Devilment, who feature Cradle Of Filth vocalist Dani Filth, have set a November 18th release on Nuclear Blast Entertainment for their new album, “Devilment II: The Mephisto Waltzes“. Filth said of the effort:
“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!”
Scott Atkins (Cradle Of Filth, Behemoth) produced mixed and mastered the release. A music video for the single “Hitchcock Blonde” was recently filmed with director Sam Scott-Hunter and will surface in the coming weeks. The band will be touring the UK in early December:
12/06 Colchester, UK – Arts Centre
12/07 Nottingham, UK – Rock City Basement
12/09 Stoke, UK – Sugarmill
12/10 London, UK – Boston Music Room
12/11 Norwich, UK – Waterfront
12/13 Glasgow, UK – Stereo
12/14 Newcastle, UK – Think Tank
12/15 Wolverhampton, UK – Slade Rooms
12/16 Leeds, UK – Key Club
12/18 Reading, UK – Sub 89
12/19 Southampton, UK – Engine Rooms
Filth also commented on the below artwork for the release:
“Winner of many international awards, the artist for the new Devilment album is Elena Vizerskayaaka 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.”
