Between 2020 and 2022, Zambian-born, Montreal-based rapper Backxwash – aka Ashanti Mutinta – released three stunning albums, all with equally arresting titles. It started with God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It, which won Canada’s esteemed Polaris Prize. Then came I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses, followed by His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering. A conceptual trilogy that explored her heritage, queerness, identity and faith, the records were as much inspired by both hip-hop and traditional African music as they were by Black Sabbath and horror movies. As its title suggests, Only Dust Remains – the beginning of her post-trilogy era – is a dark album. A very dark album. The first song, Black Lazarus, is an u...