"We have the Distressor compressor, for the recording of vocals." (In the video, he points to two of these units.)

In this video at 1:13 we can see Empirical Labs EL8X Distressor

Two EL8-X Distressors can be seen in the rack behind Ludwig in this picture taken from the following Complex article: https://www.complex.com/music/2018/12/ludwig-goransson-2018-ultimate-secret-weapon-interview They can also be seen in the following picture: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/11/12/arts/11ludwig1-promo/11ludwig1-promo-superJumbo-v2.jpg

Important note: the yellow marks between knobs prove it's the EL8-X version, with Stereo Image Link and British Mode switches, and not EL8 version.

You can spot two Distressors in Dave's desk.

Mentioned by mixing engineer Michael Brauer as being used on "Violet Hill" in this Sound on Sound interview about the production of Viva la Vida & Death and All of His Friends. It is visible in this photo from the same interview.

Drums: Neve 1083, Urei 1176, ADR Compex, Pye & Chandler EMI compressors

"I put some samples behind the kick and snare. I have built up a collection of a few hundred kicks and snares, so I can try many different types. This is where I spend a lot of time searching for the right sound. I may spend two hours trying to get the drum sound right. This is not to say that the original drum sounds in this track were bad, in fact they were great. So I'm building on top of them, I'm not replacing them. I can't remember the last time I actually replaced a drum sound. I just added a little bit to the kick and snare to enhance them. The snare sound is very important for a song and sometimes I vary it throughout the song, maybe downplaying one of the chorus snares in the verse, but in this particular case the snare sound doesn't change.

"The main drum sound is coming from their snare, which I had up really loud. They had a nice overhead snare sound that already had reverb and stuff on it that was also very important to the sound. The kick and snare both went through my Neve 1083 EQs. I put the room sounds through my great, very vicious, old British Compex compressors. I also put the cymbal room sound through the Compex. The Compex compression makes the sound grainier and more aggressive. The toms, which were really well recorded, went through my stereo Pye compressors to make them more explosive, and were also sent to my stereo 1176 compressors and my Chandler EMI compressors. The 1176 and the Chandler are also explosive, so basically the tom sound was f[***]ing explosive. I maybe added a bit of compression on the hi–hats, and did very little with the mono overheads."

(...) Finally the basses, like the drums, went through Bus B in my multi–bus compression setup, which consists of Distressors going into my Avalon E55 EQ."

Seen in Buck Owen's studio (owned by Korn frontman Jonathan Davis since around 2010) at the 4:45 mark in this YouTube interview with Synergistic Research.

Two Distressor’s displayed on desk in Instagram post.

In a Twitter post by @thisisduster, it is confirmed that Clay Parton uses the Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor, as the equipment is shown in the image captioned "(mixing)."

In the interview titled "How ‘Eastside’ Accidentally Turned Benny Blanco Into a Superstar" by Daniel Wall on YouTube, a pair of Empirical Labs EL8X Distressors can be seen in Benny Blanco's effects rack.

At the 34:51 mark in the "Tim Pierce Rig Rundown Guitar Gear & Studio Tour" video by Premier Guitar on YouTube, the Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor is clearly visible in Tim Pierce's rack setup, confirming its use in his studio equipment.

Used for vocals on the Racine carrée Tour, as stated by FOH engineer Lionel Capouillez in this February 22, 2015 Light Sound Journal interview.

ZioGiorgio.com: What are you using on Stromae’s voice?

Lionel Capouillez: I use a Distressor on the lead voice. Then I’ve got this de-esser from SPL, it’s so good! Really amazing! Some time ago it fell down and broke … it was horrible. [laughs] I can’t do without it. So the chain on Stromae’s voice is: Midas preamp from the desk, then the signal goes through the Distressor, into the de-esser and turns back to the console.

An image of the FOH rack gear from the interview reveals three EL8-Xs.

In the Rock Feed YouTube video titled "Inside M. Shadows’ AVENGED SEVENFOLD Studio (Full Tour)," the Empirical Labs EL8-X Distressor is visible in a gear rack behind M. Shadows at the 0:26 mark, where the name of the device can be clearly seen. Further confirmation is provided at 0:38, where the other side of the gear is shown.