True Defiance, the sixth full-length album from Seattle-based Christian metallers Demon Hunter, will be released on April 10 via Solid State Records.
The True Defiance deluxe edition includes a bonus DVD featuring behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with lead singer Ryan Clark, live acoustic songs, and much more.
A trailer for the DVD can be seen below.
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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‘Demon Hunter’ Announce ‘New Album, New Tour Dates, New Guitarist’ [Jan. 2011]
‘Demon Hunter’ Announce More European Tourdates [Feb. 2012]
‘Demon Hunter’ ‘True Defiance’ Cover Artwork #1 Revealed [+ European Tourdates] [Feb. 2012]
‘Demon Hunter’ ‘True Defiance’ Cover Artwork #2 Revealed [Standard Edition] [Feb. 2012]
‘Demon Hunter’ ‘True Defiance’ Cover Artwork #3 Revealed [Deluxe Edition] [Feb. 2012]
‘Demon Hunter’ ‘Someone To Hate’ Lyrics Posted [Feb. 2012]
‘Demon Hunter’ ‘True Defiance’ Studio Blog #2 Posted [Feb. 2012]