Rising from decades of West Coast metal lineage, Vancouver, BC's Gravemass erupts today with the release of their highly anticipated debut album, "This Is The Way." Formed by veterans of some of Vancouver’s most ferocious and influential metal outfits, Gravemass arrives fully armed, fully realized, and fully committed to sonic destruction.
Featuring members from Zimmers Hole, Punch Drunk, 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation, Just Cause, West of Hell, Savannah, Process, Subversion, and The Golers, Gravemass is less a new band and more a convergence of long‑standing forces. Their collective experience, over 30 years in the Vancouver metal trenches, has forged a sound that is unapologetically brutal, relentlessly fast, and steeped in darkness.
According to guitarist Mayan Hate, who wrote the music for the debut album over a concentrated two‑month period, the project came together naturally among longtime friends.
“We’re all West Coast metal heads who’ve known each other for decades. I wrote the music between breaks in other projects and showed it to Lorde Heathen. He immediately wanted in. From there, we recruited the rest of the band, guys we’ve all known forever,” adds guitarist Mayan Hate.
When asked to describe the band’s sound in five words, vocalist Lorde Heathen doesn’t hesitate:
“Brutal, angry, fast, dark, evil. If you like brutal… You will dig it,”
The album delivers exactly that. "This Is The Way" is a barrage of sinister riffing, death‑metal vocal ferocity, and an unrelenting rhythmic assault. It’s the culmination of decades of shared history and a unified desire to push extremity to its limits. Lyrical inspiration comes from the world’s current state of chaos.
“All the lyrics come from the shit‑hole world order that exists right now,” says Lorde Heathen.
While the debut album’s music was written entirely by Mayan Hate with lyrics by Lorde Heathen, the band confirms that their second album is already in progress and will be a fully collaborative effort.
The band also recently confirmed they will perform at Loud As Hell Open Air Festival 2026, joining a stacked lineup featuring Fallujah, Allegaeon, Summoning the Lich, Crimson Shadows, Edge of Paradise, and more. For more info on the festival in Drumheller, AB, from July 31st to August 2nd, please visit
https://www.loudashell.ca.
Fans can expect a performance that channels the band’s influences, Slayer, Venom, Morbid Angel, Watain, and Napalm Death, while forging a sound unmistakably their own, shaped by decades of death, black, and speed metal. Gravemass is not just a studio project. Their live show is designed to be a full‑scale assault.
“The live show is where we bring it all together. We want to bring this experience to the masses,” says Heathen.
With "This Is The Way" now unleashed as of March 6th, 2026, via End Game Records Inc., Gravemass marks the beginning of a new chapter in West Coast extreme metal. The band promises more music, more brutality, and an even more collaborative evolution as they move toward their second album.
Add to your Spotify Playlist -
https://open.spotify.com/album/0ROzZyUacjjY7dC6xOwtg5
Bandcamp -
https://gravemass.bandcamp.com/
Show Dates:
March 13 - The Cobalt - Vancouver, BC (Album Release Show)
July 31 - Aug 2 - Loud As Hell Open Air Festival - Drumheller, AB
Track Listing:
1. Slaves To Pain - 2:38
2. This Is The Way - 3:45
3. Horned King - 2:54
4. Harvest of Souls - 2:53
5. Spitting Hell - 2:07
6. Black Bell - 2:50
7. Fallen - 3:27
8. Gravemass - 3:51
9. Abandon - 2:01
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