According to The Devil Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams, the Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band will enter the studio on April 22 with with producer/engineer Matt Goldman to begin recording its new album for a late 2013 release via Roadrunner Records. Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, who handled production duties on The Devil Wears Prada‘s “Dead Throne” CD, will serve as executive producer on the upcoming effort.
Back in January, The Devil Wears Prada frontman Mike Hranica told Loudwire about the songwriting process for the new album: “For me, I definitely feel a little bit of a carry-over from ‘Dead Throne’, particularly because it was a very cool record for me learning, for me learning to write better and that was working with a new [producer] … working with Adamfor the first time and having [A Day To Remember’s] Jeremy McKinnonworking on some of the songs with us, and I feel I took a lot from that. On‘Dead Throne’, there were better vocal parts and everything was more cohesive and understandable and made for better song structure and everything and that had had a big impact on me creatively and so it’s definitely carried over into this.”
He added: “Conceptually, the concepts of ‘Dead Throne’ didn’t carry over. I feel like that would be repetitive and monotonous to keep going at the same subject matter, but obviously, it all comes from the same place and I can say that nothing got more happy or uplifting, really. So I think it’s very muchThe Devil Wears Prada, but also it’s got a bit of freshness and originality to it and I think that even musically we started approaching the songs differently. Like, this song could be more like this and working off of a base we never really worked off of before.”
The Devil Wears Prada‘s nationwide co-headlining trek with As I Lay Dying gets underway February 22 at Ventura, California’s Majestic Ventura Theater Half House and continues through early April. The Devil Wears Prada and As I Lay Dying will be accompanied on the road by For Today, The Color Morale [February 22 – March 7], and The Chariot [March 8 – April 4]. Remaining dates & locations are listed below.
The Devil Wears Prada has inked a deal with Roadrunner Records. The group — vocalist Mike Hranica, Rubey, rhythm guitarist Jeremy DePoyster, bassist Andy Trick, and drummer Daniel Williams — will make its label debut with an as-yet-untitled new LP, executive-produced by Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage with producer/engineer Matt Goldman, expected to arrive fall 2013.
The Devil Wears Prada’s 2011 breakthrough, Dead Throne, debuted at #10 on the Billboard Top 200 and cemented the group’s status as one of the most electrifying acts in modern metal. An incendiary live force, the band has proven relentless road warriors. In addition to countless headline dates and festival sets, recent highlights include spending summer 2012 alongside Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax, and Motörhead on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.
Upcoming Shows:
Mar 21 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
Mar 22 Williamsville, NY Club Infinity
Mar 23 Toronto, ON The Sound Academy
Mar 24-25 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls Theater
Mar 27 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Mar 28 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
Mar 29 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Mar 30 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Apr 2 Lawrence, KS The Granada Theatre
Apr 3-4 Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep
Europe:
Jun 17 Moscow Hall, Moscow, Russia
Jun 18 Avrora, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Jun 19 Nosturi, Helsinki, Finland
Jun 22 Summerblast Festival, Trier, Germany
Jun 30 Ghost Fest 2013, Leeds, United Kingdom
July 2 Tivoli, Utrecht, Netherlands
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