The West Coast Extreme-Metal outfit Gravemass is wasting no time following the release of their debut album, This Is The Way. The band has officially announced the This Is The Way Tour 2026, a scorched-earth run across Western Canada that kicks off this July.​

For the uninitiated, Gravemass isn’t exactly a group of newcomers. The band is essentially a Vancouver underground supergroup, boasting a massive lineage that includes members of 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation, Zimmers Hole, The Golers, and West of Hell. That decades-long connection in the scene translates into a sound that is as seasoned as it is savage.​

Guitarist Mayan Hate, who penned the debut in a frantic two-month creative surge, views the project as the natural byproduct of lifelong friendships. According to vocalist Lorde Heathen, the music is a direct response to the shit-hole world order we’re currently living in, a mix of sinister riffs and Death-Metal ferocity designed to channel modern chaos into rhythmic devastation.

The tour will see the band tearing through British Columbia and Alberta, including a high-profile appearance at the Loud As Hell Open Air Festival. There, they’ll share the stage with heavyweights like Fallujah and Allegaeon.

​While the debut was largely the vision of Mayan Hate and Lorde Heathen, the band has already confirmed that a second album is in the works, promising a fully collaborative effort from the entire veteran lineup.

Gravemass Live:

• July 31 – Bridgeview Theater – Kamloops, BC
• Aug 1 – Loud As Hell Open Air Festival – Drumheller, AB
• Aug 3 – Temple – Edmonton, AB
• Aug 4 – The Owl – Lethbridge, AB
• Aug 5 – The Royal – Nelson, BC
• Aug 6 – The Globe – Nanaimo, BC
• Aug 7 – The Lucky Bar – Victoria, BC
• Aug 8 – Green Auto – Vancouver, BC

Tracklist:

• 1. Slaves To Pain
• 2. This Is The Way
• 3. Horned King
• 4. Harvest of Souls
• 5. Spitting Hell
• 6. Black Bell
• 7. Fallen
• 8. Gravemass
• 9. Abandon
• 10. Poison Temple