THY ART IS MURDER ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, RELEASE NEW VIDEO and TOUR

BAND TOURING WITH DECAPITATED THIS SUMMER Australia's premiere incendiary musical export, THY ART IS MURDER, will release their new album Dear Desolation on August 18 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Check out the music video for the first single, "Slaves Beyond Death," here. Dear Desolation was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Will Putney at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, NJ. Artwork was created by Eliran Kantor (HATEBREED, TESTAMENT, ICED EARTH, SODOM).  THY ART IS MURDER vocalist C.J. McMahon said: "I feel the strongest I've ever felt going into a record. Coming back to the fold of our band has reinvigorated me. I missed my brothers, touring, and of course all our dedicated fans around the world who have always given us their all. "This new record is going to shape our future; we gave it everything we could and then some. In the past, I was the weakest link and now that I have re-built myself, we are stronger than ever and nothing can stand in our way." Adds guitarist Andy Marsh: "Hate, War, Desolation; the trilogy series of the path mankind has laid out before himself. We are prouder than ever of our efforts on this record. A lot of time, planning, creativity and teamwork has culminated in what we think is our most completed vision yet: Dear Desolation." Pre-order Dear Desolation in various formats and bundles from around the world via this location. Pre-order the album digitally now from iTunes and Amazon and receive the song "Slaves Beyond Death" instantly. Catch THY ART IS MURDER on tour this August/September with label mates DECAPITATED, FALLUJAH and GHOST BATH. THY ART IS MURDER ON TOUR "THE DOUBLE HOMICIDE TOUR 2017" THY ART IS MURDER, DECAPITATED, FALLUJAH, GHOST BATH 20-Aug-17           Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater 21-Aug-17           Richmond, VA - Canal Club 22-Aug-17           Greensboro, NC - Blind Tiger 23-Aug-17           Atlanta, GA - The New Masquerade 24-Aug-17           New Orleans, LA - Southport Hall 25-Aug-17           Houston, TX - Scout Bar 26-Aug-17           Austin, TX - Come and Take It Live 27-Aug-17           Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Bar 'N Grill 29-Aug-17           Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall 30-Aug-17           Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex 31-Aug-17           Spokane, WA - The Pin 01-Sep-17           Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater 02-Sep-17           Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater 03-Sep-17           Seattle, WA - Studio Seven 05-Sep-17           Reno, NV - Jub Jub's 06-Sep-17           San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge 07-Sep-17           West Hollywood, CA - The Roxy Theatre 08-Sep-17           Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory 09-Sep-17           Mesa, AZ - Club Red 10-Sep-17           El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls 11-Sep-17           Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater 13-Sep-17           Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater 14-Sep-17           Joliet, IL - The Forge 15-Sep-17           Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection 16-Sep-17           Toronto, ON - The Opera House 17-Sep-17           Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre 18-Sep-17           Ottawa, ON - Brass Monkey 19-Sep-17           Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall 20-Sep-17           Syracuse, NY - The Lost Horizon 21-Sep-17           New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre 22-Sep-17           Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts 23-Sep-17           Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage 24-Sep-17           Columbus OH - Park Street THY ART IS MURDER's latest album, Holy War, landed at #82 on the Billboard Top 200 in its first week of sales. This marks the first time THY ART IS MURDER has made the coveted chart. The band saw similar success in their homeland where they reached #7 on the Aria Charts – the highest position ever for an Australian extreme metal act.