“Soul Tied” drags Faith In Vain back into the spotlight with the heaviness that comes like an exorcism. Formed in 2016, this Midwestern metalcore force has always blended melodic metalcore, deathcore, and nu-metal, but here they sound sharper and more focused than ever, using their rebranded lineup – Ginger on vocals, Tommy and Ryan on guitars, Tater on drums – to aim straight at the silent battles men fight in toxic relationships and mental health spirals. Recorded at Rock Hill Sound in Detroit with producer Adam Shepard, and dropping on 26 December 2025, it arrives like a long-awaited gut punch.
The track opens with slow, mesmerizing orchestral music that creeps in like storm clouds on the horizon, setting a dark, cinematic mood. Then all hell breaks loose, as raging, frustrated guttural screams tear through the calm, and drums start pounding with barely contained fury, and the guitars grind and chug menacingly beneath it all. The music mirrors the lyrics’ raw vulnerability, especially when he sings, “There’s a pain inside of me that will not leave / I can’t sleep / I cannot breathe,” turning breakdown into catharsis.
Faith In Vain lean into contrasts, with orchestral ambience versus sledgehammer riffs, collapse and empowerment in the same breath. The lines, “We are only one whole part of two” and “I’ve lost myself (there’s nothing left)” throw us head-on into the terrifying loss of self inside a broken bond, while the chorus and climactic repetitions remind us of someone clawing their way back from the edge.
With the gists of Wage War, Polaris, After The Burial, and Lamb of God, Faith In Vain brings a brutal and honest self into “Soul Tied,” where he turns pain into a lifeline. Check out the impeccably produced music video on YouTube, where the frontman suffocates in the hands of an abusive lover.
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Review by: Naomi Joan