Creature in the Black Night

All lyrics are written by Rory Rodriguez; all music is composed by Rory Rodriguez and Daniel Braunstein, with additional writers where noted.

Creature in the Black Night
Studio album by Dayseeker
Released	October 24, 2025 Feburary 26, 2027 (Redux deluxe edition)
Genres	Metalcore post-hardcore melodic metalcore
Length	39:18
Label	Spinefarm
Producer	Daniel Braunstein
Dayseeker chronology
Replica (2024) Creature in the Black Night (2025)
Dayseeker studio album chronology
Dark Sun (2022) Creature in the Black Night (2025)

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Pale Moonlight"	Tyler Smith	3:40
2.	"Creature in the Black Night"	Cody Quistad	3:49
3.	"Crawl Back to My Coffin"		4:02
4.	"Shapeshift"	Mitchell Stark	4:07
5.	"Soulburn"		3:00
6.	"Bloodlust"		3:30
7.	"Cemetery Blues"		3:22
8.	"Nocturnal Remedy"		3:39
9.	"The Living Dead"		3:08
10.	"Meet the Reaper"		3:31
11.	"Forgotten Ghost"		3:30
Total length:			39:18

Redux deluxe edition tracks ^[14]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"The Ghost of You" (My Chemical Romance cover)
13.	"Shapeshift" (The Midnight remix)	4:09
14.	"The Ghost of You" (The Midnight remix)
15.	"Crawl Back to My Coffin" (The Midnight remix)
16.	"Bloodlust" (featuring Gabi Rose) (The Midnight remix)
17.	"The Living Dead" (featuring Sace6) (The Midnight remix)
18.	"Creature in the Black Night" (The Midnight remix)
19.	"Shapeshift" (Live on Sirius XM Octane)
20.	"Crawl Back to My Coffin" (Live on Sirius XM Octane)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal. ^{[16] [17]}

Dayseeker

• Rory Rodriguez – lead vocals, guitar, bass, piano
• Ramone Valerio – bass
• Gino Sgambelluri – guitar
• Zac Mayfield – drums

Additional contributors

• Daniel Braunstein – recording, production, additional mixing
• Zakk Cervini – mixing, mastering
• Ryan Sanders – art direction, design
• Cody Quistad – guitar on "Creature in the Black Night"
• Mitchell Stark – guitar on "Shapeshift"

Charts

Chart performance for Creature in the Black Night

Chart (2025)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [18]	79
Australian Albums (ARIA) [19]	43
France Rock Albums (SNEP) [20]	80

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