I AM KING

Personnel: Reba Meyers, Eric Balderose (vocals, guitar); Jami Morgan (vocals, drums). Audio Mixer: Kurt Ballou. Recording information: God City Studios; The Braddock Hit Factory, Braddock, PA; The Pit, Van Nuys, CA. Photographer: Kimi Hanauer. With a new (or, at the very least, shorter) name, Code Orange return with their sophomore effort, I Am King, an album that finds the band pushing its metalcore sound to punishing new extremes. Once again working under the watchful eye of Converge guitarist and engineer Kurt Ballou, the band unleashes a 30-minute assault of gritty, frenzied metalcore that pays homage to the early days of the genre rather than the watered-down, mall-centric metal that has grown up in its place. The combination of Code Orange's vigor and intensity and Ballou's abrasive production makes I Am King an album that will easily convince fans of bands like Converge and Coalesce that this band is the real thing. ~ Gregory Heaney

• Genre: Pop
• RSD Date: n/a
• Format: CD
• Released: 09/02/2014