Hatebreed have announced Fatal Paradox, their first new album in six years. Ahead of its November 6th release, the band has unleashed the first single, “Kill Count Increase.”
“Kill Count Increase” is in all ways classic Hatebreed in the best possible way. The line between thrash and hardcore in what they do is razor thin. The drums rage like a D-beat Brann Dailor with wild fills aplenty providing plenty of feral energy, the guitars sit somewhere between early thrash and the kind of metallic hardcore pioneered by Converge and Coalesce.
Frontman Jamey Jasta, meanwhile, continues to show why he’s one of the best vocalists hardcore has ever seen, delivering a performance that showcases the politically charged lyrics with full clarity but still delivered with the kind of bellowing force of someone screaming at the top of their lungs.
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Jasta said of the track, “‘Kill Count Increase’ is the lead track on Fatal Paradox and a perfect way of summing up our first album in six years from the start. It’s straightforward, in-your-face Hatebreed. Fast. Hard. It gets down to business and comes up for air two-and-a-half minutes later. The room and everyone in it gets wrecked and comes back wanting more.”
Hatebreed are currently finishing up the Summer Slaughter tour, where they are this year’s headliner alongside bands like Incantation and Devourment. The band then has a long run of dates taking them from August into October in North America including a show supporting Slayer on their Minnesota date for the 40th anniversary of Reign in Blood, as well as a date supporting Turnstile on their tour. Get tickets for Hatebreed’s upcoming shows here.
Watch the video for “Kill Count Increase” and see the artwork and tracklist for Fatal Paradox below.
Fatal Paradox Artwork:
Fatal Paradox Tracklist:
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 2026 Tour Dates:
07/21 – St. Louis, MO @ Pop’s Nightclub ^
07/22 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere’s Entertainment Center ^
07/23 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre ^
07/24 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom ^
08/19 — Mack’s Creek, MO @ Gathering of the Juggalos
08/20 — Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey
08/21 — Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
08/22 — Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
08/23 — Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
08/24 — Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
08/25 — Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
08/26 — Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
08/28 — Edmonton, AB @ Pawn Shop Live
08/29 — Calgary, AB @ The Arrowhead
08/30 — Regina, SK @ Casino Regina Show Lounge
08/31 — Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
09/02 — Sioux Falls, SD @ The District
09/03 — Kansas City, MO @ Warehouse on Broadway
09/04 — Shakopee, MN @ Mystic Lake Amphitheater (Supporting Slayer)
09/05 — Davenport, IA @ Capitol Theatre
09/06 — Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
09/08 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
09/09 — Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
09/10 — Albany, NY @ Empire Live
09/11 — Quebec, QC @ Envol et Macadam
09/12 — Ottawa, ON @ The Bronson
09/13 — Norwalk, CT @ District Music Hall
09/19 — Pinellas Park, FL @ England Brothers Park (Supporting Turnstile)
10/10 — Birmingham, AL @ Furnace Fest
^ = Summer Slaughter date