Future alternative metal greats Defences have announced their new album, Shadowlight, set for an 8  November release. In conjunction with this announcement, the band have released their new single / video ‘Perish’.

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

“‘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.”

On the album, they continue: “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.”

You can pre-order Shadowlight here.

Defences will return to British stages with Swarm6ix joining them as special guests.

Upcoming dates:

Sep 5: Birmingham, Subside /w Swarm6ix
Sep 6: Nottingham, The Old Salutation Inn /w Swarm6ix
Sep 7: Tunbridge Wells, Sussex Arms /w Swarm6ix
Sep 8: Bridgewater, Cobblestones /w Swarm6ix
Dec 7: Brighton, Hammerdown Winter Militia