Love Equals Death

Love Equals Death's brand of rock draws influence from classic rock and horror-punk. Soon after forming -- appropriately enough, on Halloween night in 2003 -- the quartet recorded an EP, 4 Notes on a Dying Scale, and started making a name for themselves around California's Bay Area. The Prelude came out only in Japan in 2005; the album contained demos along with their earlier EP. The Hucklebuck EP appeared in the U.S. the same year, and, after impressing Fat Mike with their live show, Love Equals Death signed to Fat Wreck Chords. Their Bill Stevenson-produced Fat debut, Nightmerica, arrived in 2006. The group disbanded in 2009, but ten years later, a new edition of Love Equals Death released a fresh studio album, 2022's Gravity & Grace, as well as a compilation of B-sides and rarities, The Hour of Resurrection, before lead vocalist Chon Travis died while they were touring in 2024.