Ryan clark demon hunter interviews
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Demon Hunter’s Ryan Clark Thinks Band Has ‘Courteous’ Fans Regardless of Their Religious Views
Demon Hunter vocalist Ryan Clark was the latest guest on Full Metal Jackie's weekend radio program, chatting about the group's latest album, Exile, as well as its companion comic book, notable guest appearances on the record and the group's fans as a Christian metal band.
The album is conceptual, centered around the evils of social media, something Clark considers a "necessary evil" and to be a "devil" that all bands must partake in whether they like it or not. For Exile, Demon Hunter also recruited a number of special contributors and one musician was even given the chance to sing the chorus as it was right at the top of Clark's vocal register.
The frontman also tackled the bulk of the writing for Demon Hunter's comic book, something he didn't anticipate at first but felt was necessary as he tends to
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At the Crossroads of Metal + Christianity, Demon Hunter Found Success
It’s unmistakable when you’re a Demon Hunter fan: the stylized demon skull with a hole in its head. It’s been portrayed in some form or another on the cover of every Demon Hunter album; it's the band’s own Eddie or Vic Rattlehead. Accordingly, it’s also a popular tattoo choice for diehards, an instantly recognizable brand among metalheads. And its connections to religion are inherent.
Christianity in hard rock and metal is nothing new. But Demon Hunter exist in a somewhat unique place among those entities. The mainstay Christian metal band continue to be a commanding presence in heavy music overall, and their success—a particular kind of success in the music industry—owes a great deal to both sides of the aisle. For Demon Hunter, the ideological middle ground between heavy metal and Christianity has reaped the biggest reward.
"There is a line
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Demon Hunter has recently released two album’s entitled “War” & “Peace”. Our Brazilian friends from Metal Na Lata webzine have conducted an interview (in Portuguese) with frontman Ryan Clark, check out the English version below.
01 – How or where did the idea of launching 2 albums at one time come and what were the “complications” that this brought to the planning of the band?
We’ve been sitting on the concept of two simultaneous and stylistically-polarized albums for ganska a while actually. We knew that it would be a pretty huge undertaking, so we had to wait for the right time to do it. With the songwriting help that I now get from Patrick, fleshing out the sheer volume of songs needed was finally more of a reality. Plus, rounding out albums 9 and 10 at the same time felt like the perfect opportunity to make this idea happen.
02 – War and Peace are not just “twin albums,” they also företräda the