He can be seen as a nihilist and fatalist. In this way Western philosophies can be classified in Buddhist terms as eternalist or nihilist. This is a main part of the larger Existential/Nihilist themes running through the novel. The album's lyrics posit Rihanna as a nihilist romantic and lascivious lover. Johnny Black, a mysterious, militant nihilist with a forceful personality, appears. He was expelled and labelled a "nihilist conspirator". Bazarov, in particular, finds falling in love distressing because it runs against his nihilist beliefs. Bernard Crick described him as a "lonely nihilist". The band faded as Petrov and Cederlund started Nihilist, which eventually turned into Entombed. Miller considers himself a "positive nihilist". In 1881 Alexander II was assassinated by the Narodnaya Volya, a Nihilist terrorist organization. The VIC cipher can be regarded as the evolutionary pinnacle of the Nihilist cipher family. He tries killing Nice to trigger Hajime's Nihilist Minimum which erases all Minimums in Yokohama. Null is a nihilist and destroyer. True Nihilist EP 7"" was released in 2009 on Deathwish Inc.