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DEVILDRIVER Release Tenth Studio Album ‘Dealing With Demons Vol. II’
May 12th, 2023

Los Angeles, California-based metal band DevilDriver issued tenth full-length studio album Dealing With Demons Vol. II on May 12th, 2023 through Napalm Records.

Dealing With Demons Vol. II was once again produced and engineered by Steve Evetts with additional engineering from guitarist Mike Spreitzer.

“Dealing With Demons Vol. II is – simply put – a conversation in its entirety about Dealing With ‘Inner’ Demons,” commented frontman Dez Fafara. “It’s a conversation in song form between self and a power apart from one’s self, and trying to bury old entities.”

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘I Have No Pity’
02. ‘Mantra’
03. ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’
04. ‘Summoning’
05. ‘Through The Depths’
06. ‘Bloodbath’
07. ‘It’s A Hard Truth’
08. ‘If Blood Is Life’
09. ‘This Relationship Broken’

DevilDriver’s line-up is as follows:

Dez Fafara (vocals)
Mike Spreitzer (guitars)
Alex Lee (guitars)
Jon Miller (bass)
Davier Pérez (drums)

A music video was filmed for the track ‘Through The Depths’. “‘Through The Depths’ is a conversation between a higher power and humans regarding the power of thinking ideas into existence, but being very careful of being arrogant behind those wants and needs,” frontman Dez Fafara commented.

“The first lines give this away: ‘Attention attention, you’re seeking, you’ve asked for, it’s given’ (the higher power says).

“Then the lines of the chorus are that same higher power speaking to humans, saying: ‘through the depths to the ascension, nothing you wouldn’t do for my attention, held to the fire it’s not my crime, you’ve pinned it on me for the last time.’ Meaning – don’t blame the Gods (pin it on them) for your fuck ups. Meaning – put it out there and take steps to attain goals and take accountability.

“This track is the essence of Dealing With Demons Vol. II, and the conversations within the record get way deeper than even this. Enjoy.”

In addition, a music video was filmed for the song ‘If Blood Is Life’. “Shadows of the future, ghosts of your past walking the floor – why do these things haunt us as humans, when we should be focused on the fact that, like the chorus says, ‘Time, it waits for no one, Time, it’s worth the taking,’” Dez Fafara said. “Learn to focus on the now, the here, the present.”

And as well, a music video was filmed for the track ‘This Relationship, Broken’. “‘This Relationship, Broken’ explores the severance that happens between two long time partners when they leave each other after years of turmoil,” Dez Fafara said.

All three clips can be viewed below.

Ninth studio record Dealing With Demons, Volume I in October 2020 via Napalm Records.

Promotional photograph by Jeremy Saffer.