True Defiance, the sixth full-length album from Seattle-based Christian metallers Demon Hunter, sold 12,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 36 on The Billboard 200 chart. The record arrived in stores on April 10 via Solid State Records.
Following the release of their sixth full-length album “True Defiance” on April 10th, Demon Hunter will go on a European headline tour in April/May for six shows only, including Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium and England. They will be supported by Deadlock from Germany, Nightrage from Greece/Sweden/Finland, and Insense from Norway. See the dates below.
True Defiance is produced by Aaron Sprinkle [Anberlin, Emery] and mixed by Jason Suecoff [All That Remains, Trivium], True Defiance finds Demon Hunter continuing in their hard rock evolution while embracing the components that have always formed the backbone of their music: true metal, dark rock and balladry.
True Defiance marks Demon Hunter‘s first outing since 2010’s “The World Is A Thorn”, which debuted in the Billboard Top 40 and was hailed as the heaviest, fastest, and most aggressive record of the band’s career. The album yielded hit videos in “Collapsing”, which has racked up 1 million views online, and “LifeWar”, which was viewed over 100,000 times in the past month. “The World Is A Thorn” was preceded by “Storm The Gates Of Hell” (2007), “The Triptych” (2005), “Summer of Darkness”(2004), “Demon Hunter” (2002), and the three-disc CD/DVD set “45 Days”, which collectively sold half a million copies and garnered airplay on college and specialty radio, Fuse and MTV2‘s “Headbangers Ball” and earned the band cover features in publications like Revolver and HM.
The tracklisting for “True Defiance” can be found below:
1. Crucifix
2. God Forsaken
3. My Destiny
4. Wake
5. Tomorrow Never Comes
6. Someone To Hate
7. This I Know
8. Means To An End
9. We Don’t Care
10. Resistance
11. Dead Flowers
Demon Hunter Tour dates:
April 27 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon, US
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Europa
April 30 – Kouvola, Finland @ Vappugospel, Finland
May 1 Stuttgart @ Universum, Germany
May 2 Luzern @ Schüür, Switzerland
May 3 Bochum @ Matrixm Germany
May 4 Brussels @ Magasin 4, Belgium
May 5 London @ O2 Islington Academy2, United Kingdom
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June 29 – Creationfestival – North East / Shirleysburg, US
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‘Demon Hunter’ ‘My Destiny’ Lyric Video Posted [March 2012]
Photos From ‘Demon Hunter’s’ ‘My Destiny’ Video Shoot Posted [March 2012]
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New ‘Demon Hunter’ Song ‘Dead Flowers’ Available For Streaming [Pre Order Now] [March 2012]
‘Ryan Clark’ ‘True Defiance’ Deluxe Edition Walkthrough [Deluxe Edition Sold Out] [March 2012]
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