Memphis May Fire aren’t easing back into the conversation — they’re kicking the door down. The Texas metalcore mainstays have announced their new album, Broken, arriving November 16 via Rise Records, and if the first single is any indication, this record is going to hit where it hurts (in the best possible way).

The lead single, “The Old Me,” is a gut-punch of a song that trades in easy anthemics for something far more honest. Vocalist Matty Mullins doesn’t dance around the subject matter, either. “‘The Old Me’ is about my struggle with anxiety and depression,” he shared. “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.”

It’s the kind of statement that could feel heavy-handed in less capable hands, but Memphis May Fire have always been at their best when they’re bleeding on the track. Give it a spin here: https://youtu.be/5Py-W946JLo

Broken clocks in at ten tracks, and the titles alone read like a diary you probably shouldn’t be reading: “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.” Consider us intrigued.

BROKEN TRACK LISTING
1. The Old Me
2. Watch Out
3. Sell My Soul
4. Who I Am
5. Heavy Is the Weight
6. Over It
7. Fool
8. Mark My Words
9. You and Me
10. Live Another Day

Not content to just drop a record and call it a year, Memphis May Fire are hitting the road this fall on a stacked run with Atreyu and Ice Nine Kills — a lineup that basically guarantees your voice will be shot by the encore. The tour rolls through Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, and wraps in Anaheim, with a headline stop in Lakewood, OH on 11/29 alongside Ice Nine Kills.

MEMPHIS MAY FIRE ON TOUR (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 — Pierre’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. Pre-orders are live now — go grab yours, stream “The Old Me,” and start warming up your voice for the tour. This one feels like it’s going to matter.