Fit for a King (band)

Fit for a King
Fit for a King performing on Warped Tour 2015 in Mesa, Arizona
Background information
Also known as	FFAK, Fit
Origin	Tyler, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Christian metal metalcore
Years active	2007 (2007)–present
Labels	Solid State
Associated acts	Bodies Awake, A Bullet for Pretty Boy, The Lion & The Sail, Harp & Lyre, What We Do in Secret
Website	fitforakingband.com
Members	Jared Easterling Ryan Kirby Bobby Lynge Ryan "Tuck" O'Leary
Past members	Alex Danforth Justin Juno Jared Mcferron Jed McNeill Mason Wilson Aaron Decur Justin Hamra Aaron "Olan" Kadura

Fit for a King, also known as FFAK, is an American Christian metalcore band from both Dallas and Tyler, Texas that started in 2007. They released two independent EPs in 2008 entitled Fit for a King and 2009's Awaken the Vesper and they released one independent album, Descendants, in 2011. Then, the band released four studio albums with their label Solid State Records entitled Creation/Destruction (2013), a re-recorded Descendants (2013),Slave to Nothing (2014) and Deathgrip (2016).

Fit for a King was started in Tyler, Texas in 2007 by Jared Easterling, Aaron Decur, Justin Juno, Jared McFerron, Alex Danforth and Jed McNeill. The band had performed locally and regionally and released 2 EPs in their beginning years. In 2009, the band decided to begin touring full-time, and McNeill and McFerron left the band to pursue their education. Ryan Kirby from the band Bodies Awake (based in Fort Worth) joined Fit for a King in 2010 to replace Mason Wilson, who had recently replaced Danforth as the frontman. Kirby's Bodies Awake bandmate Bobby Lynge joined the band to play guitar. The band tracked their first independent full-length, Descendants, in 2011. With the release of their music video "Ancient Waters", the band started to gain a following. Bassist Decur left the band in 2011 to pursue a career in law enforcement and was replaced by Aaron Kadura who performed clean vocals alongside Easterling as well. With the amount of success Descendants gained independently, the band was signed to Solid State Records in 2012 and is now based out of Dallas, Texas. Fit For a King released a studio album and a remix project in 2013. Kadura left the band in 2014 to join What We Do in Secret and was replaced by Ryan "Tuck" O'Leary, who recorded Slave to Nothing, which was released in October 2014. The band released their fourth studio album Deathgrip on October 7, 2016.