''New Demons'' is the fourth studio album by American
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Reception
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band I See Stars, released on October 22, 2013 through
Sumerian Records
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, Mutrix, and Razihel all provided additional programming for some of the tracks.
It is the final album to feature unclean vocalist/keyboardist Zach Johnson and rhythm guitarist Jimmy Gregerson before they were dismissed from the band in June 2015.
Background
The album had been worked on by the band immediately after their previous album, '' Digital Renegade'', was finished. The song "Ten Thousand Feet" was the only song played from the album before it was released.
The song "Violent Bounce" was released as the first single from the album several months before the album release date, accompanied by a lyric video. The song "Murder Mitten" is written about brothers Devin and Andrew Oliver's relationship with their mother, who was an alcoholic during their childhood.
A remix version entitled ''New Demons'' (''Remixes'') was released on February 23, 2015. Featuring eight remixes from various producers, showcasing many styles of EDM.
Reception
The album debuted on ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 28, No. 10 on the Top Rock Albums Albums chart, selling 10,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 47,000 copies in the United States as of June 2016.
Track listing
Personnel
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* Devin Oliver – clean vocals
* Zach Johnson – unclean vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, sequencer, programming
* Brent Allen – lead guitar
* Jimmy Gregerson – rhythm guitar
* Jeff Valentine – bass guitar
* Andrew Oliver – drums, percussion, backing vocals; additional clean vocals on "Murder Mitten"
;Production
* Jake Klein – additional writing for "Murder Mitten", "We're Not in Kansas Anymore" and "Who Am I?"
* Joey Valentine – additional writing for "Murder Mitten", "We're Not in Kansas Anymore" and "Who Am I?", additional production
* Joey Sturgis – production,
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, mixing, mastering
* Shawn Keith – executive producer, art direction
* Nick Scott – guitars, bass and vocals engineering, guitar and bass editing
* Chuck Alkazian – drum engineering
* Josh Karpowicz – assistant drum engineering at Pearl Sound Studios, Canton, Michigan
* Jeff Dunne – drum editing
* Kacey Dodson – vocal editing
* Scott "Celldweller" Albert, Nicolò "Razihel" Arquilla and James "Mutrix" Ruehlmann – additional production
* Matt Dalton – additional production, additional gang vocals at 37 Studios, Michigan
* Dylan Kuhn – painting and wall photography at Noveltycross Productions
* Daniel McBride – album layout at McBride Design, art direction
* Unlimited Visual – band logo design
* Jonathan Weiner – band photography