NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 20, 2026
CONFLUX COLLECTIVE Unleashes “Reincarnation” Drum Playthrough via Sick Drummer Magazine
Out Now! New Album “In the Wake of Saturn” (ft. members of ex-Augury, ex‑Decrepit Birth, Derelict, Gross Misconduct, Continuum and more!)
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L-R – Max Lussier, Jesse Brint, Mallika Sundaramurthy, Tommy McKinnon, Eric Burnet, Jeffrey Mott
PHOTOGRAPHER CREDITS: Joe Diaz, Derek Carr of Visionsinpixels, Mat Barbeau, Tania Hébert
Conflux Collective has unleashed a blistering new drum playthrough for their track “Reincarnation,” premiering now on Sick Drummer Magazine’s YouTube channel. Performed by drummer Tommy McKinnon, the video showcases the track’s intricate rhythmic architecture, explosive transitions, and the uncompromising technicality that defines the band’s sound. “Reincarnation” stands as one of the album’s core compositions, an embodiment of rebirth, resilience, and the project’s brutal‑progressive identity.
The track was originally written by guitarist Chase Fraser during the band’s early creative period, with McKinnon recording an early version years before the project fell dormant. Its revival marks a symbolic moment for Conflux Collective; the band lives again. Vocalist Jeff Mott delivers a powerful interpretation of McKinnon’s lyrics, bringing emotional weight and clarity to the song’s themes of overcoming desire and reclaiming purpose.
Watch the drum playthrough at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbTiSuDjiZM
The drum‑playthrough premiere supports Conflux Collective’s long‑awaited full‑length album, “In the Wake of Saturn,” released June 19th. The record is a progressive, brutal, melodic, and uncompromising journey through pain, fear, defeat, survival, and ultimately rebirth. Written and assembled over several years, the album is a testament to perseverance and creative willpower.
Across eight tracks, listeners are pulled through blast‑driven chaos, atmospheric tension, crushing grooves, and climactic melodic peaks. The album blends the ferocity of ’90s death metal with modern technical precision, featuring contributions from a powerhouse roster of extreme vocalists that includes Jesse Brint (Gross Misconduct), Mallika Sundaramurthy (Emasculator, ex‑Abnormality), Jeffrey Mott (The Monster Factory, Growlers Choir), Eric Burnet (Derelict, Samskaras), and Max Lussier (Derelict), who also contributes a blistering guitar solo
Mixed and mastered by Jeanne Comateuse of Magma Art & Sound, the album stands as a DIY triumph, raw, honest, and fiercely unique. As vocalist Jesse Brint put it, “It’s a journey.”
Conflux Collective was born from a chance reunion in a Montreal fast‑food joint after a King Diamond concert. Guitarist Chase Fraser (Continuum, ex‑Decrepit Birth, ex‑Animosity) and drummer Tommy McKinnon (Derelict, Akurion, ex‑Neuraxis, ex‑Augury) discovered they had once shared a stage years earlier in San Francisco. A spontaneous jam session soon followed, and within an hour, a full song had taken shape. Within six weeks, they had written and recorded their debut EP, “The Inception” (2016).
Conflux Collective was never intended to be a traditional band. It is a collective, built on collaboration with diverse extreme vocalists and driven by a desire to push progressive technical death metal into new emotional territory. After years of dormancy, McKinnon resurrected the project, rewriting material, recording all bass tracks by ear, and crafting lyrics drawn from deeply personal experiences.
The result is a multi‑dimensional, vocalist‑driven album that defies convention and embraces transformation. Though Conflux Collective has no plans for live performances, the project stands as a meeting point for extreme music’s most creative forces.
Recommended for fans of Cryptopsy, Necrophagist, Decrepit Birth, Augury, and Beyond Creation, “In the Wake of Saturn” will be available at the following links:
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/album/10ynZM1hUezpQLfV9hyJwZ
Album – https://confluxcollective.bandcamp.com/
Vinyl and CD order – https://elasticstage.com/confluxcollective
Merch / Apparel available – https://confluxco-shop.fourthwall.com/
Lyric Video – Reincarnation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nce0-kz3nTk
Lyric Video – Devouring Light – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skYaLYoVjX8
Lyric Video – “The Antidote” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgHR0TOQtcI
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Track Listing:
1. The Antidote – 3:02
2. Devoid of True Form – 2:39
3. Ethereal Executioner – 4:45
4. Devouring Light – 4:59
5. Blood from a Rock 4:18
6. Reincarnation – 3:20
7. In the Wake of Saturn – 2:29
8. Desperate Post-Humanist – 5:18
Album Length: 30:53
Album Band Line-up:
Guitar: Chase Fraser (Continuum)
Vocals: Eric Burnet (Derelict), Max Lussier (Derelict), Jesse Brint (Gross Misconduct), Mallika Sundaramurthy (Emasculator), Jeff Mott (Hollow, Monster Factory)
Additional guitar, bass, and drums: Tommy McKinnon
Track 1,2, 3, 6. Music: Chase Fraser. Lyrics: Tommy McKinnon
Track 4. Music: Chase Fraser. Lyrics: Jesse Brint
Track 5, 7. Music & Lyrics: Tommy McKinnon
Track 8. Music: Tommy McKinnon. Lyrics: Eric Burnet
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/confluxcollective
https://www.instagram.com/confluxco/
About: Formed in Montreal after a chance post‑show encounter, The Conflux Collective is a progressive technical death‑metal project built on collaboration, experimentation, and emotional depth. Featuring contributions from some of the genre’s most distinctive vocalists, the band blends the ferocity of old‑school death metal with the precision and ambition of modern tech‑death. In the Wake of Saturn marks their first full‑length album.
Album Recording Credits:
• All songs performed by: Conflux Collective
• All songs written by: Conflux Collective
• Produced by: Tommy McKinnon
• Mixed by: Jeanne Comateuse at Magma Art & Sound
• Mastered by: Jeanne Comateuse at Magma Art & Sound
• Album Artwork by: Filip Ivanovic
• Member of SOCAN
Affiliated links:
Mix engineer: https://magma-sound.com
Derelict: https://derelictmetal.bandcamp.com
Akurion: https://akurion-ca.bandcamp.com/album…
Emasculator: https://www.instagram.com/emasculator_bdm
Mallika: https://www.instagram.com/mallika_sun
Gross Misconduct: https://grossmisconduct.bandcamp.com
The Monster Factory: https://www.themonster-factory.com/en
Coma Cluster Void: https://comaclustervoid.com
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“The song’s (Devouring Light) opening moments create tension and are viscerally frightening. They combine wrenching howls, swaths of eerily ringing guitar, immense groaning bass tones, and methodically bludgeoning beats. As the growled words (also frightening) cut loose, the tension doesn’t really break but the music morphs. The dissonant notes miserably writhe and dart away in strange angles; the drums variably clatter and slug in ways that both exacerbate the music’s feeling of dementia and create a vivid rhythmic counterpoint to the increasingly hallucinatory effect of the fretwork. A shrill and swirling guitar solo rises up, creating its own kind of ecstatic counterpoint to the music’s chilling manifestations of confusion and despair. Yet those very same melodic motifs that make the music so unsettling also turn out to be hooks: as they surface and re-surface, strangely ringing and warping, they dig in — as the bass-and-drum performances continue landing body blows while creating their own mystifying attractions. Although this song, unlike the album’s first single, isn’t a high-speed cavalcade of technically eye-popping adventurousness, it’s still a technically impressive exercise, one that deploys the musician’s technical skills to create chilling hallucinatory effects.” – No Clean Singing
“Centered around guitarist Chase Fraser (Continuum, ex‑Decrepit Birth, ex‑Animosity) and drummer Tommy McKinnon (Derelict, Akurion, ex‑Neuraxis, ex‑Augury) and featuring guest appearance contributions from members of Gross Misconduct, Emasculator, Samskaras, Hollow and Monster Factory, the Conflux Collective is a true collective that puts ’90s lensed, technical death metal in its creative crosshairs.” – Decibel Magazine – Track Premiere: Getting Cosmic with The Conflux Collective’s “In the Wake of Saturn”
“Canada’s Conflux Collective return with IN THE WAKE OF SATURN – 8 crazed pieces of death metal infused with manic energy, prog and tech metal complexity and loaded with mean aggression! Totally insane!” – Loud Enough Magazine
“This release sits far outside ordinary death metal territory, travelling through unknown and uncharted musical ground. Structurally, the songs do not follow the traditional verse-bridge-chorus form. That same refusal is emphatic in the lyrics, which follow no fixed pattern and take a far more narrative shape, moving closely alongside musical sections that stubbornly break free of conventional forms. The intensely personal lyrics gain even more weight through the voices of Max, Jeffrey, Jesse, Mallika and Eric, whose performances add further emotional gravity to this narrative journey. The final result is a rough-hewn creation that defies familiar musical patterns and lyrical norms. It is indifferent to the world outside and makes that clear in every possible way. Yet, almost by accident, it points the way forward, leaving a wholly personal imprint for those who follow. 10/10” – Metal Ourgio
“”In the Wake of Saturn” is a technically impressive and pleasingly compact debut album. Conflux Collective combine the raw energy of 90s death metal with modern technical death metal, progressive structures, heavy grooves, and melodic guitar work. “Devouring Light , ” “Blood from a Rock , ” “Reincarnation,” and the atmospheric “Desperate Post-Humanist” are particularly compelling. The very clean guitar production occasionally sounds a bit clinical, while the five vocalists offer less nuanced vocal range than their number would suggest. Nevertheless, there’s clearly more to these eight songs than just technical fretboard virtuosity. The album convincingly tells a story of loss, survival, and rebirth, and ends its assault before the complex arrangements can become tiresome. Saturn, at least, is awake—and after these 31 minutes, he probably needs a coffee.” – Metal Underground Austria
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