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│ + DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Dec-06-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2005 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.devildriver.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : DevilDriver Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand Label : Roadrunner ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ When one considers Dez Fafara's back catalog and ║ │
│║ his time in the comical nonsense of the mallcore ║ │
│║ with eyeliner abomination in Coal Chamber, its ║ │
│║ easy to understand why most metalheads do not ║ │
│║ take a liking to Devil Driver. After all, no one ║ │
│║ would accept Jonathan Davis or even worse, Fred ║ │
│║ Durst if they popped up with a more respectable ║ │
│║ metal act, no matter how impressive the other ║ │
│║ musicians were. Given that Devil Driver have ║ │
│║ forged a unique career for themselves by ║ │
│║ evolving their sound further with each new ║ │
│║ album, they stand amongst some of the more ║ │
│║ impressive bands to arise out of North America ║ │
│║ in the last decade or so. ║ │
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│║ The crucial moment for this band actually came ║ │
│║ after the self-titled release. The "Devil ║ │
│║ Driver" album was basically post-thrash meets ║ │
│║ mallcore with snarling vocals, which came off ║ │
│║ slightly less half-assed than Damageplan's "New ║ │
│║ Found Power." It was still nothing great and ║ │
│║ definitely nothing to either build a career upon ║ │
│║ nor convince metal fans that Dez still wasn't ║ │
│║ still kicking it with the idea of nu-metal ║ │
│║ mediocrity. Yet when the original guitarist left ║ │
│║ the band following the self-titled release, a ║ │
│║ new transition began to take hold, one that ║ │
│║ would open up a far more creditable and ║ │
│║ sustainable career than before. ║ │
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│║ "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand" is a pretty ║ │
│║ unique album, not only because of the band ║ │
│║ involved but also because of the concept. Its ║ │
│║ still engrained in some aspects of mallcore, ║ │
│║ such as the downtuned guitars and a heavy ║ │
│║ reliance on catchiness, not to mention a ║ │
│║ shortage of impressive soloing. The bass still ║ │
│║ has prominence, though not as much as before and ║ │
│║ is far less sloppy. This helps bring out the ║ │
│║ improvement on the guitars, which now have some ║ │
│║ decent leads and leaves behind the Neanderthal ║ │
│║ concept of dumb-assed "stop-go" riffing. The ║ │
│║ drummer has also stepped up his game, going on ║ │
│║ to become one of my favorite members of this ║ │
│║ group. His performance here isn't exactly awe- ║ │
│║ inspiring, but its a definite upgrade from ║ │
│║ before. ║ │
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│║ To truly grab hold of the changes, we need to ║ │
│║ discuss the songs. From the very beginning, one ║ │
│║ can hear the obvious differences between "The ║ │
│║ End of the Line" and the sloppy mess off the ║ │
│║ self-titled. This continues with the grinding ║ │
│║ "Driving Down the Darkness" and the ║ │
│║ interestingly titled "Grinfucked." The band even ║ │
│║ rolls out a few ambitious tracks, such as "Hold ║ │
│║ Back the Day," "Sin & Sacrafice," and the title ║ │
│║ track. None of these are truly incredible, at ║ │
│║ least not in the context of more epic works by ║ │
│║ other bands of the era, but they're definitely ║ │
│║ gateway into where this band would go later on. ║ │
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│║ Despite the upgraded sound and quality of the ║ │
│║ album as a whole, my problems deal with the lack ║ │
│║ of variety. Most of these songs play out in a ║ │
│║ similiar fashion, running off the chunky, ║ │
│║ downtuned riffs and Dez's snarling vocals. This ║ │
│║ works for a good deal of them, but it also ║ │
│║ causes many of these songs to run together, thus ║ │
│║ making recalling them pretty difficult. "The ║ │
│║ Fury of Our Maker's Hand" is a twelve track, 50+ ║ │
│║ minute album, and I can only recall about half ║ │
│║ of them after not listening to the album for ║ │
│║ three days. That fact does not help Devil Driver ║ │
│║ succeed in making an incredible listen, instead ║ │
│║ something that listens fairly well for most of ║ │
│║ its duration but never striking awe into the ║ │
│║ listener. ║ │
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│║ As much flak as Devil Driver gets, I personally ║ │
│║ think about half of it is pointed in the wrong ║ │
│║ direction. Most of the hostility spurs from ║ │
│║ Dez's past in Coal Chamber and the band's ║ │
│║ unwillingness to fully let go of the nu-metal ║ │
│║ tendencies until "The Last Kind Words," which ║ │
│║ came out after this one. That is the wrong ║ │
│║ reason to hate this band, as the amount of ║ │
│║ quality material they've put forth matches, if ║ │
│║ not supercedes most others on the American ║ │
│║ front. Love them or hate them, they've carved ║ │
│║ out a sound that is their own, thanks largely to ║ │
│║ the most controversial guy in the group, Dez ║ │
│║ Fafara. Still, everyone is their band was ║ │
│║ putting a good effort into this album, and while ║ │
│║ it lacks the intricacy of "The Last Kind Words" ║ │
│║ and "Pray for Villians," I find it to still be ║ │
│║ rather enjoyable. Devil Driver fans will ║ │
│║ certainly appreciate this, though I'd advise ║ │
│║ curious listeners to seek out "The Last Kind ║ │
│║ Words" first, as it displays more of the good ║ │
│║ aspects of this band. "The Fury of Our Maker's ║ │
│║ Hand" is a good release for the band, one that ║ │
│║ was crucial to their career, but the uninitiated ║ │
│║ might find the music here a little too hard to ║ │
│║ grasp onto. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - End Of The Line [05:02] │
│ 02 - Driving Down The Darkness [03:53] │
│ 03 - Grinfucked [03:33] │
│ 04 - Hold Back The Day [04:15] │
│ 05 - Sin & Sacrifice [05:04] │
│ 06 - Ripped Apart [04:12] │
│ 07 - Pale Horse Apocalypse [04:13] │
│ 08 - Just Run [04:15] │
│ 09 - Impending Disaster [04:09] │
│ 10 - Bear Witness Unto [04:04] │
│ 11 - Before The Hangman's Noose [03:51] │
│ 12 - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand [04:52] │
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│ Total Length : [51:23 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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