New England extreme metal band Escuela Grind has released a music video for “Meat Magnet” featuring Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway, take from its upcoming EP “DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL” (Jan. 12, 2024, MNRK Heavy; pre-0rder here).
“‘Meat Magnet” is a pretty crunchy sort of track, and I was able to really wrap my vocal cords around it,” Greenway said. “Enthusiasm oozes out of the pores of Escuela Grind. How can you not get on board with that?”
“DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL” is the latest in a series of themed releases, including the 2020 EPs “PPOOWWEERRVVIIOOLLEENNCCEE” and “GGRRIINNDDCCOORREE,” which saw the band espousing its takes on the respective underground music sub-genres. “DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL” delivers the first new Escuela Grind music since the release of 2022’s full-length LP “Memory Theater.”
“‘DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL’ is the third installment of our EP series where we dive into the genres that most influence this band,” vocalist Katerina Economou said. “Finishing this trilogy has been years in the works. We are so excited to release these songs as they are perhaps the best reflection of our live performance. The stage has honed these hectic songs to perfection. Originally we were going to have three songs on this EP, but we wanted to create another track that had a huge buildup. This eventually developed into this brutal song, ‘Ball and Chain,’ that marks the point in our live shows where we have a wall of death every night. Lyrically, it references death metal tropes of murder and revenge, but with a decidedly feminine angle.”
In sync with the EP release, Escuela Grind will launch a U.S. headlining tour on Jan. 10. The five-week, 39-city winter trek will crisscross the country, running through Feb. 17. Support will be provided by Take Offense, Come Meirda, Slow Pulse, Bonginator, Frog Mallet and Brat.
“AMERICA! We are coming to crush more poser flesh under our New Balances and Nikes under the command of Big Homo,” the band said. “We are so thrilled to have a wildly diverse range of bands touring with us and there’s a bunch of cities we haven’t been to in a while, so we’re stoked to throw down with all of you. We’ll be playing a bunch of new material, including our new EP and stuff from the upcoming album. This is your chance to hear the new shit before anyone else. We’ve been grinding hard on the road all year, and this is our first headliner since last April so expect a wilder, more skull cracking Escuela Grind experience. Be there. Karate kick your friends, get crushed in a wall of death, stage dive onto a teenager and show up with a black eye and broken nose at work the next day. This is going to be fucking wild. This is grinding deathviolence for the girls, the gays and the theys … and the lifers. See you there.”
Escuela Grind tour dates:
with Come Meirda and Slow Pulse
January 10 Middletown, NY Quinnz Pinz
January 11 Amityville, NY Amityville Music Hall
January 12 Mechanicsburg, PA Lovedraft’s Brewing Co.
January 13 Washington, DC Songbyrd
January 14 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern
January 15 Atlanta, GA Bogg’s Social
with Bonginator, Frog Mallet and Slow Pulse
January 16 New Orleans, LA Siberia
January 17 Houston, TX Eighteen Ten Ojemen
January 18 Dallas, TX Cheap Steaks
with Bonginator and Slow Pulse
January 19 Austin, TX Mohawk
January 20 San Antonio, TX Vibes Underground
January 21 El Paso, TX Dungeon Hell Paso
January 22 Albuquerque, NM The Launchpad
January 23 Mesa, AZ Nile Underground
with Take Offense, Bonginator and Slow Pulse
January 24 San Diego, CA. Brick By Brick
January 25 Santa Ana, CA La Santa
January 26 Los Angeles, CA The Paramount
with support from Take Offense and Bonginator
January 27 Fresno, CA Full Circle
January 28 Oakland, CA 9 Lives
January 29 Eugene, OR John Henry’s
January 30 Portland, OR Twilight
January 31 Vancouver, BC The Cobalt
February 1 Seattle, WA Vera Project
February 2 Boise, ID The Shredder
February 3 Salt Lake City, UT Salt City Seamers
February 4 Denver, CO Moe’s
February 5 Omaha, NE Reverb Lounge
February 6 Sioux Falls, SD Remedy
February 7 Des Moines, IA Lefty’s Live Music
with support from Take Offense, Brat and Bonginator
February 8 Chicago, IL Reggies
February 9 Detroit, MI Sanctuary
February 10 Indianapolis, IN Atomic Bowling
February 11 Columbus, OH Ace Of Cups
February 12 Cleveland, OH No Class
February 13 Pittsburgh, PA The Shred Shed
with support from Take Offense and Brat
February 14 York, PA Skid Row Garage
February 15 Philadelphia, PA. Kung Fu Necktie
February 16 Brooklyn, NY TV Eye
February 17 Boston, MA Sonia
