To The Grave Drop "BURN YOUR LOCAL BUTCHER"
Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 - Australian deathcore powerhouse and ardent animal rights activists, To The Grave have dropped their second brand new brutal track, Burn Your Local Butcher to be released from the band's upcoming new album, 'Everyone's A Murderer,' scheduled for release on August 30th via Unique Leader Records, pre-save HERE. An obnoxiously heavy display of the ferocious, no-punches-pulled, modern deathcore the band are rapidly becoming famed for, they truly don’t disappoint on this latest single.
To The Grave vocalist, Dane Evans 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 a towel
First, take the glass bottle and pour your flammable liquid 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.
(optional) put some of the flammable liquid on 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, the band's upcoming third full-length album, 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 | Everyone's A Murderer
1 - Set Yourself On Fire (In Public)
2 - DxE Or Die
3 - A Body For A Body ft. Connor Dickson & Siantelle Johns
5 - Vegan Day Of Violence
6 - Gaschamber P.T.
7 - Made In Aus
8 - Eight Four One Six ft. Sophie Wilcher
9 - Terrormilitary
To The Grave have a packed touring schedule coming up starting next month with two very special album release shows on Friday, August 30th at Stay Gold in Melbourne with support from No Life (NZ) & Identity Error and Saturday, August 31st at The Lansdowne with support from No Life (NZ) & Facecutter in Sydney. They will then hit the US in September and October supporting deathcore legends Oceano. After that, they will join Veil of Maya, Signs Of The Swarm, and Varials for the Faces of Death Tour across the UK and Europe in October and November. They then return to Australia for a series of sold-out shows with Lorna Shore and Bodysnatcher in 2025. For further info and tickets head to tothegraveau.com
