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=== ''Winter Kills'', lineup changes and hiatus (2012–2014) === <!--DO NOT CHANGE THIS SECTION, YOUR EDIT WILL BE REVERTED QUICKLY IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO — CONSULT THE TALK PAGE WITH A SOURCE IF YOU WANT AN ADDITION OR CHANGE TO THIS SECTION -->
[[File:14-04-19 DevilDriver Mike Spreitzer 05.jpg|thumb|[[Mike Spreitzer]] and [[Dez Fafara]] with DevilDriver at Paaspop 2014]]
DevilDriver headlined the 2012 Metal Alliance Festival Tour in the spring.

On February 9, 2012, guitarist Jeff Kendrick announced via his [[Twitter]] account that himself, John Boecklin (drums) and Mike Spreitzer (guitars) had "begun to compose and demo songs for DevilDriver's 6th album. We are extremely excited!!!".<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jeffkendrick/status/167703113518690304 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205234419/https://twitter.com/jeffkendrick/status/167703113518690304 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |title=Twitter / jeffkendrick: John Boecklin, Mike Spreitzer |publisher=Archive.is |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref> In March 2012, during an interview with Nick Azinas from Peek from the Pit, vocalist [[Dez Fafara]] announced that the band was looking for a new record label. This announcement officially ended the ten-year relationship between [[Devildriver]] and [[Roadrunner Records]].<ref name="Peek from the Pit">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtv8wuZagIk | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505134747/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtv8wuZagIk| archive-date=May 5, 2014 | url-status=dead|title=Dez Fafara from DevilDriver Interview @ Peek from the Pit (HD) |publisher=peekfromthepit.com |access-date=April 17, 2012}}</ref> On July 8 it was announced that DevilDriver has signed with Napalm Records for the upcoming sixth album. On February 18, 2013, Dez announced on his Twitter account that Chris Towning who has been filling in on bass for the past year has been made the band's official bassist. In a March 2013 interview with Get Your Rock Out guitarist Jeff Kendrick announced that an album title was "very close", adding that the record was currently being mixed with only a couple of pieces of vocal recording to be done before the album is mastered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ1DQ4DxgsI&list=UUCFrNN1gLxKz73g9HINBmfw&index=4  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/TQ1DQ4DxgsI| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Devildriver interview |publisher=YouTube |access-date=November 23, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On May 28, 2013, DevilDriver released the cover artwork and release date for the new album, ''[[Winter Kills (album)|Winter Kills]]''. The album was released on August 27, 2013, by Napalm Records, their first album release since leaving Roadrunner.

{{cquote|We delivered our signature California Groove sound alongside a Raw and Biting guitar tone, mixed it with massive hooks, added   in thunderous drums to rethink, and reshape another different sounding unique piece of Rock-N-Roll! Cutting our own path is something to be proud of. Devildriver has always and will forever be about thinking outside the box and delivering on something different from record to record, we cannot be assimilated into any scene or even genre of Metal and we will continue to do things our own way with a massive middle finger in the air to the status quo!|20px|20px|[[Dez Fafara]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/devildriver-announce-new-album-winter-kills |title=DEVILDRIVER Announce New Album, Winter Kills |work=Metal Injection |date=2013-05-28 |access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>}}

On October 28, 2014, Dez Fafara announced that drummer John Boecklin and guitarist Jeff Kendrick left the band, the former going on to form the band, [[Bad Wolves]]. He also announced that the band will be on hiatus until 2016, when the new album will be released, to focus on his reunion with [[Coal Chamber]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/devildriver-parts-ways-with-drummer-john-boecklin-guitarist-jeff-kendrick/ |title=Devildriver Parts Ways With Drummer John Boecklin, Guitarist Jeff Kendrick |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=November 23, 2015}}</ref>