News: King’s Hammer Unleashes Debut Single ‘Vehement Zeal’
New Christian Death Metal Project Makes a Raw and Righteous Entrance
If you’ve been starving for death metal with bite, backbone, and biblical fury, King’s Hammer just served your next meal.
Today marks the official release of “Vehement Zeal,” the debut single from King’s Hammer, a brutal new force in the Christian extreme metal underground. Fronted by Chuck Weatherman (best known for his work with Shovelhead A.D.), this single is the first glimpse into the band’s upcoming five-song EP To Speak in Tongues, set to drop June 13 via a joint release from Broken Curfew Records and Rottweiler Records.
“Vehement Zeal” sounds like it crawled out of the early ’90s OSDM (old-school death metal) scene, baptized in fire, and sent to tear down strongholds. There’s no overproduction here. No polish. Just raw riffage, violent low-end chugs, blastbeats from the abyss, and a voice that sounds like it clawed its way out of the Psalms of War.
“I went for a rough, raw early ‘90s OSDM kind of sound,” says Chuck Weatherman.
The single wastes no time. With lyrics rooted in conviction and music that punches like Suffocation meets Mortification in a dark alley, it sets the tone for a band with no interest in compromise. This is Christian metal weaponized.
For fans of: Mortification, Vengeance Rising, Dying Fetus, Suffocation, Seventh Angel, Hate Eternal, Broken Flesh, and yes—even Pantera.
The full EP To Speak in Tongues drops on Friday, June 13, a date already soaked in metal mythology. Whether coincidence or spiritual appointment, the message is clear: King’s Hammer is here, and they’re swinging for skulls.
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Vehement Zeal (lyrics)
Loneliness is my bride
Without it then I would die
I came from nothing
to nothing I’ll return
Another body made savage
And a soul be one with He
Stagnation
Ruination
Crush the throat of the wicked
Sword of the spirit,
Vehement zeal
This weapon of the Christ
My mind a battered ship,
ripping through the sea,
Hate and darkness burning
In the furnace pushing me,
Pain and hatred fuel
A fervor in the sea
My lighthouse is the Father
Rip and tearing towards His light
Stagnation
Ruination
Crush the skull of the wicked
Sword of the spirit,
Vehement zeal
This weapon of the Christ
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