KING 810 have dropped ‘Blood, Rum & Rhythm’, the first taste of their upcoming LP K7: Rustbelt Nu Metal 2 and it’s every bit as unhinged and unfiltered as you’d expect from Flint’s most volatile export.
Recorded live on the summer solstice (June 22) in front of just 45 people, K7RBNM2 was captured in a single day without samples, keyboards, synths, or even a click track. This is KING 810 stripped to the bone, the sound of a band throwing themselves headfirst into the moment. The session was tracked by Chuck Alkazian and then mixed and mastered by Josh Schroeder, giving the recording a raw, immediate edge that mirrors the grittiness of their live shows.
KING 810 ‘Blood, Rum & Rhythm’ Video
Directed and edited by Bryce Mata, the ‘Blood, Rum & Rhythm’ video is a fever dream of macabre imagery and voodoo soaked ritual. Lyrically, it’s KING 810 at their most twistedly poetic. Toasting the pope’s death, grinding bones to powder and dancing with death itself. The repeated, maniacal refrain of “HA HA HA the baron laughs” drives home the song’s carnival of the damned atmosphere.
A Direct Hit To The Senses
The track leans heavily into rhythm driven menace, with a groove that feels less like a nu-metal bounce and more like a death march. Frontman David Gunn delivers his lines effortlessly, equal parts threat and invitation. It’s grim, it’s theatrical, and it’s delivered with the sort of conviction that makes KING 810 impossible to ignore.
Pre Order K7: Rustbelt Nu Metal 2
‘Blood, Rum & Rhythm’ continues the world building KING 810 began on K6: Rustbelt Nu Metal, but with an even looser, more primal approach. If Part 1 was a statement of intent, Part 2 looks set to be the band’s most dangerous offering yet.
Pre-order K7: Rustbelt Nu Metal 2 here: king810.com
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