Fit For A King is a metalcore outfit from Dallas, TX. The band is signed to Solid State Records, and has released 3 full-length albums through the label and 1 independently. Their most recent release, Deathgrip, was their most successful yet. With more than 1.5m streams in it's first week, they also sold just shy of 8,000 copies. Their flexibly is showcased in their ability to tour with a wide scope of acts, from metalcore, to metal, to hardcore. Highlights include supporting acts such as August Burns Red, Beartooth, and participating three times on the Vans Warped Tour. The result of their agenda is not only a catalogue of commanding metal music, but a compelling and well-built voice, one that rests on the willing shoulders of a band set on being open handed. Fit For A King is composed of Ryan Kirby (vocals), Bobby Lynge (guitar), Jared Easterling (drums) and Ryan O’Leary (bass/clean vocals).

In Humor and Sadness, the debut album from ’68, demonstrates the loud beauty of alarming simplicity. A guy bashing his drums, another dude wielding a guitar like a percussive, blunt weapon while howling into a mic somehow manages to sound bigger and brasher than the computerized bombast of every six-piece metal band. A splash of roots, a soulful yearning for mid century Americana and the fiery passion of post punk ferocity rampages over a record of earnestly forceful tracks like a runaway locomotive.