French black metal band Merrimack released a digital cover of Depeche Mode’s “Wrong” through Season of Mist. Merrimack’s “Wrong” is a single-track release running 2:59, available across digital platforms, and reworks a song written by Martin L. Gore that Depeche Mode issued as the lead single from their 2009 album “Sounds of the Universe”.

The recording dates back more than a decade. The instrumental was tracked during the sessions for Merrimack’s 2012 album “The Acausal Mass” at Necromorbus Studio in Stockholm and then shelved, with vocals added later to complete the cover for this 2026 release.

The single was proposed by guitarist Perversifier, the band’s founder. The music was produced, recorded and mixed by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio, while the vocals were recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Berthiaume at Tehom Productions. The line-up on the recording is Vestal (vocals), Perversifier (guitars), A.K. (guitars), Daethorn (bass) and Blastum (drums).

Perversifier says that the recording “highlights just how dark the original song already is”, and described the band’s contribution as adding “the level of violence that Black Metal can bring, while staying completely faithful to every note of the original composition.”

A few days ago we already have reported on other recent Depeche Mode covers from the electronic scene, including In Strict Confidence’s “Blasphemous Rumours” and PLATRONiC’s “But Not Tonight”.

About Merrimack

Merrimack is a black metal band formed in France in 1994. The group released its debut album “Ashes of Purification” in 2002, followed by “Of Entropy and Life Denial” (2006), “Grey Rigorism” (2009), “The Acausal Mass” (2012) and “Omegaphilia” (2017). Its most recent studio album, “Of Grace and Gravity”, was issued in 2024. The band’s catalogue is released through Season of Mist.

The “Wrong” single is a standalone cover, completing a recording begun during the “The Acausal Mass” sessions in 2012 and released through Season of Mist on 8 June 2026.

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