Australian deathcore powerhouse and ardent animal rights activists, TO THE GRAVE, have shared their latest firey single ‘Burn Your Local Butcher’. The track is taken from their upcoming third full-length release titled Everyone’s A Murderer, scheduled for release on 30th August via Unique Leader Records.
Sharing the ‘how-to’ guide of their latest single, TO THE GRAVE’s incendiary vocalist, DaneEvans explains:
“For this you’ll need: a glass bottle. any flammable (or combustible) liquid (alcoholic drinks with a higher percentage of alcohol can also work), a rug or towel.
First, take the glass bottle and pout your flammable liquid in there. Take the towel, twist it to the size that fits into the bottle, then put it into the bottle, making sure the larger part of the towel is outside the bottle, not inside, otherwise you risk activating it instantly when you burn the towel.
Now, when you want to use it, light the towel on fire, and try throwing the molotov cocktail as soon as possible after that.”.
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.”
ABOUT 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 solidifying their position as “one of the country’s heaviest exports.” (Revolver).
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.
TO THE GRAVE – ‘Everyone’s a Murderer’
Album Artwork | Download hi-res version here
Track Listing:
- Set Yourself on Fire (In Public)
- DxE or Die
- A Body for a Body (ft. Connor Dickson & Siantelle Johns)
- Burn Your Local Butcher
- Vegan Day of Violence
- Gas Chamber P.T.
- Made in Aus
- Eight Four One Six (ft. Sophie Wilcher)
- Terrormilitary
- Dead Wrong (ft. Micheal Kearney)
Band Members:
Dane Evans – vocals
Jack Simoni – guitars / programming
Matt Clarke – bass / vocals
Nic Webb – guitars / vocals
Rangi Barnes – drums
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
25.10 – Engine Rooms, Southampton
26.10 – Club Academy, Manchester
27.10 – Slay, Glasgow
28.10 – The Fleece, Bristol
30.10 – Electric Ballroom, London
31.10 – O2 Institute2, Birmingham
01/11 Fri – FR Paris
02/11 Sat – DE Stuttgart
03/11 Sun – DE Frankfurt
05/11 Tues – DE Nuremberg
06/11 Wed – CH Aarau
07/11 Thurs – IT Milan
08/11 Fri – SI Ljubljana
09/11 Sat – AT Vienna
10/11 Sun – DE Munich
12/11 Tues – DE Berlin
13/11 Wed – PL Warsaw
14/11 Thurs – CZ Prague
15/11 Fri – DE Dresden
16/11 Sat – DE Hamburg
17/11 Sun – SE Gothenburg
19/11 Tues – SE Stockholm
20/11 Wed – DK Copenhagen
21/11 Thurs – DE Hannover
22/11 Fri – NL Tilburg
23/11 Sat – DE Cologne
24/11 Sun – NL Haarlem
2025
AUS – Supporting Lorna Shore w/ Bodysnatcher (Announced)
14/02 Fri – Perth, WA Metropolis 18+
16/02 Sun – Adelaide, SA Hindley St Music Hall
18/02 Tues – Melbourne, VIC Forum Theatre – SOLD OUT
20/02 Thurs – Sydney, NSW Enmore Theatre – SOLD OUT
22/02 Sat – Brisbane, QLD Fortitude Music Hall – SOLD OUT
Tickets available here: https://tothegraveau.com/.
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