Thy Art Is Murder stream Holy War

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
published

Hear third album in full ahead of its European and North American release

Thy Art Is Murder have issued a stream of their third album Holy War.

It’ll be released in Europe on June 29 and North America the following day. They issued a promo for the track Light Bearer earlier this week.

Metal Hammer describe the follow-up to 2012’s Hate as their “best release to date – one that undoubtedly cements their name among the best death metal bands out there today.”

The band feature in the latest edition of the magazine where they discuss the influences behind the album and why they’re now appealing to the mainstream. It’s out now in print, digital and via TeamRock+.

Thy Art Is Murder will head out on a European tour in August.

Holy War tracklist

  1. Absolute Genocide 2. Light Bearer 3. Holy War 4. Coffin Dragger 5. Fur And Claw 6. Deliver Us To Evil 7. Emptiness 8. Violent Reckoning 9. Child Of Sorrow 10. Naked And Cold 11. Vengeance (Bonus)

Tour dates

Aug 11: Manchester Sound Control, UK

Aug 12: London Barfly, UK

Aug 13: Sittard Volt, Netherlands

Aug 14: Dinkelsbuhl Summer Breeze, Germany

Aug 15: Trier Summer Blast, Germany

Aug 16: Cologne Underground, Germany

Aug 17: Wiesbaden Schlachthof, Germany

Aug 18: Berlin Cassiopeia, Germany

Aug 19: Munich backstage, Germany

Aug 20: Stuttgart Kellerklub, Germany

Aug 21: Hasselt Pukkelpop, Belgium

Aug 22: Dessau Destruction Derby, Germany

Thy Art Is Murder: Unholy Wars

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.