Escuela Grind release new single/video 'Always Watching You'

Photo Credit: Jonathan Vahid

USA extreme metal powerhouse, Escuela Grind, have today unveiled their new single/video 'Always Watching You'.

Watch the video, directed by Zack Perez for Astral Media, here: https://youtu.be/G2G3WRNG4B4
Stream here: https://escuelagrind.ffm.to/awy

Recorded at Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity studio with producer Kurt Ballou (High on Fire, Cave In), 'Always Watching You' is taken from Escuela Grind's as-yet-untitled new LP, set for an autumn release via MNRK Heavy. 

“Most of 'Always Watching You' was written in a practice space by Jesse and Krissy, and refined during soundchecks we had over the year," offers Escuela Grind vocalist Katerina Economou. "I've had this desire to write a song where I could portray the obsessive-stalker-girl archetype through lyrics for a while. Although not physically threatening, it's really interesting that society is so terrified of this stereotype. In 'Always Watching You', I wanted this fantastical, Nightmare on Elm Street-style imagery that was rooted in the gore and horror of death metal. Themes of parasocial relationships, anxieties from social media, and an omnipresent algorithm are strongly observed in this song and throughout the entire album."

In sync with the release of 'Always Watching You' and as part of their seemingly unending live gauntlet, Escuela Grind will launch European tour dates with Finnish grindcore band, Rotten Sound, on 3rd May. The 'Europe & UK Domination' tour will launch in Berlin, Germany and run through to 18th May in Ypres, Belgium.

UK dates as follows:

May 10: London, Incineration Festival, Black Heart
May 11: Manchester, 0161 Festival
May 12: Plymouth, The Junction
May 13: Newcastle, The Head of Steam
May 14: Nottingham, Ye Old Salutation Inn
May 15: Glasgow, Audio
May 16: Birmingham, The Devil's Dog

Tickets from: https://www.escuela-grind.com/shows

"EUROPE! We're coming back to crush a bunch of shows with our homies in Rotten Sound, plus a few SICK festivals like Incineration, Music Match, 0161 Festival and Vort 'N Vis Festival," says Escuela Grind. "We're stoked to bring the Nike and New Balance-shod feet of Escuela Grind back to Europe to grind posers into jelly and go crazy with friends old and new. Plus we'll have new music out and we'll be playing even more songs from our NEW ALBUM! Come on out to these shows, grind your face off, two-step, stage dive, meet your new bestie, make an arch nemesis, get spin-kicked in the face by a 17-year-old drinking Radler, buy some merch. It's gonna rule! See you there!"

The news follows Escuela Grind's huge new EP, DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL, released January via MNRK Heavy.

Recorded with Will Killingsworth, mixed by the GRAMMY-winning Kurt Ballou (High on Fire), and mastered by Nick Townsend (Cheap Trick, Dr. Dre), the EP houses four new songs including the lead cut, 'Ball and Chain'.

Order DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL here: https://escuelagrind.ffm.to/ddmm

Escuela Grind's DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL EP is the crown jewel in a themed trilogy of releases, including the duo of 2020 EPs PPOOWWEERRVVIIOOLLEENNCCEE and GGRRIINNDDCCOORREE, which saw the band espousing their unique takes on the respective underground music sub-genres. DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL delivers the first new Escuela Grind music since the release of last year's celebrated full-length LP, Memory Theater, hailed by The New York Times as ''an opus of extremity", "witheringly intense yet righteously life-affirming" by SPIN, "the heaviest Escuela Grind have ever sounded" by Decibel, both "a masterclass in punishing, invigorating grindcore" and "a fascinatingly intellectual take on the genre" by Revolver, and "a multifaceted album that goes beyond 'fast and faster' simplicity" by Metal Hammer.

Unquestionably one of the hardest working bands in music today, Escuela Grind will follow the team-up with Rotten Sound with a seven-week summer tour of Europe that will launch on 21st June in Lubbock, DE. The tour will run from June through August and include a slew of high profile festival appearances.

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Escuela Grind are:
Katerina Economou (vocals)
Jesse Fuentes (drums)
Kris Morash (guitar)
Tom Sifuentes (bass)

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