New England extreme metal powerhouse, Escuela Grind, will release its new LP, 'Dreams on Algorithms', on October 18 via MNRK Heavy. Recorded at Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity studio with producer Kurt Ballou, and mastered by Nick Townsend (Dr. Dre, Betty Davis) the record is the highly anticipated follow-up to Escuela Grind's celebrated 2022 full-length debut, 'Memory Theater', a recording hailed as "an opus of extremity" by The New York Times.
In sync with the album announcement, Escuela Grind will drop their new single and video for “Turbulence,” which showcases clean vocals over an earworm chorus – a first for Escuela Grind – without pulling away from unhinged brutality.
"It will be immediately obvious when you first hear this song that it is a departure for us," offers vocalist Katerina Economou. "We wanted to take a risk with "Turbulence", and after performing so many live shows over the last year we were ready to compile all that influence. The clean singing may take some people off-guard coming from a grind/hardcore band, but after touring with Napalm Death, we realized we wanted to incorporate that aspect into our music in a similar way.”
Escuela Grind released the single “Always Watching You” on May 2, and it is currently the second most-played song on SiriusXM Liquid Metal since its release.
Escuela Grind’s journey through the punishing sonic landscape of Grindcore has been anything but status quo. Their mantra of promoting inclusivity and acceptance within extreme music communities stands as a pillar of progression in an often gate-kept and closed-minded subculture. Vocalist Katerina Economou spreads the band’s spirit and core beliefs on every stage they touch – amplifying the voices of the underrepresented and connecting people on a level deeper than the music.
Dreams on Algorithms is a sonic testament to the band’s ideologies – a bludgeoning display of progressive extreme metal that steps outside of genre boundaries.
For the first time in Escuela Grind's history, vocalist Katerina Economou uses clean vocals to drive the earworm hook in “Turbulence.” Dreams on Algorithms is the embodiment of resilience - being their third release in just a year and a half, the band has found a new way to translate the visceral assault of their live show into a collection of boundary-pushing deathgrind. The new album kicks off another whirlwind cycle of activity, including SiriusXM’s New Wave concert series, four singles, Spring/Summer US, EU tours and festivals, and a Decibel 7” flexi summer release.
Dreams on Algorithms is the most fully realized sound of Escuela Grind - encapsulating their roots as a band and the broad reaches of where they want to take their sound.
