(((SIGNALS))) Kalmo – Feeding the Worms
A signal comes before the full transmission. (((SIGNALS))) is Doomnation Radio’s space for bands to tell us about their new single and what it points toward: why this song came first, where it lives on the album, and what world it carries inside it. Three questions only, the rest is up to them.
Kalmo means cadaver in Finnish. The three-piece, Mika on vocals, Pekka on guitar, and Anu on bass, grew from what was originally Mika’s solo project, the expanded lineup appearing for the first time on the 2025 single Thy Chosen One. “Feeding the Worms” is the third in a running series of singles, following Thy Chosen One and Thy Saviour, Thy Master, both from 2025. Mika answered our questions.
(1) Why did you choose “Feeding the Worms” as a single?
“Feeding the Worms” is the third offering in our current series of singles, and in many ways it captures the essence of Kalmo most completely so far – dark, heavy, raw, relentless. It carries that slow, suffocating weight we aim for – something that doesn’t just hit but lingers and crawls under the skin. There is a certain inevitability in the song, both musically and thematically, that made it stand out to us early on. At the same time, it continues the path laid by “Thy Chosen One” and “Thy Saviour, Thy Master.” Those songs opened the door, and “Feeding the Worms” pushes further into that same darkness. It felt like the natural next step to reveal.
(2) Where does this song sit on the album, or is it a standalone release?
At this stage, it stands as a standalone release. We are working toward a larger release – either an EP or a full-length album – but we are not rushing it. Instead, we are letting each piece emerge on its own, releasing singles at a steady pace while the broader body of work continues to take shape beneath the surface in the darkness. We already have several songs written and evolving through rehearsal, and new material is constantly being composed. When the time comes, those pieces will come together into something more complete – but it has to feel whole and deliberate, not forced. For now, the singles are fragments of that larger descent.
(3) If this song were a scene in a movie, what happens in it?
It begins in near darkness – an ashen landscape lit by distant fire, the air thick with the stench of sulfur and decay. The camera moves slowly across the ground. At first, the surface seems uneven, shifting subtly, as if the earth itself is breathing. As the view closes in, the shapes take form – human heads, barely above the soil, bodies buried beneath. They are alive. And they are being consumed. Worms feed on them slowly, without end. There is no escape, no release – only cycle after cycle where death never fully arrives. The scene narrows to one lost soul, still conscious and aware of the endless gnawing of the worms – trapped as the suffering continues. That is the perspective we chose for the music video – not the scale of the horror, but its weight on one lost and condemned soul, endured moment by moment without release.
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