Challenging The Gods With RYAN KIRBY From FIT FOR A KING

Interview by Kris PetersAmerican metalcore outfit Fit For A King have never backed away from allowing their music the time and space it needs to breathe.Since unleashing their debut album Descendants in 2011, the band have experimented with a variety of sounds and genres, often overlapping them with each other and harnessing the resulting unpredictability into an ever-evolving sonic palette of metalcore unpredictability, alternative melody, and deathcore brutality laced with electronic alchemy.Fourteen years after embracing their destiny, Fit For A King stand on the cusp of unveiling their eighth album Lonely God, boasting all of the sonic hallmarks Fit For A King fans have come to know and love — gnarly riffs, guttural growls, deep grooves, and a slightly industrial crunch that takes things to the next level, every single time - with some expected moderations.Frontman Ryan Kirby joined HEAVY to go into greater detail."I feel good," he enthused when asked about the new album. "I'm always eager to get the new record out once we start rolling it out."We ask what fans can expect from the album musically."This time around, we just wanted to not have any agendas," he replied. "We just wanted to write music that we enjoy writing, and I think it turned out that way. I think because of that, the record is my personal favourite that we've ever written."In the full interview, Ryan dives deeper into Lonely God, including the singles released and how they represent the album as a whole. He mentions the difficulty in selecting songs to release because of the eclectic nature of their music, insisting fans don't fall into the trap of assuming the rest of the album is just a rehash of the songs released from it.He talked about the album opener Begin The Sacrifice and why it was chosen as the first song, how Lonely God differs to 2022's The Hell We Create, the performance of The Plot In You vocalist Landon Tewers on Technium and the close relationship the two bands have, their upcoming Australian tour together, their version of genre mashing and how it comes together in the creative process, playing all ages shows and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.