Earlier this year, Godz ov War Productions released the debut full-length studio album from Costa Rica’s mind-warping Progressive Blackened Death Metal trio Voidstar Nocturnal. The album is one of the most psychedelic and strange things to emerge from the extreme Metal underground in 2026. The band fuses sounds that are more commonly associated with various forms of electronic music and patches of tribal-sounding instrumentation with their own shape-shifting blend of progressive extremity. ‘Nexus Teleport Fracture’ is one of the most curious and exciting albums that I have stumbled upon this year. I caught up with the band’s guitarist, Fabian Salas, their drummer Erick Mejia Arguedas and their bassist, Kevin Moran, to discuss their unique approach to esoteric musical dark magic.
Welcome to VM-Underground, thank you for taking part in this interview with us! Would you mind telling us a little about how Voidstar Nocturnal came to be?
Fabian: Voidstar Nocturnal emerged from our previous band, Corpse Garden. We decided to start this new project in 2022, carrying over some of the ideas and musical elements we had been exploring with Corpse Garden, while incorporating fresh perspectives and influences from each member. Over time, those ideas naturally evolved and came together to shape what eventually became our debut album, ‘Nexus Teleport Fracture’.
Your music blends sounds from a variety of styles into something that is quite unique and special. You utilise various forms of electronic sounds and blend them with your dissonant and complex instrumentation. This gives the music a really interesting and distinctive flavour. How did your sound as a band develop in this way?
Fabian: Honestly, the development of our sound felt very natural and organic throughout the entire process. We had a clear vision of what we wanted to create and express in this new chapter as a band. I think a big part of it comes from our individual musical influences, as well as the fact that we share a lot of common ground in our musical tastes. We’ve always enjoyed experimenting with synthesisers and electronic instruments, exploring different textures and layers to create a dense, immersive wall of sound that surrounds and complements the band’s instrumentation. We really enjoy incorporating those elements into our music, allowing them to become an essential part of the overall atmosphere rather than just something in the background. Working with Colin Marston, whom we’ve known and collaborated with in the past, also played an important role in helping us refine and ultimately achieve the sound we were looking for.
When I listen to ‘Nexus Teleport Fracture’, I feel that the experience of hearing the album from front to back is similar to going on a journey of sorts. Is this an aspect you considered when creating the material on the record?
Erick: Yes, totally intentional. The album is lyrically and sonically built to be a journey, also in conjunction with the artwork. The idea is to immerse the listener in something almost cinematic. The album has a plot behind it which is linear, with the first scene being a starting signal and finishing with the last pieces of The Tower falling as the final scenes.
The album’s artwork is a very curious piece, I do find it quite fitting for the overall sound of the record. Would you be able to shed any light on the meaning of that image at all?
Erick: Something that could be discovered in some place, sometime on this planet or in others, something ancient that existed before our kind, but still hyper-technologically advanced for us. An entity that could reveal and explain that the cycle of life and death is technology, that our flesh, mind, body and soul are also technology.
That is a very curious explanation, I had suspected it may have been some sort of mysterious god-like being. I’m going to be thinking about the entity that you have just described when listening to the record from now on!
It seems that Costa Rica is having a great year for extreme Metal releases. Aside from your new LP, I’ve covered the recent albums from both Candarian and Astriferous. Do you feel like the extreme Metal culture within Costa Rica is in a particularly strong place at the moment? And are there any other bands from your country that you think our readers should be paying attention to?
Kevin: From our perspective, yes. Costa Rica’s extreme Metal scene feels especially active and confident right now. Releases from bands like Bloodsoaked Necrovoid, Mortual, Candarian and Astriferous show the strength and individuality of the music coming out of the country. There’s a very dedicated community here, and it’s exciting to see local bands creating work that reaches listeners beyond Costa Rica while staying true to their own vision. There’s a wide variety of established Death Metal/Black Metal bands in Costa Rica, each bringing a different character and approach to the genre. We’d encourage readers to explore the scene beyond the names already mentioned and discover the range of sounds these bands are creating. There’s a lot happening here, and Voidstar Nocturnal is proud to be part of that community.
And last but not least, if Voidstar Nocturnal were to play a show anywhere in the world with any other three artists in existence, who would be playing at that gig and where would it be?
Kevin: If we could put together that modern band dream bill or tour, it would be Voidstar Nocturnal, Imperial Triumphant, Artificial Brain, Krallice, Ulcerate or Gorguts. The contrast between each band’s approach to extreme music would make for a fascinating line-up. I’d love to see it happen in New York City or Europe. It would be an incredible opportunity to bring Costa Rican extreme Metal to a North American audience and share the stage with bands we deeply respect.
That’s quite the spread of bands that you mentioned and, yes, the contrast would make for one hell of an experience. Each of those bands makes relatively conceptual and immersive music, so any combination of them at a show would be such an engrossing time!
Thanks again for taking the time to answer these questions for us here at VM. ‘Nexus Teleport Fracture’ is such a special album, so I really appreciate having the opportunity to conduct this interview with you. All the best!
