KING 810

KING 810 is an American band from Flint, Michigan, whose music fuses aggressive nu-metal and hardcore influences with elements of rap, resulting in a dense, confrontational sound built around heavy, sludgy riffs and spoken-word or shouted verses. The band's identity is inseparable from Flint itself — its members have described their songs as direct accounts of the city's poverty, violence, and civic collapse, most infamously referencing the Flint water crisis, presenting their music less as entertainment than as testimony from a place they say has been abandoned by the systems meant to serve it.

Fronted by David Gunn, the band drew significant attention with its early singles and videos, which used stark, documentary-style imagery to underline the lyrical content, generating both strong support and considerable controversy over their unflinching depictions of street violence. Tracks such as «Fat Around the Heart», «Killem All», and «Vendettas» exemplify the band's mix of brooding atmosphere, blunt narrative lyrics, and sudden bursts of aggression.

KING 810 occupies an unusual space in modern heavy music: too rooted in rap cadence and narrative realism to sit comfortably within traditional metal, yet too heavy and abrasive for rap audiences, which has made them a polarizing but distinctive act. Their catalog has expanded across multiple full-length releases, consistently returning to the same themes of survival, loyalty, and violence as lived experience rather than genre pose.