Daedric continues the journey toward their upcoming album As The Light Left with the release of their fierce new single, “Sand Tiger” which premiered yesterday at Outburn. The song is out now on all platforms via FiXT.
A raw and powerful homage to the golden era of nu-metal, “Sand Tiger” blends the explosive energy of Meteora-era Linkin Park with the grit of early Limp Bizkit. Originally sparked by a bass groove and vinyl loop from Geoff Rockwell, the track evolved into a hybrid beast of live and electronic drums, complete with a punchy ‘90s piccolo snare and record scratches laid down using a $100 Numark Party Mix controller—after Geoff’s proper gear baked in a Texas shed for three years.
Inspired by the Cave of Wonders tiger from Aladdin, “Sand Tiger” captures a dark, growling presence both sonically and lyrically. It tackles themes of existential exhaustion and emotional numbness, pushing forward even when it feels pointless. The chorus reflects the fleeting nature of emotion: what’s overwhelming now might be forgotten in minutes.
Kristyn’s vocals trade traditional screams for textured experimentation, especially in the outro where effects make her voice ricochet through the mix. A standout growled section following the record scratch quickly became one of her favorite moments to record.
From a simple loop to one of the most intense tracks on the album, “Sand Tiger” proves Daedric’s willingness to push boundaries.
“You know that feeling when you’re beyond anger, like you’re just done? That’s more what it was.” – Daedric
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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
Daedric is an alternative rock and metal project led by vocalist and artist, Kristyn Hope, alongside producers, Clay Schroeder and Geoff Rockwell.
Daedric draws inspiration from an eclectic array of sources including the open world role-playing game series, The Elder Scrolls, from which the Daedric name is derived. The musical soundscape can best be described as “all killer, no filler” (according to Metal Epidemic) with a dance of hypnotic synths, elaborate grooves, and intensely dynamic vocals.
Kristyn launched the Daedric project in 2021 through a partnership with electronic rock label FiXT. With the debut full-length album, Mortal, and a May 2025 tour supporting TesseracT under Daedric’s belt, the project has solidified its hold on the line between rock and metal, with promises to tighten its grip on listeners’ ears. The band continues forward with a new album slated for release in late 2025.
Daedric has collaborated with labelmates Celldweller, Fight The Fade, Andromida, Void Chapter, and Highsociety for a gamut of well received singles that have also pulled in more fans from across the world. After dropping a variety of singles, music videos, and collaborations Daedric has amassed nearly 500K followers across all platforms, scored interviews in Outburn’s issue #112, mentions on Louder Sound, Punk Rocker, Metal Hammer, Metal Injection Spotify’s official “Women Of Metal” playlist, and recognition from Cristina of Lacuna Coil in a Spotify Women of Metal roundtable discussion between Lacuna Coil, Spiritbox, and Halestorm. They’ve also gained notoriety as Daedric’s track “Abandon,” a collaborative effort with Andromida, found its way into the spotlight when Ubisoft chose it for inclusion in a promotional trailer for Rainbow Six Siege.
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