Vile Creature

Vile Creature
Vile Creature
	Vile Creature performing at Electrowerkz, 2022
Background information
Origin	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Genres	sludge metal; drone metal; doom metal;
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Perpetual Flame Ministries (2022-present); Prosthetic Records (2014-2022);
Members	Vic; KW Campol;
Website	vilecreature.net

Vile Creature is a Canadian sludge/doom metal band from Hamilton, Ontario. 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.

The band consists of guitarist and vocalist KW Campol 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 food store in Hamilton, and KW is part owner of a tattoo shop, Sleepy Bones.

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, they released Preservation Rituals (2015-2018), a compilation album which combined all three of the earlier releases.

In 2022, Campol co-founded the Perpetual Flame Ministries record label alongside American musician Kristin Hayter.

In July 2024, Vile Creature announced that they taking an indefinite hiatus from performing live.

Personnel

Members

Vic – drums, vocals
KW Campol – 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)

Singles

Harbinger Of Nothing (Metal Swim 2 Compilation) (2019)
In Tenebris Lux (with Bismuth) (2020)
Paperdoll (Kittie cover, Send the Pain Below compilation) (2021)

EPs

A Pessimistic Doomsayer (2016)

Compilations

Preservation Rituals (2015-2018) (2019)

References

1 2 Bradley Zorgdrager, "'It's Metal to Care': Hamilton's Vile Creature Are Bringing Radical Compassion to Heavy Music". Exclaim!, September 30, 2020.
↑ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
↑ Luke Morton, "Vile Creature: 'The most metal thing that you can do is care about other people'". Kerrang!, July 20, 2020.
↑ Philip Montoro, "Queer doom duo Vile Creature don’t have time for ‘melted dickwads’". Chicago Reader, June 15, 2017.
↑ Mark Tremblay, "Vile Creature: Cast of Static and Smoke". Exclaim!, February 27, 2018.
↑ "Lingua Ignota and Vile Creature's KW Campol Launch Chicago Arts Festival". Pitchfork. December 6, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
↑ Slingerland, Calum (July 24, 2024). "Vile Creature Pause Live Performances Indefinitely Due to Health Issues". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on April 20, 2026. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
↑ "Vile Creature & Bismuth (2) – A Hymn Of Loss And Hope". Discogs. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

External links

Official website
Vile Creature at IMDb

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[zorgdrager-1] 1 2 Bradley Zorgdrager, "'It's Metal to Care': Hamilton's Vile Creature Are Bringing Radical Compassion to Heavy Music". Exclaim!, September 30, 2020.

[2] Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.

[3] Luke Morton, "Vile Creature: 'The most metal thing that you can do is care about other people'". Kerrang!, July 20, 2020.

[4] Philip Montoro, "Queer doom duo Vile Creature don’t have time for ‘melted dickwads’". Chicago Reader, June 15, 2017.

[5] Mark Tremblay, "Vile Creature: Cast of Static and Smoke". Exclaim!, February 27, 2018.

[6] "Lingua Ignota and Vile Creature's KW Campol Launch Chicago Arts Festival". Pitchfork. December 6, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2024.

[7] Slingerland, Calum (July 24, 2024). "Vile Creature Pause Live Performances Indefinitely Due to Health Issues". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on April 20, 2026. Retrieved April 20, 2026.

[8] "Vile Creature & Bismuth (2) – A Hymn Of Loss And Hope". Discogs. Retrieved November 3, 2022.