TO THE GRAVE Releases 'Deadskin Skimask'
Photo Credit: Blake CurbyAustralian deathcore juggernauts and avid animal rights campaigners, To The Grave are back with another crushing new track - "Dead Skin Ski Mask". Members of To The Grave consist of Dane Evans (vocals), Jack Simoni (guitars) Luke Ringin (guitars), Matt Clarke (bass) and Simon O’Malley (drums). Stream the new track HERE and watch the accompanying video HERE. The brutal new track is the second single from their previously announced 'Offcuts EP' which will feature on the upcoming double deluxe edition of their phenomenal album, 'Director's Cuts', released earlier this year via Unique Leader Records. Both will be released on Friday, September 15th. Pre-save HERE
“Deadskin Skimask is one of my favourites from the whole of ‘Director’s Cuts’ and ‘Offcuts’, this song almost ended up on the album until we realized it sucked and needed to take another run at it. What you hear now is the result of us trying to save it and I ended up pretty stoked on it.. Something about it has given me Slipknot vibes all the way through this track, even the breakdown. Straight up what I feel is our most violently-written song to date and I think it’ll go off live. Our good friend Jake kills his feature on this and it was cool to get to sample Pearl, go watch that movie.”
A prominent band in the deathcore scene today, To The Grave is uncompromising and outspoken. Inflected with barbed hooks, dense with atmosphere, and drenched in groove, it exposes a societal and environmental hell on earth. As activists for animal rights and social justice, they combine crushing riffs, blast beats, and guttural vocals.
It was earlier this year that they released their sophomore record, Director's Cuts. With cinematic, horror-inspired videos and diverse soundscapes, it pushes the boundaries of deathcore. There have been 420,000 views on YouTube for the music videos for the album's singles "Red Dot Sight", "Axe Of Kindness", "Cut Off The Head", and "Found Footage", the album having racked up 2.68 million streams across streaming platforms.
To The Grave - Director's Cuts (Deluxe) TracklistDISC 1 - DIRECTOR'S CUTS01. Warning Shot02. Red Dot Sight03. Full Sequence04. B.D.T.S.05. Protest & Sever (feat. Sam Crocker - Antagonist AD)06. Manhunt07. Found Footage08. Axe of Kindness09. Reversing The Bear Trap (feat. Jess Christiansen - Bled Out)10. Cut Off The Head11. Die, RiseDISC 2 - Offcuts EP01 Deadskin Skimask (ft. Jake Kennedy)02 Shock Tactics [1000v]03 High-Impact (ft. Caitlyn Day)04 Bloodhounds05 V For Visceral06 High-Impact (Acoustic)The 'Director's Cuts (Deluxe)' release coming on September 15th promises to be a collector's dream. With the additional "Offcuts EP" tracks, the release will be available in multiple formats, including a double disc, gatefold vinyl, and some killer pre-order merch items to choose from too. Click HERE to pre-order your copy now.
To The Grave will be heading to North America this fall for an extensive run of dates with Carnifex, Signs of The Swarm and Ten Seconds of Life. They will also be performing some off-date shows with Signs of The Swarm, The Last Ten Seconds of life and Tactosa. Full routing below, tickets and info HERE
ABOUT TO THE GRAVE
One of Australia’s most uncompromising bands, To The Grave released 'Director's Cuts', their heaviest album to date both sonically and thematically, in February of this year to mass acclaim. Since the release of their 2019 debut album 'Global Warning', the caustic five piece have garnered international success, with 2021’s follow-up 'Epilogue', a re-issue of 'Global Warning' with bonus tracks, 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', a new EP and plenty of touring for the remainder of 2023, the band are more focused than ever.
