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Fit For A King present their new album "Lonely God" this Friday. An album with impact.

On behalf of Asgard, I greet you!

Hi, it's Thor here.

There are albums that are loud, fierce, powerful and then there are works like "Lonely God" that are all that, but even more: personal, mature, imbued with real substance. Fit For A King haven't just opened another chapter with this new album. They have torn open the book, written in the experiences of the last few years and thrown it into the storm. If you listen, you don't just hear songs, you hear a story. And it is anything but easy.

The opening "Begin The Sacrifice" already sets the tone: melancholy meets a brutal groove, while the band is not afraid to dig deeper than ever before. The music feels as if a thunderstorm is brewing over an empty battlefield, loud, dramatic, but full of meaning. And it is precisely this tension between brute harshness and honest vulnerability that runs through the entire album.

Fit For A King have undergone a development in recent years that you can hear. The metalcore roots are there - no question - but they are interwoven with deathcore borrowings, alternative elements and electronic fragments to create a sound that sounds more mature and bolder than anything the band has done before. Nothing seems deliberate or overloaded, everything follows an inner pulse that drives the album like a heartbeat in war.

A highlight is "No Tomorrow". The track balances between gloomy doomsday mood and anthemic sublimity with a chorus that not only catches the ear, but goes straight to the consciousness. It's about preserving your own humanity in the midst of catastrophe and also asking yourself unpleasant questions such as, what if the world were to end tomorrow? What would you do?

The title track "Lonely God" sums up the band's openness. Finest deathcore paired with haunting riffs, which in combination create a sound that asks questions instead of providing answers. Power, isolation, the price of success: rarely has all of this been set to music in such a contemporary, unsparing way. No god is untouched here, no figure untouchable.

And then there is "Between Us", one of the most vulnerable moments on the album. Kirby's fragile voice invites you to pause and simply listen. An honest examination of love, frustration and the desire to help, even if it is sometimes not enough. "Witness The End" moves at a similar depth. Inspired by the series Midnight Mass, the song poses questions about faith, truth and deception wrapped up in dark soundscapes and aggressive riffs. Fit For A King not only set musical accents, but also reach far out conceptually.

In the end, the impression remains that "Lonely God" is a turning point for Fit For A King. The album looks back, but above all looks forward in a direction in which toughness does not work without heart, in which sound is not created without attitude. It is a work that not only makes heads spin, but also touches souls.

For me as Thor, who has heard many battles: This album, like Mjölnir, hits with full force, but also with meaning. Loud, honest, relevant and worthy to run in Valhalla forever. Remember and listen to the album on Friday, August 01.

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