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''New Demons'' is the fourth studio album by American
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I See Stars I See Stars are an American electronicore band from Warren, Michigan formed in 2006. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Devin Oliver, guitarist Brent Allen, keyboardist and co-vocalist Andrew Oliver, and bass guitarist Jeff Valentine. ...
, released on October 22, 2013 through
Sumerian Records Sumerian Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and London. The label was founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen.Digital Renegade'', with Zach Johnson having a much bigger vocal role, as well as having a much more prominent
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sound. The song "Violent Bounce" was the first single to be released. It was uploaded to
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Sumerian Records Sumerian Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and London. The label was founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen.Klayton Klayton Albert (born Scott David Albert; June 17, 1969) is an American multi-instrumentalist from New York City who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Klayton has led several bands and has performed under a variety of stage names sin ...
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, Mutrix, and Razihel all provided additional programming for some of the tracks. It is the final album to feature unclean vocalist/keyboardist Zach Johnson and rhythm guitarist Jimmy Gregerson before they were dismissed from the band in June 2015.


Background

The album had been worked on by the band immediately after their previous album, '' Digital Renegade'', was finished. The song "Ten Thousand Feet" was the only song played from the album before it was released. The song "Violent Bounce" was released as the first single from the album several months before the album release date, accompanied by a lyric video. The song "Murder Mitten" is written about brothers Devin and Andrew Oliver's relationship with their mother, who was an alcoholic during their childhood. A remix version entitled ''New Demons'' (''Remixes'') was released on February 23, 2015. Featuring eight remixes from various producers, showcasing many styles of EDM.


Reception

The album debuted on ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 28, No. 10 on the Top Rock Albums Albums chart, selling 10,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 47,000 copies in the United States as of June 2016.


Track listing


Personnel

;I See Stars * Brent Allen –
lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...
* Jimmy Gregerson –
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* Zach Johnson –
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sequencer Sequencer may refer to: Technology * Drum sequencer (controller), an electromechanical system for controlling a sequence of events automatically * DNA sequencer, a machine used to automatically produce a sequence readout from a biological DNA sam ...
, programming * Andrew Oliver –
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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...
; additional clean vocals on "Murder Mitten" * Devin Oliver –
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* Jeff Valentine –
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;Production * Jake Klein - additional writing for "Murder Mitten", "We're Not in Kansas Anymore" and "Who Am I?" * Joey Valentine - additional writing for "Murder Mitten", "We're Not in Kansas Anymore" and "Who Am I?", additional production *
Joey Sturgis Joey Sturgis (born January 3, 1985) is an American record producer and owner of The Foundation Recording Studio in Connersville, Indiana. Sturgis started recording in 2004 including producing the Asking Alexandria single "The Final Episode" whic ...
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, mixing, mastering * Shawn Keith -
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* Nick Scott - guitars, bass and vocals engineering, guitar and bass editing * Chuck Alkazian - drum engineering * Josh Karpowicz - assistant drum engineering at Pearl Sound Studios, Canton, Michigan * Jeff Dunne - drum editing * Kacey Dodson - vocal editing * Scott "Celldweller" Albert, Nicolò "Razihel" Arquilla and James "Mutrix" Ruehlmann - additional production * Matt Dalton - additional production, additional gang vocals at 37 Studios, Michigan * Dylan Kuhn - painting and wall photography at Noveltycross Productions * Daniel McBride - album layout at McBride Design, art direction * Unlimited Visual - band logo design * Jonathan Weiner - band photography


Charts


References

{{Authority control I See Stars albums Sumerian Records albums 2013 albums Albums produced by Joey Sturgis