Groove metal legends, DevilDriver, have just unleashed their latest single, “Dead In The Water,” accompanied by an official music video. It comes in anticipation their new album, Strike and Kill, out July 10, via Napalm Records. Catch the new video and more below.
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Frontman Dez Fafara on “Dead In The Water”:
“This is one of the most positive songs I’ve ever written lyrically, coming from a very dark time straight into blinding light. I needed to empower others to do the same as I did, and tell them to ‘stay the course,’ life turns around if given the chance to flourish.”
“The vibe musically on this is very old school DevilDriver and the entire band is cracking hard here, if you’re a long time listener you’re gonna love this one! Enjoy!”
They first released the boisterous lead single “Dig Your Own Grave,” cracking over 400k cross platform streams, becoming a mainstay on SXM’s Liquid Metal, and stampeding up the Metal Contraband charts just a month after release. This new single is built upon cataclysmic blast beats and ornately blackened guitarmonies, delivering the good with vibrance and violence. Fafara’s delivery remains venomous, galvanizing listeners with affirmations of perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity.
Following DevilDriver’s career defining double album Dealing With Demons Vols. 1 & 2 —with Vol. 1 sitting at #1 at metal radio for a triumphant 15 weeks, and Vol. 2 celebrated by internationally revered media — the band sets out on a rabid hunt with Strike and Kill, holding the blade to your throat, and serving up that trademark DevilDriver blend of melodeath elegance, blackened atmosphere, tectonic grooves, and Fafara’s iconic visceral delivery.
Wasting no time, the album bursts open with the incendiary “Dig Your Own Grave,” a flurry of assault rifle kicks and crunchy riffs encircle the listener casting them into the waiting abyss before transitioning into “Dead in the Water,” showcasing the vibrant melodeath tapestries of master guitar duo Alex Lee and Gabe Mangold. “Sanctified In Scars” implements industrial pulsating beats and ethereal sonic textures, sanctifying Fafara’s venomous voice with blackened tremolo excellence.
The album’s title track “Strike and Kill” is a reconciliation of hardships and lessons learned, built upon the backs of blisteringly technical riffage and dizzyingly swift drumming by Davier Perez. Tracks like “In the Moonlight” and “Never Coming Home” wrap listeners in serenely blissful guitarmonies, elevating the brutality with elegance and emotion. “Ride or Die” unleashes pure metal inertia, pulling listeners in with unrelenting force.
Exemplifying their technical edge with tracks like “Headed for the Fall” and “You’re just a Ghost,” the band embraces mind-bendingly off-kilter patterns that spin listeners’ heads. “Summoning Shadows” offers the albums longest respite from carnage, with textured acoustic guitars building tension before the band comes crashing back in with triumphant power. “Shut the Silence On” and “Oath of Iron” get super thrashy with their ballsy riffage and blast beats, before “All Bets are Off” brings things to a cataclysmic conclusion.
Strike and Kill will be available in the following configurations:
1-CD Digipak
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl SOLID BLUE
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl TRANSLUCENT VERDE – Napalm Records Mailorder Exclusive
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl SPLATTERED (incl. LP-Sized Booklet 24 pages, Certificate, Covercard) – Napalm Records Mailorder Exclusive
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl WHITE LABEL (incl. LP-Sized Booklet 24 pages, Certificate) – Napalm Records Mailorder Exclusive
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl SOLID ORANGE – Indie Merch Exclusive
Digital Album
Strike and Kill Tracklisting:
01 Dig Your Own Grave
02 Dead in the Water
03 Sanctified In Scars
04 Strike and Kill
05 In the Moonlight
06 Ride or Die
07 Headed for the Fall
08 Shut the Silence On
09 Never Coming Home
10 Summoning Shadows
11 You’re just a Ghost
12 Oath of Iron
13 All Bets are Off
DevilDriver on tour:
8/14 — San Diego, CA — Observatory North Park
8/15 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl
8/16 — Phoenix, AZ — Marquee
8/18 — San Antonio, TX — Aztec Theater
8/19 — Austin, TX — Come and Take It Live
8/20 — Houston, TX — House of Blues
8/22 — Dallas, TX — House of Blues
8/23 — Oklahoma City, OK — Diamond Ballroom
8/25 — Chicago, IL — Bottom Lounge
8/26 — Milwaukee, WI — The Rave
8/29 — Colorado Springs, CO — Sunshine Studios
8/30 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Depot
9/1 — Boise, ID — Treefort Music Hall
9/2 — Reno, NV — Club Underground
9/3 — Sacramento, CA — Goldfield
9/4 — San Jose, CA — The Ritz
9/5 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues
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