DEVILDRIVER reveal new album plans, dropping new single ‘Dig Your Own Grave’

GROOVE METAL MASTERS DEVILDRIVER UNLEASH FEROCIOUS NEW ALBUM STRIKE AND KILL ON JULY 10, 2026

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WATCH OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR LEAD SINGLE “DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE”

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KICKS OFF AUGUST 14 IN SAN DIEGO, CA

After numerous world tours, ten full length albums, and globally recognised acclaim, unstoppable groove metal masters DEVILDRIVER bore full speed ahead. Today, the band announce their explosive eleventh full length, Strike And Kill, out July 10, 2026 via Napalm Records. With the brutal lineup of frontman and mastermind Dez Fafara, virtuoso guitar duo Alex Lee and Gabe Mangold, eruptive drummer Davier Ortega Perez, and the return of founding bass legend Jon Miller, Strike And Kill sees DEVILDRIVER return to their carnivorous origin, reigniting the incendiary sound that founded their legacy – delivering a must listen for all fans of the genre.

Dez Fafara on Strike And Kill:

“My headspace hasn’t changed, I have not become complacent or soft in my view of the world or in my music. Metal is our outlet as listeners and writers, so on this record we focused on ‘getting it all out’ lyrically, and backing those lyrics with savage, relentless music that fuels the heavy California groove like no other. DEVILDRIVER has never sounded like any other band, we do our own thing in our own way, and I’m the most proud of that.

“I’m so proud of these musicians, this music, and the vibe around this record. DevilDriver sounds like no one else out there right now, we are here to Strike And Kill!”

Alongside today’s announcement, they unleash the fierce album opener upon the masses. Debuting yesterday on SXM’s Liquid Metal, “Dig Your Own Grave”, is a vitriolic onslaught of machine gun riffs and uncompromising aggression, lyrically lambasting fools responsible for their own undesirable fates. Full of piss and vinegar, this is DEVILDRIVER at maximum ferocity, giving listeners just a taste of the carnage waiting within Strike And Kill.

Pre-order Strike And Kill HERE.

Watch the official video for “Dig Your Own Grave” HERE.

About the track, Dez Fafara states:

“‘Dig Your Own Grave’ is about how one wrong decision, one wrong move can see your whole world turned upside down, effectively ‘digging’ your own grave… it’s that simple.

“It can also refer to how your decisions can fuck someone else. This is why there’s the line ‘six feet ain’t deep enough for you’, because only a deep, deep hole is fitting for what you’ve done or tried to do to others. Be careful when you choose to make decisions at midnight.”

Following DEVILDRIVER’s career-defining double album Dealing With Demons Vols. 1 & 2 – with Vol. 1 sitting at #1 at U.S. metal radio for a triumphant 15 weeks, and Vol. 2 celebrated by internationally revered outlets like Metal Injection, Kerrang!, and Blabbermouth, who declared “you can’t stop the unstoppable” – Strike And Kill finds the band at their most focused and ferocious, zeroing in with predatory precision and delivering that trademark DEVILDRIVER blend of melodeath elegance, blackened atmosphere, tectonic grooves, and Fafara’s iconic visceral delivery.

Wasting no time, the album bursts open with the incendiary “Dig Your Own Grave”; a punishing volley of assault-rifle kicks and crunchy riffs that seize the listener by the collar and refuse to let go, before sieging into “Dead In The Water”, which showcases the vibrant melo-death tapestries of guitar duo Alex Lee and Gabe Mangold. “Sanctified In Scars” deploys industrial beats and ethereal textures, wrapping Fafara’s venomous voice in blackened tremolo excellence. The album’s title track “Strike And Kill” is a reconciliation of hardships and lessons learned, built on the backs of blistering technical riffage and dizzying drumwork from Davier Perez. Tracks like “In The Moonlight” and “Never Coming Home” envelop listeners in serenely blissful guitarmonies, elevating the brutality with elegance and emotion. “Ride Or Die” hits like a freight train and doesn’t let up. Tracks like “Headed For The Fall” and “You’re Just A Ghost” exemplify the band’s technical edge, embracing mind-bendingly off-kilter patterns. “Summoning Shadows” offers the album’s longest moment of stillness, with textured acoustic guitars coiling ever tighter before the band detonates. “Shut The Silence On” and “Oath Of Iron” rip forward with thrash energy and blast beats, before “All Bets Are Off” brings everything to a suitably cataclysmic conclusion.

Strike and Kill Tracklisting:

Dig Your Own Grave
Dead In The Water
Sanctified In Scars
Strike And Kill
In The Moonlight
Ride Or Die
Headed For The Fall
Shut The Silence On
Never Coming Home
Summoning Shadows
You’re Just A Ghost
Oath Of Iron
All Bets Are Off

Strike and Kill will be available in the following formats:

1-CD Digipak
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl SOLID BLUE
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl TRANSLUCENT VERDE – Napalm Records Mailorder Exclusive
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl SPLATTERED (incl. LP-Sized Booklet 24 pages, Certificate, Covercard) – Napalm Records Mailorder Exclusive
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl WHITE LABEL (incl. LP-Sized Booklet 24 pages, Certificate) – Napalm Records Mailorder Exclusive
1-LP Gatefold Vinyl SOLID ORANGE – Indie Merch Exclusive
Digital Album

[1-LP Gatefold Vinyl WHITE LABEL (incl. LP-Sized Booklet 24 pages, Certificate)

– Napalm Records Mailorder Exclusive]

Additionally, DEVILDRIVER will be touring across the western United States with Upon A Burning Body and Ov Sulfur. Kicking off August 14 in San Diego, CA, the Strike and Kill North American Tour 2026 will hit a slough of major cities including Dallas, TX, Chicago, IL, Salt Lake City, UT, and Reno, NV before its thunderous conclusion on September 5 in sunny Anaheim, CA. Artist presale is live NOW, see below for a complete list of dates.

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DEVILDRIVER on tour:

14.08.26 US – San Diego, CA / Observatory North Park

15.08.26 US – Las Vegas, NV / Brooklyn Bowl

16.08.26 US – Phoenix, AZ / Marquee

18.08.26 US – San Antonio, TX / Aztec Theater

19.08.26 US – Austin, TX / Come and Take It Live

20.08.26 US – Houston, TX / House of Blues

22.08.26 US – Dallas, TX / House of Blues

23.08.26 US – Oklahoma City, OK / Diamond Ballroom

25.08.26 US – Chicago, IL / Bottom Lounge

26.08.26 US – Milwaukee, WI / The Rave