During a recent appearance on The Kevin Powell Podcast, Hatebreed’s Matt Byrne discussed the band’s upcoming album. According to him, the “new material is way thrashier.”
Byrne said the following:
“I think this new material is way thrashier. There’s always a tinge of metal to HATEBREED. I think a lot of people try to kind of pigeonhole us as a hardcore band, but I think over the years we’ve just gone way more metal. There is still the hardcore punk vibe to us, but I think the new stuff is way more metal, thrashy, fast, SLAYER-esque, if I may use that term. That’s kind of the direction we’re going in right now, but there’s still a lot of groove to it. It’s definitely the heaviest stuff that we’ve written to date. I know that can be a cliché thing with bands — ‘Watch out, everybody. It’s the coolest stuff,’ or whatever they say — but it’s true. It’s true. It really is. So I’m excited for everyone to hear the other stuff too.”
He also added the following about their 2026 plans:
“New record, new music. It’s a new era of the band. We’ve had some lineup changes. We dealt with some curve balls this summer, some health stuff. So we’re coming out on top, we’re grinding through, we’re coming out on top. And, yeah — new production. We’re just stepping up the show 100% and just forging onward.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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