Demon Hunter announce summer touring plans

Metal juggernauts DEMON HUNTER are excited to announce their summer tour plans just a few short weeks after the impressive debut of their mammoth new album, True Defiance.

The band, set to storm Europe next week, will bring their power stateside when they headline select dates of the upcoming Scream The Prayer tour this June with support by EMERY, SLEEPING GIANT,  MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE, CLOSE YOUR EYES, HUNDREDTH, THE GREAT COMMISSION, GIDEON, A BULLET FOR A PRETTY BOY and YOUR MEMORIAL.

DEMON HUNTER will then follow that up with a victory lap – appropriately titled The True Defiance Tour – from July until August with support from BLEEDING THROUGH, CANCER BATS, THE PLOT IN YOU and WILLOWS.

True Defiance, the band’s sixth album, smashed its way into the charts last week when it bowed at an impressive #36 on the Billboard 200. The highly anticipated album also landed at #3 on the Billboard Hard Rock Chart, #14 on the Billboard Rock Chart and #1 on the Billboard Christian Rock Chart.

The chart position is the band’s highest debut on the Top 200, edging out the previous best set by 2010’s The World Is A Thorn, which bowed at #39.

Now in its second week on the charts, True Defiance, is showing staying power by remaining in the Top 100, clocking in at #96 in its second week.

Produced by Aaron Sprinkle (ANBERLIN, EMERY) and mixed by Jason Suecof (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. The album marks a vital new chapter in the celebrated history of DEMON HUNTER, who are currently marking their 10th year of writing, breaking and erasing the rules of hard rock. Not ones to rest on their laurels, however, the members have created an album that not only lives up to their own lofty standards, but sets a new high-water mark for what DH is capable of.

European Tour with  DEADLOCK, NIGHTRAGE and INSENSE:
April 30 Kouvola, Finland @ Vappugospel * 
May 1 Stuttgart, Germany @ Universum  
May 2 Luzern, Switzerland @  Schüür  
May 3 Bochum, Germany @  Matrix  
May 4 Brussels, Belgium @ Magasin 4  
May 5 London, UK @ O2 Islington Academy2

* Just DEMON HUNTER

SCREAM THE PRAYER (Headlining Following Dates):
June 22 - Nashville PA @ Rockettown
June 23 - Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue
June 24 - Jacksonville FL @ Murray Hill Tavern
June 26 - Charlotte NC @ Amos Southend
June 27 - Richmond VA @ Kingdom
June 28 - Baltimore MD @ Sonar
June 29 - Shirleysburg PA @ Creationfest Northeast
June 30 - Dayton OH @ The Attic Club
July 1 - Joliet IL @ Mojoe’s

THE TRUE DEFIANCE TOUR:
July 26 - Portland OR @ Hawthorne Theater
July 27 - Sacramento CA @ Ace of Spades
July 28 - SoCal @ TBD
July 29 - Phoenix AZ @ Marquee
July 30 - Albequerque NM @ Sunshine Theater
July 31 - Dallas TX @ The Door
Aug 1 - Houston TX @ Warehouse
Aug 2 - Midland TX @ Rock The Desert
Aug 3 - Denver CA @ Summit
Aug 4 - Salt Lake City UT @ Complex
Aug 5 - Boise ID @ Knitting Factory

Demon Hunter releases first official single from forthcoming album

With less than a month until the release of DEMON HUNTER’S highly anticipated new album, True Defiance, the band are unleashing a second taste of what they have in store for new and old fans alike with standout track “My Destiny.”

The band created a recent stir after unleashing “Someone to Hate,” the first sample of new music from True Defiance. The track has already racked up an impressive number of plays and positive buzz just in time for “My Destiny” to further invigorate music fans.

Listen to DEMON HUNTER’s ‘My Destiny’ here:

http://smarturl.it/mydestiny

“‘My Destiny’ is definitely one of my favorite tracks on the new album,” explains DEMON HUNTER frontman Ryan Clark. “It shows just how much the band has progressed over the years. Like many traditional DEMON HUNTER tunes, it has a little bit of everything, and I think it flows really well through both heavy and melodic territories. My favorite parts are the guitar harmonies in the verses and how the chorus moves- the way the chords combine with the vocal melody is really interesting to me. I think fans are really going to dig this song.”

The forthcoming epic release is currently available to preorder in a number of packages, including a deluxe edition of True Defiance that includes two bonus tracks (“What Is Left” and “I Am a Stone”), a DVD featuring more than an hour of interviews, in- depth song discussions & acoustic performances, a 5-inch metal True Defiance pendant in a custom holder, a 20-page large format photo booklet, 12 individual lyric cards with illustration in metallic ink, and a two-sided fold-out poster with both regular-edition album covers, all contained in a heavy-duty 7x7-inch box.

Preorder options can be found here:

http://merchdirect.com/demonhunter or

http://www.bluecollardistro.com/demonhunter 

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.

The album marks a vital new chapter in the celebrated history of DEMON HUNTER, who are currently marking their 10th year of writing, breaking and erasing the rules of hard rock. Not ones to rest on their laurels, however, the members have created an album that not only lives up to their own lofty standards, but sets a new high-water mark for what DH is capable of.

"We’ve been extremely underwhelmed with metal for the last five years or so, and that’s been the fuel to create this record," Clark explains. "With an extreme over-saturation of false, fleeting, trend-hopping noise in today’s metal scene, we had to make something we’ve been longing to hear. Something truly meaningful and artistic. Something our fans would love and something that will turn the heads of those who have ignored us for the past decade."

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.

As previously announced, DEMON HUNTER are preparing to embark on a string of European dates with support by DEADLOCK, NIGHTRAGE and INSENSE that sees the band visiting five countries.

European Tour with  DEADLOCK, NIGHTRAGE and INSENSE:

April 30 Kouvola, Finland @ Vappugospel * 

May 1 Stuttgart, Germany @ Universum  

May 2 Luzern, Switzerland @  Schüür  

May 3 Bochum, Germany @  Matrix  

May 4 Brussels, Belgium @ Magasin 4  

May 5 London, UK @ O2 Islington Academy2

    * Just DEMON HUNTER

Additional Dates:

April 17 - Seattle WA @ El Corazon

June 29 - Shirleysburg PA @ Creationfest Northeast