Dan Jackson is single-handedly responsible for some of the best metal to come out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. In this exclusive interview, he discusses Dead Wretch, Void Ritual, his charity label Ipos Music and controversial lyrics.

Void Ritual’s Death is Peace represents the sharp end of grief, the white-hot anger that broils and writhes and lashes out, and yet is tempered by the depressing fact of one’s own inevitable demise.

Void Ritual is the one man, black metal project of Daniel Jackson known for his work in Ancestral Oath. Meant to be uglier and more miserable than his other musical pursuits, Void Ritual is simply put, excellent black metal.