A hard-hitting Aussie deathcore unit, Blacktown's Thy Art Is Murder specializes in savage breakdowns and punishing, tech-heavy blasts of djent-fueled riffage. With the release of Hate in 2012, they became the first extreme metal group to reach the Top 40 on the ARIA charts. Subsequent efforts Holy War (2015) and Dear Desolation (2017), found favor internationally, charting in Canada and the United States. The band continued to refine its explosive, blackened death metal sound on 2023's Godlike.
Formed in 2006 around the original lineup of vocalist Brendan Van Ryn, guitarists...