Nine years ago, Ecca Vandal came out snarling. Her self-titled debut album introduced an unapologetic punk rebel who was rightfully championed as one of the most exciting new voices in heavy music. But as her success built, she slowly watched peers hop on trends to try to stay relevant and quickly found that the wider music world had "all started to feel really uninspiring”.⁣ ⁣ So, while the excitement around her was still buzzing, she made the “very intentional” decision to go offline completely. “I wanted to tune out all the noise,” she explains. After spending some much-needed time off the grid and out of the spotlight, Vandal made her return to music in 2024, and took things to a whole new level.⁣ ⁣ eccavandal is on The Cover. Read the full story at NME.com/the-cover or at the link in bio⁣ ⁣ #EccaVandal #NMETheCover⁣ ⁣ Words: Ali Shutler⁣ / justdip Photography: Brianna Alysse / brialysse⁣ Photography assistance: GarrettsArchive / garrettsarchive⁣ Makeup: Nimai / makeupbynimai⁣ Sty...