Catching Up With DEVILDRIVER

November 23, 2009

Sami of the U.K. branch of Roadrunner Records conducted an interview with bassist John Miller and drummer John Boecklin of Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER when the band played in London, England on October 16, 2009. Watch the chat below.

DEVILDRIVER recently recorded several songs at the legendary BBC Maida Vale Studios in London, England for an exclusive BBC Radio 1 "Rock Show" session which will air tonight (Monday, November 23) as part of Daniel Carter's program between midnight and 2:00 a.m. U.K. time. Vocalist Dez Fafara will also be on the phone talking about recording the session and life in general.

The show will be available for streaming for seven days after the initial broadcast at this location.

DEVILDRIVER will embark on a five-week North American headlining tour in January. Support on the dates will come from SUFFOCATION and GOATWHORE.

According to a new online post by Miller, DEVILDRIVER has six songs "in the bag" for the group's forthcoming album, which they "are looking to record sooner than later." He added, "We want to go faster and heavier on this one to answer any question on a 'direction' that we may be undertaking."

Boecklin elaborated further on the status of the songwriting sessions for the band's next CD. Writing on the group's official MySpace blog, he stated, "On our last record, I would say we stretched as far as we could outside of what we had done in the past, trying new and slower songs with vocal melody like 'It's In The Cards' or the rock like feel of songs like 'Back With A Vengeance' and 'Teach Me To Whisper'. For our latest effort, we feel like musically going for the throat, so to speak.

"Are we gonna make a death metal album? No! We always have a heavy emphasis on groove and hook. That will not change. We just feel we have a certain anger edge about us and the songs we are writing compared to our last one. It will not be rushed and if you are a fan, you will not be let down!!"

DEVILDRIVER's latest album, "Pray For Villains", sold around 14,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart.

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