Devilskin
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| Origin | Hamilton, New Zealand |
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| Years active | 2010 – present |
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| Website | devilskin |
| Members | Jennie Skulander Nail Vincent Paul Martin Nic Martin |
| Past members | Rob |
Devilskin is a four-piece alternative metal band from Hamilton, New Zealand, formed in June 2010. The band consists of Jennie Skulander (lead vocals), Nail (lead guitar), Paul Martin (bass, backing vocals) and Nic Martin (drums). Devilskin's debut album, We Rise was released on 11 July 2014 and debuted at #1 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart, remaining there for four weeks. It was certified Platinum by Recorded Music NZ in March 2015.
Devilskin originated in Hamilton, New Zealand in 2010. Founding member Paul Martin was going through bands that were sent to him to play on The Axe Attack radio show and found a demo from a Rotorua band called 'Slipping Tongue', with member Jennie Skulander on vocals. Martin bumped into Skulander in Hamilton in 2010, moving there after the breakup of Slipping Tongue. After lots of persisting from Martin, they both agreed to form a band, grabbing Nail Vincent from Chuganaut (one of Hamilton's leading hard rock bands) and asked a local drummer, Rob, to play drums for the band. After a few shows, Rob had to have an operation, following a motorcycle accident, forcing Martin to "press-gang" his son, Nic Martin, into temporarily replacing him. Nic's drumming add to the band so they decided to take on Nic as the full time drummer.
Devilskin released 'Little Pills' on YouTube in 2012 to positive reviews, eventually getting second in The Rock 1000, a countdown of the best 1000 rock songs as voted by listeners.
In May 2014, Devilskin released the single 'Start a Revolution', peaking at 28 on the NZ Singles Chart. Following this they released their debut album, We Rise debuting at number 1 on the national album chart in 2014 and became the nation's biggest selling independant release of the year. By March 2015, We Rise went platinum, having sold an excess in 15,000 copies, being the first NZ rock/metal album to do so since Shihad's Killjoy album 18 years prior. We Rise stayed in the national album Chart for 95 weeks from 2014 to 2016.
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