Simon Neil’s face has contorted into an expression of pure anger, verging on disgust. “I just can’t understand how people can be that fucking ignorant,” he spits. “That fucking lacking in empathy or decency. It makes me sick.”
He’s just heard his friend, former Oceansize frontman and current Empire State Bastard bandmate Mike Vennart, recount a run-in he had with a notorious right-wing agitator and his legion of troll followers. It’s an event that could have had a depressing, negative impact, but the revulsion and venom Mike felt instead provided the seed that inspired this new extreme metal project.
