Petaluma, Bay Area. In sunny California, four punk rockers formed a band that was anything but sunny: Love Equals Death was born on Halloween 2003, a mixture of typical 90s skate punk and Misfits-style horror punk. Their 2006 album Nightmerica was released on Fat Wreck Chords and took the band on tour with names like TSOL, Avenged Sevenfold, Tiger Army, No Use For A Name, Distillers and AFI.