Demon Hunter has released a new song below called “The Brink“. The song is a b-side from the band’s sessions of their latest album Exile.
Ryan Clark, the band’s frontman, offered the following on the song:
“The ‘Exile‘ recording session left us with a number of extra songs, which is not very common for us. Usually we narrow the funnel before we commit to recording—in order to keep things focused and as speedy as possible.
For this record, there were a number of songs that we really wanted to include, but it really came down to what fit—not just time-wise, but also thematically.
‘The Brink‘ is definitely a different one for us, but I absolutely love how it came out. We discussed doing this one as a piano ballad or stripped-down acoustic number, but I demoed it as an 80s-esque electronic tune, and we were really loving that vibe too much to mess with it.
There is a feeling of anxiety in the main key pattern, which is deliberate. We wanted it to feel like that moment in a movie when things start to intensify and you’re not sure how it’s going to shake out. I think the score to Interstellar was a big inspiration for this song in general. If you’re familiar with that score, you may hear it.”
The band has the following shows lined up currently with Opponent opening:
04/14 Lawrence, KS – The Granada Theater
04/15 Denver, CO – Oriental Theater
04/16 Salt Lake City, UT – The Urban Lounge
04/17 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
04/18 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
04/19 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
04/21 Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
04/22 Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar
04/23 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
04/24 Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater
04/25 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
04/26 Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Backroom
04/27 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
04/28 Memphis, TN – Black Lodge
04/29 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
