French Doom/Grunge Metal power-trio Clegane shared new single + animated video "Mutt".

New album ‘Ocean of Black Thoughts’ out on October 2 via ALMOST FAMOUS label.

RIYL : Alice In Chains | YOB | Acid Bath | Monolord | Tar Pond

CLEGANE MEAN F***ING BUSINESS.

French doom/grunge metal power trio Clegane return with “Mutt,” the venomous second single from their forthcoming album, ‘Ocean of Black Thoughts‘.

Loud. Vicious. Slow-burning and deeply personal.

Where “Sun Decay” descended into inertia and existential collapse, “Mutt” turns its attention outward. The track unfolds as an intimate revenge fantasy aimed at someone who once made the narrator’s life a misery — every second spent savouring their suffering and watching their destruction unfold.

But the insult cuts both ways. “Mutt” refers as much to the person being hunted as to the one inflicting the punishment. As resentment gives way to cruelty, victim and tormentor begin to resemble one another, locked together in the same degrading cycle.

Driven by Clegane’s saturated, granular riffs, punishing rhythm section and raw, weathered vocals, “Mutt” transforms hatred into a slow ritual of retribution — ugly, deliberate and stripped of redemption.

Every dog has its day. This one came for revenge.

“Mutt” offers the second glimpse of Clegane’s new album, ‘Ocean of Black Thoughts‘, out October 2, 2026 via ALMOST FAMOUS.

… For the record…

Formed in 2015, Clegane have spent the past decade carving out a singular path between the disillusioned weight of ’90s grunge and the crushing gravity of modern doom. Instinctive, minimalist and deeply introspective, the French trio have built their identity around saturated, granular riffs, deep drums and raw, weathered vocals — turning the darker corners of human existence into music that feels both brutally physical and intensely personal.

That trajectory began with their self-titled debut EP in 2017, followed by ‘Funeral at Sea‘ and a split with Father Merrin in 2018, ‘White of the Eye‘ in 2022 and a split with Fatima in 2023. Across each release, Clegane have progressively expanded their sound without abandoning its primitive core, pushing beyond doom and grunge while preserving the tension and emotional weight that have defined them from the beginning.

That evolution has unfolded just as fiercely on stage. From underground squats in Switzerland to the Purple Stage at Hellfest in 2025, Clegane have developed a reputation for visceral, immersive performances that drag audiences under before pulling them back into the darkness.

Now, ‘Ocean of Black Thoughts‘ marks the band’s most ambitious transformation yet. Breaking down their own stylistic boundaries through richer drumming, deeper work on effects and new vocal nuances, the album moves from eruptions of rage to regret-soaked contemplation — while remaining rooted in the raw, instinctive force that has always driven Clegane.