DevilDriver Album: “The Fury of Our Maker's Hand [PA]”

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DevilDriver: Dez Fafara (vocals); Mike Spreitzer, Jeff Kendrick (guitar); Jon Miller (bass guitar); John Boecklin (drums). <p>Recording information: Sonic Ranch Studios, Tornillo, Texas (2005). <p>Former Coal Chamber vocalist Dez Fafara reportedly formed Devil Driver with the intention of making music that was darker, heavier, and more traditionally metal-sounding than anything explored by his former band. THE FURY OF OUR MAKER'S HAND accomplishes this task in spades, delivering a stark, single-mindedly aggressive maelstrom of sound. Propelled by John Boeklin's seemingly inhuman double bass drumming, Devil Driver delivers a thick wall of machine-gun guitar rhythms underneath Fafara's often surprisingly comprehensible death-metal-style howls. "Grinf**ked" opens with a melody that's more Ministry than Metallica and quickly descends into intensely spooky black metal madness that recalls the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET score. Similarly, "Sin & Sacrifice" uses lush ambience (somewhat reminiscent of MOVING PICTURES-era Rush) to draw the listener in before unleashing an unholy sonic onslaught. A truly Satanic-sounding effort, THE FURY OF OUR MAKER'S HAND should endear Devil Driver to fans of dramatic, extreme metal.

I know what you're saying, it's been over a year and now they've released a new edition of the album that you bought a long time ago. Don't worry, the fury just got turned up. 6 bonus tracks: 2 cuts ( Unlucky 13, and Guilty As Sin) from the Fury Of Our Maker's Hand recording sessions, Digging Up The Corpses from the self-titled sessions (also available on the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack), and 3 killer live tracks (mixed by Andy Sneap). That's pretty much the icing on the cake. Plus, you get a bonus dvd with their 4 music videos. Would be better if it had more to offer, but the dvd is still cool. This is an excellent special edition to hold on to while the band is currently making their third album.

I have held off from buying DevilDrivers music, as I was a fan of the 1st coal chamber album. Frankly I thought the rest of the coal chamber catalog was horrible, there where only a few gems.

At any rate because of the above fact, I have not purchased any DevilDriver till this. I heard the song Unlucky13 and I loved it. I figured I would take a chance and buy this album just for the one song. As it turns out, the WHOLE album is fill with all types of angst, anger everything else good. It doesn't sound anything like coal chamber so don't buy it if you want coal chamber.

This album has enough karate to fill up your entire mouth.