‘Kill the Creator’ and ‘Real’ are the first songs on the album to really showcase Code Orange’s experimentation. The titular ‘Forever’ kicks the record off with pitch-shifted and distorted vocals, and immediately bursts into an absolute sonic onslaught similar to how ‘I Am King’ opened the group’s last record. While Code Orange transitioned to longstanding metal label Roadrunner Records for this release, they worked again with Converge guitarist and extreme music engineer extraordinaire Kurt Ballou, and his presence is definitely noticeable within the album’s initial tracks.

As that album expanded upon the sounds that the band was experimenting with on 2012’s Love Is Love // Return To Dust, their third album Forever picks up where I Am King left off and brings even more to the table. It brought together crushing riffs, earth-rumbling production, and varying vocal styles that kept the album captivating from front to back.

imprint, was a huge milestone in the band’s career and in the modern pantheon of metallic hardcore albums. 2014’s I Am King, released under the Deathwish Inc. Dating back to their debut EP Cycles in 2011, and even when they were still going by Code Orange Kids, the Pittsburgh band has held only one mission: to let people know they’re going to do whatever they want to do. For nearly a decade, Code Orange has been pushing the boundaries of hardcore and metal music.

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