HEAVY recently caught up with Spreitzer to talk about his new project. With a strong emphasis on industrial and goth metal laced with the heavier sounds of the 1990s, Popular Delusions is a collection of songs that are personal in musical nature to Spreitzer, with him also taking the surprise step of assuming vocal duties. VOV has released two singles now – Rodent and Monarch Acid Test – from their 2024 debut album Popular Dimensions, expelling some musical demons while simultaneously feeding others. His love for DevilDriver and the music they perform is still as strong as ever, but there has always been a gnawing yearning to explore another side of metal which has always held his interest.Īfter resisting the urge for too long, Spreitzer finally turned his talents to another passion within the realm of metal, forming Verona On Venus (VOV) as a side project to DevilDriver with the sole intent of showcasing yet another of his loves musically. It is a situation DevilDriver guitarist Michael (Mike) Spreitzer has found himself in for a prolonged period of time, despite having an unwavering desire to explore other elements of his music personality. “I didn’t really know what direction I was going to go for when I started this record.” Mike Spreitzer This problem is accentuated when your band is well known for releasing a certain brand of music, where often any deviation or experimentation is met with hostility by existing fans. This can be for a variety of reasons such as the popularity of your band, public expectations, being pigeonholed – any number of reasons. It is too easy to get stuck into playing a certain brand of music as an artist.
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