All Shall Perish was a deathcore hexad from Oakland, USA formed in 2002, an… Read Full Bio ↴All Shall Perish was a deathcore hexad from Oakland, USA formed in 2002, and are consistently cited by critics as one of the best bands in the genre. All Shall Perish combines various genres, including death metal, deathgrind and metalcore. Since 2005, All Shall Perish have delivered three records off of Nuclear Blast. The debut album, Hate, Malice, Revenge, was originally released by Japanese record label Amputated Vein Records in 2003. In 2005, it was re-released by Nuclear Blast and since then has received mostly underground acclaim. In 2006, The Price of Existence was released to largely positive critical reaction. The first single, "Eradication", was made into a video and is played on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball.

Guitarist Caysen Russo and vocalist Craig Betit only appear on the band's first studio album, they were both replaced, respectively, with Chris Storey and Hernan "Eddie" Hermida by the time of their second release.

Matt Kuykendall has commented on the origin of the band's name, how he came up with it: "Sitting in my room in Berkeley, California, reading news websites and thinking about the fucked up shit going on in the world and my own life at the time. The name itself is a simple truism, but it's something that we all too easily forget."

All Shall Perish have completed several successful tours across America in the past year, sharing the stage with a variety of fellow deathcore groups, including acts such as Suicide Silence, Through the Eyes of the Dead, The Red Chord, The Acacia Strain, Misery Index, Job for a Cowboy, Antagony, among many others. The band maintained a blog during their early 2006 tour, known as the Spreading Disease tour. It can be read on the band's official web page, as well as on their MySpace page. All Shall Perish has recently had a tour with Stick to Your Guns, War of Ages, The Warriors, and Terror. They were also on The Darkness Over Europe 2007 tour with Bleeding Through, I Killed the Prom Queen and Caliban. They often add a cover of the song "Breaking the Law" by Judas Priest to their setlist. They recently headlined a tour with support from Emmure and From a Second Story Window. Bray Almini occasionally fills in for Mike Tiner on bass during tours. They are touring Europe in early 2010.

While touring in Australia on December 19, a van carrying people associated with the tour crashed north of the town of Coffs Harbour. The members of All Shall Perish were uninjured, but the lead singer and roadie of death metal band The Red Shore were killed.

The band have recently released a brand new full length entitled Awaken The Dreamers, taking on a new sound which seems to venture away from the core and more into the metal. They have since stated they are working on a follow-up.

On Wednesday, February 5, 2009, Chris Storey announced his departure from All Shall Perish. They have already recruited another guitarist and will continue playing the currently lined up shows on their tour.

But recently their newest guitarist left the band to join Born of Osiris and was replaced by Francesco Artusato, former lead gutarist of Hiss of Atrocities.

Hermida joined Suicide Silence on October 3, 2013, which was officially announced on the Suicide Silence Facebook page. On October 4, All Shall Perish released a statement about Hermida leaving, confirming that the band would continue. An interview with Mike Tiner on the Metal Injection website stated that Mike Tiner's position was that Hermida chose to leave by not being able to commit to the band.

On October 21, 2015, All Shall Perish announced the return of Hernan "Eddie" Hermida and guitarist Chris Storey, alongside founding members Matt Kuykendall, Ben Orum, and Caysen Russo, now on bass. The group's press release noted that original vocalist Craig Betit will participate in some fashion as well. The band stated that bassist Mike Tiner, the last original member in the lineup before the return of Orum, Kuykendall, and Russo declined a personal invitation to participate. Francesco Artusato and drummer Adam Pierce are no longer part of the band.

On April 21, 2020, vocalist Hernan "Eddie" Hermida announced that the reunion was no longer happening

Promises
All Shall Perish Lyrics

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Change sets in my life to start the plague
Fright becomes my resort to find
All the hate I need inside
Your take our words that bind us
Destroyed our
Time to heal this mess
I won't return to you
I have found myself anew

I won't return to you

Our face the arrogance
Eviscerated the love I thought we had
I won't make it back these words are
Stronger
Than the promise you forgot we had.
I can't forgive you!!
I have seen this through

I have found myself anew
I won't return to you.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of All Shall Perish's song Promises seem to be about a person who has had a significant change in their life, and now sees things differently. The opening lines "Change sets in my life to start the plague" suggest that this change has brought about difficulties or problems, and "Fright becomes my resort to find all the hate I need inside" could mean that the person is turning to anger, rather than fear, to deal with these issues.

The lyrics then go on to talk about a relationship that has broken down, and how the promises that were made between the two people involved have been forgotten. "Your take our words that bind us destroyed our time to heal this mess" refers to how the promises that were made no longer hold any meaning or value, and how the relationship is beyond repair. The person singing the song then declares that they will not return to the other person, because they have found themselves anew and see no reason to go back to the past.

The lyrics also touch on themes of pride and arrogance, with lines such as "Our face the arrogance eviscerated the love I thought we had" suggesting that one person's pride has destroyed what could have been a loving relationship. The repeated refrain of "I won't return to you" reinforces the idea that the person singing the song has moved on from the relationship and has no intention of going back.

Overall, the song seems to be about moving on from a toxic relationship, accepting changes in life and finding new opportunities for growth.

Line by Line Meaning

Change sets in my life to start the plague
My life is undergoing a major change that feels like a disease infecting me

Fright becomes my resort to find
I resort to fear as my means of coping

All the hate I need inside
I have an abundance of anger within me

Your take our words that bind us
You take away our promises that hold us together

Destroyed our
You ruined our relationship

Time to heal this mess
It's time to fix what's been broken

I won't return to you
I'm moving on from you and won't come back

Our face the arrogance
Our pride and self-importance caused our downfall

Eviscerated the love I thought we had
Our love has been destroyed beyond repair

I won't make it back these words are
I won't come back, and these words of mine are final