Fit For A King - 'The Hell We Create' is actually really good | Full Album Reaction Highlights
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The new drummer is incredible, he brings so much. Both Ryans have improved vocally tho. Great album!
Did the former drummer leave?
@@waldi7080 yes, last year. He's now drumming for Koe Wetzel.
@@EzPulsy do you know why?
@@waldi7080 The band said it was an opportunity he couldn't refuse. It was too big
@@EzPulsy oh wow, thanks for the info!
I heard ryan talk to nik about criticism and he said he saw someone say that they "held back" with The Path and he agreed so they didnt want to hold themselves back with this one
It definitely seems like they did after listening to this album
They made the critics hold the beer
@@GLUTENX this album is incredible bro
@@GLUTENX This album is really damn solid my guy
@@ryanbollinger1759 I can't name 1 bad song on it. Love em all
Heavy, melodic, emotional - this record is a 100% hit for me, I put this as one of the greatest albums of 2022 for sure
"The Hell We Create" is a banger off the top. The song has a real metalcore sound. That outro sounds like some of KsE, and those fast kicks really get me "Reaper" would be sick live. Amazing cleans by Ryan. Their new drummer I think stands out on this album. It's FFAK, so their hearts are seen on this album. 🤘
If you’re wondering, their drummer is also apart of Invent Animate, that in itself explains why the bands drumming is reall good in this album
@@MigIgg To which I started listening to Invent Animate again. A definitely solid drummer.
I’m seeing them next week let’s fucking go the pits gonna be crazy
Ryan has got some awesome lows. Would love to hear more of those deep growls.
I really dig this album a lot. Pretty sure I also read an interview with Ryan Kirby where he talked about the lyrical content. A lot of it has to do with his wife surviving a stroke and more has to do with the trauma their adopted children have gone through. Knowing that makes the album hit so much harder
Well, we can definitely say they have come to their senses again and have made one of the biggest comebacks. This album definitely feel like a journey, which is what I try to experience with every album.
Another solid record from them. It’s fairly by the books and lacks some of the grit from the Slave To Nothing / Disease era, but the melodies are perhaps the best they’ve ever been. They definitely didn’t sell out or lose their flare, just went in a slightly different direction.
Absolutely loved the journey through this album, I thought fit for a king did a great job with song placement because it kept me entertained the whole time and so much versatility and diversity through each song
definitely top 5 metalcore albums of the year! love ffak!
The albums have what the last album was lacking : variations within the songs.
Last record was alternating between songs with boring and generic havy songs and decent soft songs.
I love that in this album this is real singles, with cleans and screams, with heavy and soft in the same song. The songs feels like big metalcore song, not just filler songs.
Thanks for this video. I was feeling depressed today, and watching you react to my favorite metal band really helped me out. Keep it up, man.
Of course man, I'm glad I was able to provide some entertainment and escape for you! Keep being strong :)
Hope you’re doing better today mate!!
Without pointing anything out - I'm genuinely happy with this release.
I love this album. I feel like its's the perfect mixture of heavy and melodic; and I'm all in for that. This is going to be an album I recommend to my friends if they want something heavy, but not the Lorna Shore kind of heavy.
I listened to this album endlessly and can confirm u r right, Reaching Out and Eyes Roll Back are probably the two best songs
I adore “Fracture”
Second this
Third this
His cleans on this album remind me so much of Andy from Crown the Empire. This album is simply CTE x AILD. It’s really good. I think it’ll sneak in to my top 10 albums of the year
Actually in Reaching Out is another Ryan's clean vocals
I'm so glad I pre-ordered this album. Definitely hit that metalcore spot I had been missing
One of my favorite bands and I'm so happy Ryan and them wrote this killer album. I can't wait for the next album already(or that deathcore EP he teased)
flawless album in my opinion
I haven’t been a FFAK fan since Slave To Nothing but this album brought me back
Kirby has always had the chops, but damn this album everything just seems so much more refined
This album is phenomenal. This year has been outstanding, so many 10/10 releases
Reaching out got some The devil wears prada vibe ngl if that's what you were looking for ahah but yeah for an album following The path, this one is freaking good honestly. We got the rough FFAK and the melodic one with some experimentation that goes really well with their sounds. Can't wait to catch them back on tour ♥️
I love that you dug this album.
The band said they want to create a mix between Dark Skies and The Path and that's what this album is to me!
I love this album a lot more than I thought I would
This album is amazing. Im hooked
i've only listened through it once, but overall i like it. my favourite is still End, i think because i connect with the subject matter of the song, but also the energy and riffs. Eyes Roll Back though felt a bit more like Creation/Destruction era to me, which I was a fan of, just heavy as hell.
The Path was pretty mid to me. I loved parts of it but ultimately, it didn't click the same way Dark Skies did when I first got into this band. I didn't have high hopes for this record because I thought they'd stick to that sound. But....This album is like Dark Skies 2.0 and I love it. I think if you're a longtime fan of metalcore and FFAK, you'll love The Hell We Create. Realistically though, I don't think its extremely innovative as it's pretty generic metalcore at times, but Its an A grade metalcore record. I only mention that because so many fans claim to hate generic metalcore, trash bands they don't like, yet they simultaneously praise new generic records for AOTY every week lmao
I wouldn’t call this Dark Skies 2.0. It has quite a few lighter songs, the only “heavy” ones on the new record are Eyes Roll Back and Reaper. And the wide, melodic choruses that characterized Dark Skies in songs like Engraved, Youth Division, and Oblivion aren’t anywhere to be found.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying THWC, but it’s pretty old school style metalcore that’s predictable. Remember the first time you heard those Backbreaker screams that tore right down to your soul or those wicked blast beats in Oblivion? The sound and feeling captured in Dark Skies to me seems noticeably absent.
Oh man... give me a f**king break. All that stuff about innovation and etc is lame. Bands don't need to reinvent the whole genre every time they release a new record. The only thing that matters at the end of the day - is it a good record or not. The hell we create is a nice mix of Phinehas and Wage War with pinch of deathcore. Does it sounds generic to some degree? Absolutely. But people do love old generic metalcore. Just wrap it in the modern production and I'll take two:)
This album slaps! Got a bit of everything!
This album has everything. Classic metalcore sound. The real heavy, the soft, catchy chorus' its a good ride!
OMG. Love this so much
It goes just so hard man
In one day I have listened to this album around 8 times
“WERE BURNING DOWN AT BOTH ENDs!!!!!!” Fuckin sick part of that song!!!
I think FFAK is in a league of their own right now. They are just too good!!!!
Please give The Gloom In The Corner's new album Trinity a listen. Even if you don't do a full album reaction on stream/youtube, you'll love it guaranteed. So many switch-ups in style and the lore is awesome too. It's my AOTY for sure, over Lorna Shore, FFAK, Slipknot, even Tallah once it comes out. They used to be a top 4 band for me, but now they're my favoruite after this album release.
Even if you only react to the song Behemoth off the album since Sharptone released a music video for it. It's completely different to the other singles.
New album is insane. I liked their previous stuff but this is something else. They manage to make a busy and complex record without loosing catchiness. The melodies are beautiful and the heavy moments hits incredibly well. i love that they brought so many guests, it adds to the mind-blowing effect. For their first real album it's absolutely incredible, it really shows that they already have a few Ep's before because no one can put a first thing as good as this.
@@str1897 completely agree with everything you said. I'm so glad I live in the same state as them so i can see them live because they're incredible.
This album slams.
This reminds me of manic from wage war. has a little bit from their old old stuff, I mean, sink below would've fit right in on the album dark skies. then reaper was very 'the path' esc. and then they throw in a bunch of new stuff in there. im so spoiled this year between manic, this album and nothing more's new album
This bad boy is actually a candidate to my top-9 aoty: quite different, yet dynamic, heavy, emotional. And way better than The Path imo. I even start to guess they returned a bit to Dark Skies formula in this release.
Falling Through the Sky, Eyes Roll Back are remarkable and standout for me
8:45 reminded me of Aaron Pauley from Of Mice & Men for a moment )
the gloom in the corner - trinity is 🔥🔥🔥
In my top 5 albums of the year.
Dark sky's is still my favorite though.
Eyes Roll Back is the highlight in my opinion.
10:04 i thought exactly the same
React to the new Fire from the Gods album!
Somehow gives me Phinehas vibes. Absolutely love this new album.
This album reminded me a lot of Phinehas' The Fire Itself. Granted, both bands share a member. It's cool, in my opinion.
Edit: regarding your review of this album not having the highs of The Path, I kind of felt that way initially, until I realized that this opinion could be biased due to The Path not having that many memorable tracks. So, when we got to the title track and Louder Voice, they stood out the most. However, in an overall solid album, pin-pointing a standout can be a bit difficult, hence the impression of the album not having that high.
Who’s the member?
@@johnathanwilson1363 Daniel Gailey does guitar and backing vocals for both bands.
this is suchhhhh a good album. added 6 of the 10 to my playlist, Metalcore Mansion
If you don't know whose band this album and only listen, you will thinking this is
As I lay Dying band.
4:00 It reminds me of Prey from Parkway Drive
Gotta be honest.
This album was good
The Path was also really good
The only problem I had with this album was the lyrical content. I know I'm a slant plant simp, but the lyrics felt substantially worse than The Path, and leagues worse than Dark Skies
Not all of the songs had weak lyrics, Fracture, and the one with Tuckers lyrics as the chorus, were really well made.
Overall, solid album. We'll never get another Dark Skies, but this honestly gives me plenty of nostalgia.
Also even better that once more, Fit For a King comes through with releasing a motivational album during such a trying time.
Much love to the band, can't wait to see them again soon
This is what great metalcore is.
I agree with you on this. There is not a standout song. But the album is just so consistent and FFAK went 10 songs out of 10 on this.
@@FKaga eyes roll back is stand out for me
This is what generic metalcore is***
I very much appreciate the minimal use of djentcore, the guitar tones generally feel thick and meaty. As an album it has a very good flow from start to finish, tho I would agree nothing stood out too much. On par with dark skies in my opinion, depending on the day probably my favorite ffak album. Feels complete
im in a love
it’s way better than i thought it’d be. 7.8/10
I ended up really enjoying the album which I honestly wasn’t expecting, BUT I felt like almost every song starts in the same way. And maybe it’s just that generic metalcore intro, but it did start to bug me after a while. Overall tho it was above my expectations, solid album.
React to Dead Crown - Konec (ep) 🔥
This album made me feel like a metalhead in my early 20s again. I'm not necessarily saying it was a nostalgic album but I felt that familiar happiness and energy listening to the whole thing. I listened to it 3 times in a row at work on Friday and I felt great.
I had a lot of high expectations from this album from the very moment Reaper was released. It increased even more when End came out. But I found myself unimpressed by the other singles and I was barely listening to the singles that I liked when it came out. So by the time the album came out, I was expecting it to be a worse version of The Path (which I actually really liked). But boy was I wrong. This album was absolutely phenomenal. Not exactly from start to finish but I have been listening to on repeat. I felt like it slowed down a little bit around the end but What You Left Behind really brought back my intrest. Easily my favorite track. Eyes Roll Back was fucking sick too.
Overall, it's definitely in my Top 5 albums of the year so far. Ryan has really shown off his vocal range here and I'm glad they're finally using Daniel Gailey to almost his full potential. Overall I personally give this album a 8.5/10
I love this album
Tis pretty good fam
I just love how he talks about apathy
When most, if not all the mods in his discord server are extremely apathetic and uncaring
You love to see it
agreed 100% also might be one of their best new albums as well and the one before that one in 2020 or whenever also it did the only vocalist from another band the ghost inside lead singer Johnthan vigil on track 6 the only collaboration on the album/tracklist which is kind of baffling and weird. cinematic brakedowns sound badass more bands need to do that as far as any genre of metal. reaper track 5 kind of also sounds badass like the track high horse from wage war's album last year whatever track number it was from the album oh never mind it is track number 4
fav album of the year behind color decay. 10/10.
This album was absolutely ridiculous and I had no clue FFAK would have a come back like this
This album is great, but I would definitely recommend listening to Trinity by The Gloom In The Corner it's a wild experience to say the least
Am I the only one who only enjoyed maybe 2 songs on this album?
Man this album is everything I wished The Path was musically and lyrically. I feel like the path was just a little too boring. Safe maybe. It had great moments for sure like prophet, but thwc is solid all the way through.
Did a couple listen throughs and it’s better than the Path imo. Love the production, all the instruments and the vocals sound huge. Who produced and mixed it?
Fir For A King, The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I, Electric Callboy, Alter Bridge, I Prevail, Coldrain, Bleed From Within, Motionless In White, Cancer Bats, Korn, Slipknot, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hollywood Undead, 2022 for sure it's a BIGGG years for my taste of music, what a comeback from this pandemic disaster.
I love FFAK and The Path and THWC have been mildly disappointing. Eyes roll back and THWC are the best ones
I’ll still see them when they headline, but there is nothing impressive to me about this album. It has nice grooves, melodies, and breakdowns, but I’d still rank it below The Path.
I love this album 🙌🏻
09/10
This album is Dark Skies’s twin brother and I love it. That’s all I want from this band and they delivered.
Idk about that. I feel like it’s the path part 2
It arrived yesterday...listened to it 3 times now and every song is great...no filler here...a banger!
FFAK doing what they do best, making fun metalcore. Another banger from the boys!
This album have such old BFMV vibes
I agree big time!
React to Crooked Royals please, they are soo 🔥
Was wondering if we'd get this reaction.
Now back to wondering if we'll get a gloom reaction too
So much great music dropping right now... is there any chance you could do an album reaction to Demon Hunter's "Exile," Bogdan??
It was weird to add every single non single to my playlist (except fracture). What can you say, this album is so, so good overall. Hard to pick favorites, but Reaching Out and Eyes Roll Back are up there.
Absolute crusher of an album. Might even beat out Dark Skies for me with more listens, which is my favorite since Creation/Destruction
I'm not sure I like any song enough to play any songs on repeat, but I like the album enough that I will be throwing it on to listen to with regularity. 9 of 10 for me, only thing that it would need to be 10 for would be to have some far and above standouts
The hype for this album is throwing me for a loop. I’ve listened to it 3-4 times through so far and it’s just very… mediocre. The only songs that really stand out are End and What You Left Behind. The rest are just kind of boring and the heavy tracks are so forced that they hurt to listen to
I’m enjoying it but I understand your perspective 100%. I feel like the two heavy songs are only there because fans wanted the Dark Skies heaviness so FFAK just forced them, when really they wanted a lighter album. Personally I think even The Path was better than this one. And Dark Skies was in a tier of its own.
@@justdidit3933 Yessir. I really wish metalcore fans would stop harassing bands anytime they aren't writing 0-0-0 breakdowns/heavy for the sake of being heavy songs. The genre really needs experimentation because it's starting to get stale I'm afraid.
It's hilarious because I've seen a bunch of people with this opinion, but their 2 stand put songs are all different from each other. Basically the whole album has been listed at this point by people with the "mediocre album" take.
I REALLY enjoyed this album. My fav from FFAK.
Its an decent record! I hear alot as I laying influence
Times Like This is sick. Gimme 16ths in a chorus
It's a little too standard metalcore for my taste these days.
Love Is Noise - Euphoria, Where Were You? took the release week for me personally. You should check out their track Movement. Big Loathe vibes.
pleasently surprised by this album. Definitely in my top 10 albums of the year
Non Singles are better than the Singles
I just really wish they’d stick with their heavier sound. This is the best version of their melodic stuff. But even when it’s good, it’s still generic.
As much as I loved this album, the breakdown of "What You Left Behind" brought up my trauma from "A Day To Remember - Brick Wall"
i'm so happy with this ffak album, sometimes we need a classic and cliche metalcore, for me the best of the year so far.
Very solid album from FFAK! I agree that every song is great. The Path was weaker and more cliche imo but it had some great songs. Dark Skies was phenomenal as well, but I think as a cohesive unit, this is my favorite album since Deathgrip. My favorite songs have to be The Hell We Create, End (The Other Side), Eyes Roll Back, and What You Left Behind.
You should do the Lorna shore album reaction.
There only 1 singer
There’s two, their bassist “Tuck” sings the intro/chorus on Reaching Out; also sings the intro on What You Left Behind. 👍🏻
@@Avenged7Fold923 backup singing
I mean its not a bad album, but its really not interesting to hear at all. No hate, but its there is nothing new here, but I think I get this feeling since the The Gloom in the Corner LP dropped on the same day, and their record is SO much more interesting to hear for me. Just my opinion, dont wanna spread any bad mood
Unfortunately people like you get opinions lol
@@Johnty270 ?
@@Johnty270 Unfortunately people like you exist
I'm not against clean vocals but these absolutely does not fit
I haven't listened to this album enough to get one compact feeling on it. For me it is a good album, but it doesn't feel special for me. I am always waiting for those special ones.
My fav AOTY is Stray From The Path Euthanasia. 😂😂