ESCUELA GRIND TOURING WITH GREG PUCIATO, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, THE ACACIA STRAIN

Escuela Grind are set to start a spring North American headlining tour in support of its celebrated new LP 'Memory Theater'. 

The three-week trek will kick off on March 29 in Montreal, Qubec and run through April 16 in Morgantown, WV, featuring support from Massachusetts' Bonginator. 

The run will also include an Escuela Grind performance at the 2023 Decibel Metal & Beer Fest, where the group will share the stage with Suicidal Tendencies, Incantation, and more.

'Memory Theater', Escuela Grind's sophomore album, is seven minutes shorter than Slayer’s 'Reign in Blood', but with a few songs running past the three-minute mark, it’s downright epic by grindcore norms. 

Delivering on the promise of several split records, a handful of EPs (including 'GGRRIINNDDCCOORREE' and 'PPOOWWEERRVVIIOOLLEENNCCEE', both released in 2020), and the full-length, 'Indoctrination', the nine songs on 'Memory Theater' offer a near-psychedelic trip to the genre’s soul. 

The album title references a specific historical concept, constructing a “space” from one’s internal ideas, knowledge, and perception. An architect by trade, vocalist Katerina Economou explores philosophy, politics, and experiential experimentation, building a kind of structure amidst the band's musical cacophony.

Katerina Economou of Escuela Grind talks about her local music scene, her vocal approach, preperations for playing live, the new Escuela Grind album “Memory Theatre”  and more.

If you've never seen Escuela Grind live, watch footage of their performance at Cousin Danny's in Philadelphia, PA from the summer of 2022, courtesy of hate5six.

 "We again teamed up with director Michael Jari Davidson to create the video for "Forced Collective Introspection", says Escuela Grind vocalist Katerina Economou.

"The video references 1971's anti-authoritarian movie "THX 1138", where the band is held in a white void by masked guards, and reduced to objectified numbers. Harassed in prison cells, the band makes their escape in a Shawshank fashion. The theme of the video runs throughout all of our music: we must resist and attempt to escape their control to regain our humanity."

The video for 'Forced Collective Introspection' was released on September 8th, 2022. 

Escuela Grind released the music video for "All is Forgiven" back in August of 2022, which the group calls "a skull cracker". 

Directed by Michael Jari Davidson (Alice in Chains), the high-intensity clip blends reality with virtual reality.

"'Cliffhanger' is us branching out and including all of our influences into a heavy, danceable song. It’s a perfect representation of all the new things to expect from Escuela Grind," says vocalist Katerina Economou. "The lyrics are about the people that try to play both sides of the fence, play devil's advocate and drag you down with them. It’s about fighting crab mentality."

The video for "Cliffhanger" came out on July 7, 2022.