On the signing, Mike Gitter, global head of A&R for Frontiers Label Group and BLKIIBLK label head, shares: “BLKIIBLK is proud to be working with Australia’s TO THE GRAVE. From ethic to execution, they are hard-working and completely uncompromising. TO THE GRAVE musically assaults, but they also inform with a message that fights for pro-human and pro-animal rights in a desensitized world. A call for direct action, brutal sounds, and a key addition to the BLKIIBLK roster.”

TO THE GRAVE vocalist Dane Evans comments on the signing: “Being signed to BLKIIBLK is another clean, exciting gear in the meatgrinder and we couldn’t be more stoked to be working with the team there. Can’t overstate how cool it is to be locked in with the legends there, alongside some bands and names we’ve looked up to most of our lives. Lots of big bullets loaded into this thing, very excited to see the damage they’re capable of.”

About “Eyestalk Ablations” and its accompanying video, Dane chimes: “‘Eyestalk Ablations’ is a shotgun blast to the face: claustrophobic, heavy from front to back and not a second wasted on room to breathe. This track feels like the old version of TTG got dragged out the back and shot, then someone bagged up the bits and made a monster out of it with some parts of LAMB OF GOD and CEREBRAL BORE to make up what’s missing.”

He continues: “The video might be the most fun we’ve ever had filming and it’s the first one I wasn’t the one covered in fake blood, for once everyone else got to be that guy. It was a blast. Massive thank you to Colin Jeffs for pulling no punches on a really cool concept and QLD police for not being able to find the place.”

Like with the new music, the tour lineup ramps up the intensity; CROWN MAGNETAR will co-headline the run, supported on the whole thing by FACE YOURSELF and on select dates by the likes of I DECLARE WAR, TRACHEOTOMY, BACKBITER, SQUELCHING and AMEONNA (the new band featuring former CHELSEA GRIN members Alex Koehler, Jake Harmond and Pablo Viveros, making their live debut).