PAIN MAGAZINE: a new band formed in a dead-of-winter session releases its first single “Violent God” today

The first single from Pain Magazine, a new collaborative project uniting French post-hardcore trio Birds in Row with industrial techno duo Maelstrom & Louisahhh, is out today. The track, titled Violent God, is also the name of the band’s debut album, scheduled for release on October 3, 2025 via Humus Records. The project itself started unintentionally—a one-off studio session during a harsh winter evolved quickly into a full-length record, written over sixteen days. That initial experiment became Violent God, a song in which the identities of both groups remain distinct yet tightly fused. Built on a chaotic yet controlled layering