Playlist for July 22 – August 4

Playlist of New Songs

Quick playlist highlights:

– Kingdom of Giants finally has new music! ‘Passenger’ was a massive album in 2020 that I still go back to, but after four years, I was starting to worry that they were taking too much time out of the spotlight. It looks like their new EP is scheduled for September 20, and it’s just in time if you ask me. A lot of other bands have started to crowd the “dystopian synth” vein of metalcore, but I’m confident that KoG is still one step ahead of everyone else.

– I’m divided on Fit For A King‘s new song. One one hand, it’s pretty heavy and Landon Tewers is always an amazing guest vocalist. On the other hand, this is the perfect example of a band that has thrown away their identity in favor of electronic overtones. If Ryan Kirby didn’t have such distinct screams, you would never be able to tell that this is a FFAK song. They’re clearly caught between their classic sound and making the switch to Octanecore. For now, they’re (I would say unsuccessfully) trying to ride the middle ground.

– I wanted to throw the new Postmortem Promises song in the list. I’m loving the pig squeals and OG deathcore sound. Plus a feature from Alex Teyen (vocalist of Black Tongue)!? Yes.

– Fit For An Autopsy released the first single from their new album that’s due out on October 25. These guys are always near the top of my album of the year list and this is a solid start. I haven’t always loved the incorporation of cleans on their recent albums, but it’s done pretty well here. Everything else sounds like FFAA firing on all cylinders.

– A Wake In Providence just released a new album. I’ve listened to it a few times and I’m still collecting my thoughts. Lately, it’s been hard to distinguish between super busy deathcore albums that have a lot of symphonic elements. It isn’t a Lorna Shore copycat, so that’s good, but a lot of bands are making the same pivot and still end up occupying the same space (e.g., Mental Cruelty’s latest album).