Thy Art Is Murder

Thy Art Is Murder
Thy Art Is Murder performing at Rock am Ring in 2018
Background information
OriginBlacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Years active2006 (2006)–present
Labels
Members
  • Sean Delander
  • Andy Marsh
  • Kevin Butler
  • Jesse Beahler
  • Tyler Miller
Past members
  • Brendan van Ryn
  • Josh King
  • Mick Low
  • Gary Markowski
  • Tom Brown
  • Lee Stanton
  • Chris "CJ" McMahon
Websitethyartismurder.net

Thy Art Is Murder is an Australian deathcore band from Blacktown, Sydney, that formed in 2006. The band consists of vocalist Tyler Miller, guitarists Sean Delander and Andy Marsh, bassist Kevin Butler and drummer Jesse Beahler. Thy Art Is Murder has released six studio albums since formation.

Their 2008 EP Infinite Death, reached position no. 10 on the AIR Charts upon release,[1] and their second full-length album Hate debuted at no. 35 on the ARIA Charts,[2] making them the first extreme metal band to ever reach the Top 40 of this chart.[3] The album also reached no. 1 on AIR[4] and both no. 2 and no. 4 respectively on the US and Canadian iTunes metal charts on its week of release.

The band's following albums Holy War (June 2015) and Dear Desolation (August 2017) charted on US Billboard 200. Human Target was released in July 2019. Their most recent album, Godlike, was released in September 2023.

They along with A Night in Texas, The Red Shore, To The Grave and Aversions Crown are noted for being one of more prominent Australian deathcore artists.

  1. ^ "Thy Art Is Murder | Acacia Custom Guitars". Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ Steffen Hung (13 April 2015). "Australian charts portal". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  3. ^ Eliezer, Christie. "Thy Art Is Murder break ARIA record – Music Industry – The Music Network". Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Charts". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2017.