Lats month, West Coast crossover blue chips Dead Heat put the world of heavy music on notice with the announcement of their Metal Blade Records' full length debut.
Following the acclaim of the band's 2023 EP, Endless Torment, the breakneck speed and hardcore DNA of Dead Heat will coalesce stronger than ever on the band's October 10th release, Process of Elimination. The album was produced by Dead Heat along with Paul Fig (Deftones, Trivium, Jerry Cantrell) - better refining the band's potent mesh of metal intensity and hardcore backbone.
That potent combination is evidentIssuing an emphatic introduction to the album with "Perpetual Punishment"- the brute force of Dead Heat's brand of crossover combined with California swag, made for an auspicious start to the band's new chapter.
Now, the Oxnard unit have returned with another walloping single in, "By My Will." Vocalist Chris Ramos discussed how the theme of vengeance fueled the potency and pummel of the track. “‘By My Will’ is more or less about the idea of getting revenge on the ones who’ve hurt you and left you for dead,” he continues on today’s single. “The message sent is basically that I now have the upper hand and ‘by my will’ I will come out as the one on top in the end and make sure you know it.”
Dead Heat guitarist Justin Ton spoke previously about the totality of the project and how the full length is the best representation of Dead Heat thus far. "I feel like unconsciously the music has become more complex with the songwriting and how we play live as well. We all naturally wanted to become better musicians and it shows in our music and live presence. Our music is a metal/hardcore twist, but I'd say we intentionally leaned more and more metal in our sound."
In support of the release of Process of Elimination Dead Heat will hit the road for a run of live dates with 200 Stab Wounds, No Cure and Bastardane. See the list of dates and cities below.
Process of Elimination, the Metal Blade Records debut from Dead Heat arrives October 10th. Order the album - HERE
DEAD HEAT Live w/ 200 Stab Wounds, No Cure, Bastardane
11/03/2025 HQ – Denver, CO
11/04/2025 Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
11/05/2025 Eagle Aerie Hall – Las Vegas, NV
11/07/2025 The Ritz – San Jose, CA
11/08/2025 Goldfields – Sacramento, CA
11/09/2025 1720 – Los Angeles, CA
11/10/2025 The Rosetta Room – Mesa, AZ
11/12/2025 Soggie Doggy – Lubbock, TX **
11/13/2025 The Wave – Wichita, KS **
11/15/2025 The Stache – Grand Rapids, MI **
** No Bastardane
