THE DROP
The Devil Wears Prada dropped the video for “When You’re Gone” off their ninth album *Flowers*, which came out last November on Solid State *. Keyboardist Jonathan Gering produced the record during a three-week session at an Arkansas VRBO, then the band brought in Zakk Cervini for mixing and mastering *.
WHAT TO KNOW
- *Flowers* is their ninth full-length, following 2022’s *Color Decay*, which led to their biggest sold-out shows worldwide *
- Gering handled production; additional recording in LA involved Tyler Smyth, Colin Brittain, and Bobby Lynge of Fit For A King *
- Mike Hranica says the album strips away the “space-age, fantasy imagery” typical of modern metalcore: “It’s so bare bones and vulnerable” *
- The band has nearly half a billion streams and multiple Top 10 Billboard 200 debuts *
THE TAKE
A self-produced metalcore record that deliberately avoids epic war themes and futuristic posturing sounds like either a creative risk or a band finally comfortable enough to stop performing. Hranica and DePoyster both talk about needing emotional validation in their lyrics, which explains why *Color Decay* connected hard enough to sell out arenas — sometimes the mask needs to come off.