NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – May 21, 2026
WITHOUT MERCY Unleash Lyric Video “The Saint” From New EP “Infinite Loss” Out Now!
Produced by John Douglass (Alluvial, Nile, Nekrogoblikon)
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Top – L -R – Alex Friis – Vocals, Matt Helie – Drums, Ryan Loewen – Bass
Bottom – DJ Temple – Guitars
Photo Credit: Shimon Photo – www.shimonphoto.com
Vancouver extreme metal unit Without Mercy has released the brand‑new lyric video for “The Saint,” the latest visual chapter supporting their newly issued EP “Infinite Loss.” The track follows the band’s earlier lyric video for the EP’s title track and the previously revealed singles “Glass” and the official music video for “The Saint.”
“The Saint” marks one of the most significant creative departures in Without Mercy’s catalogue, a song shaped through deep collaboration between the band and their producer John Douglass (Alluvial, Nile, Nekrogoblikon), built on tension, space, and unfamiliar structure.
“The Saint represents the furthest departure from our usual writing approach. It came from a willingness to step back and let someone we trust help guide the process… Instead of discarding our roots, it tests their flexibility, exploring how far they can be stretched before they break,” adds guitarist DJ Temple.
Released May 8th, 2026, “Infinite Loss” captures Without Mercy at their most focused, intentional, and uncompromising. Written during a period of instability and recorded after uprooting their lives to track the EP abroad, the record documents a band choosing discomfort, honesty, and discipline over convenience.
The EP’s three tracks, “Infinite Loss,” “The Saint,” and “Glass”, were selected not as singles, but as statements. Each survived months of scrutiny, revision, and collective challenge.
“This record exists because we chose to be uncomfortable, to argue honestly, and to stay in the room until it felt right… It is focused, intentional, and real. These songs document a short, intense window of our lives where commitment mattered more than convenience and honesty mattered more than expectation,” says Temple.
Lyrically, “Infinite Loss” is about being hunted, not by a single antagonist, but by the relentless pressures of modern life: economics, identity, time, and survival. The threat shifts, but never disappears.
Musically, the EP mirrors that tension through weight, repetition, and restraint. Riffs sit and suffocate. Rhythms feel deliberate and physical. Aggression is controlled rather than explosive.
The artwork, created in collaboration with artist Diego Gedoz de Souza, reflects this emotional core: a desolate forest, a massive void carved into the earth, stillness above and violence below, a visual entry point into the EP’s world.
Without Mercy was formed in 2007, blending groove, extreme metal, and technical precision into a sound described as “heavy and insightful at the same time.” The band has shared stages with Cattle Decapitation, Aborted, and Death Angel, and has appeared as downloadable content in Rock Band 3, bridging gaming culture and heavy music.
Their discography includes “All Else Fails” (2007), “Without Mercy” (2009), “Reborn” (2014), rereleased as “Mouichido” (2016), and “Seismic” (2020). “Infinite Loss” marks their most focused and intentional work to date, a release built from collapse, rebuilt through discipline, and finished with absolute conviction.
Recommended for fans of Meshuggah, Gojira, Decapitated, Alluvial, and Pantera, experience the new lyric video for “The Saint” via TheCirclePit YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O54Lr9G6ug
Music Video – The Saint – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le9wnFk5vzM
Lyric Video – Glass – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Ub18HjM_w
Listen to the full EP “Infinite Loss” on all digital platforms at https://ffm.to/infiniteloss
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Track Listing:
1. Infinite Loss – (4:15)
2. The Saint – (3:39)
3. Glass – (3:16)
EP Length: 11:11
EP and Live Band Line Up:
Alex Friis – Vocals
DJ Temple – Guitars
Ryan Loewen – Bass
Matt Helie – Drums
More info:
https://www.withoutmercyband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/withoutmercyband
https://www.instagram.com/withoutmercyband
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“The music was excellent…a potent mixture of aggression and technical precision. Now that I can taste them, I am very much looking forward to a full length from the band.” – Metal-Temple
““The Saint” is somehow both maniacal and controlled. In its opening couple of minutes it seems to be a carefully calibrated convulsion, discharging its myriad sensations in quick stop-start bursts of seemingly off-kilter but tightly executed mayhem. Those sensations include sledgehammer rhythmic brutishness, shrill and spidery fretwork-delirium, and napalm-strength vocals. The grooves are there — grooves of differing kinds — but they quickly jackhammer listeners in the midst of harrowing howls, scorching screams, and a multitude of fleet-fingered but berserk and discordant string contortions. Moreover, at the 2:18 mark the song suddenly and dramatically changes — indeed, it’s difficult to overstate just how dramatic the change is. In place of all the frenetically bursting frequencies the lead guitar gently rings and seductively warps above gravel-toned bass-lines and steady beats, an interlude that brings hints of jazz fusion to mind. That’s just a quick breather before the song’s intensity blazes again, and yet the segue back into the finale of bludgeoning grooves and squirming guitars is a smooth and near-seamless one.” – No Clean Singing
“WITHOUT MERCY With this release they position themselves clearly in the intersection of death metal, groove and metalcore, without completely submitting to any of these genres. The band uses elements of these directions to develop their own language that relies on suspense rather than classic hooks. Conclusion: WITHOUT MERCY succeeds with »Infinite Loss« an impressive statement in the field of death/groove metal, metalcore. 4/5” – Metal Underground Austria
“the controlled aggression and delicious grooves of title track “Infinite Loss” gradually ramp up in their intensity, creating a sense of slow suffocation before the riffs subside to allow for a technical solo of the highest order from DJ Temple. A powerful statement piece that flows in wave like patterns through dark moods, the sonic weight of the music conveys the message without the need for the harsh vocals from Alex Friis. That’s not to say his words are superfluous; on the contrary, they’re the fuel for the fire as the world burns.” – Metal Noise
“we hear a solid force coming through, where riffs are the main ingredient, alongside a brutal and aggressive-sounding voice.” – Musika
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