Australian deathcore outfit To The Grave will be releasing their third studio album, “Everyone’s A Murderer“, on August 30th through Unique Leader Records. The noted animal rights activists have just launched that new chapter with the below debut of the first single, “Dead Wrong“, and its accompanying Karl Steller-directed music video.
That track finds Michael Kearney of Empty Cages/10 To The Chest fame guesting. To The Graves‘ vocalist Dane Evans commented:
“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.”
Evans also elaborated on the album, stating:
“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.”
“Everyone’s A Murderer” track listing:
01 – “Set Yourself On Fire (In Public)”
02 – “DxE Or Die”
03 – “A Body For A Body” (feat. Connor Dickson & Siantelle Johns)
04 – “Burn Your Local Butcher”
05 – “Vegan Day Of Violence”
06 – “Gaschamber P.T.”
07 – “Made In Aus”
08 – “Eight Four One Six” (feat. Sophie Wilcher)
09 – “Terrormilitary”
10 – “Dead Wrong” (feat. Micheal Kearney)
You can snag the record through orcd.co/everyonesamurderer. The group have also announced a pair of release shows for this new opus, with their present touring plans to run as follows:
08/30 Melbourne, AUS – Stay Gold (feat. No Life & Identity Error)
08/31 Sydney, AUS – The Lansdowne (Feat. No Life & Facecutter)
Members of the band’s Discord will get the first crack at tickets this Monday, July 01st at 09:00am AEST. A pre-sale will follow a day later, with the general onsale to go up Thursday, July 02nd. Both are set to launch at 09:00am AEST.
With Oceano, VCTMS & Half Me:
09/05 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
09/06 Columbus, OH – King of Clubs
09/07 Erie, PA – Basement Transmissions
09/08 Brooklyn, NY – The Meadows
09/10 Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
09/11 Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
09/12 Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
09/13 West Palm Beach, FL – Respectable Street
09/14 Orlando, FL – Conduit
09/15 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
09/17 Houston, TX – Scout Bar
09/18 San Antonio, TX – The Rock Box
09/19 Dallas, TX – Southside Music Hall
09/20 El Paso, TX – Rockhouse Bar
09/21 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
09/22 Phoenix, AZ – The Nile Theater
09/24 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
09/25 Fresno, CA – Full Circle Brewery
09/26 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
09/27 Portland, OR – Dantes
09/28 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
09/29 Spokane, WA – The Big Dipper
10/01 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
10/02 Denver, CO – HQ
10/03 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
10/04 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
With Veil Of Maya, Signs Of The Swarm & Varials:
10/24 Ghent, BEL – Chinastraat
10/25 Southampton, UK – Engine Rooms
10/26 Manchester, UK – Club Academy
10/27 Glasgow, UK – Slay
10/28 Bristol, UK – The Fleece
10/30 London, UK – Electric Ballroom
10/31 Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute2
11/01 Paris, FRA – Petit Bain
11/02 Stuttgart, GER – Core Fest
11/03 Frankfurt, GER – Das Bett
11/05 Nuremberg, GER – Hirsch
11/06 Aarau, SWI- Kiff
11/07 Milan, ITA – Legend Club
11/08 Ljubljana, SLO – Orto Bar
11/09 Vienna, AUT – Flex
11/10 Munich, GER – Backstage
11/12 Berlin, GER – Hole44
11/13 Warsaw, POL – Proxima
11/14 Prague, CZE – Futurm
11/15 Dresden, GER – Reithalle
11/16 Hamburg, GER – Gruenspan
11/17 Gothenburg, SWE – Musikens Hus
11/19 Stockholm, SWE – Kollektivet Livet
11/20 Copenhagen, DEN – Pumpehuset
11/21 Hannover, GER – Bei Chez Heinz
11/22 Tilburg, NET – Poppodium 013
11/23 Cologne, GER – Essigfabrik
11/25 Haarlem, NET – Patronaat
With Lorna Shore & Bodysnatcher:
02/14 Fremantle, AUS – Metropolis
02/16 Adelaide, AUS – Hindley St Music Hall
02/18 Melbourne, AUS – Forum
02/20 Sydney, AUS – Enmore Theatre
02/22 Brisbane, AUS – Fortitude Music Hall
