Demon Head share new single ‘Drawn Down The Sky’

16th August 2024 0 By Jon Deaux

DRAW DOWN THE SKY is a forward-driven rock anthem that in the band’s singular style recalls both the heavy metal of Mercyful Fate, prog sensibility, and dark, epic dimensions. Featuring both Jim Slade on saxophone (!) and a dueling guitar solo between the Nielsen brothers and Anders M Jørgensen (Scimitar, Slaegt), DRAW DOWN THE SKY calls us to battle for life! – in the same breath as the murder of the future…

Demon Head is proud to announce the release of Through Holes Shine the Stars on Svart Records. The album is the fifth full-length from the band that celebrated their first 10 years of existence last year, and it is undoubtedly another milestone on their tireless – and very own – path through the wilderness. It is a deeper, darker well of tones and melodies than before while being significantly more extroverted than their last releases. All in the seemingly effortless, strangely catchy, and unique manner that Demon Head has become known for.

The eight songs were written collectively during several concentrated sessions from 2019–2022 and recorded entirely by the band themselves from October 2022 to March 2023 in their own studios in Copenhagen and the west coast of Ireland. Guitarist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist producer, Birk Gjerlufsen Nielsen expands on the process: “This long and careful process has allowed us to reach a balance between structural precision and artistic expansion, melodic simplicity, and compositional depth. It feels like we’ve uncovered every possibility within each of these songs without losing track of the original nerve.”

In continuation of previous collaborations, Demon Head has mixed the album with the legendary engineer and producer Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica, Morbid Angel, Ensiferum, etc.) in Sweet Silence Studios. Vocalist and recording engineer Marcus Ferreira Larsen remarks: “Like any true master Flemming has created a direct and hard-hitting, transparent mix that does nothing but enhance what is already communicated in the compositions and the performance. He helped us place everything in the landscape that we’ve carved through recording everything ourselves once again.”

Demon Head’s forthcoming fifth album Through Holes Shine the Stars will be released on September 20th, 2024 via Svart Records on black, limited trans-violet, and blue/turquoise vinyl editions, not forgetting the fabulous CD- and C-cassette formats. Pre-sale is up and running at the Svart website.

16.8. Demon Head: Draw Down the Sky (digital)

https://orcd.co/zq9bx74