GRAMMY-nominated hardcore veterans HATEBREED have unleashed the title track from their long-awaited ninth studio album, Fatal Paradox, arriving November 6 via BLKIIBLK.
Clocking in at under three minutes, “Fatal Paradox” delivers a groove-driven blast of metallic hardcore built around crushing riffs and the kind of punishing breakdowns that have defined HATEBREED for nearly three decades. The track arrives alongside an official visualizer and offers another preview of the Connecticut heavyweights’ first studio album since 2020’s Weight of the False Self.
Fatal Paradox finds HATEBREED once again working with longtime collaborator Zeuss, whose credits include Rob Zombie, Accept, and Shadows Fall. The upcoming record promises the band’s familiar collision of hardcore, metal, thrash, d-beats, breakdowns, and gang-vocal intensity while maintaining the themes of perseverance and self-empowerment that have remained central to their music.
The album’s previously released “Kill Count Increase” leans heavily into crossover thrash, pairing accelerating tempos and crushing riffs with frontman Jamey Jasta’s unmistakable bark. Elsewhere, tracks including “Total Invincible” explore the band’s thrashier side, while “The Carrion Choir” and “Truth Is A Lion” dive directly into the hardcore attack at the foundation of HATEBREED’s sound.
Fatal Paradox will also feature a guest appearance from Obituary vocalist John Tardy on “Sacrifice Season.”
The new album marks the latest chapter in a career stretching back more than three decades. Early releases Under The Knife and Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire helped establish HATEBREED as a defining force in metallic hardcore before albums including Perseverance, The Rise of Brutality, and Supremacy pushed the band onto increasingly larger stages worldwide.
More recent records The Concrete Confessional and Weight of the False Self have continued that trajectory, while the band’s “Looking Down The Barrel Of Today” is approaching 130 million global streams. HATEBREED have also sold more than 1.5 million albums in North America.
HATEBREED are currently headlining Summer Slaughter and will remain on the road throughout the coming months, including appearances supporting Slayer and Turnstile as well as a performance at Furnace Fest.
Fatal Paradox Track Listing
- “Kill Count Increase”
- “The Carrion Choir”
- “Decisions Become Destinies”
- “Total Invincible”
- “Fatal Paradox”
- “Still A Threat”
- “Sacrifice Season” (feat. John Tardy)
- “Truth Is A Lion”
- “Make The Demons Obey”
- “None Left To Save”
- “Poison Planet”
HATEBREED On Tour
August 26 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
August 28 – Edmonton, AB – Pawn Shop Live*
August 29 – Calgary, AB – The Arrowhead
August 30 – Regina, SK – Casino Regina Show Lounge
August 31 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
September 2 – Sioux Falls, SD – The District
September 3 – Kansas City, MO – Warehouse on Broadway
September 4 – Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater (Supporting Slayer)
September 5 – Davenport, IA – Capitol Theatre
September 6 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
September 8 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre
September 9 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
September 10 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
September 11 – Quebec, QC – Envol et Macadam*
September 12 – Ottawa, ON – The Bronson
September 13 – Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall
September 19 – Pinellas Park, FL – England Brothers Park (Supporting Turnstile)
October 10 – Birmingham, AL – Furnace Fest*
*Festival date
HATEBREED lineup
Jamey Jasta – Vocals
Wayne Lozinak – Guitar
Frank Novinec – Guitar
Matt Byrne – Drums
Carl Schwartz – Bass
Fatal Paradox arrives November 6 via BLKIIBLK