Mammoth metal-ers Demon Hunter offered fans a first taste of what is to come on their highly anticipated new album True Defiance when they dropped the blistering track “Someone To Hate.” Now, the hard-hitting mainstays are offering fans a unique opportunity to put their own spin on the song via a Remix Contest hosted by premier online music creation site Indaba Music.
Indaba’s 650,000-strong community of musicians can now download the individual vocal, guitar, bass, drum, synth, and other tracks that make up “Someone to Hate” and use them to create their own remix. Submissions will be judged by the band themselves, with the Grand Prize Winner receiving an official release for their track on Demon Hunter‘s longtime label, Solid State Records, in addition to a hefty $1,000 prize. They will also receive a signed copy of Demon Hunter‘s self-titled album and a one-year Pro Membership to Indaba Music. Five Honorable Mentions, chosen by the band from among the 10 most popular remixes, will receive a signed copy of Demon Hunter’s self-titled album and a one-year Pro Membership to Indaba.
“I’m extremely stoked about this contest,” exclaims Demon Hunter frontman and mastermind, Ryan Clark. “I’m a huge fan of electronic music, so this is really exciting for me. I can’t wait to hear the crazy and unique ideas people will inject into this song. I think remixing a song this fast and heavy might be a challenge, but I think it will yield really interesting results because of that. Go crazy!”
True Defiance available in stores and online April 10th. Pre-order options are also available now for the album at Merch Direct! There you can get both the Standard or Deluxe Edition of the album, with options to be bundled with a T-shirt, Demon Hunter stencil and 27″x27″ poster. Or pre-order the album at the Demon Hunter Store with a long-sleeved shirt or glass candle.
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.
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.
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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