Art Of Dying

There is one true guarantee in life: death.
The beginning is simply prey for the end.
The Art of Dying is your life to live.

Lacombe, Alberta. Population: 9,384
Calgary, Alberta. Population: 860,749

Two guys in a high school band risk everything to drive out to Toronto in pursuit of a good gig.
After a year out east they move to Vancouver for a new perspective.
The two guys from Calgary meet a singer from Lacombe busking on a street corner.
An instant connection is forged.

The three of them make demos, play live shows, mess around with programming sounds,
and become a tight unit.
They make a record together called ‘Inverse’, and tour endlessly to prove their point.
They write.
They meet a producer who becomes an unofficial member of the band.
The four of them sift through songs and begin tracking a new record.
A drummer from New Westminster joins the band.
The two guys from Calgary are guitarist Greg Bradley and bassist David Mariacci.
The singer from Lacombe is Jonathan Hetherington.
The producer is Darryl Romphf.
The drummer is Flavio Cirillo
The band is Art Of Dying.

Since the bands inception in Vancouver two years ago, Art of Dying has quietly become Canada’s number one underground rock band to watch. Their lead single “Get Through This” has attracted over 75,000 fans to their MySpace page and has battled it out in the Top 10 charts on many US radio stations. The song has been licensed to two international video games (heard Stuntman: Ignition and Flatout: Ultimate Carnage), has been featured on ABC's Falcon Beach, and is the theme song for both Movie Central's "Stuntdawgs" and Global TV's hockey reality series, "Making the Cut".

Vancouver’s vibrant underground rock scene brought together five talented musicians with the knack for producing hard rocking anthems with undeniably catchy melodies.

Jonny Hetherington – Vocals

Greg Bradley – Guitars

Matt Rhode – Bass

Chris Witoski – Guitars & Vocals

Flavio Cirillo - Drums

In January 2007 Classic Rock Magazine hand picked Art of Dying as one of the Top 15 Bands To Watch worldwide.

Art of Dying’s self-titled debut album has been released in the UK on June 18th on their own label, Thorny Bleeder Records, via a licensing deal with Revolver/Universal.

Art of Dying recently returned to their home in Vancouver, BC following a successful UK tour with hard rock act Seether. Other recent performances have seen the band warm the stage for Papa Roach, My Chemical Romance, Staind, 30 Seconds to Mars, along with festival appearances with Metallica, Tool, Guns n Roses and the Deftones.