There is more than one band using this name:

1) Nihil (Nikola Stanoj… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one band using this name:

1) Nihil (Nikola Stanojević, 1991.) se smatra perjanicom srpske neo-acid trep scene. Iako trajno nastanjen u Beogradu, ostaje dosledan 035 lokalpatriotizamu kako autentičnim kosovsko-resavskiom akcentom tako i liričkim narativom na kom inicijalno i počiva čitav Zicer Inc. kolekiv čiji je suosnivač. Pored kantautorskog rada, Nihil potpisuje brojne numere Tam, Bejbi Motorole, Jymenik i drugih kao testopisac, aranžer i producent. Pored referenci iz pop kulture, Nihilove numere su primarno obojene sumornim osećajem beznađa i propratnog sarkazma za šta je zaslužan snažan uticaj metala kroz njegovo odrastanje i muzičko sazrevanje. Iza sebe ima dva albuma: Satan Resavski (2020) i Šaman Resavski (2022) kao i brojna učešća na projekcima Zicer kolektiva i drugih bliskih muzičkih istomišljenika. Nikola Stanojević stoji i iza pseudonijuma Sheytan Yamaha sa kojim primarno nastupa kao DJ, ali i kao producent kompozicija koje stilski naginju elektronici.

2) NiHiL formed in Pisa (Italy) during spring 2002. In May 2004 they released their first work “Demo 1”, and continued to compose new songs until spring 2007 when the second work “1st May” was released. After a sudden split they changed the line up and recorded during summer 2008 “Empirical Heresy”. The album was released in January 2009.
They play a blend of alternative-, progressive-, post- & stoner rock.
(http://nihilrock.bandcamp.com/)
LINE UP
Matteo Anguillesi - Vocals & Guitar
DMN27 - Guitar & Artwork
Nicola Donati - Bass
Matteo d'Ignazi - Drums & Synth

3) Nihil is a french band from Bordeaux with very peculiar and produced albums. They have influences from bands like Tool and A Perfect Circle. Its members are :

Yves Davo - Singer
Pierre Tabel - Guitars & Chorus
Yoann Roy - Bass Guitar
Nicolas Monge - Piano, Hammond Organ, Fender Rhodes & Keyboards
Jonathan Lamarque - Battery & Drums

4) Nihil was one-man black metal-electronic-experiment project from Belgrade, Serbia ran by Nemanja Maček. 4 albums, one EP and one split were released for Deadknife and Nothing Special records, all still available for free download from artist's new myspace page www.myspace.com/nmacek. Nihil influences ranged from Ulver and NIN to Emperor and Ackercocke. Nihil was involved with many other bands and projects as performer, producer or songwriter. Currently, Nemanja is member of industrial band F32, jazz metal project Fretboard Dyslexia, death metal band Sickness and is releasing solo albums under given name.

5) Nihil was the name of a black metal band from Ireland.

6) Nihil is the name of a Metal / Thrash band from Mexicali, México.

7) Nihil is the name of death/grind band from Czech republic

8) Nihil is the name of a one-man black metal project from New Jersey.

9) Nihil is the name of a 2 piece band which hailed from Hamilton, New Zealand.

10) Nihil is the name of an industrial-metal band from Arizona consisting entirely of Scott Crowley, signed to Slipdisc Records in the late 90's. They released the album "Drown", produced by Neil Kernon, shortly before Slipdisc was dismantled by Mercury Records. They later self-released the album "Hollow" before disappearing.

11) Nihil is the name of a hungarian punk band.

12) NIHIL is also unknown band from Lithuania, Klaipeda. Plays Alternative Rock, Doom, and some other styles.

13)Nihil is a dark psychedelic project by John Drosos, born in 1983 in Stockholm, Sweden, but he currently lives in Thessaloniki, Greece, as of 2012. Since age 13, he enjoys metal and especially death metal music. In 2003 he started playing guitar in a brutal death metal band. Darkpsy trance is another kind of music that he likes a lot and in the summer of 2012 he decided to create this project, Nihil, to serve and express his biggest influences : darkness and fear. His debut EP "Nihiland" was officially released in 2013 through D-A-R-K Records.

Out Of Control
Nihil Lyrics

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I'm wandering around in a maze of streets/like any bum in the city/and looking through windows/I'm watching people live/watching people feed/empty lives turn.../SO UNREAL/SO UNREAL/IS OUR FEAR/DOWN HERE.../I see translucent lives/through the window panes/like on TV screen/I can see between the lines/lines of hope/lines of faith/lines of chance that converge and go.../SO UNREAL/SO UNREAL/IS OUR FEAR /DOWN HERE.../HEAR THE TEMPEST COMING.../WE'RE IN DANGER...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Nihil's song "Out of Control" paint a vivid picture of a person wandering aimlessly through the streets of a city. The opening line, "I'm wandering around in a maze of streets," sets the tone for the rest of the song. The singer is lost in a world that seems indifferent and uncaring. As they walk the streets, they gaze through windows and see snippets of the lives of the people living inside. They observe people going about their daily lives, eating, working, and going about their business. But these lives seem empty and pointless, "empty lives turn.../SO UNREAL/SO UNREAL/IS OUR FEAR/DOWN HERE."

The second stanza is equally as haunting. "I see translucent lives/through the window panes/like on TV screen" is a brilliant metaphor, comparing the lives observed through the windows to images on a TV screen, flat and two-dimensional. The singer can see "between the lines," meaning they can see the hopes, fears, and desires of these people, who are just like them. But these lines that converge and go, "SO UNREAL/SO UNREAL/IS OUR FEAR/DOWN HERE..." suggest that these hopes and dreams are unattainable.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm wandering around in a maze of streets
I am aimlessly walking through a complex network of urban roads

like any bum in the city
just like any homeless person in this metropolis

and looking through windows
observing the inside of buildings through their transparent openings

I'm watching people live
I am observing individuals lead their everyday life

watching people feed
seeing people consume their required nourishment

empty lives turn... SO UNREAL
the unfulfilling existences of individuals seem surreal

SO UNREAL IS OUR FEAR DOWN HERE...
our anxiety down here in life feels like an illusion

I see translucent lives
I note the translucent, insubstantial quality of people's lives

through the window panes
viewing what is beyond the glass of windows

like on TV screen
similar to how it appears on a television display

I can see between the lines
I can discern what is not directly observable