Demon Hunter‘s recent onslaught of new music will culminate in the September 12th release of their new album “There Was A Light Here“. Recording sessions for that album took place with vocalist Ryan Clark and guitarist Jeremiah Scott sharing the production duties. Mixing and mastering was overseen by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed) sans the title track, which was taken on by Eric Stenman (AWOLNATION, Deftones).
This new record will land via the band’s own Weapons MFG label and is said to center around love and loss, having been dedicated to Clark‘s late mother. While four songs have been publicly shared in advance, the group recently let those subscribed to their newsletter at demonhunter.net hear a fifth track, ‘Ouroboros‘.
“There Was A Light Here” track listing:
01 – My Place In The Dirt
02 – Sorrow Light The Way
03 – Light Bends
04 – The Pain In Me Is Gone
05 – By A Thread
06 – I’m Done
07 – Ouroboros
08 – Breaking Through Me
09 – Overwhelming Closure
10 – Hang The Fire
11 – Reflected
12 – There Was A Light Here
Pre-orders are available through demonhunterstore.com. The band have a fall tour booked with War Of Ages, Convictions and Cultist slated to run as follows:
09/19 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life (Demon Hunter only)
09/20 Chicago, IL – WC Social Club
09/21 Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze
09/23 Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
09/24 Springfield, MO – The Riff
09/25 Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall
09/26 Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
09/27 San Antonio, TX – The Rock Box
09/28 Dallas, TX – The Granada Theater
09/30 Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater
10/01 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
10/02 Pomona, CA – The Glass House
10/03 San Jose, CA – The Ritz
10/04 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock (Demon Hunter only)
10/05 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
10/06 Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
10/07 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
10/08 Denver, CO – HQ
10/09 Lawrence, KS – The Granada
10/10 St. Louis , MO – Red Flag
10/11 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
“Exile”, their latest studio album, released through their self-founded record label, Weapons MFG, and the band’s first concept album. It was announced for release in September 9, 2022, then delayed to October 28, 2022, due to supply chain issues.
Six singles were released ahead of the album, including ‘Silence the World’, ‘Defense Mechanism’, and ‘Godless’, featuring vocals from Tom S. Englund (Evergrey) and Max Cavalera (ex-Sepultura, Soulfly), and a guitar solo by Richie Faulkner (Judas Priest) respectively.
Our review of “Exile” can be found here.