LucemFero.com recently caught up with DEVILDRIVER guitarist Mike Spreitzer. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

LF: Are you happy with the reception The Last Kind Words has received?

Spreitzer: "It's been great, and our first week sales were better than the last two records. Since the album came out, I think I've heard one fan say that they liked The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand a little bit more. That's it really. Everyone is pretty much telling us that this is the best DevilDriver record ever, and that makes me really happy. I've heard a lot of people say that. Chris Adler from LAMB OF GOD, who I've been friends since 2004, came up to me at Ozzfest. He said 'You know what? I liked you guys, but I listen to the new album all the time,' and I just replied 'Wow! Thanks man.” There are people out there that weren't really into us, but with this record they're saying 'Alright man, maybe I'll give these guys another chance.'"

LF: How did you approach your contributions to this album?

Spreitzer: "I had a little more influence on this one than the second one. I primarily wrote 'These Fighting Words', 'Clouds Over California', 'Head On To Heartache', and bits and pieces here and there. My favourite part about this album though is that there's so many guitar solos; we've never had more than two guitar solos on an album, whereas on this one there's seven or eight I think. It made me feel very proud to be a guitar player on this record, and that's just because I took more time. I spent a lot of time writing the solos, and I'm really happy with them."

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