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1 week ago | revolvermag.com | Gregory Adams

What’s a king to a god? That’s a question Texas metalcore titans Fit for a King are seemingly chewing on through their heavy-as-hell new single, “Lonely God” — which is likewise the title track of their newly-announced eighth album. The track begins with high tension industrialized ambiance before ripping into a low-tuned, percussive brutalism. Above all that, Fit for a King lay it out that everything’s gone to hell around us (“The world’s on fire and it’s ticking like a timebomb”).

1 week ago | revolvermag.com | Gregory Adams

Long Island, New York, metalcore veterans Stray From the Path are capping a nearly 25-year career with the surprise release of a brand-new album. The band’s swan song, titled Clockworked, is out now.

1 week ago | revolvermag.com | Gregory Adams

Halestorm are taking themselves to the top with a new hard rock anthem, which coincidentally happens to be the title track to their forthcoming album, Everest. The new song is the second preview of the band’s upcoming sixth full-length, following the lighter-waving “Darkness Always Wins.” This time around, Halestorm prop themselves up with a broodingly chugged pace and Lzzy Hale’s lines around pain, struggle and finding the power to persevere.

1 week ago | revolvermag.com | Gregory Adams

Here at Revolver, we're always on the hunt for new songs to bang our heads to — indeed, it's a big part of our jobs. With that in mind, here are the tracks released this week in blackgaze, shanty-metal, melodeath and more that have been on heavy rotation at Revolver HQ. For your listening pleasure, we've also compiled the songs in an ever-evolving Spotify playlist. First things first: All hats off for Avatar’s bonkers new video, which is a visual treasure to behold.

1 week ago | revolvermag.com | Gregory Adams

Just over a month out from Black Sabbath’s monumental and star-studded last concert in Birmingham, UK, Ozzy Osbourne has revealed he’s been training for his long-awaited return to the stage. As previously reported, Osbourne used his Ozzy Speaks SiriusXM radio show earlier in the year to note that he won’t be playing a full set with Sabbath, but rather performing “little bits and pieces” with the group when they hit the stage July 5th at Birmingham’s Villa Park.