Thy Art Is Murder’s CJ McMahon on the band’s upcoming album: “I think you can expect it to be slightly different”

With the upcoming release of their new album Dear Desolation, Australian metal band Thy Art Is Murder continue to reach new heights in popularity across the world. Quite shocking for a band that plays some seriously abrasive music. And given CJ’s recent return to the band, they’re better than ever.

In a recent interview w/Decibel Magazine, McMahon talked about the state of deathcore overall, the band’s upcoming album, and touring with Polish death metal band Decapitated. You can check out the full interview right here, as well as a couple questions below.

What can you say about the new album? What can people expect? Does it sound different, does it sound similar to previous work?

I think you can expect it to be slightly different to a lot of our releases. It’s a record that I feel is like a breakthrough record for us where we’ve really found our sound. It’s something that we feel will be able to push us further in our musical careers in the future rather than just having to stem out of being in this genre of deathcore. I really don’t care what people pigeonhole us as but for some reason, the name “deathcore” kind of leaves a sour taste in my mouth after saying it. We’re showing our strengths and variety.

I think that Job For a Cowboy did something really similar where they started to move themselves more toward death metal after their first few releases. It seems like a similar approach to that, almost.

Yeah, that’s exactly right.

It seems TAIM may be headed toward a Job For A Cowboy-esque reinvention, and given how good Sun Eater was, that’s (loud) music to our ears.