradley Zorgdrager]
"'It's Metal to Care': Hamilton's Vile Creature Are Bringing Radical Compassion to Heavy Music"
'' Exclaim!'', September 30, 2020. They are most noted for their 2020 album ''Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!'', which received a
Juno Award nomination for
Heavy Metal Album of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 2021
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The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place in Ma ...
.
The band consists of guitarist and vocalist KW and drummer and vocalist Vic, a couple who both identify as
queer and make music from a progressive activist perspective. In addition to their musical career, they operate the Coven Plant Based Marketplace, a
vegan
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. ...
food store in Hamilton, and KW is part owner of a tattoo shop, Sleepy Bones.
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The duo released their first album, ''A Steady Descent Into the Soil'', in 2015, and followed up with the EP ''A Pessimistic Doomsayer'' in 2017 and the album ''Cast of Static and Smoke'' in 2018. In 2019, after signing to ]Prosthetic Records
Prosthetic Records is an American record label specializing in heavy metal recordings, founded in Los Angeles, California in 1998 by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald. Prosthetic Records released the first two albums by Lamb of God and Animals ...
, they released ''Preservation Rituals (2015-2018)'', a compilation album which combined all three of the earlier releases.
Personnel
;Members
* Vic – drums, vocals
* KW – guitar, vocals, drums
Discography
;Studio albums
* ''A Steady Descent into the Soil'' (2015)
* ''Cast of Static and Smoke'' (2018)
* ''Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!'' (2020)
* ''A Hymn of Loss and Hope'' (collaboration with Bismuth) (2022)
References
External links
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Canadian doom metal musical groups
Canadian musical duos
Canadian LGBT musicians
LGBT-themed musical groups
Musical groups from Hamilton, Ontario
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