Australian deathcore band (and animal rights activists), To The Grave, have announced their new album, Everyone’s A Murderer. The band’s third full length, it is scheduled for release on 30th August via Unique Leader Records. Ahead of this, they’ve also shared a music video for their single “Dead Wrong,” featuring Empty Cages’ Michael Kearney. Check it out below.
Stream “Dead Wrong” and pre-order Everyone’s A Murderer here: https://orcd.co/everyonesamurderer
Speaking on the band’s first offering from this next chapter, To The Grave’s incendiary vocalist, Dane Evans shares:
“Two solos from the dogs and hard riffs, we knew this had to be a single as soon as we made it. Getting Mike on it was a must after we fell in love with Empty Cages listening to their record on tour in the states and he killed it. The chorus for this one really pulled through and stitched it all together, for a while we didn’t know what was going to go there and tried a few things but this was the first attempt at this style on the album and that take made the record.”
Everyone’s A Murderer promises to be To The Grave’s heaviest and most evolved offering yet, both sonically and thematically. The album attacks societal and environmental themes with the relentless intensity the band are known for, giving voice to the voiceless via their unique, signature blend of brutally impactful deathcore.
Providing further insight on the new album, Evans shares:
“For this record my aim was to speak through the faceless activists that fight for animals, for those living in vystopia feeling alone and helpless in a world that will fight tooth and nail to defend the animal holocaust. Due to it being illegal to rescue farmed animals from abuse these activists must stay silent about it to avoid having their own freedom taken. It wasn’t an easy task, it’s never going to do justice to the horrors animals go through every day by the millions in cold, dark sheds around the world or to those that have witnessed it and are doing everything they can to put an end to it. There’s no words, no lyrics and no music that can describe the violence or bring back the lives stolen by human hands, so this is for them.”
Our idea for this album evolved so much before it started but we knew we wanted something that sounded classic, like it was from a different decade entirely. It had to have all the elements that brought us all towards deathcore all those years ago combined with all the modern touches you’d find in the recent TTG material, all whilst trying to do something new and step outside our comfort zone in the process. It was cool to work with the new lineup on the gritty details like production, tones and getting the energy of the drums down. Once the album was in a listenable state these guys really gave it all personality and brought everything to the table to shape this new sound. We’re very critical of ourselves as artists and have made music in the past that for whatever reason we haven’t loved. With that in mind I think the overall goal with this record was to make something that regardless of what anyone else thought, we were proud of and I’m happy that we all had that shared vision in mind.”
“We probably had the most fun making this record that we’ve ever had and it felt liberating to be able to make something that we liked. It felt like starting the band from new again and only having the pressure of wanting to write cool shit. The singles are tough as fuck and I think do a good job of representing the blunt force approach on the album leaving a tonne of surprises in the sharps bin for when people pick it up on release day. That should make sense when it drops.”
To The Grave will also be embarking on a UK and EU tour alongside Signs of the Swarm and Veil of Maya on the Faces of Death tour this October.
2024
AUSTRALIA – w/ support No Life (NZ)
30/08 Fri – Melbourne, Stay Gold w/ Identity Error
31/08 Sat – Sydney, The Landsdowne w/ Facecutter
USA – Supporting Oceano (Announced)
09/05 Thurs – Detroit, MI
09/06 Fri – Cleveland, OH
09/07 Sat – Erie, PA
09/08 Sun – Brooklyn, NY
09/10 Tues – Baltimore, MD
09/11 Wed – Greensboro, NC
09/12 Thurs – Columbia, SC
09/13 Fri – West Palm Beach, FL
09/14 Sat – Orlando, FL
09/15 Sun – Atlanta, GA
09/17 Tues – Houston, TX
09/18 Wed – San Antonio, TX
09/19 Thurs – Dallas, TX
09/20 Fri – El Paso, TX
09/21 Sat – Albuquerque, NM
09/22 Sun – Phoenix, AZ
09/24 Tues – Anaheim, CA
09/25 Wed – Fresno, CA
09/26 Thurs – Sacramento, CA
09/27 Fri – Portland, OR
09/28 Sat – Seattle, WA
09/29 Sun – Spokane, WA
10/01 Tues – Salt Lake City, UT
10/02 Wed – Denver, CO
10/03 Thurs – Omaha, NE
10/04 Fri – Chicago, IL
EU / UK – Faces of Death Tour w/ Veil of Maya, Signs Of The Swarm, Varials
October 25 – Engine Rooms, Southampton
October 26 – Club Academy, Manchester
October 27 – Slay, Glasgow
October 28 – The Fleece, Bristol
October 30 – Electric Ballroom, London
October 31 – O2 Institute2, Birmingham
November 01 Fri – FR Paris
November 02 Sat – DE Stuttgart
November 03 Sun – DE Frankfurt
November 05 Tues – DE Nuremberg
November 06 Wed – CH Aarau
November 07 Thurs – IT Milan
November 08 Fri – SI Ljubljana
November 09 Sat – AT Vienna
November 10 Sun – DE Munich
November 12 Tues – DE Berlin
November 13 Wed – PL Warsaw
November 14 Thurs – CZ Prague
November 15 Fri – DE Dresden
November 16 Sat – DE Hamburg
November 17 Sun – SE Gothenburg
November 19 Tues – SE Stockholm
November 20 Wed – DK Copenhagen
November 21 Thurs – DE Hannover
November 22 Fri – NL Tilburg
November 23 Sat – DE Cologne
November 24 Sun – NL Haarlem
2025
AUS – Supporting Lorna Shore w/ Bodysnatcher (Announced)
February 14 Fri – Perth, WA Metropolis 18+
February 16 Sun – Adelaide, SA Hindley St Music Hall
February 18 Tues – Melbourne, VIC Forum Theatre – SOLD OUT
February 20 Thurs – Sydney, NSW Enmore Theatre – SOLD OUT
February 22 Sat – Brisbane, QLD Fortitude Music Hall – SOLD OUT
Tickets available here: https://tothegraveau.com/
More from To The Grave:
One of Australia’s most uncompromising bands, To The Grave garnered international success with their 2019 debut album Global Warning. The caustic five piece have continued to collect international success, with 2021’s follow-up Epilogue, a re-issue of Global Warning with bonus tracks, their 2023 album, Director’s Cuts along with it’s subsequent Deluxe release, which featured a new collection of tracks on the Offcuts EP.
To The Grave have steadily built an audience in the underground, accumulating more than 11 million Spotify streams, racking up over 5.4 million YouTube views, all whilst decimating live audiences alongside Parkway Drive, Polaris, Cattle Decapitation, Thy Art Is Murder, Shadow of Intent, Angelmaker, Enterprise Earth, Vulvodynia and Alpha Wolf.
Now, following a sold-out national headline tour in 2022, global critical acclaim for the release of Director’s Cuts and it’s Deluxe release, featuring the Offcuts EP and plenty of upcoming tours, the band are more focused than ever.
To The Grave lyrically expose a societal and environmental hell on earth whilst pushing the boundaries of accessible extremity, full of barbed hooks, thick with atmosphere and drenched in groove. Razor-sharp guitars played with an exploratory approach – blending everything from whammy pedal squeaks and chiming cleans to death metal chainsaw tones – are entwined with live drums to give a level of dynamism that musically sets this band apart from the extreme metal pack, yet they maintain the weight of the heaviest bands today. Vocalist Dane Evans commands a multifaceted performance, bursting with vocal energy from throat-ripping dissonant screeches to low end gutturals.
Band Members:
Dane Evans – Vocals
Jack Simoni – Guitars / programming
Matt Clarke – Bass / vocals
Nic Webb – Guitars / vocals
Rangi Barnes – Drums
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