Freedom Is Dead

Album: Exile (2022)
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  • Here, Demon Hunter lead singer Ryan Clark rails against the rise of cancel culture in contemporary society. He laments how it has become increasingly difficult to exercise freedom as many don't tolerate different opinions.
  • Whatever happened to indifference?
    Whatever happened to divided views?
    It reads a lot like intolerance
    When every word that you write says
    Freedom is dead


    America's traditional freedoms to think, choose and disagree, the foundation of its shared culture, are slowly being eroded. As a Christian band, some of Demon Hunter's views diverge from those of liberal society, and Clark warns that this pressure to conform to modern ideology is affecting everybody. "Remember this," he said. "Freedom of speech does not exist solely to uphold your beliefs and opinions. It exists for everyone."
  • Ryan Clark repeats the word "dead" 34 times.
  • Demon Hunter released "Freedom Is Dead" as the lead single from Exile on June 3, 2022. The record is the first concept album by the metalcore veterans. Set in the aftermath of civilized society's collapse, the dozen tracks examine modern life through the lens of a nonconformist, contemplating a life untethered.
  • Demon Hunter recorded most of the album at Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner's studio in Nashville, The Southern Oracle. Demon Hunter guitarist Jeremiah Scott, who produced Exile, built a home studio called The Falcon's Nest for Faulkner after the British axeman moved to Tennessee in 2019.

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