UNEARTH Raises the Bar Drops Third Single “Into the Abyss”

On Tour Now

The Wretched; The Ruinous Drops May 5th

Cover Art by Alex Goulet of @goulexdesign

pre-order album here: https://Unearth.lnk.to/TheWretchedTheRuinous

Videographer: Neil Corbin – @nlcrbn

UNEARTH delivers another bar raising track of extraordinary musicianship loaded with technical prowess and an utterly brutal vocal delivery, taking listeners from dismal to hopeful and yet again raising UNEARTH to higher ground.

Trevor Phipps says, “A riff fueled interstellar endeavor sums up our third single ‘Into the Abyss’. Our future planet is in disrepair and the fortunate are forced to flee to a distant world to continue the human race while billions of the less fortunate are left behind to meet a hellish end. Buz McGrath lights the path with a journey of melodic riffs, leads and solos that set it apart from the bulk of The Wretched; The Ruinous album. Beyond oblivion we ride!”

Get “Into The Abyss” here: https://Unearth.lnk.to/TheWretchedTheRuinous

UNEARTH – Hell on Earth Tour 2023 – Europe

with Misery Index, Year Of The Knife, Turbid North and Leach

4/1 – Dortmund, Germany – Junkyard

4/2 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix

4/5 – Munchen, Germany – Backstage

4/4 – Freiburg, Germany – Crash

4/5 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Dynamo

4/6 – Sheffield, UK – Corporation

4/7 – Leeds, UK – Boom Leeds

4/8 – London, UK – The Underworld

4/9 – Lille, France – The Black Lab

4/10 – Paris, France – La Machine Du Moulin Rouge

4/11 – Stuttgart, Germany – Im Wizemann

4/12 – Weinheim, Germany – Cafe Central

4/13 – Cottbus, Germany – Gladhouse

4/14 – Leer, Germany – Zollhaus

4/15 – Chemnitz, Germany – AJZ Chemnitz

4/16 – Ostrava, Czechoslovakia – Barrak Music Club

4/17 – Berlin, Germany – SO36

4/18 – Hamburg, Germany – Bahnhof Pauli

4/19 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuset

4/20 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Musikens Hus

4/21 – Stockholm, Sweden – Slaktkyrkan

UNEARTH – The Wretched; The Ruinous Album Release Tour

With Special Guests Upon A Burning Body and 156/Silence

5/4 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s

5/5 – El Paso, TX – Rock House

5/6 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock

5/7 – Anaheim, CA – Parish Room @ House of Blues

5/8 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater

5/9 – Roseville, CA – Goldfields

5/11 – Portland, OR – Star Theater

5/12 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon

5/14 – Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell

5/15 – Denver, CO – HQ

5/16 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck

5/18 – Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups

5/19 – Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall

UNEARTH

Supporting Halo Effect With Special Guests High Command

5/20 – Hartford, CT – The Webster

5/21 – Brooklyn, NY – Monarch

5/22 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl

5/23 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium Upstairs

5/24 – Quebec City, QC – Imperial bell

5/25 – Montreal, QC – Fairmount Theatre

5/26 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern

5/27 – Detroit, MI – Crofoot Ballroom

UNEARTH Festival Dates

5/28 – Milwaukee, WI – Milwaukee Metal Fest

6/15 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting

6/16 – Clisson, France – Hellfest 2023

6/23 – Ferropolis, Germany – Full Force

6/30 – Emmen, Netherlands – Pitfest

7/2 Saarbrucken, Germany – Reality Bites Fest

On album number eight, The Wretched; The Ruinous, UNEARTH not merely continues to amp-up their metal meets hardcore intensities, but they also exceed themselves with a record that incorporates elements of classic UNEARTH offerings dating back to 2004’s “breakthrough” The Oncoming Storm, while exploring beyond the recent back-to-basics promise of 2018’s Extinction(s). For UNEARTH’s founding mainstays, Trevor Phipps and guitarist Buz McGrath, it feels like the beginning of a new chapter. “Buz took the entire pandemic to write these songs,” says Trevor. “He pushed himself to get out of his comfort zone and explore what UNEARTH is, both past and present. Buz adding these new elements and killer song structures inspired me to be more diverse vocally. The Wretched; the Ruinous is still UNEARTH, but it’s also the most dynamic record we’ve ever done.”

Teaming again with Extinction(s) producer, Will Putney (Body Count, Thy Art Is Murder), the goal was simple: create the definitive UNEARTH record. From the scathing title track opener to the explosive “Cremation of the Living”, the brooding “Mother Betrayal” to the album’s riff-violent closer, “Theaters of War”, The Wretched; The Ruinous is UNEARTH pulling out all the stops. “There’s certain songs where you can really hear the band’s hardcore roots,” explains Trevor. “The track ‘Dawn of the Militant’ is a true mix of metal and heavy hardcore, that to me define what the term ‘metalcore’ truly is. For the bulk of this record though, the metal, aggression, and technicality are reminiscent of our Watchers of Rule (2014) album. All of the ingredients of UNEARTH are present on these songs, but the band continues to explore new territories as writers and players.”

The Wretched; The Ruinous is a turning point moment for UNEARTH. It’s first album in their canon recorded without guitarist Ken Susi, who mutually parted with the band in 2022. Trevor shares, “It simply came time for Unearth and Ken to take a break from working together. He’ll always be a large part of the story of this band, and we wish him the best on all of his endeavors”

The frontman makes no bones about the arduous writing process for The Wretched; The Ruinous. “Coming out of the pandemic I found myself struggling to find my zone of creativity with writing, but I pushed through, and once I found it things caught fire.” Phipps has never been one to shy away from often scathing social commentary. “Lyrically, it’s a warning shot record,” Trevor continues. “I’ve spoken about the decline of our environment by Mankind’s hand dating back to our first record in 2001, and I’ve continued to write about the environmental crisis throughout our entire career. We are now at a tipping point with Mother Nature and our place on this planet, and I had to devote the entirety of this album to what is happening around us. This album is a collection of stories of what is happening, and what is to come, if we do not make monstrous changes to how we treat our only home.”

“The Wretched; The Ruinous is about the eight billion people on this planet,” echoes the frontman of UNEARTH’s latest state of the world address. “We’ve created a man-made mass extinction event and have been too slow to correct our faults. Extreme weather, drought, famine, disease, erosion of land, culture wars, civil wars, wars for natural resources, and the displacement of billions of people, is all a current reality. This isn’t a future problem; it is a now problem and I take this record to talk about it. As a species we are very quickly turning our once Garden of Eden into our future hellscape.”

“It’s not all devastation and gloom though,” adds Phipps. “On the track ‘Call of Existence’ I talk about how we can turn this around with swift, drastic changes to our emissions and consumption of natural resources. There is a responsible way forward that will benefit all life on our planet, and we have to embrace and act on that responsibility now.”

Watch “Mother Betrayal” here:

Videographer: Neil Corbin – @nlcrbn

Watch “The Wretched; The Ruinous” here:

photo credit: Mezgarth

About UNEARTH:

With their 25-year mark looming, it’s a daunting thought that UNEARTH has been a part of the metal landscape since making their recorded debut with 1999’s Above the Fall of Man EP. At that point, UNEARTH was one of the key bands in an-about-to-detonate New Wave of American Heavy Metal (NWOAHM) scene that included nascent lineups of Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, Shadows Fall, Darkest Hour, Bleeding Through, and God Forbid. “It was a healthy competition between all of us,” the vocalist recalls. “It made for some great music and opened up a new chapter in American metal.”

The release of 2001’s The Stings of Conscience album (Eulogy) and its landmark follow-up Endless EP ignited excitement about UNEARTH, who in 2003 joined Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and Lamb of God on the inaugural MTV Headbanger’s Ball tour. Inking with Metal Blade that year for the album The Oncoming Storm, UNEARTH took their spot as one of American metal’s most explosive live acts. “Those early years of full-time touring were really impactful for us,” says Trevor. “We were hitting milestone after milestone, year in year out. Endless road work followed including countless tours, massive European, Japanese, and Australian festivals, and rite-of-passage American road-jaunts, including the Ozzfest and Mayhem festival tours, cemented the Mass quintet as a force in the world of metal. That unassuaged work ethic drives the band to this day.

Joining Trevor, Buz and long-time bassist, Chris O’Toole, on the road is not only new guitarist Peter Layman (ex-Apiary), who filled in for UNEARTH before, but also drummer Mike Justian, long considered an integral part of UNEARTH’s halcyon days. “Mike’s live performance and presence are unmatched, and we couldn’t be happier to have him back with us,” states Trevor. In the Summer of 2022, with Justian and Layman, the band headed off to Europe for festivals and haven’t looked back since, with appearances at various US festivals, a tour in Mexico to round out 2022, and upcoming world touring in 2023, with tours in Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Europe all on the docket in the first quarter of the new year.

Unearth is:

Trevor Phipps- vocals

Buz McGrath- lead guitar

Peter Layman- guitar

Chris O’Toole- bass

Mike Justian- drums

UNEARTH Discography:

The Stings of Conscience (2001)

The Oncoming Storm (2004)

III: In the Eyes of Fire (2006)

The March (2008)

Darkness in the Light (2011)