On October 2, 2012, the band announced through their Twitter account that they would be disbanding in 2013. In addition, the band released a career-spanning compilation album, Anthology: 1999–2013 on November 6, 2012.
On October 9, 2012, they announced their farewell tour with mewithoutYou , As Cities Burn , and letlive. as opening acts.
In January 2012, it was announced on the Solid State Records website that Jeremiah Scott, bassist for The Showdown , had joined the band in the position of rhythm guitar.
On 1 August, it was announced that because drummer Katsuma was devoting himself to medical treatment for a chronic hereditary disease , he was temporarily withdrawing from the band. Katsuma’s withdrawal period includes three people, ZAX ( Pay Money to My Pain ), Tatsu ( Crossfaith ), and YOUTH-K!!!(BPM13GROOVE), playing…
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Their sixth full-length album, True Defiance , released April 10, 2012, was a commercial success, reaching No. 36 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Top Christian Albums chart; it received generally positive to mixed reviews. A month before the album was released, Demon Hunter released the song…
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2011 ended with an announcement by the band on 29 December of a new extended play titled The Chill Out Sessions , a collaborative effort with British DJ Draper.
On 7 December of the same year, the band released their first DVD, Three Days of Adrenaline , which was recorded in three cities: Osaka , Nagoya and Tokyo. The DVD contains 19 tracks (all 10 songs from The Enemy Inside are included), 3 behind-the-scenes videos, exclusive performances, and the…
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In an interview with FTC, Gun Shy Assassin, D’Antonio had stated that the band was currently in the works for a sixth studio album: “Currently, everyone is individually writing demos for the next Killswitch Engage record. There is no release date yet, but I would assume it will be out…
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The band joined As I Lay Dying on tour in March, marking the first time Demon Hunter ever toured as a supporting act, rather than the headliner. Blessthefall and War of Ages were also on the bill. Demon Hunter released an anthology of their first three albums on March 8,…
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In December 2011, Machine Head completed an arena tour across Europe with Bring Me the Horizon as the main support band along with DevilDriver and Darkest Hour .