Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Signs of the Swarm will release its sixth full-length, “To Rid Myself of Truth,” on Aug. 22, 2025, via Century Media Records. Pre-order the album here in various formats, and watch the music video for the record’s first single, “HELLMUSTFEARME,” below.
Reunited with producer Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Mental Cruelty, Varials, King 810), Signs of the Swarm continues molting their slamming deathcore exoskeleton, revealing a band now as indebted to Meshuggah, Gojira and Fear Factory as any of the deathcore acts they grew up on.
“‘HELLMUSTFEARME’ is a nod to our roots: all gas, no brakes from start-to-finish,” drummer Bobby Crow said. “I wanted to channel the albums that drew me into deathcore, such as ‘The Cleansing’ by Suicide Silence and ‘Hellbound’ by Fit for an Autopsy, and add our SOTS flavor. As soon as we finished this demo, we knew we wanted it to be the first thing everyone heard from the album that became ‘To Rid Myself of Truth.'”
Vocalist David Simonich said: “‘HELLMUSTFEARME’ started from a little joke I had with a friend about how many times I tried killing myself—and failed, obviously. Assuming Hell were real, I would definitely be going there, but they don’t want me there. It’s kind of a ‘chicken or the egg’ situation; do they not want me there because I can’t die and what that suggests, or can I not die because they won’t let me know—and why is that if it wasn’t preceded by my being unkillable?
“The song is about the lowest of the low. Not even the most depraved place for the heathens of all heathens wants me? So they keep me contained in another Hell, Earth.
“Yet I overcome. I hope that shines through and the listener feels powerful when they are jamming this defiant and deadly song. I’m trying to turn my negative experiences into something positive.”
After writing breakout fifth LP” Amongst the Low & Empty” (2023) almost entirely in-studio, Signs of the Swarm geared up to do it again for “To Rid Myself of Truth.” This stint’s seven-week lead time—plus the in-studio time—was a veritable vacation for the band, with the addition of guitarist/backing vocalist Carl Schulz adding a whole other set of riffing hands (and vocal chords) to the band. The band’s lineup is completed by bassist Michael Cassese.
“To Rid Myself of Truth” track listing:
1. To Rid Myself of Truth
2. HELLMUSTFEARME
3. Natural Selection
4. Scars Upon Scars
5. Chariot
6. Clouded Retinas feat. Will Ramos (Lorna Shore)
7. Iron Sacrament feat. Phil Bozeman (Whitechapel)
8. Forcing to Forget
9. Sarkazein
10. Fear & Judgement feat. Jack Murray (156/Silence) and Johnny Crowder (Prison, ex-Dark Sermon)
11. Creator
After the album’s release, Signs of the Swarm will headline a fall 2025 North American tour with support from Mental Cruelty, ten56., Carcosa and Face Yourself.
Tour dates:
Oct. 2, 2025 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
Oct. 3, 2025 – Toronto, ON @ Axis Club
Oct. 4, 2025 – Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
Oct. 5, 2025 – Chicago, IL @ Reggies
Oct. 7, 2025 – St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar
Oct. 8, 2025 – Davenport, IA @ Capitol Theatre
Oct. 9, 2025 – Wichita, KS @ WAVE (Indoor)
Oct. 10, 2025 – Denver, CO @ HQ
Oct. 11, 2025 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
Oct. 12, 2025 – Boise, ID @ The Shredder
Oct. 14, 2025 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Oct. 15, 2025 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s
Oct. 16, 2025 – Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post
Oct. 17, 2025 – Fresno, CA @ Full Circle Brewery
Oct. 18, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Oct. 19, 2025 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
Oct. 21, 2025 – Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live
Oct. 22, 2025 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater *
Oct. 23, 2025 – Little Rock, AR @ Revolution Music Room
Oct. 24, 2025 – Nashville, TN @ EXIT/IN
Oct. 25, 2025 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage (The Loft)
Oct. 26, 2025 – Orlando, FL @ Conduit *
Oct. 28, 2025 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
Oct. 29, 2025 – Greensboro, NC @ Hangar 1819
Oct. 30, 2025 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
Oct. 31, 2025 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving
Nov. 1, 2025 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows *
Nov. 2, 2025 – Worcester @ The Palladium
*=no Face Yourself
