To The Grave – Still (EP)
Release Date: 1st August 2025
Label: Unique Leader
Genre: Deathcore
FFO: A Night in Texas, Whitechapel, Shadow of Intent.
Review By: Jeff Finch
Let me cut right to the chase: To The Grave is among the best deathcore bands going today. They’re full of riffs, blasts, shrieks, breakdowns, and come with a lyrical focus that makes their songs sound genuine in their execution and not the least bit forced. With this new EP, Still, the band tightens their sound into a beast that needed to be separated from their recent full length, as the impact would not have been the same had these been haphazardly thrown onto Everyone’s a Murderer.
What makes Still such an interesting listen, especially in hindsight, is that it’s obvious from the beginning that this release is a related piece but clearly not a direct continuation. The riffs are chunkier, a bit more down tuned, almost pure death metal, and it brings with it a primal rage, a fury that the world is still the way it is and nothing’s changed. It’s with this direct fury that the band describes the EP as “short, sweet, and violent.” They’re not kidding. Unrepentant intensity, shrunk down to a mere 17 minutes, those minutes bursting forth with anger, aggression, and, given the length, supreme efficiency.
Prior to release, fans have been treated to three “singles,” each of which is visceral and catchy in their own violent way; short, savage, and unapologetically emphatic in their brutality. One thing that’s almost instantly noticeable, though, is the near lack of high-pitched shrieks that I’ve come to love from the band or, at the very least, sparse to the point of not being noticed. Perhaps this is due to the differing nature of the songs, or just a spot of experimenting, going for the jugular with deep growls in their stead, the hellacious sounds painting a bleak landscape as the band pummels everything mercilessly.
Blast beats, rapid fire double bass, grooving ferocity, the EP is still inherently To The Grave, simply condensed into a sub 20 minute box of dynamite. There’s enough riffs and breakdowns to fill a full album, and enough anger and violence to power their home country of Australia. There’s not a whole lot to point out that doesn’t work here, except that this would have been an even greater release if this had been fleshed out to a full album scope. Still, just one year after they called everyone a murderer, To The Grave needed to remind us that we’re still murderers, and they’re still just as pissed.
(4.5 / 5)
