Witch County nefarious frights Devilment – led by
vehement frontman Dani Filth, are incredibly pleased to announce
their forthcoming masterpiece ‘Devilment II: The Mephisto Waltzes’.
The
record, which is the follow up to 2014’s debut ‘The Great And Secret Show’,
will be released by Nuclear Blast Entertainment on 18th November
2016.
Dani had this to say on the subject of the new record:
“Everybody in DEVILMENT is very excited about the prospect of
releasing our latest album, ‘II – The Mephisto Waltzes’, which we
have worked extremely hard on. The album is definitely a step-up from our
debut, featuring a more mature, dissonant presence coupled with a darker edge,
yet at the same time utilising our better musical assets to deliver a unique
metal hybrid. I don't even know what to classify it!”
Dani’s crew have meticulously pieced together a second blood-spattered batch of
deranged anthems that brings vastly more colour, intensity and lyrical
versatility to this band’s spectral palate. The second Devilment record
makes no splintered bones about its nefarious intent, offering a bewildering
torrent of disparate and demented ideas and delivering them with refined,
ultra-gothic panache and several jolting doses of Dani’s trademark verbal
subterfuge. Assisted by long-time collaborators Lauren Francis (keys
and vocals), Colin Parks (guitar), Nick Johnson (bass) and
new drummer Matt Alston, Dani has arrived at the telling moment where Devilment become
a genuine force to be reckoned with.
Regarding the album’s artwork, Dani revealed:
“Winner of many international awards, the artist for the new Devilment album
is Elena Vizerskayaaka a.k.a.Kassandra, whose photography and
photo-manipulation perfectly complements the mysterious and magickal world of Devilment. Elena's
work is sometimes compared to Dali and Magritte due to the
complexity of artistic figures and the perceptible amount of layers, something
to be felt and not necessarily understood, exotic dreams filled with
reflections and allusion. I have been a fan of Elena's work for a
long while now and had originally wanted to utilise it for the Cradle Of
Filth album, 'The Manticore And Other Horrors' as far back as 2011,
which only fell through when band politics intervened and an in-house label
artist was used instead.”
“In conjunction with Elena, the booklet was compiled and further augmented
with illustration by Dan Goldsworthy, who has also undertaken album
artwork for the likes of Accept, Hell, Xentrix, Gloryhammer and Sylosis,
amongst others. His contribution to the album has provided it with a
minimalist dark uniformity, punctuated by slick and classily macabre imagery,
the perfect balance to Elena's gorgeously vibrant photography.”
The album was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered at Grindstone Studios by
close friend and long term collaborator Scott Atkins (Cradle Of Filth, Behemoth, Sylosis, Savage
Messiah...), between March and July of this year.
Dani said: “Scott has worked very closely with the band to share our vision
and we are very proud of the finished result, especially the megalithic
production values and the hammered-home emphasis on song writing.”
Formed in 2011 in the mystical county of Suffolk, England, Devilment burst
into the vexed consciousness of the heavy metal hive mind with their debut demo ‘Grotescapology’ in
2012. Led by the unmistakably grim vocal gymnastics of Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani
Filth, the band swiftly grabbed the attention of legendary music biz mover and
shaker Monte Conner and were duly snapped up by his Nuclear
Blast Entertainment imprint. In October 2014, these Albion-dwelling
infidels unveiled their debut album, ‘The Great And Secret Show’: a
whirlwind of pitch-black thrash metal riffing, multifarious gothic
embellishments and a mean, mischievous streak a mile wide, it provided a
telling and irresistible introduction to Devilment’s uniquely perverse,
surreal and vicious musical world, wherein werewolves, voodoo temptresses and
mutant fungal strains ran riot. Immediately embraced by the malevolent
faithful, it was a sturdy and convincing statement of intent that paved the way
for the sustained dissemination of its creators’ wildly imaginative and
unsettling vision.
Devilment are:
Dani Filth - Vocals
Colin Parks - Lead Guitar
Nick Johnson - Bass
Matt Alston - Drums
Lauren Francis - Keyboards & Vocals
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