British alt-metal unit Defences announces new album and drop single ‘Perish’

Future alternative metal greats Defences have announced their new album ‘Shadowlight‘ for 8 November 2024.

Following strong support in the form of millions of streams across their catalogue of releases, numerous U.K. tours with multiple sell-out headline shows, not to mention numerous festival appearances including Download, Takedown, Turbulence or Burn It Down – the band from Hertfordshire, U.K., now present their label debut for Long Branch Records.

In conjunction with this announcement, the band released their new single ‘Perish’ alongside a brand new music video.

Stream the single and pre-order ‘Shadowlight‘ here: 
https://defences.lnk.to/shadowlight

“‘Perish’ is about facing up to reality. To appreciate life for what is, rather than what you wish it was,” comment the band. “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.”

Defences comment about the 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.”

Tracklist ‘Shadowlight’:
1 The Curse
2 Gold In The Dark
3 Perish
4 Ego(Maniac)
5 Silence & The Sound
6 Breathe It In
7 Inspirit
8 The Almost
9 Greatness
10 Shadowlight

In September, Defences will return to British stages with new material. Swarm6ix will be joining them as special guests.

DEFENCES live:
04.09. UK, Kingston – The Fighting Cocks /w Swarm6ix
05.09. UK, Birmingham – Subside /w Swarm6ix
06.09. UK, Nottingham – The Old Salutation Inn /w Swarm6ix
07.09. UK, Tunbridge Wells – Sussex Arms /w Swarm6ix
07.12. UK, Brighton – Hammerdown Winter Militia 

Line Up:
Cherry Duesbury – Vocals
William Young – Keys, Vocals
Calum Wilmot – Guitar
Owen Hughes-Holland – Bass
Kyle Parke – Drums