For those unaware, Country and metal music have been flirting for years, but Kentucky popcore hybrid Devil’s Cut just hits different. On their hugely cathartic and relatable 2026 debut album Roadkill, the Louisville band harnesses anthemic metalcore to authentic country imagery and melody to massive effect.

“We grew up on Tim McGraw and Garth Brooks, but we love Metallica and Pantera,” said Devil’s Cut frontman Trey Landrum. “We’re metal with hints of country, but we’re doing it differently; f**king with it and making it our own.” This is metal that speaks to rural America and oozes unpretentious regional pride.

Taking a page from the country playbook, Devil’s Cut dramatically raised their game by relocating to Nashville for a month and collaborating with experienced co-writers to spawn the hard-to-resist Roadkill (MNRK Music Group /April 24th, 2026).

Produced by Evan McKeever (Miranda Lambert, Starset), it delivers rowdy party anthems and heartworn laments with equal aplomb, Landrum’s lived-in timbre distinguished by his innate country cadence and everyman lyrics. Listen carefully and there’s lap steel, mandolin, and banjo in there, but as tastefully morphed, almost subliminal samples that help set Devil’s Cut apart.

1. Drink With The Devil [03:04]
2. DROP DEAD (END) [02:58]
3. hUNGOVER yOU [02:29]
4. If I Leave… [02:51]
5. ROADKILL [02:44]
6. Worth A Shot [02:48]
7. Bottles Run Dry [03:03]
8. Ruin My Life [02:39]
9. F U ANYWAY [02:48]
10. Bluegrass Burnin’ [02:41]

Devil’s Cut’s - whose nuanced country-metal mélange began with a 2018 conversation with their manager, Jelly Roll drummer Cody Ash - open their new recording on the melodically rocking Drink With The Devil, the anthemically thunderous DROP DEAD (END) and the rhythmically melodious hUNGOVER yOU and then we get brought forth the ballad If I Leave… and the infectiously pleasing title track rocker ROADKILL.

Along next is the countrified rock brilliance of Worth A Shot which is itself backed seamlessly by the low slung balladry of Bottles Run Dry, the fully embodied Ruin My Life, the new set rounding out on the twangin’ rock of F U ANYWAY, coming to a close on the fist-clenched, foot-tapping rocker Bluegrass Burnin’.

Musicians:
William Landrum - Vocals
Zach McConnell - Guitar
Bailey Jones - Bass
Trevor Tressler - Drums

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present BURNING PATH’s highly debut album, Burning Path, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

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