DEMON HUNTER will release their sixth full-length album, True Defiance, on April 10th, via Solid State Records. The album track, 'Someone To Hate', is streaming now at this location.

The band recently uploaded the first in a series of studio blogs. Check it out below:

With Demon Hunter, the album artwork carries just as much of a creative and personal significance as the music. Artwork and imagery have been paramount ever since the now iconic Demon Hunter symbol first appeared on t-shirts and stickers in 2002.

The album art, created by Ryan Clark, frontman and co-owner of Grammy-nominated design firm Invisible Creature with his brother (and former DH guitarist) Don Clark, and illustrated by Angryblue (KORN, BLEEDING THROUGH, ACACIA STRAIN) shows continued commitment to excellence in all facets of the band.

"Anyone that knows Demon Hunter, understands that the visual element of the band means a great deal to us," explains Clark. "Every album cover is a challenge, in that it's a re-envisioning of the band's iconic logo. We try, with each record, to make sure that re-envisioning is creative, unique and well-executed. Justin Kamerer is the artist behind the work this time, and I really love how the vision for True Defiance has turned out. His attention to detail and his creative approach to our logo bring a really fresh look to something that's been used in over 100 different ways over the last decade. To me it feel like this is what the DH logo was always supposed to look like."

The band have announced a string of European dates (see below) with support by DEADLOCK, NIGHTRAGE and INSENSE that sees the band visiting five countries.

Produced by Aaron Sprinkle (ANBERLIN, EMERY) and mixed by Jason Suecoff (ALL THAT REMAINS, TRIVIUM), True Defiance finds Demon Hunter continuing in their hard rock evolution while embracing the components that have always formed the backbone of their music: true metal, dark rock and balladry.

The album marks a vital new chapter in the celebrated history of Demon Hunter, who are currently marking their 10th year of writing, breaking and erasing the rules of hard rock. Not ones to rest on their laurels, however, the members have created an album that not only lives up to their own lofty standards, but sets a new high-water mark for what DH is capable of.

"We've been extremely underwhelmed with metal for the last five years or so, and that's been the fuel to create this record," Clark explains. "With an extreme over-saturation of false, fleeting, trend-hopping noise in today's metal scene, we had to make something we've been longing to hear. Something truly meaningful and artistic. Something our fans would love and something that will turn the heads of those who have ignored us for the past decade."

True Defiance marks Demon Hunter's first outing since 2010's The World Is A Thorn, which debuted in the Billboard Top 40 and was hailed as the heaviest, fastest, and most aggressive record of the band's career. The album yielded hit videos in 'Collapsing', which has racked up 1 million views online, and 'LifeWar', which was viewed over 100,000 times in the past month.

Demon Hunter European Tour with Deadlock, Nightrage and Insense:

April

30 - Kouvola, Finland - Vappugospel (just Demon Hunter)

May

1 - Stuttgart, Gernany - Universum
2 - Luzern, Switzerland - Schüür
3 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
4 - Brussels, Belgium - Magasin 4
5 - London, England - O2 Islington Academy2

Additional Dates:

April

17 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon

June

29 - Shirleysburg, PA - Creationfest Northeast