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Donald Christopher Clark (born May 30, 1975) is an American musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and bassist for the Christian metal band, Demon Hunter, which he co-founded with his brother, vocalist Ryan Clark. Before Demon Hunter, Clark was a former guitarist and co-founder of Training for Utopia with Rob Dennler. He appears on Zao's The Lesser Lights of Heaven DVD.

History

Before forming TFU and Demon Hunter, Clark was in a local band called Offset. Offset never recorded anything and was short lived.

Clark then started Training for Utopia with Rob Dennler. Clark formed the band with the Rob Dennler (vocals), Steve Saxby (bass) and Morley Boyer (drums). Dennler left the band in 1996 and Ryan joined the band. The band released an EP, a Split EP, and two studio albums.

He and his brother formed Demon Hunter in 2000 and released their debut album late the following year through Solid State Records. The group would continue to steadily gain exposure throughout the 2000s.

His grandfather, an artist, helped inspire his grandsons' work in graphic design, which is their true day job. Ryan and Don founded Seattle-based Asterik Studio with their friend Demetre Arges in 2000. The design studio has created CD packaging, poster art, web design, and/or merchandise design for hundreds of artists including Poison the Well, Liz Phair, P.O.D., and The White Stripes; however, Clark also notes that he is not a fine artist and that such work is typically outsourced. Based on their design experience, Don and Ryan authored a chapter in the book New Masters of Photoshop, Volume 2 (ISBN 1590593154). In 2007, the brothers had announced that they were leaving Asterik to start Invisible Creature.

Clark was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album packaging for The Folds' Secrets Keep You Sick. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and two children.

On August 12, 2009 in Seattle, Washington, at El Corazón, Demon Hunter announced that Don Clark had left the band to pursue his career in graphic design and to be with his family.

In an interview with Matt Johnson Clark stated that, he, Don & Ryan, and Nathan Burke formed a project called Deathbed Atheist. Clark quit the band to focus on life and work.

Discography

Training for Utopia

• The Falling Cycle EP (1997)
• Plastic Soul Impalement (1998)
• Training for Utopia / Zao (1998 w/ Zao)
• Throwing a Wrench into the American Music Machine (1999)
• Technical Difficulties (2004)

Demon Hunter

• Demon Hunter (2002)
• Summer of Darkness (2004)
• The Triptych (2006)
• Storm the Gates of Hell (2007)

List of design works

References

1. ^ Power, Billy. "Matt Johnson - Part 2". Urban Achiever. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
2. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books Limited. p. 333. ISBN 0-9582684-0-1.
3. "AS WE WEPT". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
4. Wilson, MacKenzie. "Biography: Demon Hunter". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
5. Decibel Magazine Archived April 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
6. "Consumer Credit Counseling Service". Asterikstudio.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
7. "Asterik Turns Invisible". HM News Update: Week Ending 1-27. HM. January 27, 2007. Archived from the original on February 12, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2007.
8. Focal Point – Neglected in Discogs
9. Focal Point – Suffering Of The Masses in Discogs
10. Eighteen Visions – Lifeless in Discogs
11. Torn Apart – Nothing Is Permanent.... in Discogs
12. Training For Utopia – The Falling Cycle in Discogs
13. Unconquered – You Say Moderation, I Scream Prohibition! in Discogs
14. Training For Utopia – Plastic Soul Impalement in Discogs
15. Stretch Arm Strong – Rituals Of Life in Discogs
16. Through The Eyes Of Katelyn – Your Role Model's Dead in Discogs
17. Spitfire (5) – The Dead Next Door in Discogs
18. Embodyment – The Narrow Scope Of Things in Discogs
19. AP2 – Suspension Of Disbelief in Discogs
20. God Forbid – Determination in Discogs
21. The Juliana Theory – Music From Another Room in Discogs
22. Various – Happy Christmas Vol. 3 in Discogs
23. The Cherryholmes Family Band* – Dressed For Success in Discogs
24. Soul Embraced – This Is My Blood in Discogs
25. Poison The Well – Tear From The Red in Discogs
26. Various – Stafcatorce Soundandculture in Discogs
27. Poison The Well – Tear From The Road in Discogs
28. Atreyu – A Death-Grip On Yesterday in Discogs
29. Twelve Gauge Valentine – Shock Value in Discogs
30. Kutless – Live From Portland in Discogs
31. Drop Dead, Gorgeous – They'll Never Get Me (Word With You) in Discogs
32. Various – Country Christmas in Discogs
33. Mnemic – Passenger in Discogs
34. John Reuben – Word Of Mouth in Discogs
35. Jackson Waters – Come Undone in Discogs
36. Machine Head (3) – The Blackening in Discogs
37. Chasing Victory – Fiends in Discogs
38. Chris Cornell – Carry On in Discogs
39. Pierce The Veil – A Flair For The Dramatic in Discogs
40. Seven Places – Glowing in Discogs
41. Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Worse Than A Fairy Tale in Discogs
42. Foo Fighters – The Pretender in Discogs
43. Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace in Discogs
44. Falling Up – Captiva in Discogs
45. Foo Fighters – Long Road To Ruin in Discogs
46. Bullet For My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire in Discogs
47. Advent – Remove The Earth in Discogs
48. The Out_Circuit – Pierce The Empire With A Sound in Discogs
49. Our Last Night – The Ghosts Among Us in Discogs
50. Pennywise – Reason To Believe in Discogs
51. Hawk Nelson – ... Is My Friend in Discogs
52. P.O.D. – When Angels & Serpents Dance in Discogs
53. Coalesce – 012:2 in Discogs
54. Since October – This Is My Heart in Discogs
55. Inhɐle/Exhɐle* – I Swear... in Discogs
56. Kutless – To Know That You're Alive in Discogs
57. The Living End – White Noise in Discogs
58. Various – Kurt Cobain: About A Son (Music From The Motion Picture) in Discogs
59. Starflyer 59 – Dial M in Discogs
60. The Red Shore – Unconsecrated in Discogs
61. Coalesce – Ox in Discogs
62. Coalesce – OXEP in Discogs
63. SingItLoud* – Everything Collide in Discogs
64. The Red Shore – The Avarice Of Man in Discogs
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• Living people
• 1975 births
• American performers of Christian music
• American heavy metal guitarists
• Musicians from San Jose, California
• Solid State Records artists
• Christian metal musicians
• Guitarists from California
• American male guitarists
• 21st-century American guitarists
• 21st-century American male musicians
• Demon Hunter members