"Beast", the new album of Devildriver, will be available on February 22, 2011 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was produced by Mark Lewis (who previously worked with Trivium, Chimaira) and recorded at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas. The track listing is as follows :
01. Dead To Rights (4:53)
02. Bring The Fight (To The Floor) (3:33)
03. Hardened (5:46)
04. Shitlist (4:04)
05. Talons Out (Teeth Sharpened) (4:20)
06. You Make Me Sick (5:18)
07. Coldblooded (4:06)?
08. Blur (4:58)
09. The Blame Game (4:00)
10. Black Soul Choir (5:07)
11. Crowns Of Creation (4:55)
12. Lend Myself To The Night (4:01)
Dez Fafara talks about "Beast" on the video below :
New York, NY: DevilDriver announced today the release of their forthcoming fifth album, Beast. Beast was produced by Mark Lewis (All That Remains, Trivium, The Black Dahlia Murder) and will hit retail via longtime label Roadrunner Records on February 22, 2011.
While many bands in the modern era are already withering away by their second album and have shriveled up and died by their third, DevilDriver have proven to mutate, growing stronger, deadlier and more immortal with each successive release. Beast, which follows 2009's Pray For Villains, finds the band refusing to compromise in their mission to deliver music that will make you feel as though you were slapped upside the head with a baseball bat. The band recorded 14 songs during the Beast sessions, with 11 or 12 tracks expected to make the final cut. Some song titles are as follows: "Dead to Rights," "Hardened," "Bring The Fight (To the Floor)," "Shitlist," "Talons Out (Teeth Sharpened)," "Blur," "You Make Me Sick (Sacred Secrets)," "The Blame Game," "Coldblooded, "Crowns of Creation" and "Lend Myself to the Night."
Kataklysm and Devildriver have announced a North American tour , which will kick off on August 10 .
Commented Kataklysm vocalist Maurizio Iacono :
"With the release of 'Heaven's Venom' coming in the next few weeks, we're going to start the touring campaign with a bang . First with the almighty Ozzfest and then we're going to keep the metal flow by joining Devildriver for a full coast-to-coast North American tour! Last time we toured together it was a bombastic combo so we're excited to do this once more. The new album is tailored for the live setting and the assault will be deadly . See you fuckers there !"
Aug. 10 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
Aug. 11 - Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA
Aug. 12 - Marquee Theater - Tempe, AZ
Aug. 18 - Headliners Music Hall - Louisville, KY (with SHADOWS FALL)
Aug. 20 - Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY (with KINGDOM OF SORROW)
Aug. 23 - Recher Theater - Towson, MD
Aug. 25 - Eleanor Rigby's Bar & Nightclub - Jermyn, PA
Aug. 26 - London Music Hall - London, ON
Aug. 27 - Al Rosa Villa - Columbus, OH
Aug. 28 - Harpo's - Detroit, MI
Aug. 29 - Peabody's Down Under - Cleveland, OH
Aug. 31 - Scout Bar - Houston, TX
Sep. 01 - Scout Bar - San Antonio, TX
Sep. 02 - Trees - Dallas, TX
Sep. 03 - The Pavilion @ Concrete Street - Corpus Christi, TX
Sep. 04 - Dos Amigos - Odessa, TX
Sep. 05 - Jake's - Lubbock, TX
Sep. 07 - People's Court - Des Moines, IA
Sep. 10 - The Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO
Sep. 11 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
Sep. 13 - Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
Sep. 15 - The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
Sep. 16 - Key Club - Hollywood, CA
Devildriver and 36 Crazyfists have announced they will hit the UK roads together for the "Bound By The Road 2010" tour , on the following dates :
Nov. 05 - Newcastle, UK @ 02 Academy
Nov. 06 - Leeds, UK @ 02 Academy
Nov. 07 - Glasgow, UK @ The Arches
Nov. 08 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
Nov. 09 - Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Hall
Nov. 10 - Bournemouth, UK @ 02 Academy
Nov. 12 - Bristol, UK @ 02 Academy
Nov. 13 - London, UK @ HMV Forum
Nov. 14 - Manchester, UK @ Academy
Commented Dez Fafara (Devildriver) : "Listen up! Devildriver is proud to say we're coming back and bringing a badass lineup with us!
The last time we toured with 36 Crazyfists, it was a such great time that all of us, band and crew, swore we would do it again and we are!!
This tour is gonna be bands and crews hanging out, having a great time and this energy will transfer onstage and backstage as we travel overseas together."
Devildriver's frontman Dez Fafara has been interviewed by Elliot Levin of the "New York Hard Rock Examiner" when the band performed at Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale , New York on January 31 . Watch the video below .
Vocalist Dez Fafara of Devildriver has been interviewed on december 12 by Christina Rowatt before the band's show with Devildriver in Australia .
Watch the chat below .