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│ + Devildriver - Trust No One + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-31-2016 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2016 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 : Trust No One Label : Napalm ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ This is an early review, which might help you ║ │
│║ get a better impression if compared to further ║ │
│║ ones to come. I am giving one of my favourite ║ │
│║ bands another try to finally impress me after ║ │
│║ the last two (hands down) pretty bad efforts. ║ │
│║ DevilDriver always meant a lot to me because of ║ │
│║ their ability to write original, yet simply ║ │
│║ structured songs with Dez's personal lyrics and ║ │
│║ the band being accepted / respected by a lot of ║ │
│║ people in the community, whichever genre they ║ │
│║ are into. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Although 'Winter Kills' and 'Beast' are ║ │
│║ listenable releases, the main problem of the ║ │
│║ band's latest history has been the lack ║ │
│║ developing the essence of the DD-sound in terms ║ │
│║ of groove and concise riffing. Don't get me ║ │
│║ wrong, I like bands evolving throughout their ║ │
│║ carrier and that's a process, every band runs ║ │
│║ through at some point (I can compare that to a ║ │
│║ lot of thrash bands out there, trying to ║ │
│║ reinvent the wheel, but sound mostly like a ║ │
│║ mediocre version of their favourite 80s bands), ║ │
│║ but (at least in DevilDriver's case) you ║ │
│║ shouldn't change what makes your band unique. ║ │
│║ They had a huge lineup change before writing ║ │
│║ this record, so I was really curious about the ║ │
│║ new release being probably more like 'The Last ║ │
│║ Kind Words' or 'DevilDriver'. ║ │
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│║ Listening to the two pre-released songs kind of ║ │
│║ sums up the feel listening to 'Trust No One'. ║ │
│║ 'Daybreak' (first one) was really good and ║ │
│║ sounded catchy, but 'My Night Sky' dropped it ║ │
│║ heavily in my opinion. That song could have been ║ │
│║ on every tracklist of the last two records, ║ │
│║ nothing too bad and nothing outstanding, just ║ │
│║ forgettable... ║ │
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│║ The memorable moments of this album are mostly ║ │
│║ in the middle section of it, songs like 'Trust ║ │
│║ No One', 'Daybreak' or 'Above It All' really ║ │
│║ combine the melodic approach of Mike's guitar ║ │
│║ work, a finally more various performance of Dez ║ │
│║ (no annoying monotonous screaming, goes back to ║ │
│║ the old days) and some fucking '0-0-0-0' parts ║ │
│║ (YES, they need some of them). This could be the ║ │
│║ formula to go for DD in the future, cause it ║ │
│║ definitely transfers their raw groove of the ║ │
│║ older material into their new more technical ║ │
│║ sound.s ║ │
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│║ Speaking of that, the combination of impressive ║ │
│║ melodies with the groove of the band seems often ║ │
│║ to be unlucky and too forced, especially when ║ │
│║ Dez tries to sound diverse, but drums and ║ │
│║ guitars just blast him away with for example ║ │
│║ noodling technical patterns ('Testimony of ║ │
│║ Truth'). I can understand Mike wants to show his ║ │
│║ skills (he definitely has), but I think he ║ │
│║ overdoes it sometimes on this record ('This ║ │
│║ Deception', solos aren't needed in DD anyway in ║ │
│║ my opinion), consequently several songs are ║ │
│║ worse than they could have been with a slightly ║ │
│║ other approach to the coordination between ║ │
│║ guitars, vocals and drums. I miss more ║ │
│║ simplistic riffs here, these made DevilDriver ║ │
│║ the 'groove monster' they used to be, the ║ │
│║ majority of riffs sound way more like melodic ║ │
│║ death metal than ever before. ║ │
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│║ New drummer Austin D'Amond really delivers on ║ │
│║ this one, various drumming and perfectly on ║ │
│║ point, I didn't miss Joehn Boecklin once while ║ │
│║ listening. Can't say much about Neil Tieman, but ║ │
│║ I think he brought a lot of new influence to the ║ │
│║ band since he played in non-metal bands ║ │
│║ exclusively before joining. According to the ║ │
│║ booklet Diego Ibarra plays bass, but I didn't ║ │
│║ hear much of that playing, so there isn't a lot ║ │
│║ to say about his contribution to this album ║ │
│║ honestly. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ 'Trust No One' is a step in the right direction, ║ │
│║ definitely better than their latest albums, I ║ │
│║ wouldn't recommend it for non-fans though since ║ │
│║ this is a record they most likely won't pick up ║ │
│║ again after listening to it. However, I want to ║ │
│║ emphasize the following songs for anybody who ║ │
│║ wants to give it a try: 'Bad Deeds', 'Above It ║ │
│║ All', 'Daybreak', 'Trust No One', 'For What It's ║ │
│║ Worth'. I guess, I'll trust them again... ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Testimony Of Truth [04:43] │
│ 02 - Bad Deeds [03:46] │
│ 03 - My Night Sky [04:28] │
│ 04 - This Deception [03:47] │
│ 05 - Above It All [03:22] │
│ 06 - Daybreak [04:22] │
│ 07 - Trust No One [04:39] │
│ 08 - Feeling un-god-ly [03:41] │
│ 09 - Retribution [04:01] │
│ 10 - For What It┤s Worth [04:32] │
│ 11 - House Divided (Bonus Track) [04:56] │
│ 12 - Evil On Swift Wings (Bonus Track) [04:17] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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