The Hunt Is On!
The Stronger Than Hell Tour - Dates & locations for the summer tour! Meet up with other Deviants / Hunters at shows! Demon Hunter on YouTube - Music videos for Fading Away, One Thousand Apologies, Undying, Not Ready to Die, and Infected, as well as video blogs from the band! Membership - To "join" the club, simply add it to your devWatch list, and the club will watch you back! Feel free to put the club logo in your signature or journal. To do that, type :icon theblessedresistance:, but without the space between "icon" and "theblessedresistance". To put just the text, like this, ~theblessedresistance, type :dev theblessedresistance: without the space. Contact - If you have questions / suggestions / whatever about the club, you can write to *ArcZero, the admin, and you should receive a reply within the next 24 hours - or you can write to ~theblessedresistance if you're not in any hurry.The following is an excerpt from DH's MySpace that pretty well sums up what they're all about:
There's a spiritual war brewing across the globe, in the heart of humanity - a war within, and without. Now is the time to lay aside the fruitless distractions of the world, to stand in the face of adversity, stake your claim and choose your side. Now is the time to join with Demon Hunter and STORM THE GATES OF HELL.
Demon Hunter's boldly titled new album arrives as the groundswell beneath the band threatens to erupt and dominate all in their path. It's fair warning to the cookie-cutter bands cluttering the scene and the vacuous mainstream alike. The "Hunters" in the "Blessed Resistance," as the band's most devoted fans are known, have championed the cause since day one and are making their voices heard throughout the underground.
"To deem the entire heavy metal genre as somehow morally unacceptable is a naive thing to do," notes singer and lyricist Ryan Clark. "What we do, as Demon Hunter, tends to appeal to young people. But instead of giving them a message of despair and hopelessness, we offer hope."
"Undying" and "One Thousand Apologies" were staples on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" and Fuse TV. Ryan Clark was featured on the cover of Revolver in 2006 as part of their "Christian Metal" cover story. AOL Music named Demon Hunter one of ten "Artists to Watch."
An instantly iconic symbol (the skull of a dead demon with a bullet hole through its head) and an air of mystery fueled interest in Demon Hunter before they ever recorded a note of music. The brilliantly catchy and wonderfully metallic self-titled debut that followed more than delivered on that promise in 2002.
Demon Hunter's level of commitment to the quality and presentation of their music is matched only by their attention of detail to their packaging and overall aesthetics. The Clarks graphic design firm has been twice nominated at the Grammys in the design category. And their fans match their passion, proudly displaying their Demon Hunter tattoos in the "top friends" on the band's MySpace and other social networking websites.
Demon Hunter is an anomaly in today's heavy music scene, jettisoning fashionable trends and easily recognizable cliches in favor of traditional heavy metal power and melodic hooks. STORM THE GATES OF HELL recalls the best of the genre's past, from Pantera, Metallica, Sepultura, Believer and Living Sacrifice (vocalist/guitarist Bruce Fitzhugh guests) while looking forward at the same time, pushing the envelope with flourishing keyboards and vocal highs.
These are dark times which call for dark, aggressive and heavy but ultimately uplifting and spirit-filled music to help power us through. Demon Hunter's powerful symbolism speaks to greater truths that are out there to investigate. It is time to conquer the darkness. It is time to STORM THE GATES OF HELL.
KEEP UP THE HUNT!
