London, UK-based metal monsters THE DEFILED will release their second album, Daggers, on August 2nd via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The label sat The AvD and Stitch D in front of a camera to discuss the album and how each track came about. The first part in this series of track-by-track clips is now online.

The artwork for Daggers was designed and executed by Scott Chalmers, the band's long time photographer.

Recorded in Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with acclaimed sonic guru Jason Suecof, Daggers sees the band at the top of their game, with their most powerful and infectious songs so far. The tracklistings of the three different formats are as follows:

Limited Edition Digipak CD:

'Sleeper'

'Unspoken'

'Saints And Sinners'

'As I Drown'

'Porcelain'

'New Approach'

'Fragments Of Hope'

'The Infected'

'The Mourning After'

'Five Minutes'

'No Place Like Home'

Bonus Tracks:

'I Destroy What Destroys Me'

'Self Under Siege'

Digital Album:

'Sleeper'

'Unspoken'

'Saints And Sinners'

'As I Drown'

'Porcelain'

'New Approach'

'Fragments Of Hope'

'The Infected'

'The Mourning After'

'Five Minutes'

'No Place Like Home'

Digital Deluxe Version (iTunes exclusive):

'Sleeper'

'Unspoken'

'Saints And Sinners'

'As I Drown'

'Porcelain'

'New Approach'

'Fragments Of Hope'

'The Infected'

'The Mourning After'

'Five Minutes'

'No Place Like Home'

Bonus Tracks:

'I Destroy What Destroys Me'

'Self Under Siege'

'Unspoken' video:

'Sleeper' lyric video:

The Defiled will make their way across the Atlantic this summer for their maiden American tour opening for the headlining rock industrialist DAVEY SUICIDE with experimental hardcore band THE BUNNY THE BEAR as direct support. The Hide Your Morals tour will launch on July 19th in Tempe, Arizona and mayhem is guaranteed to ensue when the tour closes at The Whisky in Hollywood on August 13th.

"We are over the fucking moon to announce we are going to be embarking on our first ever US tour with Davey Suicide," proclaims the band. "After years of sweating it out in the UK and Europe, we can't wait to be able to take what we do to the States."

Tour announcement:

Hide Your Morals tour with Davey Suicide, The Bunny The Bear, and The Defiled:

July

19 - Tempe, AZ - Rocky Point
20 - El Paso, TX - Texas Showdown Festival
21 - Corpus Christi, TX - Zero’s
23 - Austin, TX - Dirty Dog
24 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s
26 - St. Petersburg, FL - Local 662
27 - Orlando, FL - The Social
28 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
30 - Philadelphia, PA - The Note
31 - New York, NY - The Studio at Webster Hall

August

1 - Springfield, VA - Empire
2 - Trenton, NJ - Backstage at Champs
3 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody’s
4 - Joilet, IL - Mojoes
6 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
7 - Butte, MT - Park St. Palace
9 - Spokane, WA - The Center
10 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
12 - San Francisco, CA - DNA Lounge
13 - West Hollywood, CA - Whisky A Go-Go