California crossover thrashers DEAD HEAT return with unrelenting fury, debuting their latest single and video The Order ahead of tomorrow’s release of Process Of Elimination via Metal Blade Records.
Watch The Order video here:
Produced by Paul Fig (Deftones, Trivium, Jerry Cantrell), Process Of Elimination marks DEAD HEAT’s first album with Metal Blade, a vicious eleven-track testament to the Oxnard band’s unyielding energy, rage, and sharpened songwriting. Building upon the chaos of their acclaimed Endless Torment EP (2023), the new record pushes deeper into the band’s thrash foundations while lyrically railing against systemic decay and social manipulation.
Frontman Chris Ramos explains the meaning behind the new single:
“‘The Order’ is about knowing your place when it comes to things. Just because you’re given something doesn’t mean you’ve earned it. Some people only leech off others for their own benefit — but real recognizes real. There’s an order to things, and if you can’t follow, you don’t belong.”
From the mosh pit to the mind, Process Of Elimination delivers the speed, precision, and ferocity that have made DEAD HEAT one of the West Coast’s most essential modern crossover acts.
Process Of Elimination Track Listing:
- Perpetual Punishment
- Annihilation Nation
- Hidebound
- The Order
- Enemy
- Seventh Gate
- DH Stomp
- Solace Denied
- By My Will
- Process Of Elimination
- Hatred Bestowed
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Vinyl Variants:
- Blood Moon (Red/Black Marbled – US)
- Dusk (Orange/Red/Black Marbled – US)
- 180g Black (EU)
- Yellow/Brown Merged (EU – Ltd. 300)
- Swamp Green/Bone Merged (EU – Ltd. 200)
Catch DEAD HEAT on Tour w/ 200 Stab Wounds, No Cure & Bastardane this fall.
DEAD HEAT are:
- Chris Ramos – Vocals
- Justin Ton – Rhythm Guitar
- Ricky Garcia – Lead Guitar
- Yogie Rodriguez – Drums
- Vincent Amador – Bass / Rhythm Guitar
- Lorence Chanch Meraz – Bass