Devildriver debut new song, announce double album

In January we learned that Devildriver had finished work on a new double album. Today, the band has revealed that the first installment of the release will arrive on October 9 through Napalm Records via a new full-length titled Dealing With Demons I. A visualizer for lead single "Keep Away From Me" can be viewed here: Frontman Dez Fafara states about "Keep Away From Me" and its accompanying visual: "I've been social distancing since I was born. I've learned to try and embrace my Agoraphobia all my life. This is what the lyrics are about as we are all sheltered in place. They seem very clear. Now is not the time bands should shy away from the obvious by trying to push the narrative through their art as if everything is alright with the world and 'it's metal video visual as usual time', as it is clearly NOT that time. We as artists should speak up, inspire and change lives, or paint a picture – a time capsule if you will – by the narrative we push in uncertain times. This video is one such art piece as my band and thousands of others are forced into quarantine – cannot rehearse, take photos, or perform – to make a music video for the very people that have supported us for years. It's trying times for the world and my outlook through this video is simply this: 'here's what we are going through as a family on this planet and as we embrace what is yet to come... please Stand Together'." Fafara says about the band's Dealing With Demons I writing and recording process: "I said to the guys, 'if we just met today, what kind of music would we make? How would we stand the test of time, stand apart from others and stand above the competition? Let's not focus on the past sound. Instead let's kick into the future together.'" Fafara adds: "It's time to lay it all out, on two records. I'm never gonna revisit these subjects again. I've been writing about this sort of human nature, disloyalty and dishonesty, love and loss, since the beginning of my career. I am going in a more lyrically woke direction in the future. A lot of people say my music gives them strength. But what they don't realize is that these topics haunt me. Over the course of these last few years we fled from wildfires, my wife battled cancer and now we are going through a pandemic… so it is what it is… let's dump it all on the table and purge. I want to go through different topics in the future, so here we are now. I've laid it all out on a double record for all of you to hear. "Volume two will get into some very heavy topics as well. You'll see the band progress even further musically as we finish this ode to the purge of all things Demonic." Dealing With Demons I track listing: 01. Keep Away From Me 02. Vengeance Is Clear 03. Nest Of Vipers 04. Iona 05. Wishing 06. You Give Me A Reason To Drink 07. Witches 08. Dealing With Demons 09. The Damned Don't Cry 10. Scars Me Forever