Deadwood have released Possession through Arson Theory, with Adam Mercer of Deathstroke on second vocals.
Two voices trading lines is the whole point of the song. Derek Heynekemp handles it from the front and Mercer comes in underneath, and the result is faster and flatter out than anything on Rituals of a Dying Light, the EP the band released in January.
Fred Element produced, mixed and mastered it at EMNT Studio, which is less outside help than it sounds: he plays guitar in the band. Stephane Filion is on the other guitar and Charles Etienne Lafrance behind the kit.
Montreal deathcore has a long shadow, and this is a band who grew up under it. The horror atmospheres and the breakdowns sit where Despised Icon left them, and the press material points at Whitechapel and Suicide Silence rather than hiding the influence.
Deadwood have seven releases behind them since 2022, two EPs among them, and have toured Europe and Japan. No album has been announced yet.