My Own Will’s Max dives into the production behind Misery, discussing recording, sound evolution, touring with Nights of Malice, and more.
Full video interview at end of article
There’s always one guy in a heavy band quietly holding the whole thing together—the architect behind the noise, the one wiring chaos into something that actually hits. For Michigan deathcore outfit My Own Will, that guy is Max.
We sat down to talk about Misery, and this wasn’t a surface-level promo run. This was a look under the hood—how something this aggressive gets built without collapsing in on itself.
Max doesn’t talk like someone chasing a trend. He talks like someone trying to perfect impact. Whether it’s home production or studio refinement, the focus is clear: make it hit harder, cleaner, and meaner than before—without sanding off the violence that makes it real.
That’s the tightrope Misery walks. It’s not just heavy—it’s deliberate. Every hit, every shift, every moment of space or overload feels placed with intent. You can hear the push to evolve, not just repeat.
And that evolution isn’t happening in isolation. Working with Bleeding Art Collective is starting to shift the scope—more eyes, more pressure, more opportunity to prove that this isn’t just another Midwest deathcore band throwing riffs into the void.
With a run alongside Nights of Malice on the horizon, there’s a sense that Misery isn’t the destination—it’s the ignition point.
Even their take on The Only by Static-X hints at the DNA behind it all. Not nostalgia—foundation. The roots of something that’s now mutating into its own beast.
This is what happens when the chaos gets engineered properly.
Misery is out now. Turn it up and see what breaks.
This is the gospel.
I bite crowd surfers.
Killer.
