DevilDriver - Dealing With Demons Vol.II [Vinyl]

Format: 12" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: NPR954VINYLP
Barcode: 840588175901
Release Date: 19 May 2023
Genre: Metal

Single Blurb: Groove metal kings DEVILDRIVER boast nine full-length albums, countless international tours and worldwide renown! Following 2020’s #4 Hard Music-charting (US) Dealing With Demons I, as life gets harder and heavier with time, so does the second half of the saga: Dealing With Demons Vol. II. Riff-laden album closer “This Relationship Broken” hits as one of the record’s most breakneck-paced anthems, with erratic drums, aggressive riffs and a charged performance from celebrated frontman Dez Fafara. Album Describtion: As iconic groove metal leaders DEVILDRIVER enter their third decade with nine full-length albums, countless international tours and worldwide renown, they prove more resilient than ever. As the world was upended in 2020, DEVILDRIVER didn’t pause, releasing the highly-acclaimed first installment of their two-part Dealing With Demons saga, Dealing With Demons I. International media mainstays like Revolver, Metal Hammer, Kerrang and Consequence lauded the album, with Blabbermouth adding, “If the second half of this mammoth endeavor matches the first, this will be remembered as a pivotal moment in the DEVILDRIVER story.” And now, as society emerges more hardened and determined than before, so does DEVILDRIVER’s 10th full-length, Dealing With Demons Vol. II. Once again produced and engineered by Steve Evetts with additional engineering from guitarist Mike Spreitzer, Dealing With Demons Vol. II is inarguably heavier and relentlessly harsher than its predecessor. Dealing With Demons Vol. II represents not only the most vicious of the two records, but also the darkest recesses of iconic frontman Dez Fafara’s psyche and the final purging of his demons that have long haunted the band’s music. Track one, “I Have No Pity”, instantly keeps fans guessing with its contrasting, marching rhythmic groove and Dez Fafara’s icy, earworm warnings. The album’s standout production immediately shines, with the track’s thick riffs, haunting leads, room-filling drums and Fafara’s vocal prowess leading the way. Eerie, insistent “Mantra” drops a wave of melodic aggression on the listener, instantly inducing headbanging with its breakneck pace and occult lyricism.

Tracklisting
1. I Have no Pity
2. Mantra
3. Nothing Lasts Forever
4. Summoning
5. Through the Depths
6. Bloodbath
7. It's a Hard Truth
8. If Blood is Life
9. This Relationship Broken