DEVILDRIVER will release its full-length album of outlaw country-gone-metal anthems, "Outlaws 'Til The End: Vol. 1", on July 6 via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are available now in multiple physical (click "official store") and digital/streaming formats via this location. Merch bundles are also available via the official store. Additional merchandise such as t-shirts, long-sleeve shirts, flasks, keychains, and more are also available here. After weeks of anticipation from fans, DEVILDRIVER has dropped a second track from the album — the band's metallicized, aggressive cover of the outlaw classic "Ghost Riders In The Sky". The track features the talents of album guests John Carter Cash (son of country music legend Johnny Cash), Ana Cristina Cash, and renowned LAMB OF GOD vocalist Randy Blythe. A music video featuring exclusive in-studio footage below can be seen below. DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara says: "It was both an honor and a privilege to work with these three great artists. Watching John Carter Cash and Ana Cristina Cash track vocals at the Cash Cabin was a highlight of my career. Meeting such down-to-earth and incredibly talented people and having them come on board 'made' the project for me, personally. Tracking with Randy was another highlight. He's a brother and watching how he tracked, and vice versa, was a learning process for both of us that we both spoke highly about and enjoyed immensely. All of us on this song gave 110% to make sure it was done right! Enjoy!" John Carter Cash adds: "All my life I have loved the power and eerie quality of the song 'Ghost Riders In The Sky'. Since I was nine years old, I have lived and breathed heavy metal music. I am grateful to have had the chance to work with Dez Fafara, Randy Blythe, DEVILDRIVER and others, in the upcoming release of what I believe is the consummate metal version of this musical masterpiece." Ana Cristina Cash says: "I am so proud to have been a part of 'Outlaws 'Til The End: Vol. 1' and to have sung on the metal version of 'Ghost Riders In The Sky' with my husband John Carter Cash, Dez Fafara, Randy Blythe and DEVILDRIVER. This whole album pushes boundaries and merges the outlaw country and the metal genres in a masterful way." Randy Blythe offers: "I am a huge fan of moody songs with narrative lyrics employed to tell a dark story — they really make the listener visualize what the song is about. I can't think of many tunes where this was done more effectively than Johnny Cash's version of 'Ghost Riders In The Sky'. Long before heavy metal had been invented, the original Man in Black wasn't afraid to explore the dark side with his music. Truly great songs never die — they just shape-shift through the years. Singing with Dez, John Carter and DEVILDRIVER is keeping those undead riders alive in a whole different genre. Crank this up and look to the sky at night..." "Outlaws 'Til The End" was produced, mixed and recorded with Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, EVERY TIME I DIE, SEPULTURA, THE CURE), with DEVILDRIVER guitarist Mike Sprietzer also lending recording talents. The album was mastered by renowned engineer Alan Douches. Completing this unprecedented project is a host of metal and country luminaries providing unforgettable cameos: horror metal icon Wednesday 13 lends his incensed rasp to George Jones's "If Drinking Don't Kill Me", 36 CRAZYFISTS frontman Brock Lindow brings fire and soul to Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road", and FEAR FACTORY's Burton C. Bell helps to turn Richard Thompson's anti-war classic "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" into a brooding gothic metal extravaganza. Meanwhile, LAMB OF GOD members Randy Blythe and Mark Morton contribute to an exhilarating decimation of Willie Nelson's "Whiskey River". "Outlaws 'Til The End" track listing: 01. "Country Heroes" Written by Hank Williams III Performed by Hank3 & Dez Fafara 02. "Whiskey River" Written by Johnny Bush and Paul Stroud; recorded by Willie Nelson Performed by Randy Blythe, Mark Morton of LAMB OF GOD & Dez Fafara 03. "Outlaw Man" Written by David Blue; recorded by the Eagles Performed by Dez Fafara & Neal Tiemann of DEVILDRIVER 04. "Ghost Riders In The Sky" Written by Stan Jones Performed by John Carter Cash, Ana Cristina Cash, Randy Blythe & Dez Fafara 05. "I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)" Written by Bobby Bobby Borchers, Wayne Kemp, Mack Vickery; recorded by Johnny Paycheck Performed by Dez Fafara & DEVILDRIVER 06. "If Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" Written by Harlan Sanders, Rick Beresford; recorded by George Jones Performed by Wednesday 13 & Dez Fafara 07. "The Man Comes Around" Written by Johnny Cash Performed by Lee Ving of FEAR & Dez Fafara 08. "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere" Written by Dwight Yoakam Performed by Dez Fafara & Neal Tiemann of DEVILDRIVER 09. "Copperhead Road" Written by Steve Earle Performed by Brock Lindow of 36 CRAZYFISTS & Dez Fafara 10. "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" Written by Richard Thompson Performed by Burton C. Bell of FEAR FACTORY & Dez Fafara 11. "A Country Boy Can Survive" Written by Hank Williams Jr. Performed by Dez Fafara & DEVILDRIVER 12. "The Ride" Written by J.B. Detterline Jr., Gary Gentry; recorded by David Allan Coe Performed by Lee Ving of Fear & Dez Fafara DEVILDRIVER is: Dez Fafara - Vocals Mike Spreitzer - Guitar Neal Tiemann - Guitar Diego Ibarra - Bass Austin D'Amond - Drums
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