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Pain Magazine: When Post-Hardcore Meets Industrial Ghosts (and They Don’t Talk)
So, the French post-hardcore Birds in Row and the Franco-American industrial duo Maelstrom & Louisahhh, two acts who’ve spent years screaming into the void from opposite ends of the noise spectrum, finally decided to stop yelling at each other and just… start a band.
Enter Pain Magazine, a project born not in a boardroom, but in a studio session that started with “let’s see what happens” and ended up with an album called Violent God. Out October 3rd on Humus Records, it’s less a collaboration and more a collision, like if a cathedral burned down and someone rebuilt it using broken drum machines and a single guitar riff that won’t quit.
The latest single, "Horse Song", is the quietest, strangest thing they’ve done so far. A ballad? Sure. But one that feels like it’s being whispered through a cracked pipe, half in pain, half in prayer. Quentin Sauvé’s voice, raw, trembling, never quite sure whether he’s confessing or accusing, floats over fragmented electronics and percussion that sounds like a machine having a nervous breakdown. It’s intimate without being sweet. Dark, but somehow lit from within.
And yes, there’s a lyric video. Because why not? The visuals are glitchy, surreal, like a dream you had after too much caffeine and not enough sleep.
Musically, Violent God is a beast: industrial rhythms clash with guttural screams, synth drones hum beneath fragile melodies, and every track feels like it’s holding its breath before exploding. “Dead Meat” dissects toxic relationships like a surgeon with a grudge. “Weak and Predatory” takes aim at capitalism with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. And “Magic”? That’s the spiral of addiction, wrapped in a melody that sticks like glue.
This isn’t some genre-bending stunt. These aren’t musicians playing dress-up. Birds in Row have been brutalists since 2009, touring like ghosts on a mission. Maelstrom & Louisahhh built their world on the idea that techno can be for punks: loud, messy, political. Their meeting wasn’t accidental. It was inevitable.
The album was written in 16 days. Recorded live. Mixed by Joris Saïdani (who also plays drums, synth, and probably dreams in delay effects). Mastered by Alex DeYoung.
If you’re looking for music that doesn’t comfort you, but forces you to look, to feel the weight of your own flaws, your own rage, your own need to be forgiven, then Violent God is waiting.
Grab it. Play it loud. Then go outside and stare at the sky until something makes sense.
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