10-07-2025
DEVILSKIN Unveil New Album Re-Evolution
2025 AMA People's Choice Award Winners and masters of immersive music, DEVILSKIN today release their new album RE-EVOLUTION, a collection of thirteen colossal songs displaying just how far they have come in their extraordinary 15-year journey.
Having just completed an adrenaline-fuelled 11-date nationwide tour, New Zealand's hottest hard-rock metal act, DEVILSKIN, today celebrates the release of their most evocative album to date, exactly eleven years after the release of their chart-topping double platinum -selling debut album WE RISE.
RE-EVOLUTION is bold. The band's sixth release is a profound collection of huge songs, both welcomingly familiar and sonically fresh. This is a dynamic perspective: the continued growth, the re-invention, and the re-evolution of Devilskin as songwriters and as artists.
RE-EVOLUTION reinforces Devilskin's fearsome reputation for honesty, depth and integrity, and for writing beautiful and captivating songs.
The band dives deeply from introspective personal moments to visceral nightmares, weaved with brazen chaos, and dreamy, melodic mind trips. Subject matter once again highlights the fact that the band aren't afraid to discuss the tough topics: loss; depression; phobia; anguish; addiction; death; and of course, life.
Once again working with producer Dave Rhodes, the Hamilton four-piece have ascended with no limits to their creativity and ability to explore sonics and soundscapes.
Devilskin say: 'We really approached this album from a fresh perspective. From the way we share demo's and ideas, to using a studio we had never been in before; the process was streamlined for precision. We knew exactly what we wanted to achieve. We set some lofty goals for ourselves and everyone pushed themselves that little bit harder. We all had the one focus, just to make this our finest work, our most expressive, expansive and evocative album.'
Kicking off with the ambitious grandeur and stark confrontation that is " Red", the band instantly hit stride and display a keen awareness of the listeners wants and needs and they deliver by the bucketful. " Swelter" is fierce and unrelenting; " Desiderium" dreamy and direct; all the time the production is teasing, charming and flaying your senses.
'While we all feel the natural pressure to out-perform each previous record, this one felt remarkably relaxed, and probably more about having fun recording and seeing our visions come to life in real time. Having the control, the resources, and the right people around is key', said the band.
RE-EVOLUTION is also Devilskin's first time adding guest features on the album as well. With Twelve Foot Ninja's Nik Barker and Joe Hottinger of Halestorm both lending their talents to the music, explaining: 'We had been talking to these guys for a while, and we've floated the idea of guest spots on albums in the past. This time around, all of our stars aligned and we were able to include some of our favourite people.'
RE-EVOLUTION is out globally today with CD & Vinyl available from Devilskin's website, JB Hi-Fi, and select local record stores across New Zealand.
RE-EVOLUTION TRACK LISTING
1 'Red'
2 'Swelter'
3 'Desiderium'
4 'Have I Come Undone'
5 'Ghosts In The Mud'
6 'Rain In The Wind'
7 'Once Forgotten'
8 'Half-Life Of Dreams'
9 'Burn Slow'
10 'Entomophobia'
11 'Celestial'
12 'An Island'
13 'Twenty-Eight'
