DevilDriver announce Gabe Mangold as new guitarist

DevilDriver lead vocalist Dez Fafara has released a statement on social media revealing that Gabe Mangold (of Dead Icarus, Enterprise Earth, Shadow of Intent) has joined the line up of the band.

PLEASE GIVE A VERY WARM WELCOME TO @gabe.riff ….@devildriver NEW GUITAR PLAYER! 
There’s not enough I can say about Gabe both as a person & SHREDDING guitar player! We have so many things to post but this post is about all of you giving him a warm DD welcome! Gabe came into my life at a pretty Dark time late last year and we’ve become close, his skills on guitar,his humble attitude and down to earth nature is the hallmark of a “good human” …. To have both him and @ibanezguy88 playing together with me makes up the most powerful unit I think we’ve ever had …Wait til you HEAR what’s coming! #thecaliforniagroovemachine

Mangold is filling in after the departure of Mike Spreitzer. The latter now plans to focus on his newly formed goth metal group Verona On Venus, which he founded last year.

Outside of the epidemic, DevilDriver‘s touring schedule has been significantly reduced in recent years due to frontman Dez Fafara juggling his work at The Oracle Management firm, the most recent Coal Chamber tour, and his COVID-19 difficulties.

In 2023, Chaoszine sat down with Dez Fafara via Zoom and discussed in detail what made him the kind of vocalist he is today. You can check out the video interview in full below: