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Another heavy band has just put out a NEW song. Fit For A King are back with “Reaper” and it’s well, a ripper. Check out the official music video for the new song, below. You can stream “Reaper” at your favorite digital site.… Continued →

August Burns Red just dropped a cool new collaborative EP with Fit For a King titled “Guardians of the Path” and guess what? It’s out now! Through Solid State Records. Check out a couple songs below. Find out more and get merch by clicking this link here.… Continued →

Fit For a King just dropped a music video for their (heavy) song “Breaking The Mirror” and you can watch/listen to it below. Love the guitar leads and solos. Great stuff. Catch the band on tour with August Burns Red this fall, dates and tickets right here.… Continued →

Fit For A King vocalist Ryan Kirby (band whom is on my bucket list to see live) & Currents guitarist Chris Wiseman (whom I have seen live last year) have teamed up for this new band Our Eternity. Starting with a keyboard intro then crescendoing into almost a black metal scream before erupting into a metalcore verse complete with clean & unclean vocals is how this barnburner rolls. To hear this & other loud music, tune in to the Castingsuchathinshadow radio show on Ripper Radio from 6-7 pm CST. … Continued →

I was going to write a little intro to this list of mine, but in the end I figured I’d just let it speak for itself. Alot of great music dropped despite all the year brought us and these are my top 20. Let me know what you think!     20. Everything In Slow Motion – “Influence”. (Rock/Hard Rock) Released 10/16/20 on Facedown Records. Influence was the band’s first release since the 2016 ep, Laid Low.… Continued →

Coinciding with the release of the new album, “The Path”, which dropped today, Fit For A King has released a new video for the album’s title track. The new album maintains much of the band’s heaviness from the past while adding some more melodic content as well. We’ll have a review coming your way in the near future. In the meantime, check out the video below and let us know what your thoughts are on it.… Continued →

Fit For A King has recorded a live set at the Masquerade in Atlanta, GA that they say is essentially the same set they would have been performing live had current events made touring impossible. The set will streamed free on Twitch Thursday, 9/10 and will be a release show of sorts for the new album, “The Path”, due out a week from Friday. Throughout the show there will be contests, giveaways, as well as a new merch line for sale and the whole thing will be followed by a live Q&A with the band.… Continued →

Fit For A King just dropped an explosive, mind bending and melodic new song titled “Locked (In My Head)” that you can watch below in Lyric Video format. The song appears on the band’s upcoming new album “The Path” due out September 18th on Solid State Records. Pre-Order Right Here … Continued →

Fit For a King are back with a brand new full length album titled “The Path” which will see a release on September 18th through Solid State Records. You can Pre-Order bundles right here. Check out the album cover and track list, below.… Continued →

Jefferson, North Carolina's, The Worshiper , have made their 2016 release "Reveal Us" available for Free. FFO: Oh, Sleeper, Phinehas, Fit For A King, August Burns Red, and For Today.

Off Road Minivan released a little teaser a few weeks back about their upcoming album they are currently recording. The album will release this year on Tooth & Nail Records. Watch the teaser via instagram, below. This is a side project of Fit For a King (clean) singer/bassist Ryan O’Leary. The band last released “Spiral Gaze” (EP) in 2018.… Continued →

When it comes to news, it’s easy for some things to slip by, but sometimes you just wonder…how?!? Well, with news like this, it’s still better late than never. Back in mid December, Fit For A King announced a world tour with support from Chelsea Grin, Crystal Lake, and Alpha Wolf. This tour kicks off next month and really covers some ground, so if you’ve been waiting for the band to swing by your area, there’s a pretty good chance you’re going to get your wish.… Continued →

Ryan Kirby has been working on putting together a devotional titled, “The Embrace”, which is set to release on November 18th on Amazon. You can read an excerpt from it on heartsupport.com or just click HERE. I looked around a bit, but wasn’t able to find pre-orders available to share a link to. If you know where there is one, please post it in the comments below and I’ll add it to this post. Looks like some good reading!… Continued →

Fit For A King released a new video earlier today for “When Everything Means Nothing”, off the album “Dark Skies”. The track deals with issues like depression and anxiety and points to how social media can have a big affect on that. Check the video out below and leave your thoughts.… Continued →

Fit For A King have announced a headlining Summer tour with Norma Jean, Currents, and Left Behind. The tour kicks off in CO on 7/17 and mostly sticks to the midwest, although there are a few east coast and Canada dates. See the band’s Facebook post below.… Continued →

2018 had a number of great albums, all of which I couldn’t list here, but after careful consideration, these are my top 20, none of which are listed lightly. See which ones you’d have picked out and maybe find some new music to check out. And please remember, if you do end up finding something new, please support the artist by picking up some of their music! 1. Amongst The Giants – Obscene Part of the roster of the fairly new label, Rockfest Records, this hard rock/metal outfit released not just the best album of 2018, but the best in their genre over the past few years.… Continued →

Fit For A King has released a music video for the track “Oblivion” off their newest offering, “Dark Skies”. Steeped in an emotionally gripping story, this video will certainly grab and keep your attention. Check it out below and be sure to read our review of the new album here.… Continued →

Over the last 5 years, there hasn’t been many bands in the metal scene to remain as active as the growing juggernaut that is Fit For A King. With this fifth release, the band brings all of their strengths to the front and showcase their heaviest work yet. As is the case with every album the band has put out since signing with Solid State Records, the record boasts of a crisp and clean production that is sought for by many, but in one way or another, too few achieve.… Continued →

Fit For A King have dropped another heavy track that strikes a match and burns you to the soul. Heavy stuff. Check out “Backbreaker” below. New album “Dark Skies” will be available this September on Solid State Records and can be pre-ordered right here.… Continued →

The explosive and politically charged new song from Fit For A King titled “The Price of Agony” now has a music video and can be viewed below. This song sounds most excellent, what do you think? “Dark Skies” is out September 14th through Solid State Records and you can pre-order in a few different bundles right here. Oh and in my perfect Beavis voice – FIRE, FIRE, FIRE!!!… Continued →

The metalcore band DIRE has released a brand new track and the debut single off of their upcoming EP, Depths. The band has gained a foothold as of late, signing to Sancrosanct Records and getting Ryan Kirby of Fit For A King and Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy to be apart of Depths. Check out the track, “Put It To Death” below. Hope you enjoy! … Continued →

Check out this pretty sweet vocal cover of Underoath’s classic hit “A Boy Brushed Red Living In Black and White” done by Ryan Kirby of the band Fit For A King. Vocal cover video can be found below. If you like what you hear and want more of it then consider being a Patreon contributor right here. Thanks to Josh Murphy for the awesome news tip!… Continued →

After a year of releasing an amazing album, Fit For A King finally released a music video for their title track of the album Deathgrip. The track is one of the first I heard, and after hearing it, I fell in love with the album. Check the track out below. … Continued →

Back in 2014 we told you about 10 bands YOU needed to listen to as a fan of heavy music. Just over two years later, here are ten more.

Read this interview with Joshua Ashworth of Society's Finest

In 2016, I saw my tastes in music grow a bit more. This would account for why you’ll see some albums make an appearance on this list that, if you know me, you wouldn’t normally expect to see here. Overall, I thought it was a pretty good year for music, but a number of times some of the albums I was most excited about lost something after numerous listen throughs. This could account for why some albums (if you know me) you’d expect to see on my list are noticeably absent.… Continued →

Here's a little list of some of my favorite releases this year. Check them out!

Today, I’m doing something a little different. These bands are bands that people should know and that are on the rise. Check them out! And here you go! 5. Saints Can Lie Metalcore acts have become very common in the United States. But Saints Can Lie seem to be doing something sort of fresh. The band formed in 2012 with the original lineup of brothers Vocalist Jake and Guitarist/Pianist Hunter Shaw, Guitarist John McDonough and Drummer Bryce Garland.… Continued →

Read this review for Fit For A King's new album "Deathgrip"

The band have recently released “Slave to Nothing”, the successor to record breaking “Creation/Destruction”. Can this album gain the band even more popularity, or will it kill all the momentum the band worked their tails off to gain?