Combining classic and authentic death metal elements that invoke the renegade, spirit-crushing, monstrosity of early MORBID ANGEL, CANNIBAL CORPSE, and DECAPITATED with the precision rhythmic assault of MESHUGGAH and the breakdown-infused bounce of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THY ART IS MURDER have redefined a once cast aside and maligned subgenre, proudly reenergizing and representing the best in extremity.
»Dear Desolation« continues the band’s evolutionary trajectory, remaining consistently inventive and diverse without sacrificing the band’s established identity. The adventurous spirit of the band’s unprecedented collaboration with THE ACACIA STRAIN and FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, released as »The Depression Sessions«, continues unabated, expanding and informing the band’s already confident creativity.
Thematically the album expands beyond vicious polemic and vehemently contrarian invective into broader storytelling, contemplative death anxiety, and meditations on mortality and morality. It’s an album of culture, environment, community; ties that bind, the panic that unwinds, and the constant, urgent primal scream.
If this is truly the soundtrack to the end of humanity, it’s music that should unite and empower extreme metal fans in all corners of the genre. THY ART IS MURDER skillfully ignites a crowd of 150 or 150,000.
»Dear Desolation« is custom built for the festival stage, organically streamlined to translate to a wide audience as skillfully as the central sound at THY ART IS MURDER’s core has resonated in sweaty clubs and theaters since the band’s formation in 2006. This is extreme metal for the people, torchbearers for a primal style that doesn’t die.
