MISERY INDEX Releases First New Single In Four Years, 'Feral Future'

MISERY INDEX, the Baltimore death metal veterans, have released their new single "Feral Future", accompanied by an official lyric video. It is the band's first new music in four years, arriving on the heels of their return to Season Of Mist and ahead of their headline "An Epitaph for Endtimes" European summer 2026 tour.

"Feral Future" carries the band's high-intensity combination of death metal and grindcore, built around a driving, headbanging groove from guitarists Mark Kloeppel and Darin Morris alongside Adam Jarvis's relentless drumming. Lyrically, the track keeps the band's social commentary razor-sharp, framing the natural world as something to be reclaimed rather than dominated, and closes on the defiant refrain "this is our future."

MISERY INDEX vocalist and bassist Jason Netherton states: "'Feral Future' is about changing the way we think about our relationship with nature. Nature isn't something we rule over or exist outside of. It's something we are immersed in everywhere all the time. This song champions the rewilding of damaged and corrupted human spaces and reclaims a more feral connection that respects the sublime wonder of nature."

"Feral Future" was one of the very first songs written for MISERY INDEX's upcoming eighth full-length, and its untamed energy helped shape the album's thematic core.

"Feral Future" was mixed by Ricardo Borges and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios. Artwork is by Samuele Puligheddu, with photography by Ryan Phillips. The lyric video for "Feral Future" was created by Cloud Motion Design.

MISERY INDEX "An Epitaph For Endtimes" European summer tour 2026:

July 28 - Helsinki, Finland @ Kult
July 30 - Wacken, Germany @ Wacken Open Air
August 1 - Dortmund, Germany @ Dortmund Death Fest
August 2 - Saint Maurice de Gourdans, France @ Sylak Open Air
August 4 - Deinze, Belgium @ Elpee
August 5 - The Hague, Netherlands @ Musicon
August 6 - Schlotheim, Germany @ Party.San Open Air
August 8 - Swansea, United Kingdom @ Sin City
August 9 - Manchester, United Kingdom @ Rebellion
August 11 - Bridgwater, United Kingdom @ The Cobblestones
August 13 - Munich, Germany @ Backstage
August 14 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany @ Summer Breeze
August 15 - Sulingen, Germany @ Reload Festival

For 25 years, MISERY INDEX has stood out for its high-intensity combo of death metal, grindcore and cutting social commentary. Featuring current and former members of PIG DESTROYER and DYING FETUS, the Baltimore band has released seven critically acclaimed albums, visited 46 countries and performed more than 1,500 concerts, including dates with MORBID ANGEL, AMON AMARTH, FEAR FACTORY, CANNIBAL CORPSE, NAPALM DEATH, DEICIDE and other fellow stalwarts.

MISERY INDEX previously released "Live In Munich" (2013),"The Killing Gods" (2014) and "Rituals Of Power" (2019) with Season Of Mist. "The Killing Gods" and "Rituals Of Power" are available now through the label's web shop.

MISERY INDEX started as a studio project in 2001. Vocalist and bassist Jason Netherton (ex-DYING FETUS) joined guitarist Mike Harrison and drummer Kevin Talley (ex-DYING FETUS) to record their debut EP, "Overthrow". The considerable praise heaped upon this five-song death/grind attack led MISERY INDEX to become a full-time band with the addition of guitarist Sparky Voyles (ex-DYING FETUS).

In 2003, MISERY INDEX released "Retaliate", their debut full-length, on Nuclear Blast. The band followed the success of their debut with numerous tours of North America and Europe while supporting DYING FETUS, AMON AMARTH, DEICIDE and NILE. Between 2004 and 2005, ex-CAST THE STONE member and guitarist Mark Kloeppel came aboard while PIG DESTROYER's Adam Jarvis took over on drums, which solidified their lineup for years to come.

"Discordia", MISERY INDEX's second full-length, was released on Relapse Records in 2006. A seven-week tour of Europe with FEAR FACTORY followed, along with the band's first appearance at Hellfest and Tuska. For their third full-length and second with Relapse, in 2008, MISERY INDEX recorded with Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE) at GodCity Studios. For the next two years, the band toured extensively. They supported CANNIBAL CORPSE and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and performed for the first time in Mexico, Russia and Iceland, while also making their debut at Japan's Extreme The Dojo festival and Germany's Summer Breeze.

2010's "Heirs To Thievery", which was also released on Relapse, dropped like a bomb on the death metal scene, shattering expectations. The album's critical and commercial success elevated the band to headliners in the United States and Europe. Following the departure of Voyles that same year, guitarist Darin Morris joined MISERY INDEX and solidified the four-member lineup that still stands today. Over the next two years, they made their live debut in Colombia, Thailand, Indonesia and Malayasia and supported the U.S. and European legs of CANNIBAL CORPSE's "Torture" tour.

While performing in Munich in 2012, MISERY INDEX recorded their first live album. The band released "Live In Munich" with Season Of Mist, whom they originally signed with in 2013. They went on to release two critically acclaimed and top-selling albums for the French label. Two European headline tours, including one with WORMROT, and support runs with NAILS and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER kept them on the road until February 2020. On the final day of their month-long "Campaign For Musical Destruction" European tour with NAPALM DEATH, MISERY INDEX happily announced that they had signing to Century Media Records. The label released their seventh studio album in 2022 to widespread acclaim.

MISERY INDEX 2026 is:

Jason Netherton - Bass, Vocals
Mark Kloeppel - Guitar, Vocals
Darin Morris - Lead guitar
Adam Jarvis - Drums

Photo by Ryan Phillips