March 27, 2025
EMPLOYED TO SERVE Release New Single “Breaks Me Down” From Forthcoming Album ‘Fallen Star’
Release New Single “Breaks Me Down”
Stream / Listen HERE
Watch the New Performance Video HERE
New Album ‘Fallen Star’
Set For Release On April 25th
Pre-Order / Pre-Save HERE
April UK Headline Tour
Today, best-of-British metal masters EMPLOYED TO SERVE release their new single, "Breaks Me Down," the third track from their forthcoming album, ‘Fallen Star,’ set for release on April 25th. The new single is accompanied by a performance video taken in the studio, available to view below.
Front woman Justine Jones comments on the new single:
“’Breaks Me Down’ deals with the uncertainty of death and what it means for us left here on earth when someone you love passes beyond the veil. It is something we will all experience at some point in our lives and yet there is no one handbook that can guide you through the experience of grief. That being said, it makes life more precious and motivates you to make the most of the time we have with the people we love.”
“We want to fly the flag for heavy metal and the traditions that it holds,” offers guitarist and songwriter Sammy Urwin, “But at the same time we want to play our part in taking things forward.”
Since meeting in their teens on the outskirts of London, vocalist Justine Jones and guitarist / co-vocalist Sammy Urwin have had their sights fixed on the road ahead. At first, it was all about standing with the local scene bands they admired, but before long they were forging a path of their own, lifers with a mission, evolving from the feral mathcore of their early EPs to detonating a full-throttle career high with 2021 album, ‘Conquering’.
And now there’s ‘Fallen Star’, an 11-track tour-de-force that sees the collective EMPLOYED TO SERVE vision refined to an even sharper degree.
Produced and mixed by Lewis Johns, a longstanding presence behind the desk, it features a number of special guests, including Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach on "Whose Side Are You On?" and Svalbard’s Serena Cherry on "Last Laugh".
‘Fallen Star’, the band’s third album via Spinefarm, is a record of dizzying diversity, yet also one that is utterly uncompromising. Taking a deliberately different path to the cathartic anger of fan favourite release, 'The Warmth of a Dying Sun' (2017), ‘Fallen Star’ focuses on positive themes, such as finding inner confidence, sticking fearlessly to beliefs and embracing the power that flows within a tight-knit group.
'Fallen Star' Track List:
1. Treachery
2. Fallen Star
3. Atonement (feat. Will Ramos)
4. Breaks Me Down
5. Familiar Pain
6. Brother, Stand Beside Me
7. Now Thy Kingdom Come
8. Last Laugh (feat. Serena Cherry)
9. Whose Side Are You On? (feat. Jesse Leach)
10. The Renegades
11. From This Day Forward
'Fallen Star' is due for release on April 25th. Pre-orders, including a limited run of ‘black sunburst’ and ‘orange w/ black splatter’ vinyl as well as ‘spider black’ merch designs, are exclusively available HERE.
ETS has played every type of big show imaginable, from Bloodstock through to Glastonbury in the UK and Hellfest, Wacken, and Roskilde across Europe. On their previous album, ‘Conquering,’ they pulverized arenas all over the UK and Europe in support of metal behemoths Gojira.
In support of ‘Fallen Star’, EMPLOYED TO SERVE will headline venues across the UK this April, taking Celestial Sanctuary and Burner along as special guests; the 5-date stint finishes with their biggest London appearance to date, at 02 Academy Islington.
Following this, ETS will appear at a plethora of European summer festivals, - including Graspop (Belgium), Jera On Air (The Netherlands) & 2000 Trees (UK) - in addition to two July headline shows in Liverpool & Nottingham.
Details of further worldwide touring will be revealed in due course.
EMPLOYED TO SERVE UK HEADLINE TOUR DATES
w/ CELESTIAL SANCTUARY & BURNER
APR 21 Wolverhampton @ KK’s Steel Mill
APR 22 Glasgow @ The Cat House
APR 23 Leeds @ The Key Club
APR 24 Cardiff @ Clwb Ifor Bach
APR 25 London @ 02 Academy Islington
JULY 10 Liverpool @ Rough Trade*
JULY 11 Nottingham @ Rescue Rooms*
*Employed To Serve only.
Tickets available HERE.
EMPLOYED TO SERVE have come, have seen, have conquered, and now reign supreme as one of Britain’s brightest stars, hell bent on forging their legacy of Heavy Metal Unity. Long may it continue.
EMPLOYED TO SERVE are:
Justine Jones – vocals
Sammy Urwin – guitar/vocals
David Porter – guitar
Nathan Pryor – bass
Casey McHale – drums