'90s Metal Band Announces New Songs for the First Time in 7 Years
For the first time in years, Devourment finally released some new music.
The metal icons surprised their fans with their new EP, Pious Impiety, on Thursday, which is out now on streaming platforms and available for purchase on DVD. This marks the first time they have released multiple songs since their 2019 album, Obscene Majesty.
The EP includes three new songs: a title track, "Mortiferous Dependency" and "Advanced Stage Decomposition." All of the songs were produced, mixed, engineered and mastered by Daniel Schmuck, who works with various metal groups such as Power Trip, Frozen Soul and Creeping Death. Cover art was created by Khaos Diktator.
In addition, Devourment also added the dates to their upcoming live shows, which kick off with solo shows in Los Angeles on June 20 and 21, then a North American tour supporting Hatebreed that will take them across the country throughout the month of July.
Devourment formed in Dallas, Texas, in 1995. Despite three breakups and various lineup changes, Devourment is widely regarded as a foundational pioneer of the slam death metal subgenre. So far, they have released five studio albums, multiple demos and singles, and two compilation albums. Its current members include Ruben Rosas, Chris Andrews, Dave Spencer and Brad Fincher, the latter being the only member from the original lineup.
The "Cognitive Sedation Butchery" singers have a recurring pattern of taking years to release new music. For instance, the gap between Devourment's fourth and most recent album was six years. In an interview with Winter Torment Magazine in 2019, Fincher revealed that Obscene Majesty took about four years to complete.
"We took the better part of 4 years or so off and on to complete the album. Though Chris had some of these songs in a complete form years before that. It was a refining process as well and creating," Fincher explained. "I think if you ask any musician how long it takes to complete a song just depends on the song. Some come together in a couple of weeks, some take months. It took a little time for Chris and I to get in a room and start putting these songs together, but we've really found our rhythm now and songs are coming much faster."
Pious Impiety is out now on all streaming platforms, and a physical CD can be purchased on Relapse Records' official website.
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This story was originally published June 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM.