“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
Once upon a fractured time, the world went wandering. Searching to make sense of all that had led to this point, the bold would rally; united by their warcry, finding again the way forward, along the path paved and FIT FOR A KING.
Created in the context of our current, highly fractious times, FIT FOR A KING has ignited, unleashing their eighth studio album into a world divided. Lonely God provides a poignant soundtrack to the constructs which challenge us, and is delivered in a quintessential manner: embracing strength, unity and belief in the enduring ‘Brotherhood’ of man.
Encapsulating concepts immediately, FFAK Begin the Sacrifice. The opening track demonstrating their mastery, The Temple sees the band taking their rightful place among the reigning kings of metalcore. Alongside Trey Celaya’s rapid fire drumming, Ryan Kirby & Tuck O’Leary’s vocal duel produces brutally beautiful three-part harmonies, and an atmosphere to explore the possibilities of mankind’s impending Extinction is created.
‘I can smell it in the air’, the indictment of Kirby’s raging judgement; there’s No Tomorrow if we ignore today’s call to action. The first single released in 2025, the message is communicated intimately, as partners plagued by uncertainty find peace and Shelter in each other.
As ‘I learn to feel the pain and become Sentient’, the second movement begins with a brilliant display of lyricism. Ferociously erupting into the aptly-titled Monolith, Bobby Lynge and Daniel Gailey’s guitars wild, while Kirby snarls ‘we sold our soul’ and careens into the titular track. An iron fist concealed in a velvet glove, the bounce devolves into a breakdown for the ages.
A presentation of the ‘fingerprints of all five members’ imprinted on Lonely God, Between Us draws balladry breath before Blue Venom strikes. An efficient explosion, listeners experience more of the sonic diversity FFAK are renowned for, the eighth album following the footsteps of Creation/Destruction, injecting diverse demonstrations of musical interest and influence in succinct timeframes.
A duet designed to set Australian stages alight in 2026, TECHNIUM (featuring THE PLOT IN YOU’s Landon Tewers) marries both bands’ dystopian thematics ‘born from every perverse dream’ that slows humanity’s forward momentum. The first of two collaborations concluding Lonely God, Chris Motionless joins FFAK in ominous command to ‘open your eyes’ and Witness the End.
After all, it is by taking the unknown path, united in suffering in the present that we can overcome with eyes wide open for the future.
