Demon Hunter is an American

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band from

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, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. Although the brothers created the band together, only Ryan remains, since Don left the band to take care of his family. As of early 2010, the band has sold over half a million albums. The band's style is known for combining nu metal sounds and qualities with ones heard in metalcore. The name references historic and folkloric

demon hunter 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 band together, only Ryan remains, since Don left the band to take care of his ...

History

2000s

Demon Hunter was initially conceived as a project band by the Clarks, who had played together previously in the initially

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and

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influenced but later more experimental band

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. Ryan had previously played guitar in hardcore band Focal Point, who released an album on Tooth & Nail/Solid State when Ryan was still in his teens. Demon Hunter first appeared on '' This is Solid State Vol. 3'' with their first song "Through the Black" released in February 2002. Demon Hunter's self-titled album was released in October 2002 on

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subsidiary

Solid State Records Solid State Records is a Christian metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands. Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, ...

. 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

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, to record drum tracks. At first, the members of the band chose to hide or obscure their identities in photos and in the press. Their names were revealed when they undertook their first tour, which featured Norwegian Christian metal band

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, and death metal-influenced metalcore band

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, and after they hired Jesse Sprinkle on drums, Jon Dunn on bass, and

Kris McCaddon Kris McCaddon was the second guitarist for the metalcore band, Society's Finest and lead guitarist for Demon Hunter. He was also the vocalist for the bands Embodyment and The Famine. History McCaddon's career started in 1994 when he joined ...

, formerly of

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and Society's Finest, on lead guitar. Demon Hunter returned to the studio to record their second full-length release, ''

Summer of Darkness ''Summer of Darkness'' is the second album by American metalcore band Demon Hunter, released through Solid State in 2004. In the first week, the album sold 4.247 copies. Vocalist Ryan Clark described the album as being heavier than its predec ...

'', with McCaddon contributing, and again with Jesse drumming. ''Summer of Darkness'' hit stores on May 4, 2004, and was a modest success, propelling Demon Hunter into the

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scene, with the addition of the music video "Not Ready to Die" on MTV2's '' Headbangers Ball'' and

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, along with single "My Heartstrings Come Undone" being placed on the '' Resident Evil: Apocalypse'' soundtrack. The album featured four guest vocal appearances, including Mike Williams of

on "Beheaded", Brock Lindow of 36 Crazyfists on "Beauty Through The Eyes of a Predator", Howard Jones from

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on "Our Faces Fall Apart" and

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of Thousand Foot Krutch on "Coffin Builder". Demon Hunter hit the road that summer with McCaddon on lead and Dunn on bass, and with new touring drummer

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, as Jesse Sprinkle could not make the tour. This time Demon Hunter took with them rock/ post-hardcore rookies

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, along with metalcore band

Haste the Day Haste the Day was an American metalcore band formed in Carmel, Indiana in 2001 and signed to Solid State Records. Their name is derived from a lyric in the hymn " It Is Well with My Soul" by Horatio Spafford. The band released an EP titled '' T ...

. Post-hardcore band Staple replaced Haste the Day towards the end of the tour. In 2005, Demon Hunter went back to The Compound in

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to record their third album, entitled ''

The Triptych ''The Triptych'' is the third full-length album by metalcore band Demon Hunter, released October 25, 2005. Produced by Aaron Sprinkle ( Emery, Fair) and mixed by Machine (Lamb of God), ''The Triptych'' had three different album covers—imp ...

''. The word "

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" centers around the concept of three, as it was the band's third album. Included on the album is a cover of

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's song "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck". This album debuted Watts as Sprinkle's permanent replacement on drums (Jesse having joined Dead Poetic) as well as the addition of

Ethan Luck Ethan John Luck is an American musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist and photographer who has played in several bands, most prominently, the ska band The O.C. Supertones, Demon Hunter, Kings of Leon, Morgan Wade, and pop punk band Relient ...

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's first single from this album, and was also made into a music video directed by Chris Sims. Demon Hunter's only 2006 tour took place over the summer with Zao,

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, and Spoken. The band shot a video for "One Thousand Apologies" after the tour was over, with director

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from

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, Ryan Clark from Demon Hunter,

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from

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from Norma Jean. Demon Hunter entered the studio in June 2007 to record their fourth full-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 continued to support the underground

scene by appearing on obscure radio programs such as The Full Armor of God Broadcast in January 2008. On March 13, 2008, "Carry Me Down" debuted on '' Headbangers Ball''s website as the album's second music video, and made its television premiere on March 15 on the same show. Demon Hunter

In 2008, the band headlined the "Stronger Than Hell" tour, which started May 26 in

, Washington. The tour featured the recently reunited Christian metal forefathers

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, whose lead singer

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was featured as a guest vocalist on '' Storm the Gates of Hell''s track titled "Sixteen". The tour also included

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, and Advent. This tour completed July 5, 2008, at

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in Illinois. Demon Hunter released '' 45 Days'' in November, a box set 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" tour and a brand new score written exclusively for the film along with two bonus tracks. ''45 Days'' was directed by Cale Glendening. A live album, ''Live in Nashville'', was released on January 27, 2009. It includes 14 songs from their show in Nashville, Tennessee, from their "Stronger Than Hell" tour. 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's conflicting scheduling commitments as drummer for Relient K. Judge also filled in for Brian Leppke of metalcore band Bleeding Through when he was unable to turn up for the Thrash and Burn tour in May. In 2009, Don Clark left the band to pursue his graphic designer career, and to be with his family. Ethan Luck also left, as he could not keep up with the hectic schedule of being in both Demon Hunter and Relient K. 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 statement made no mention of

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's joining the band; a new band photograph included him as well. An official replacement for Don Clark was announced in Demon Hunter's exclusive fan club, The Blessed Resistance, with the announcement of Ryan Helm, formerly of The Ascendicate, as the band's new permanent rhythm guitarist.

2010s

The band released '' The World Is a Thorn'' on March 9, 2010. It featured guest vocals by

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of Throwdown in "Feel As Though You Could",

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in "Just Breathe", and Björn "Speed" Strid of Soilwork featured in the single "Collapsing". The album debuted at No. 39 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 14,000. The band joined

on tour in March, marking the first time Demon Hunter ever toured as a supporting act, rather than the headliner.

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and

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were also on the bill. Demon Hunter released an anthology of their first three albums on March 8, 2011, titled ''Death, a Destination''. In December 2011, Ryan Helm announced that he would be leaving Demon Hunter to concentrate on his solo project,

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. Helm stated that the departure, "was inevitable; however, it was on good terms." In January 2012, it was announced on the

website that

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, bassist for The Showdown, had joined the band in the position of rhythm guitar. Their sixth album, '' True Defiance'', released April 10, 2012, was a commercial success, reaching No. 36 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 2 on the

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chart and received generally 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 album and released "Someone to Hate" and "Dead Flowers" as promotional singles. The band also released a deluxe edition of the album that included two bonus songs, "What is Left" and "I Am a Stone". In July 2012, the band toured for the album along with Bleeding Through,

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, and

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. Not long after, they also announced a tour in the countries of Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia in South America. The band was part of a tour called "Another Year Another Tour", their first tour of 2013, alongside headline act In Flames, as well two other bands,

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, and

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Demon Hunter began releasing teaser posts on January 30, 2014 related to ''

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'', which was released on March 18, 2014. Demon Hunter released the album's first single, "Artificial Light", on their YouTube account February 13, 2014, and also released websites to pre-order their new album. "The Last One Alive", and "I Will Fail You" were eventually released as promotional singles shortly after. ''Extremist'' debuted at No. 16 on the ''Billboard'' 200 selling approximately 18,000 copies in the first week of release. This is the band's highest chart debut, being 20 steps higher than their highly regarded previous effort, ''True Defiance'' which debuted at No. 36. In August 2014, the band went on a brief tour with

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band,

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, and the more

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band,

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. The band's first and only concert for 2015 was at Uprise Festival in

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. Demon Hunter officially released their eighth studio album, '' Outlive'', on Solid State Records on March 31, 2017. In December 2016, they released the first single for ''Outlive'': "Cold Winter Sun". On February 15, 2017, they announced that a music video for their second single "Died In My Sleep" would be released. On December 3, 2018 they announced two albums—''

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'' and ''

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''—were scheduled to be released in March 2019. Demon Hunter released both albums on March 1, 2019. On March 16, 2019, the two albums made it into top 5 of the ''Billboard'' Christian Albums with ''War'' in the second place and ''Peace'' in the third place.

2020s

On November 10, 2020, the band announced their first acoustic album, '' Songs of Death and Resurrection'', which would feature acoustic renditions of songs such as "Dead Flowers" and "The Heart of a Graveyard", as well as featuring a new song, "Praise the Void", which would be released on March 5, 2021. On December 15, 2021, it was announced that

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of Judas Priest recorded a guitar solo for the next album, '' Exile'', later announced for release in September 9, 2022, then delayed to October 28, 2022. The band quickly released three singles, “Freedom is Dead”, “Silence the World”, and “Defense Mechanism”, the latter two featuring Tom S. Englund (

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) and

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(ex-

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) respectively, all released through their self-founded record label, Weapons MFG. Demon Hunter started writing a follow-up album to ''Exile'' as early as October in 2022, shortly before their new album's release.

Christianity

Don Clark stated, "I guess we liked to ride the fence. Then we got a little older, maybe 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." Ryan Clark claimed, "When we officially started we wanted to be very bold about it, we didn't see any purpose of just beating around the bush." 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 band."

Reported use by military

According to an '' Esquire'' interview, after Metallica requested that the

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stop using their music during interrogations in Iraq, Demon Hunter allegedly contacted the US military, offering their music as an alternative, which was accepted. A

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who claimed to have killed

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was quoted as saying "' stopped using etallica'smusic, and then a band called Demon Hunter got in touch and said, "We'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.'" The day after the story broke, Demon Hunter addressed the situation by saying they approved US servicemen wearing their patch, but they didn't volunteer their music, nor did they have any knowledge of it being used for interrogations.

Band members

Current members * Ryan Clark – lead vocals (2000–present), lead and rhythm guitars (2000–2002) * Jon Dunn – bass (2002–present) * Tim Watts – drums (2004–present) * Patrick Judge – lead guitar, backing vocals (2009–present) * Jeremiah Scott – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2011–present) Former members * Jesse Sprinkle – drums (2000–2004) *

– lead guitar (2002–2005) * Don Clark – rhythm guitar (2002–2009), bass (2000–2002) *

– lead guitar (2005–2009) * Ryan Helm – rhythm guitar (2009–2011) Timeline

Discography

* ''

Demon Hunter 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 band together, only Ryan remains, since Don left the band to take care of his ...

'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2005) * '' Storm the Gates of Hell'' (2007) * '' The World Is a Thorn'' (2010) * '' True Defiance'' (2012) * ''

'' (2014) * '' Outlive'' (2017) * ''

'' (2019) * ''

'' (2019) * '' Songs of Death and Resurrection'' (2021) * '' Exile'' (2022)

References

External links

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