Daedric has announced their sophomore album As The Light Left is available to pre-order from FiXT and releases on October 17, 2025.
As The Light Left is an album forged in both chaos and catharsis. With an unrelenting blend of nu-metal grit, cinematic darkness, and raw vulnerability, Daedric pushes their sound further than ever before—channeling pain, nostalgia, and primal fury.
As The Light Left is an album forged in both chaos and catharsis. With an unrelenting blend of nu-metal grit, cinematic darkness, and raw vulnerability, Daedric pushes their sound further than ever before—channeling pain, nostalgia, and primal fury.
The album opens with “The Other Terror,” fueled by a mental breakdown and relentless guitar riffs keeping the chaos sharp and direct. With unnerving screams and a tempo that mirrors the energy of fan-favorite “Nirn,” it sets the tone for an album that refuses to hold back. “Sand Tiger” stomps onto the scene like a nu-metal time capsule from the early 2000s, gritty, groovy, and scratched to hell. Inspired by the Cave of Wonders from Aladdin and built from a Linkin Park-esque synth loop, the track fuses live and electronic drums with existential lyrical weight. Then there’s “Callous”, a song that almost didn’t survive. The track was set to be delivered to the mixing engineer when the band collectively decided to tear it apart and rebuild it from the ground up. What emerged was a modern, emotionally devastating anthem about betrayal and self-inflicted retribution. It’s Daedric at their most emotionally and sonically unpredictable. “Night Mother”, is the song that truly marks the start of the album’s creation and all the turbulence that came with it to become a cornerstone of the album’s tone: brooding, cinematic, and deeply human.
Throughout As The Light Left, Daedric strips away polish in favor of pain, letting raw emotion bleed through genre-bending production and ferocious vocals. It’s not an album of easy answers or tidy resolutions. It’s the sound of collapse and creation, of dancing on the edge of the fire, torn between fury and fragility. Born from breakdowns, creative tension, and fearless reinvention, As The Light Left is both a cathartic purge and a statement of artistic intent: Daedric refined, but still untamed.
Watch The “Undone” Official Music Video
Purchase/Stream:
https://link.fixtmusic.com/AsTheLightLeft
Prepare for a wave of sonic devastation. Daedric is officially joining forces with VOLA as special guests on the Friend of a Phantom North America 2025 Tour.
Catch Daedric tearing up the stage this September alongside one of the most dynamic forces in progressive metal. With new music on the horizon and a hunger to bring the chaos, this tour marks a pivotal moment as Daedric prepares to unveil tracks from their highly anticipated upcoming album, As The Light Left.
“VOLA is delighted to welcome Daedric as our special guests on the Friend of a Phantom North America 2025 tour. We are looking forward to the time together!” – VOLA
“DAEDRIC is honored to share the stage with VOLA this September. This is going to be an incredible tour and we’re excited to show up every night and make it an amazing experience while getting to showcase new songs from our upcoming album, As the Light Left.” – Daedric
Tickets are available here. Where are you catching them?