Escuela Grind have announced a new EP, DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL, due January 12 via MNRK Heavy, which is the latest installment in the band’s EP series that focuses on genres that influence this band, following 2020’s PPOOWWEERRVVIIOOLLEENNCCEE and GGRRIINNDDCCOORREE. Recorded with Will Killingsworth and mixed by Kurt Ballou, this one (obviously) shows off the band’s death metal side, and it features a guest appearance from Barney Greenway of death / grind pioneers Napalm Death on the song “Meat Magnet.”
“Originally we were going to have three songs on this EP, but we wanted to create another track that had a huge buildup,” vocalist Katerina Economou says. “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.”
“Ball and Chain” is the lead single, and it comes with a black-and-white music video filmed at a show in Mexico City (directed by Michael Jari Davidson) that gives you a very good taste of how killer this band’s live show is. Check it out below.
Escuela Grind have some shows supporting Napalm Death in Europe this week, and they also just announced a North American tour for 2024. That includes shows with Take Offense, Brat, Bonginator, Come Mierda, and Slow Pulse, varying by date.
Long Island gets a show on January 11 at Amityville Music Hall with Come Mierda and Slow Pulp, and Ridgewood, Queens get a stop on February 16 at TV Eye with Take Offense and Brat. Tickets will be on sale soon. All dates are listed below.
Brat recently signed to Prosthetic for their upcoming debut LP Social Grace. Check out the video for the title track, and videos from all the other bands on the tour too, below.
DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL Tracklist
1.) Ball and Chain
2.) Punishment Ritual
3.) Abyssal Plane
4.) Meat Magnet (w/ Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway)
Escuela Grind — 2023/2024 Tour Dates
NOV 21 TUE Lisbon with Napalm Death Lisboa, Portugal
NOV 22 WED Sevilla with Napalm Death Sevilla, Spain
NOV 23 THU Murcia with Napalm Death Murcia, Spain
NOV 24 FRI Barcelona With Napalm Death Cartagena, Spain
NOV 25 SAT Napalm Death In Bilbao Bilbo, Spain
NOV 26 SUN Limoges with Napalm Death Limoges, France
JAN 6 SAT Empire Live Albany, NY
JAN 10 WED Middletown with Come Mierda and Slow Pulse Middletown, NY
JAN 11 THU Amityville with Come Mierda and Slow Pulse Amityville, NY
JAN 12 FRI Mechanicsburg with Come Mierda and Slow Pulse Mechanicsburg, PA
JAN 13 SAT DC with Come Mierda and Slow Pulse Washington, DC
JAN 14 SUN Columbia with Come Mierda and Slow Pulse West Columbia, SC
JAN 15 MON Atlanta with Slow Pulse and Come Mierda Atlanta, GA
JAN 16 TUE NOLA with Bonginator, Frog Mallet and Slow Pulse New Orleans, LA
JAN 17 WED Houston with Bonginator, Frog Mallet and Slow Pulse Houston, TX
JAN 18 THU Dallas with Bonginator, Frog Mallet and Slow Pulse Dallas, TX
JAN 19 FRI Austin with Bonginator and Slow Pulse Austin, TX
JAN 20 SAT San Antonio with Bonginator and Slow Pulse San Antonio, TX
JAN 21 SUN El Paso with Bonginator and SLow Pulse El Paso, TX
JAN 22 MON Albuquerque with Slow Pulse and Bonginator Albuquerque, NM
JAN 23 TUE Mesa with Bonginator and Slow Pulse Mesa, AZ
JAN 24 WED San Diego with Take Offense, Bonginator and Slow Pulse San Diego, CA
JAN 25 THU Santa Ana with Take Offense, Bonginator and Slow Pulse Santa Ana, CA
JAN 25 THU Santa Ana with Take Offense, Bonginator and Slow Pulse Santa Ana, CA
JAN 26 FRI Los Angeles with Take Offense, Bonginator and Slow Pulse Los Angeles, CA
JAN 27 SAT Fresno with Take Offense and Bonginator Fresno, CA
JAN 28 SUN Oakland with Take Offense and Bonginator Ferndale, MI
JAN 29 MON Eugene with Take Offense and Bonginator Eugene, OR
JAN 30 TUE Portland with Take Offense and Bonginator Portland, OR
JAN 31 WED Vancouver with Take Offense and Bonginator Vancouver, BC, Canada
FEB 1 THU Seattle with Take Offense and Bonginator Seattle, WA
FEB 2 FRI Boise with Take Offense and Bonginator Boise, ID
FEB 3 SAT Salt Lake City with Take Offense and Bonginator Midvale, UT
FEB 4 SUN Denver with Take Offense and Bonginator Englewood, CO
FEB 5 MON Omaha with Take Offense and Bonginator Omaha, NE
FEB 6 TUE Sioux Falls with Take Offense and Bonginator Sioux Lookout, ON, Canada
FEB 7 WED Des Moines with Take Offense and Bonginator Des Moines, IA
FEB 8 THU Chicago with Take Offense, Brat and Bonginator Chicago, IL
FEB 9 FRI Detroit with Take Offense, Brat and Bonginator Hamtramck, MI
FEB 10 SAT Indianapolis with Take Offense, Brat and Bonginator Indianapolis, IN
FEB 11 SUN Columbus with Take Offense, Brat and Bonginator Columbus, OH
FEB 12 MON Take Offense, Brat and Bonginator in Cleveland Cleveland, OH
FEB 13 TUE Pittsburgh with Take Offense, Brat and Bonginator Pittsburgh, PA
FEB 14 WED York with Take Offense and Brat York, PA
FEB 15 THU Kung Fu Necktie with Take Offense and Brat Philadelphia, PA
FEB 16 FRI Brooklyn with Take Offense and Brat Ridgewood, NY
FEB 19 MON Boston with Take Offense and Brat Cambridge, MA
