vocalist Jeremy DePoyster and musical development shown on the album: "Jeremy DePoyster has really stepped up his vocal game, the vocals sound so much less produced, in a good way. Aside from the more experimental tracks on the album, there aren’t really any crazy synthesizer sounds, now it’s mostly piano and strings." Not all reviews were positive, however. Connor O’Brien of Alter the Press! gave the album 1.5 out of five, believing that the album shows no progression for the band, stating: "It seems that TDWP have evolved within their own distinction, yet are left seemingly years behind the rest of the genre." Ryan Williford of Audio Opinions alongside O'Brien sees it as only a "step in the right direction" saying, "Once they start writing something original will be the release that will excite everyone again." Commercial performance Dead Throne is their highest charting release, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, selling 32,420 copies in its first week. It also topped the Billboard Christian Albums and Independent Albums chart, as well as peaking at No. 3 on the Rock Albums Chart and No. 40 on the 2011 Billboard year-end Hard Rock Albums chart. This is the last album to feature James Baney before he left the band on February 22, 2012. There is also a guest vocal appearance by Tim Lambesis on "Constance". The album has sold 92,000 copies in the U.S. Track listing Notes The instrumental song "Kansas" has a spoken audio sample from Southern Baptist preacher Paul Washer. Personnel The Devil Wears Prada Daniel Williams – drums Andy Trick – bass guitar Chris Rubey – lead guitar, backing vocals Jeremy DePoyster – rhythm guitar, clean vocals Mike Hranica – lead vocals, additional guitars James Baney – keyboard, synthesizer, piano Production Produced by The Devil Wears Prada and Adam Dutkiewicz Engineered by Adam Dutkiewicz and Jim Fogarty Mixed by Adam Dutkiewicz Mastered by Tom Baker Synthesizer producer, keyboards by Joey Sturgis Additional vocal production by Jeremy McKinnon Booking by Dave Shapiro of The Agency Group Artwork by Dan Seagrave Charts References 2011 albums The Devil Wears Prada (band) albums Albums produced by Adam Dutkiewicz Albums with cover art by Dan Seagrave Ferret Music albums Roadrunner Records albums