Demon Hunter Frontman Ryan Clark on The MetalSucks Podcast #377

March 1st, 2021 at 1:53pm
MetalSucks

Demon Hunter frontman Ryan Clark is our guest this week! We talk about the journey of creating acoustic versions of classic Demon Hunter tracks for their new album, Songs of Death and Resurrection, which track was hardest for him to convert from heavy to acoustic, how an acoustic livestream concert went from an afterthought to a very successful event, which song they’ll play acoustically going forward even at regular shows, and his thoughts on the silly tradition of encores. We also talk about Ryan’s career as a visual artist: his recently published book of the cover artwork he’s done for bands over the last 20 years, whether he needs to hear a band’s music before creating artwork for them, why self-titled album covers have always been the most difficult, and being tasked with the album art for the 30th anniversary edition of the Alice in Chains’ classic, Facelift.

Petar and Brandon discuss Mike Portnoy’s opinion that Neil Peart was a better drummer than John Bonham, Rob Zombie’s comments on his latest album title’s meaning, and us loving that August Burns Red’s music was used as a torture device on NCIS: Los Angeles.

Thanks to this episode’s sponsor, The Punk Rock MBA Podcast!

Songs: Demon Hunter – “Loneliness (Resurrected),” Conan – “Satsumo” (Live), Greenleaf – “Tides”

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