THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - WITH ROOTS ABOVE AND BRANCHES BELOW

If you didn’t have Christian metalcore on
your top of the 2009 charts bingo card,
you might be excused…but that gives
you an idea of how eagerly awaited With
Roots Above and Branches Below was, and
how well it delivered the goods. Dayton
band The Devil Wears Prada had built
their audience through performing (most
notably on the 2008 and 2009 Warped
tours) and by some video airplay on MTV,
but this release blew away everybody’s
expectations, going to #11 on the Billboard
Top 200 and commanding the #1 position
on the Top Independent Albums, Top
Hard Rock Albums, and Top Christian
Albums charts. The key was, in the
words of vocalist Daniel Hranica, their
“darker, heavier, and more epic”
sound, as crazed verses alternate
with anthemic choruses to create a
disorienting thrill ride of a record. Add
to that the foreboding album art by noted heavy
metal artist Daniel Seagrave, and With Roots Above and
Branches Below lives up to its title, where up is down and
down is up. Our vinyl release comes in metallic gold vinyl,
with a printed inner sleeve featuring lyrics. Buckle up!