DEVILDRIVER's Dez Fafara Talks To Maximum Threshold; Interview Streaming

September 13, 2013, 11 years ago

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Maximum Threshold Radio are streaming a new interview that Michael Strong and Jeff Blackburn conducted with DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara. Dez discusses the new DevilDriver album, as well as his past projects, including COAL CHAMBER. Listen below:

The recent release of Winter Kills, the sixth DevilDriver studio album and their first for their new label home Napalm Records, hit charts all over the world with some of the band's best chart numbers to date.

In the US, Winter Kills came in at #32 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart (the band's highest chart debut ever), #3 on the Billboard Hard Music Chart, #10 on the Billboard Rock Chart and #13 on the Billboard Independent Chart. This is also Napalm Records best selling release in North America to date.

Globally the onslaught continued with Devildriver coming in at #24 on the German Charts, #24 on the Finland Charts, #26 in Austria, #45 on the Swiss Charts, #71 in the UK and #87 in the Netherlands.

Fafara commented on the success of Winter Kills: "From the whole Devildriver family and myself we would like to say thank you to our supporters/musicians who helped spread the word! Thank you to Maria Ouellette and Jon Freeman of Napalm Records for working their ass off to get Winter Kills out to all of you! This is a HUGE victory and we are all very excited to start touring!"

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In support of Winter Kills, Devildriver are on a co-headlining tour with TRIVIUM. Support on the tour comes from AFTER THE BURIAL and SYLOSIS. The trek rolls through October 17th in San Diego, CA.

Tour dates:

September

13 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
14 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
16 - Calgary, AB - Macewan Ballroom
17 - Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
18 - Saskatoon, SK - Odeon
19 - Winnipeg, MB - Garrick
21 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
23 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
24 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix
25 - Montreal, QC - Corona
27 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theater
28 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
29 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
30 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of the Living Arts

October

2 - Silver Springs, MD - Fillmore
3 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
4 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
5 - Detroit, MI - Harpos
7 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
8 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
10 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
11 - Wichita, KS - The Cotillion
12 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
13 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
15 - San Francisco, CA - Regency
16 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
17 - San Diego, CA - SOMA


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