“Changing from active to passive was huge – I’d forget to change the batteries and have a meltdown pre-gig when my EMGs died”: Conjurer just dropped a modern sludge-metal classic – and they made it using custom guitars with satanic scale lengths

Conjurer.

Longtime fans of Conjurer’s anguished sludgy sound might be surprised by Unself’s vulnerable acoustic opener, a cover of century-old gospel ballad The World Is Not My Home.

Dani Nightingale explains: “Being neurodivergent and queer, I’ve never really felt at home in this world. I’d always play and sing it to myself backstage; it’s been a very comforting song – like maybe things will be better in another time. I love its warring hopefulness and despondency.”