Artist: DEVILDRIVER
Album: STRIKE AND KILL LTD. EDIT. (DIGI)

Release date: 10.07.2026
EAN/UPS: 810185192700
Media type: CD

After numerous world tours, ten full length albums, and globally recognized acclaim, groove metal legends DEVILDRIVER remain full speed ahead in their second decade of decimation. The band recently rounded out their career defining double album Dealing With Demons Vols. 1 & 2. With Vol. 1 sitting at #1 at metal radio for a triumphant 15 weeks, and Vol. 2 celebrated by internationally revered media like Metal Injection, Kerrang!, and Blabbermouth, who lauded “you can’t stop the unstoppable”. 

Now out for blood, DEVILDRIVER sets out on a rabid hunt with Strike and Kill dropping July 10, 2026 via Napalm Records. A ferocious lash that honors its namesake with brutal dedication, Strike and Kill holds the blade to your throat, serving up that trademark DEVILDRIVER blend of melodeath elegance, blackened atmosphere, tectonic grooves, and iconic frontman Dez Fafara’s visceral delivery.

Wasting no time, the album bursts open with the incendiary “Dig Your Own Grave”, a flurry of assault rifle kicks and crunchy riffs encircle the listener casting them into the waiting abyss before transitioning into “Dead in the Water”, showcasing the vibrant melodeath tapestries of guitar duo Alex Lee and Gabe Mangold. “Sanctified In Scars” implements industrial pulsating beats and ethereal sonic textures, sanctifying Fafara’s venomous voice with blackened tremolo excellence. The album’s title track “Strike and Kill” is a reconciliation of hardships and lessons learned, built upon the backs of blisteringly technical riffage and dizzyingly swift drumming by Davier Perez. Tracks like “In the Moonlight” and “Never Coming Home” wrap listeners in serenely blissful guitarmonies, elevating the brutality with elegance and emotion. “Ride or Die” unleashes pure metal inertia, pulling listeners in with unrelenting force. Exemplifying their technical edge with tracks like “Headed for the Fall” and “You’re just a Ghost”, the band embraces mindbendingly off-kilter patterns that spin listeners' heads. “Summoning Shadows” offers the albums longest respite from carnage, with textured acoustic guitars building tension before the band comes crashing back in with triumphant power. “Shut the Silence On” and “Oath of Iron” get super thrashy with their ballsy riffage and blast beats, before “All Bets are Off” brings things to a cataclysmic conclusion. With 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, a must listen for all fans of the genre.

CD/ LP:

01    Dig Your Own Grave
02    Dead in the Water
03    Sanctified In Scars
04    Strike and Kill
05    In the Moonlight
06    Ride or Die

07    Headed for the Fall
08    Shut the Silence On
09    Never Coming Home
10    Summoning Shadows
11    You're just a Ghost
12    Oath of Iron
13    All Bets are Off