Los Angeles quintet Before The Mourning are streaming their debut album lead-off track “The Deception”. The group’s debut offering, Etherial End, will be released through Street Smart Recordings on August 21st.

Adam Ryan (vocals) states: "This song was created just like the rest of the tracks on our album. It’s usually all of us in a room bouncing riffs and ideas off one another until something we all can agree on is playing through the speakers in our home studio. Lyrically, this song is about a screwed up love triangle. It's about all the different deceptions used by everyone involved. Mostly behind the backs of one another. It centres around a woman who is still in love with her ex, but is with a man who isn't what he appears to be. The chorus starts off aimed at the woman, but half way through turns into a blunt statement to the deceptive boyfriend. The bridge is one final plea asking someone to help her get away from this guy before something really bad happens.

"We opened the album with this track because of its overall energy, and attitude. It's major key, almost happy sounding intro is a complete 180 from the rest of the track, as it then drops into a heavy driving groove which doesn't let up for the rest of the song. I think this song helps represent our overall sound because we don't stick to one style for every track we put out. We want to keep it heavy, but also full of melody and groove."

“The Deception”:

The band will be on tour across North America with Fear Factory from August 23rd – September 16th.

Dates (with Fear Factory, Once Human, The Bloodline) include:

August
23 - Flagstaff AZ - The Green Room       
25 - Lubbock, TX - Jakes  
27 - Corpus Christ, TX - House of Rock
28 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar       
29 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl
30 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room         

September
1 - St Pete, FL - The State     
2 - Orlando, FL - Venue 578     
4 - Atlanta GA - Masquerade    
5 - Wilmington, NC - Ziggy’s    
8 - Little Rock, AR - Juanita’s    
9 - Clarksville, TN - Warehouse Live    
11 - Louisville, KY - Trixie’s         
13 - Bloomington, IL - Castle Theater     
15 - Oklahoma City, OK - Farmers Market
16 - Gallup, NM - The Juggernaut Music