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American Christian metal ring formed in 2000

Demon Hunter
Demon Hunter's current lineup (from left to right) Judge, Scott, Clark, Dunn (2014), and Watts (2017)

Demon Hunter'due south current lineup
(from left to right) Judge, Scott, Clark, Dunn (2014), and Watts (2017)
Background information
Origin Seattle, Washington, U.South.
Genres
  • Christian metal[1] [2] [3] [4]
  • metalcore[three] [5] [6]
  • nu metal[7] [8]
  • alternative metal[ii] [nine]
  • groove metal[10]
Years active 2000–nowadays
Labels Solid State
Associated acts Training for Utopia, The Showdown, Lodge'due south Finest
Website demonhunter.net
Members
  • Ryan Clark
  • Jon Dunn
  • Patrick Gauge
  • Timothy "Yogi" Watts
  • Jeremiah Scott
Past members
  • Jesse Sprinkle
  • Kris McCaddon
  • Don Clark
  • Ethan Luck
  • Ryan Helm

Demon Hunter is an American Christian metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. Although the brothers created the ring together, but Ryan remains, since Don left the band to take care of his family unit. As of early on 2010, the band has sold over half a million albums.[11] The ring's fashion is known for combining nu metal sounds and qualities with ones heard in metalcore.[5]

History [edit]

Formation and initial releases [edit]

Demon Hunter was initially conceived as a project band past the Clarks, who had played together previously in the initially Coalesce and Neurosis influenced but after more experimental band Preparation for Utopia.[12] Ryan had previously played guitar in hardcore ring Focal Indicate, who released an album on Tooth & Nail/Solid State when Ryan was nevertheless in his teens.[xiii]

Demon Hunter first appeared on This is Solid Land Vol. iii with their first song "Through the Black" released in February 2002.[14] Demon Hunter'due south self-titled anthology was released in October 2002 on Tooth and Nail Records subsidiary Solid Land Records.[15] Ryan and Don wrote all of the songs, performed the majority of the instruments (with Ryan singing as he had in TFU) and hired Jesse Sprinkle, formerly of Poor Old Lu, to tape drum tracks.[sixteen]

At get-go the members of the band chose to hide or obscure their identities in photos and in the printing.[ commendation needed ] Their names were revealed when they undertook their first tour, which featured Norwegian metal heavyweights Extol and death-influenced metalcore youngbloods The Agony Scene, and saw the permanent calculation of Jesse Sprinkle on drums, Jon Dunn on bass, and Kris McCaddon, formerly of Embodyment and Society'southward Finest, on atomic number 82 guitar.[ commendation needed ]

Demon Hunter returned to the studio to tape their second total-length release, Summer of Darkness, with McCaddon contributing, and again with Jesse drumming. Summer of Darkness hit stores on May four, 2004, and was a minor success, propelling Demon Hunter into the secular scene with the improver of the music video "Not Set up to Die" on MTV2'south Headbangers Ball [17] [18] and Fuse Idiot box, along with single "My Heartstrings Come up Undone" beingness placed on the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack. The anthology featured iv guest song appearances, including Mike Williams of The Agony Scene on "Beheaded", Brock Lindow of 36 Crazyfists on "Beauty Through The Eyes of a Predator", Howard Jones from Killswitch Engage on "Our Faces Fall Autonomously" and Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch on "Coffin Architect".[19]

Demon Hunter hit the route that summer with McCaddon on atomic number 82 and Dunn on bass, and with new touring drummer Timothy "Yogi" Watts, as Jesse Sprinkle could non make the tour. This time Demon Hunter took with them rock/mail service-hardcore rookies Expressionless Poetic, forth with metalcore band Haste the Solar day. Post-hardcore band Staple replaced Haste the Twenty-four hours towards the end of the tour.

In 2005, Demon Hunter went back to The Compound in Seattle, Washington to tape their third album, entitled The Triptych. The word "triptych" centers effectually the concept of three, as it was the band'due south third anthology. Included on the album is a cover of Prong's song "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck". This album debuted Watts as Sprinkle'southward permanent replacement on drums (Jesse having joined Dead Poetic) likewise as the addition of Ethan Luck as lead guitarist, replacing Kris McCaddon. The Triptych was even bigger than Summer of Darkness, selling more than twice as many records on its first week of release than Summer of Darkness had. "Undying" was the band'due south outset unmarried from this album, and was too fabricated into a music video directed by Chris Sims.

Demon Hunter'south just 2006 tour took identify over the summer with Zao, Becoming the Archetype, August Burns Red, and Spoken.[20] The band shot a video for "1 Thousand Apologies" later on the tour was over with director Darren Doane at the captain. The Triptych was re-released on Oct 31, 2006 with a DVD accompanying the album and four extra songs added to the original anthology.

The hard rock and heavy metal based magazine, Revolver, published a cover story on Christian metal in December 2006, featuring what the magazine called "The Holy Brotherhood": Spencer Chamberlain from Underoath, Ryan Clark from Demon Hunter, Tim Lambesis from As I Lay Dying, and Cory Brandan Putman from Norma Jean.

Demon Hunter entered the studio in June 2007 to record their fourth total-length album, Storm the Gates of Hell, which was released on November 6, 2007. Solid State released three versions of the album with various bonuses. "Fading Away" was the album's first single and music video. In spite of the bands secular popularity, they connected to support the underground Christian metallic scene by appearing on obscure radio programs such as The Total Armor of God Circulate[21] in January 2008. On March 13, 2008, "Acquit Me Down" debuted on Headbangers Ball 's website as the album's 2d music video, and fabricated its tv set premiere on March 15 on the same show.

Demon Hunter performing at Carmine Letter Rock Festival in 2008

In 2008, the band headlined the "Stronger Than Hell" tour, which started May 26 in Seattle, Washington. The tour featured the recently reunited Christian metal forefathers Living Sacrifice, whose pb vocalist Bruce Fitzhugh was featured every bit a invitee vocalist on Storm the Gates of Hell 'due south rails titled "Sixteen". The tour too included Oh, Sleeper, The Dearth, and Advent. This tour completed July five, 2008, at Cornerstone Festival in Illinois. Demon Hunter released 45 Days in November, a box set up comprising two DVDs and a CD containing a documentary film about the band and their fans, a pro-shot performance from the "Stronger Than Hell" bout and a make new score written exclusively for the picture show along with ii bonus tracks. 45 Days was directed by Cale Glendening.

A live album, Alive in Nashville, was released on January 27, 2009. It includes 14 songs from their bear witness in Nashville, Tennessee, from their "Stronger Than Hell" bout. The album features The Showdown lead guitarist Patrick Judge, who filled in for Luck on several of the "Stronger Than Hell" dates due to Luck'southward conflicting scheduling commitments every bit drummer for Relient Yard.

Judge also filled in for Brian Leppke of metalcore band Bleeding Through when he was unable to turn up for the Thrash and Burn down tour in May.

Later releases [edit]

In 2009 Don Clark left the band to pursue his graphic designer career and to be with his family unit and Ethan Luck left considering he could non keep up with the hectic schedule of existence in both Demon Hunter and Relient K.[22] On August 28, Demon Hunter released an official statement with a new band photograph stating that Patrick Judge was the new, permanent replacement for Luck. However, the argument fabricated no mention of Randy Torres's joining the band; a new ring photograph included him besides.[23] An official replacement for Don Clark was announced in Demon Hunter's exclusive fan gild, The Blessed Resistance, with the announcement of Ryan Captain, formerly of The Ascendicate, as the ring's new permanent rhythm guitarist.[ citation needed ]

The band released The World Is a Thorn on March 9, 2010. Information technology featured guest vocals by Dave Peters of Throwdown in "Experience As Though You Could", Christian Älvestam of Miseration in "Only Breathe", and Björn "Speed" Strid of Soilwork featured in the single "Collapsing".[24] The anthology debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard 200 with kickoff-week sales of 14,000.[25]

The band joined As I Lay Dying on tour in March, marking the first time Demon Hunter e'er toured as a support human action rather than the headliner. Blessthefall and State of war of Ages were as well on the bill.[ citation needed ] Demon Hunter released an anthology of their start three albums on March viii, 2011 titled Death, a Destination.[26] In December 2011 Ryan Captain appear that he would be leaving Demon Hunter to concentrate on his solo projection, Damien Deadson. Helm stated that the difference "was inevitable; however, it was on good terms."[27]

In January 2012 it was announced on the Solid State Records website that Jeremiah Scott, bassist for The Showdown, had joined the band in the position of rhythm guitar.[28]

Their sixth album, True Defiance, released April 10, 2012,[29] was a commercial success, reaching No. 36 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Meridian Christian Albums chart and received by and large positive to mixed reviews. A month before the album was released, Demon Hunter released the song "My Destiny" as the first official single from the anthology and released "Someone to Hate" and "Dead Flowers" every bit promotional singles. The ring also released a deluxe edition of the album that included ii bonus songs, "What is Left" and "I Am a Stone".[ commendation needed ]

In July 2012, the band toured for the album along with Haemorrhage Through, Cancer Bats, and The Plot in You. Not long later, they also announced a bout in the countries of Brazil, Argentine republic, and Colombia in South America. The band was role of a tour called "Another Year Another Tour", their showtime bout of 2013 alongside headline human action In Flames, besides two other bands All Shall Perish, and Battlecross.[30] [ unreliable source? ]

Demon Hunter began releasing teaser posts on January thirty, 2014 related to Extremist, which was released on March xviii, 2014.[31] [32] Demon Hunter released the album'southward first single, "Artificial Low-cal", on their YouTube business relationship Feb 13, 2014,[33] and besides released websites to pre-order their new album. "The Last I Alive", and "I Volition Fail You" were somewhen released as promotional singles before long after.[ citation needed ] Extremist debuted at No. sixteen on the Billboard 200 selling approximately 18,000 copies in the showtime week of release. This is the band's highest chart debut, being 20 steps higher than their highly regarded previous effort, True Disobedience which debuted at No. 36.[34]

In August 2014, the band went on a brief bout with Alternative metallic band, Red, and the more Culling rock band, Veridia.[35]

The ring's kickoff and only concert for 2015 was at Uprise Festival in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.[36]

Demon Hunter officially released their eighth studio anthology, Outlive, on Solid Land Records on March 31, 2017.[37] In December 2016, they released the start single for Outlive: "Cold Wintertime Dominicus".[38] On February 15, 2017, they announced that a music video for their second single "Died In My Sleep" would be released.[39]

On December 3, 2018 they announced 2 albums—War and Peace—were scheduled to exist released in March 2019.[40] Demon Hunter released both albums on March 1, 2019.[41] On March 16, 2019, the ii albums made it into top 5 of the Billboard Christian Albums with War in the 2nd place and Peace in the 3rd identify.[42] On November 10, 2020, the ring announced their debut acoustic album, Songs of Death and Resurrection, which would characteristic audio-visual renditions of songs such equally "Dead Flowers" and "The Heart of a Graveyard", as well as featuring a new song, "Praise the Void", which would be released on March v, 2021.[43]

On December fifteen, 2021, information technology was appear that Richie Faulkner of Judas Priest recorded a guitar solo for the next album, Exile, slated for release in 2022.[44]

Christianity [edit]

Don Clark stated, "I guess nosotros liked to ride the fence. So we got a little older, possibly wiser, and you know what, we're a Christian band. We're five dudes, we're all believers, we really don't want to ride the fence anymore."[45] Ryan Clark claimed, "When we officially started nosotros wanted to be very bold well-nigh information technology, nosotros didn't see any purpose of but beating effectually the bush."[45] Fans who are Christians are supportive of the band's bold faith position. "They respect that we don't walk the fence between a non-Christian and Christian ring."[45]

Reported employ by military [edit]

According to an Esquire interview, after Metallica requested that the U.s.a. military machine finish using their music during interrogations in Republic of iraq,[46] Demon Hunter allegedly contacted the US military offering their music as an culling which was accepted. A Navy SEAL who claimed to have killed Bin Laden was quoted as saying "'[W]e stopped using [Metallica's] music, and then a band called Demon Hunter got in touch and said, 'Nosotros're all about promoting what you do.' They sent us CDs and patches. I wore my Demon Hunter patch on every mission. I wore it when I blasted bin Laden.'"[47] [48] [49] The twenty-four hour period after the story broke, Demon Hunter addressed the situation by saying they approved US servicemen wearing their patch, simply they didn't volunteer their music, nor did they have any noesis of it being used for interrogations.[50]

Band members [edit]

Current lineup, from left to correct: Patrick Approximate, Jeremiah Scott, Jon Dunn, Ryan Clark, and Timothy "Yogi" Watts

Timeline

Discography [edit]

  • Demon Hunter (2002)
  • Summer of Darkness (2004)
  • The Triptych (2005)
  • Storm the Gates of Hell (2007)
  • The Globe Is a Thorn (2010)
  • Truthful Defiance (2012)
  • Extremist (2014)
  • Outlive (2017)
  • State of war (2019)
  • Peace (2019)
  • Songs of Death and Resurrection (2021)
  • Exile (2022)

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External links [edit]

  • Official website

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