Winter Kills (album)

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Winter Kills
Winter kills devildriver.jpg
Studio album by
DevilDriver
ReleasedAugust 27, 2013
RecordedAudiohammer Studios, Sanford, Florida
Genre Groove metal, melodic death metal
Length49:19
Label Napalm Records
Producer Mark Lewis & DevilDriver
DevilDriver chronology
Beast
(2011)		Winter Kills
(2013)		 Trust No One
(2016)
Singles from Winter Kills
  1. "Ruthless"
    Released: June 26, 2013

Winter Kills is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band DevilDriver. It was released on August 27, 2013, via Napalm Records. [1] It is the only DevilDriver album to feature new bassist Chris Towning who was a touring member from 2012 until joining permanently in February 2013. Recording of instrumental parts took place at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida and the album was produced by Mark Lewis. [1] The album is available in several different configurations which can include bonus tracks or a live DVD. [1] It would be DevilDriver's last album with founding members John Boecklin and Jeff Kendrick before both of them left the band in October 2014.

Contents

"Sail" is a cover of a song by indie band Awolnation. Frontman Dez Fafara was turned on to the original by his then-teenage sons.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 7/10 [4]

Winter Kills received a Metacritic score of 70 based on six reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews. [2]

The album sold around 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on Billboard 200 chart. It has sold 50,000 copies in the United States as of April 2016. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Oath of the Abyss"5:36
2."Ruthless"4:09
3."Desperate Times"4:08
4."Winter Kills"4:54
5."The Appetite"4:46
6."Gutted"3:28
7."Curses and Epitaphs"5:04
8."Caring's Overkill"4:33
9."Haunting Refrain"4:59
10."Tripping Over Tombstones"3:38
11."Sail" (Awolnation cover)4:04
Total length:49:19
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Shudder"4:03
13."Back Down to the Grave"4:44
Total length:58:08

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 14
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 84
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 118
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 87
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [11] 24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 45
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 71
US Billboard 200 [15] 32
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [18] 10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [19] 8

Personnel

DevilDriver
Technical personnel

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