I Prevail’s Into Hell dropped at midnight on Friday, June 20th, and the metalcore community promptly set itself alight. On paper, it’s simply a follow-up to the first new rager, “Violent Nature”, but the stakes are far higher: rebuilding the band in the post-Brian Burkheiser era.

The clean-vocal co-founder bowed out on 15 May after a long fight with Eagle syndrome, leaving screamer turned solo frontman Eric Vanlerberghe to shoulder the whole vocal burden.

I Prevail’s Struggle & New Era

On first listen, “Into Hell” feels deceptively gentle. A misty synth pad opens the door, then guitarist Steve Menoian slides in with a minor-key progression so airy you almost forget this is the band that wrote “Bow Down.”

Vanlerberghe’s voice enters clean, almost lullaby-soft, before the chorus detonates:

“You can drag me through the fire / throw me into the well / you’re the closest thing to Heaven / I’d follow you into Hell.”

The dynamic flip mirrors the song’s message, love as a voluntary descent into someone else’s darkness.

Frontman Eric Vanlerberghe on Into Hell

This song is about loving someone through their lows and struggles. Being there to take their burdens. Loving them through everything because that’s what they do for you.

That theme isn’t accidental. He’s talking romance on the surface, but longtime listeners can’t miss the meta-layer. I Prevail have spent the last decade being dragged through their own fires, vocal-cord surgery, cancelled tours, and the fierce debate every time they lean on the poppier side. The fanbase has walked through every flame with them, and the band is now repaying that loyalty in song.

The arrangement reflects a group learning to breathe again. Producer Tyler Smyth keeps the mix wide open; guitars are roomy, tight drums, leaving acres of space for those layered vocal harmonies that return the “clean” to I Prevail’s trademark loud/quiet attack.

Context matters. Since their gold-certified debut Lifelines (2016) and GRAMMY-nominated Trauma (2019), I Prevail have thrived on the push-pull between burly breakdowns and skyscraper hooks. When Burkheiser’s exit became official, many wondered whether that balance would tilt heavily toward metal-growl or radio-rock. “Into Hell” answers by refusing to choose: verses drift like Deftones’ dream-gaze, the bridge explodes in classic metalcore chugs, and the chorus splits the difference with an arena-sized melody. It’s a statement of intent as much as a single.

I Prevail Into Hell Lyrics In Full

Beyond The Flames

Strip away the production gloss, and “Into Hell” is a love letter to resilience, whether that resilience belongs to a partner, a friend, or an army of fans who kept buying tickets during the rough years. By opening with a quiet confession and ending in full-blown devotion, the track mirrors the journey I Prevail themselves are on: facing fear, leaning on each other, coming out louder.

The takeaway from Into Hell is simple. The song says that real commitment isn’t proven when life is easy; it’s proven when you’re willing to walk willingly into another person’s pain, and trust they’ll do the same for you. That message lands harder knowing the band just lost a founding voice, yet refuses to lose momentum.

If this is the sound of I Prevail with one vocalist fewer,  we can only imagine how fierce the full album will be.

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