Photo by Luis Hernandez
West Coast crossover band, Dead Heat, have just dropped their latest single, “By My Will,” along with a video. The track is the latest to be taken from the band’s Process Of Elimination full-length, slated for release on October 10th, via Metal Blade Records. Check out the new video in the article below.
Pre-order Process Of Elimination here: https://www.metalblade.com/deadheat/
“Lyrically, I wanted to touch on a bit of everything, with every song about a different topic,” notes vocalist Chris Ramos. “I feel like I was able to articulate a better understanding of what I was trying to express previously.”
“By My Will” is more or less about the idea of getting revenge on the ones who’ve hurt you and left you for dead,” he continues on today’s single. “The message sent is basically that I now have the upper hand and ‘by my will’ I will come out as the one on top in the end and make sure you know it.”
“I feel like unconsciously the music has become more complex with the songwriting and how we play live as well. We all naturally wanted to become better musicians and it shows in our music and live presence,” says guitarist Justin Ton. “Our music has a metal/hardcore twist, but I’d say we intentionally leaned more and more metal in our sound.”
Produced by the band with Paul Fig (Deftones, Trivium, Jerry Cantrell), Process Of Elimination is Dead Heat’s first album for Metal Blade. Across eleven heavy tracks, it sees the Oxnard, California-based band reaching a sonic and lyrical apex. Forged in 2016, the band is constantly evolving. Process Of Elimination follows the band’s critically-lauded 2023 released Endless Torment EP. The record serves as a continuation and progression musically, while thematically it often touches on Dead Heat’s disdain for the powers that be.
Stream Dead Heat’s previously released single, “Perpetual Punishment,” here: https://youtu.be/eoOHmemRwVk
Process Of Elimination will be available on CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:
Blood Moon (Red/Black Marbled – US)
Dusk (Orange/Red/Black Marbled – US)
180g Black (EU)
Yellow/Brown Merged (EU – Ltd. 300)
Swamp Green/Bone Merged (EU – Ltd. 200)
Process Of Elimination tracklisting:
01 Perpetual Punishment
02 Annihilation Nation
03 Hidebound
04 The Order
05 Enemy
06 Seventh Gate
07 DH Stomp
08 Solace Denied
09 By My Will
10 Process Of Elimination
11 Hatred Bestowed
Dead Heat Live w/ 200 Stab Wounds, No Cure, Bastardane:
11/03/2025 HQ – Denver, CO
11/04/2025 Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
11/05/2025 Eagle Aerie Hall – Las Vegas, NV
11/07/2025 The Ritz – San Jose, CA
11/08/2025 Goldfields – Sacramento, CA
11/09/2025 1720 – Los Angeles, CA
11/10/2025 The Rosetta Room – Mesa, AZ
11/12/2025 Soggie Doggy – Lubbock, TX **
11/13/2025 The Wave – Wichita, KS **
11/15/2025 The Stache – Grand Rapids, MI **
** No Bastardane
Dead Heat:
Justin Ton – Rhythm guitar
Ricky Garcia – Lead guitar
Chris Ramos – Vocals
Yogie Rodriguez – Drums
Vincent Amador – Bass/ rhythm guitar
Lorence Chanch Meraz – Bass
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