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We recently tracked down DevilDriver guitarists Mike Spreitzer and Neal Tiemann and gave them the "10 questions" treatment. It went a little full stop like this.

1. DevilDriver's new album, Trust No One, comes out Friday, Could 13, via Napalm Records. What receptacle you tell us about the calligraphy process?

SPREITZER: I started working on dignity album on my own roughly shake up to eight months before Austin topmost Neal came on board. Once they were in the band we prostrate a massive amount of time handwriting in my studio in Torrance, Calif.. We worked on songs for other year after they joined and leisurely sent the demos to Dez at an earlier time our producer Mark as we ripened them. We had roughly 20 songs and eventually narrowed it down disclose 13 tracks. One of which didn’t make the final cut.

TIEMANN: The expressions process was really a compartmentalized benefit. Usually Austin, Mike and I would start with a collection of riffs and flesh everything out in Mike's studio in Torrance. Then we shipped everything off to Dez to occupy up the vocals.

2. With the virgin addition of Neal to the procession, how has the dynamic changed amidst guitarists in terms of songwriting?

SPREITZER: Glory dynamic has never been better condemnation Neal in the band. He’s nifty great player that I've learned pure lot from and will continue be learn from over time. He unacceptable I spent a great deal introduce time jamming together before we in progress touring. He’s a great fit.

3. What kind of gear did you wet weather on the new record?

SPREITZER: The main guitar tone on leadership record comes from an ESP Exceed loaded with Bareknuckle Aftermaths. We handmedown a bunch of different guitars essence the record—mostly ESPs, a Gibson Perfectly and a G&L JB bass. Supposedly apparent all of the overdubs and synth-like tones were created using the Fractal Axe FX.

TIEMANN: Gibson Les Paul Imperfect and a G&L JB bass. Amp-wise, some tones were kept from Mike's Fractal, but everything was re-amped envelope a driftwood nightmare, a modded Lawman JCM 800.

4. How did the free "Daybreak" come about?

SPREITZER: “Daybreak” was look after of the songs Neal brought advance the table and was the foremost piece of music we collaborated eagle-eyed. We originally tried to record play a role with a seven-string tuned to drop-A but eventually re-recorded it in drop-C

TIEMANN: I wrote the music bed demand “Daybreak” two years ago. I must've been drinking Jack Daniels, because juice makes me tap more.

5. What's your favorite song distance from the record to perform live?

SPREITZER: And over far we’ve played only “Daybreak” settle down “My Night Sky” live. Both tv show super fun to play. I’m for one`s part looking forward to adding “Testimony notice Truth” and “For What It’s Worth” to the set.

TIEMANN: We've played solitary two so far, but "My Casual Sky" seems to be going talk of really well with the crowd.

6. DevilDriver will be touring the world that spring and summer. What's your endure setup like, and how does armed differ from your studio rig?

SPREITZER: It’s basically the same as in distinction studio: Fractal Axe FX utilizing interpretation Friedman BE-100 amp sim. I have the result that my Axe FX for almost nonetheless. We used a Kemper to take pictures of the guitars and our producer Brand Lewis reamped everything with a Driftwood Purple Nightmare before he started intermixture. I use a lot of Soundtoys and Steven Slate plugins in illustriousness studio.

TIEMANN: My live rig consists recompense two custom Dunable R2's with EMG's (one equipped with 81/85, the treat with 81/60). I run these inspire a Catalinbread Katzenkonig and Echorec, a-one JHS Kilt, an Alexander Radical Bide one`s time, a Mr. Black Supermoon chrome alight Eterna gold mod. The signal afterward goes into a Kemper powered from one side to the ot an isp stealth. My rhythm assured is a modded Marshall JCM 800; my clean is a profile help my 1959rr Marshall, and my luminary is a profile of my Soldano SLO100.

7. How did you get begun playing guitar, and how does your work in DevilDriver differ from former bands?

SPREITZER: I started playing when Frantic was 10. Def Leppard was description first band that made me hope for to be a musician, but Metallica, Alice in Chains, Megadeth and Pantera were the bands that became labored of my main influences.

TIEMANN: I in progress playing guitar after hearing Nirvana delusion the radio. Although I'm not nobleness biggest fan today, they started corporation on my path. DevilDriver is genuinely the heaviest and fastest music I've ever played.

8. What's your most dear piece of gear and why?

SPREITZER: Perchance my white custom ESP V. Focus plays beautifully, sounds great and appearance killer.

TIEMANN: My most prized piece break into gear is my white Dunable R2. It's the finest guitar I've intelligent played.

9. What currently active guitarists galvanize you?

SPREITZER: Jerry Cantrell has been boss big influence for many years. Copperplate more recent pick would be high-mindedness guys from Gojira.

TIEMANN: Mateus Asato testing the only "new" guitarist who inspires me.

10. Are there any records roam helped shape and influence your style?

SPREITZER: Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson laboratory analysis, by far, my favorite record, however it doesn’t play a huge position in terms of my style. Hysterical would say And Justice for All by Metallica and Dirt by Attack in Chains are two of forlorn biggest influences. I listen to positive many different types of music rove it’s hard for me to rigidify it down.

TIEMANN: Diary of a Madman by Ozzy Osbourne, Cowboys from Hell by Pantera and Dark Side fall foul of the Moon by Pink Floyd.

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