French heavy doom trio Margarita premiere new single »Abyssal Pain«; »Abysses Of Melancholia« LP out October 9th via Electric Valley Records!

Paris, France based doom/sludge/shoegaze trio Margarita premiere the second single »Abyssal Pain« taken from their upcoming debut album, »Abysses Of Melancholia«, scheduled for release on October 9th, 2026 via Electric Valley Records.

Tracklist:
01. Blood Incantation
02. Melting Days
03. Swamp Lullaby
04. Not A Mother
05. Abyssal Pain
06. Better Off Alone

Courtesy of Electric Valley Records:

Margarita is a Paris-based trio, formed in 2022 by Julie, Julie, and Karen – the first band project for some of its members. They play heavy doom steeped in distortion and deep melancholy. Their songs talk about inconsolable loss, disenchantment, unreachable redemption, and a visceral rejection of toxic masculinity.

Blending doom, sludge, heavy psych, and shoegaze, Margarita builds dense, slow-burning tracks where brute force and fragility coexist. Heavy riffs meet layers of reverb and texture, creating a sound that is both crushing and introspective.

After releasing their debut EP in 2023, they played across France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

At its core, Margarita shares the impulse to expose inner chaos, to embrace going off track, and to turn vulnerability into something loud, raw, and unapologetic. Driven by a relentless need to follow darkness, the trio follows one rule: to black sabbath themselves into oblivion.

Says the band: “»Abyssal Pain« captures the moment where everything that’s been building deep inside finally spills over. A rage that’s been contained for years finds a way out and is no longer endured. Instead, it is channeled into destroying what caused it, dragging it down into the dark, never to be seen or felt again.”

Margarita’s debut album follows a slow descent shaped by memory, anger, and loss. Throughout the record, the trio explores aching bodies, fractured identities, and a past that never really goes away. For this album, the band added synth layers and electronic percussion to their usual guitar, bass, and drums setup, bringing more depth and a strong sense of melancholy to the songs.

From »Blood Incantation«, where pain becomes a means of expression, to the hazy and melancholic »Melting Days«, the album explores loss on both personal and universal levels. Figures appear and fade: a lonely man, a disappearing self, memories of those who are no longer there. Themes of abandonment and refusal run through the record. »Not A Mother« rejects imposed roles and inherited expectations, questioning identities shaped by absence and anger. »Abyssal Pain« turns violence and resentment into a kind of epiphany, where destruction becomes a form of control. The album closes with »Better Off Alone?«, settling into a quieter form of solitude and the weight of unspoken wounds.

Available in:
• 220x Vinyl
• 30x Ultra LTD “Die Hard Edition”
• Digital

Pre-order here:
electricvalleyrecords.com
evrecords.bandcamp.com

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well