A to Z Challenge: R is for Ryan Clark

Artist:  Ryan Clark (Demon Hunter, NYVES)
Genre:  Metalcore, Metal, Dark Electronic

I feel like I've made it reasonably clear in past posts that Demon Hunter is one of, if not my favorite, band I've ever heard.  Other than maintaining a solid sound despite switching around a decent number of the musicians in the band Ryan is my favorite vocalist second only to Randy Blythe of Lamb Of God.

Ryan's a rather talented fellow though.  In addition to being the frontman of both Demon Hunter and NYVES he's a graphic designer.  He's designed all the DH album covers and a great many other bands have used him as well (Alice in Chains being one of them.)

I really try not to fan out on members of my favorite bands, but since DH is the group that basically got me into Metal they will always hold a special place in my heart, ya know?

The reason I picked this song is because even though you don't get to hear his screaming style you get to hear his singing in the band that he usually screams in.  Enjoy, it's a solid song.

NYVES - Fall Behind

So unfortunately these guys are really new to the extent that they haven't even released an album yet, but I'm really freaking excited about it so I figured I'd tell you about it.

NYVES is a project by Ryan Clark (Demon Hunter) and Randy Torres (formerly Project 86).  It's a dark electronic album and vastly different from the type of music that they usually play.  For the record, both of these bands are really good.

Here's the Soundcloud link so you can check it out.  It's only the one track that's officially released right now, but if you back them on Kickstarter you will get another track and this as an instant download for helping them out.

Here's a Kickstarter link for those interested.