Thy Art Is Murder Reveals New Album "Holy War"

Australia’s incendiary extreme musical export Thy Art Is Murder just revealed the band's next album title as "Holy War."

Produced and mixed by Will Putney, "Holy War" is the band’s second release for Nuclear Blast Entertainment. It will be available in various formats and unleashed in Europe on June 26th. Thy Art Is Murder guitarist Andy Marsh shares the following about the origins of the new album and its title:

“Finally the cat is out of the bag! Late last year, we entered the studio in secret to create our follow up to Hate, free of expectation and public pressure. What we came out with was a reaction to things going on around the world that crawl under our skin, that make us feel sick to be alive. Musically it is darker, faster and more technical than anything we've done in the past and it hits hard lyrically.

"We wrote about concerns of ours, real issues, hardships that people are facing around the world today. Of course it wouldn't be a Thy Art record if a lot of those affairs weren't rooted in religion somehow, and what better way to sum up the state of all things than by entitling our album - Holy War. This is our war on racism, homophobia, child abuse, animal cruelty and all evil born of religious immunity, indoctrination, and ignorance. It is ultimately a push for secularism and humanism. Without it, we will be left in the hands of mad men.”

Thy Art Is Murder will tour through Europe and the U.K. with Emmure, and make a debut performance at the Slam Dunk Festival his May; with a return trek to the U.S. to soon be announced.

04.05. DK Copenhagen - Vega
05.05. NOR Oslo - Sub Scene
07.05. FIN Helsinki - Nosturi
09.05. D Hamburg - Gruenspan
10.05. D Berlin - C-Club
11.05. P Warsaw - Proxima
12.05. SK Bratislava - Majestic Music Club
13.05. AT Vienna - Arena
14.05. I Moncalieri - Audiodrome
15.05. CH Zurich - Dynamo
16.05. FR Lyon - CCO
17.05. ESP Barcelona - Boveda
18.05. ESP Murcia - Garage Club
19.05. PT Lisbon - RCA Club
20.05. ESP Madrid - Caracol
21.05. FR Toulouse - Connexion
22.05. FR Paris - Glazart
23.05. UK Leeds - City Centre
24.05. UK Hatfield - Forum
25.05. UK Wolverhampton - City Centre
26.05. UK Glasgow - Garage
27.05. UK London - Electric Ballroom
28.05. LUX Esch Sur Alzette - Kulturfabrik