Candlelight Records confirms March 7th as the US release date for Dismantling Devotion from DAYLIGHT DIES. It is the second full-length album from the band, currently headquartered in North Carolina, and officially ends a four-year recording gap.

The near hour-long **Dismantling Devotion**ant step forward for the already popular quintet. With album recording split between Volume 11 Studios and Techtronic Laboratories (North Carolina), mixing by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (Sweden) and mastering by Thomas Eberger at The Cutting Room (Sweden), the album is already receiving rave reviews from early listenings. KATATONIA guitarist Anders Nystrom says, “I really hope others will be able to share the experience that fills you up for the loss for words when listening to this album. If **Dismantling Devotion**ave been released in 2005, it would have been my choice for the album of the year.”

With **Dismantling Devotion**nd look to further their already growing profile. Drummer Jesse Haff recently noted, “It is certainly the most mature material we’ve written to date. For us it is a strong progression that really shows off our emotionally dark and desperate music; a diverse mix of melancholic, melodic and exceedingly heavy songs.”

DAYLIGHT DIES toured with LACUNA COIL (US) and KATATONIA (Europe) in 2003 and are already in the planning stages to hit the road in support of **Dismantling Devotion**rist Barre Gambling says, “I look forward to hitting the road again and playing our new songs for people, especially after a long hibernation.”

Dismantling Devotion tracklisting:
“A Life Less Lived” “Dead Air” “A Dream Resigned” “All We Had” “Solitary Refinement” “Strive to See” “Lies that Bind” “Dismantling Devotion”