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DEVILDRIVER The GROOVE METAL LEGENDS UNLEASH EXPLOSIVE NEW SINGLE "DEAD IN THE WATER"

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“Let the fire rise, you were born for this, stay the course.” - Dez Fafara

The fans and critics have made their voices heard, DEVILDRIVER has leveled up! In anticipation of their rabid new album, Strike And Kill, out July 10 via Napalm Records, the groove metal legends first released 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. 

 

If you know what’s good for you, you’ll pay close attention to the words on their next bloodthirsty ripper, "Dead In The Water" out today. This single is built upon cataclysmic blast beats and ornately blackened guitarmonies, delivering the goods with vibrance and violence. Iconic frontman Dez Fafara’s delivery remains venomous, galvanising listeners with affirmations of perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity.



Dez 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!”

 

Pre-order Strike And Kill HERE.


Following DEVILDRIVER's career-defining double album Dealing With Demons Vols. 1 & 2 - with Vol. 1sitting at #1 at U.S. metal radio for a triumphant 15 weeks, and Vol. 2 celebrated by internationally revered outlets like Metal Injection, Kerrang!, and Blabbermouth, who declared "you can't stop the unstoppable" - Strike And Kill finds the band at their most focused and ferocious, zeroing in with predatory precision and delivering 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 punishing volley of assault-rifle kicks and crunchy riffs that seize the listener by the collar and refuse to let go, before sieging into "Dead In The Water", which showcases the vibrant melo-death tapestries of guitar duo Alex Lee and Gabe Mangold. "Sanctified In Scars" deploys industrial beats and ethereal textures, wrapping Fafara's venomous voice in blackened tremolo excellence. The album's title track "Strike And Kill" is a reconciliation of hardships and lessons learned, built on the backs of blistering technical riffage and dizzying drumwork from Davier Perez. Tracks like "In The Moonlight" and "Never Coming Home" envelop listeners in serenely blissful guitarmonies, elevating the brutality with elegance and emotion. "Ride Or Die" hits like a freight train and doesn't let up. Tracks like "Headed For The Fall" and "You're Just A Ghost" exemplify the band's technical edge, embracing mind-bendingly off-kilter patterns. "Summoning Shadows" offers the album's longest moment of stillness, with textured acoustic guitars coiling ever tighter before the band detonates. "Shut The Silence On" and "Oath Of Iron" rip forward with thrash energy and blast beats, before "All Bets Are Off" brings everything to a suitably cataclysmic conclusion.


Dez Fafara on Strike And Kill:

"My headspace hasn’t changed, I have not become complacent or soft in my view of the world or in my music. Metal is our outlet as listeners and writers, so on this record we focused on ‘getting it all out’ lyrically, and backing those lyrics with savage, relentless music that fuels the heavy California groove like no other. DEVILDRIVER has never sounded like any other band, we do our own thing in our own way, and I’m the most proud of that. 

 

“I’m so proud of these musicians, this music, and the vibe around this record. DevilDriver sounds like no one else out there right now, we are here to Strike And Kill!"



Strike And KillTracklisting:



  1. Dig Your Own Grave

  2. Dead In The Water

  3. Sanctified In Scars

  4. Strike And Kill

  5. In The Moonlight

  6. Ride Or Die

  7. Headed For The Fall

  8. Shut The Silence On

  9. Never Coming Home

  10. Summoning Shadows

  11. You're Just A Ghost

  12. Oath Of Iron

  13. All Bets Are Off


Strike And Kill will be available in the following formats:


  • 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


DEVILDRIVER will be touring across the western United States with Upon A Burning Body and Ov Sulfur this summer. Dates announced include: 



DEVILDRIVER on tour:

14.08.26 US - San Diego, CA / Observatory North Park

15.08.26 US - Las Vegas, NV / Brooklyn Bowl

16.08.26 US - Phoenix, AZ / Marquee

18.08.26 US - San Antonio, TX / Aztec Theater

19.08.26 US - Austin, TX / Come and Take It Live

20.08.26 US - Houston, TX / House of Blues

22.08.26 US - Dallas, TX / House of Blues

23.08.26 US - Oklahoma City, OK / Diamond Ballroom

25.08.26 US - Chicago, IL / Bottom Lounge

26.08.26 US - Milwaukee, WI / The Rave

29.08.26 US - Colorado Springs, CO / Sunshine Studios

30.08.26 US - Salt Lake City, UT / The Depot

01.09.26 US - Boise, ID / Treefort Music Hall

02.09.26 US - Reno, NV / Club Underground

03.09.26 US - Sacramento, CA / Goldfield

04.09.26 US - San Jose, CA / The Ritz

05.09.26 US - Anaheim, CA / House of Blues


DEVILDRIVER are:


Dez Fafara - Vocals

Davier Ortega Perez - Drums

Jon Miller - Bass

Alex Lee - Guitar

Gabe Mangold - Guitar

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