June 18, 2026 (Vancouver, BC) // Two of rock's most road-tested forces join up as Canada's Art of Dying team with Las Vegas hard-rock veterans Adelitas Way on their explosive new single, "Step Up." Boasting a ferocious performance from start to finish, "Step Up"  is stacked with soaring vocals, shredding riffs, and an explosive chorus that will give fans the emotional anthem needed to make the modern era of rock music complete.

“Step Up” is about the point when inertia becomes motion, set in the meeting  place of frustration, enlightenment, and determination. It moves forward with a sense of purpose that could only come from a group that knows what it takes to rebuild itself from scratch.

Listen to “Step Up”  HERE

The lines “step up and take it, no better place” and “I’m not dead, I’m revived” showcase a band hellbent on showing hardship is fuel. The song doesn’t  get stuck at the stage of being broken; rather, it travels through it considering change not as an ideal but as a necessity.

Working with Adelita’s Way brings another layer to the song, emphasizing its sense of progression with an increased level of intensity and power in the vocals. The collaboration of the two groups accentuates a common spirit of perseverance, which is based on toughness and loudness.

Asked about the collaboration with Adelita’s Way, frontman Jonny Hetherington shares, “Working with Rick DeJesus and Adelitas Way on “Step Up” has been an incredible experience. This is our second collaboration together, and the chemistry keeps getting stronger.

The song is about having the courage to take action, even when the path ahead isn’t clear. Sometimes you have to believe it before you see it. Sometimes you have to say it until you become it.

If fear, doubt, and standing still are poisoning your life, then “Step Up” is the antidote. Turn it up, take the leap, and bet on yourself.”

A lineage can be traced from “Step Up.” This song captures the essence of hard rock music from the 2000s and 2010s without romanticizing it but rather developing that same energy into something current and fresh. The result is a song that is made for momentum, specifically designed for the critical seconds before something either moves forward or falls back.

“Step Up” reinforces the group’s tradition of transforming tension into thrust. It’s a reminder that existence isn’t stagnant; you only become your next version only when you act instead of fold.

Art of Dying // Credit: Mason Wright

About Art of Dying:

Art of Dying has released eight albums, selling over 100,000 copies and amassing over 200 million streams.

The band's major label debut on Reprise/Warner Bros put them on the road all over the US and put them on the map as one of Canada's stand out post grunge/rock artists.

Dan Donegan and David Draiman of Disturbed signed the band to their imprint at Warner Bros.

Draiman dubbed the band "Eagles in Chains" comparing their style to Alice in Chains meets The Eagles—lots of harmonies atop heavy riffs.

Top 10 US radio hits include "Die Trying", "Get Through This" and "Sorry". Get Thru This was #1 at Sirius Octane in 2011 and was the most played song that year on that station.

“Tear Down The Wall", from their Better Noise release went top 10 at Sirius and amassed over 25 million streams without even being released to radio.

After going indie in 2016 the band released the Nevermore EP which currently has 26 million streams.

Following that, full length releases “Ready For A Good Time” and “Won’t Look Back” currently share over 10 million streams between them. Doing things without a label has not slowed them down!

Formed in Vancouver in the mid-2000s, the band released its eponymous debut in 2006 on its own label, Thorny Bleeder, resulting in critical acclaim both at home and abroad, and lead to UK/US tours with Seether, Disturbed and Theory of a Deadman.

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