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UK alternative metal quintet Defences have announced their third full-length. Titled Shadowlight, the record is due on November 8th via Long Branch Records. Pre-orders are live now and can be secured at this location. The band had the following to say of the upcoming album:
“Shadowlight stems from a period of solitude and deep reflection, as we explore what it means to accept your inner darkness. Acknowledging, understanding and ultimately accepting it for what it is, learning how to sit with it or use it to change your outlook. The album sees all sides of this, tying in the parallel of the artistic process itself and what it is to create. To open yourself up to the possibility that you may not achieve what you believe in your core to be something you deserve, that you may not reach your potential. This cycle of disappointment and self sabotage is commonplace, with nothing left but to chase a sense of absolution and validation forever out of reach.”
The record announcement arrives with the debut of the latest single off the album, “Perish”. The music video was filmed and edited by Oli Duncanson. Of the song, the group comment:
“‘Perish’ is about facing up to reality. To appreciate life for what is, rather than what you wish it was. It’s a promise to yourself to lay in the bed you made and to acknowledge every part of yourself. To light a match and let the Shadow Work begin.”
Since April, the group released three singles that will appear on Shadowlight. You can listen to those below, following the track listing and cover art for the record.
Shadowlight track listing:
- “The Curse”
- “Gold In The Dark”
- “Perish”
- “Ego(Maniac)”
- “Silence & The Sound”
- “Breathe It In”
- “Inspirit”
- “The Almost”
- “Greatness”
- “Shadowlight”
