Memphis May Fire aren’t pulling punches on their return. The Texas-bred metalcore mainstays have announced their new album Broken, arriving November 16 via Rise Records, and they’ve kicked the door open with the lead single “The Old Me” — a track that trades stadium-sized bravado for something a lot more human.

Listen to “The Old Me” here: https://youtu.be/5Py-W946JLo

If Memphis May Fire have always specialized in the cathartic gut-punch, “The Old Me” might be their most disarming yet. Vocalist Matty Mullins is unflinching about the song’s origins, opening up on a subject that too many bands still dance around.

“‘The Old Me’ is about my struggle with anxiety and depression,” Mullins said. “What feels like a war between good and evil, loathing the person I become mentally when it consumes me, and trying to remember what life was like before I lived with the symptoms. Ultimately hoping to one day become that person — ‘The Old Me’ — again.”

That kind of honesty sets the tone for Broken, a ten-track record that looks like it’ll do exactly what the title suggests — dig into the fractured places and see what’s still worth holding onto. The tracklist reads like a roadmap through the wreckage: “The Old Me,” “Watch Out,” “Sell My Soul,” “Who I Am,” “Heavy Is the Weight,” “Over It,” “Fool,” “Mark My Words,” “You and Me,” and “Live Another Day.”

Pre-orders for Broken are live now, and Memphis May Fire aren’t waiting around to bring these songs to the pit. The band will spend the fall on the road with Atreyu and Ice Nine Kills — a lineup that reads like a heavy-music fan’s dream shift at the merch table — with a headline stop in Lakewood, OH thrown in for good measure.

Memphis May Fire Fall Tour Dates (with Atreyu + Ice Nine Kills):

11/9 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren
11/10 — Albuquerque, NM — El Rey Theater
11/12 — San Antonio, TX — The Aztec Theater
11/13 — Houston, TX — House of Blues
11/14 — Baton Rouge, LA — Varsity Theatre
11/16 — Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Revolution Live
11/17 — Tampa, FL — Ritz Ybor
11/19 — Atlanta, GA — Buckhead Theatre
11/20 — Greensboro, NC — The Cone Denim Entertainment Center
11/21 — Baltimore, MD — Baltimore Soundstage
11/23 — Harrisburg, PA — Capitol Room — HMAC
11/24 — Sayreville, NJ — Starland Ballroom
11/25 — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club
11/27 — New York, NY — Gramercy Theatre
11/28 — Rochester, NY — Anthology
11/29 — Lakewood, OH — The Foundry (MMF Headline Show with INK)
11/30 — Detroit, MI — Majestic Theatre
12/1 — Ft. Wayne, IN — Piere’s Entertainment Center
12/2 — Chicago, IL — House of Blues
12/4 — Denver, CO — Summit Music Hall
12/5 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Depot
12/6 — Boise, ID — The Knitting Factory
12/7 — Seattle, WA — El Corazon
12/8 — Portland, OR — Hawthorne Theater
12/10 — Sacramento, CA — Ace of Spades
12/11 — San Francisco, CA — The Fillmore
12/12 — San Diego, CA — House of Blues
12/13 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues

Broken drops November 16 via Rise Records. Stream “The Old Me” now, pre-order the album, and grab a ticket before the room fills up — this one’s shaping up to be a heavy chapter in the Memphis May Fire story.