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DevilDriver
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1 | Nothing's Wrong?
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 | 2 | I Could Care Less
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 | 3 | Die (And Die Now)
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 | 4 | I Dreamed I Died
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 | 5 | Cry for Me Sky (Eulogy of the Scorned)
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 | 6 | The Mountain
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 | 7 | Knee Deep
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 | 8 | What Does It Take (To Be a Man)
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 | 9 | Swinging the Dead
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 | 10 | Revelation Machine
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 | 11 | Meet the Wretched
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 | 12 | Devil's Son
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   Dez Fafara – Vocals
Mike Spreitzer - Guitar
Jeff Kendrick - Guitar
Jon Miller - Bass
John Boecklin - Drums |
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 | 1. Nothing's Wrong?
- There's nothing wrong - With what you do and what you say - There's nothing wrong - Pure will will get you through - - Why
can't you see you're in my way? - Your ways are killing you - - Do what thou wilt - Shall be the whole of the law - Do what thou
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 Первый альбом. Популярность дэткора в последнее время переходит все рамки. Появляется огромное количество групп, играющих в этом стиле, но очень немногие команды могут предложить что-то действительно интересное. Одной из таких способных формаций и является Devildriver. Предложенный ими материал представляет собой облегчённую версию дэта, но не лишённую брутальности и драйва, кои здесь имеются в громадных порциях. Немалую роль в этом играет фронтмен команды Дез Фафара (ex-Coal Chamber), чей запоминающийся вокал, который варьируется от просто грубого голоса до скрима и гроула (весьма впечатляющего), добавляет в музыку группы немалую дозу агрессии. На восприятие альбома влияет звук, удачно сочетающий в себе драйв и мягкость одновременно. Что касается песен, то тут есть маленький минус – если слушать треки поодиночке, то совсем даже ничего получается, но если прослушать весь альбом подряд, то ближе к середине будет мучить лёгкое ощущение однообразности, но, к счастью, не настолько сильное, чтобы испортить прослушивание композиций. Наиболее яркими моментами на альбоме я назову боевики “Die”, “The Mountain”, “Devil’s Son” и, разумеется, главный хит диска – “I Could Care Less”, запоминающийся с первого раза и обладающий мрачным клипом. Вывод: очень современный метал, действительно тяжёлый. Думаю, эта работа понравится любителям новомодных направлений в тяжёлой музыке, а также людям, желающим услышать дэт с другой стороны. |
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Что получится, если очень хочется играть дэт-метал, но мастермайнд проекта имеет релевантный опыт только в "нюхе"? Правильно, первый альбом DevilDriver, куда как более простой и незамысловатый, но в то же время более харизматичный, нежели последующие работы: в наивном желании соорудить самый экстремальный альбом за свою карьеру Дез в компании ноунеймов подкупает своей искренностью, в то время, как аккурат после "The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand" группа скатилась в какую-то нудную (pardon my French) суходрочку, методично клепая раз в 2-3 года утомительно-однообразные альбомы на стыке грува и мелодэта, прекрасно вписывающиеся в трендовый мелодик-металкор, исправно хаваемые той же аудиторией, что потребляет продукцию Trivium и Killswitch Engage, и патологически не запоминающиеся вообще ничем.
Жанрово альбом соотносится преимущественно с грув-метал (и никаких соло - старик Грацианыч одобряет); какие-то околодэтовые потуги прослеживаются в "Nothing's Wrong" (основной рифф и унаследованное от трэша двухбочечное стаккато в высоком темпе), "Die (And Die Now)" (куда даже насыпали бластбитов)... может быть, ещё не шибко популярные в груве ритмические паттерны, использованные во вступлениях и далее по ходу развития "The Mountain" и "Swinging The Dead", и также в "Meet The Wretched" есть презанятный фрагмент на третьей минуте, когда гитары зарядили интригующий рифф и вроде бы ритм-секция обязана была как следует разогнаться и полноценно дать резвого дэта, но почему-то не стала; безусловно, DevilDriver также активно эксплуатирует характерные скорее для дэта темы смерти и оккультизма в лирике и названиях песен. Но в остальном это напичканный озверином "Dark Days" предыдущей группы Деза, в котором регулятор агрессии выкрутили до предела путём замещения типичных "мазафакерских" риффов и запоминающихся мотивчиков (причём не до конца - "I Could Care Less", например) более традиционными "дж-дж-дж" со вкраплениями несложных, зато нарочито мрачных мелодий; ну и ритмика поразнообразнее даже в рамках отдельно взятых вещей. Упрощённый и смягчённый грув-метал, по сути, превращается в nu metal уровня "злее среднего" - так вот, альбом "DevilDriver" показывает, что в обратную сторону это тоже работает (и никакой дэткор, которым затэгован альбом в базе данных, тут не ночевал даже близко).
Что занятно, ещё не успевший как-то эволюционировать со времён Coal Chamber подход Деза к сочинению лирики (и, соответственно, последующему его воплощению в виде вокальных партий) оказывается вполне уместен: навязчиво повторяемые исступленные кричалки-заклинания в припевах не раздражают и притом исправно выполняют возложенную на них функцию ear-worms, причём гораздо лучше, чем качающие риффы - всё же, к примеру, злющий протяжный скрим "Revelation machiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!!!" врезается в память гораздо лучше, чем аккомпанирующая ему гитарная партия.
Да, вот такое странное восприятие у автора рецензии: дебют DevilDriver, опасно граничащий с квадратной тупизной в своей наивной простоте - единственная работа во всей дискографии группы, о которой вообще захотелось что-либо написать: если на последующем релизе группа, заметно поднатаскавшись в формальном усложнении музыки, ещё смогла в несколько запоминающихся песен, то, начиная с 2007 года, все их полноформатники стали носить какой-то одноразовый характер (а смысл переслушивать альбом, если на нём вообще ничего не цепануло?) - и похвалить особо не за что, и образцово-показательно поглумиться не над чем (разве что подивиться средним баллам), при всей их жёсткости и техничности. И вот "DevilDriver", пусть и через периодически вызываемый у слушателя одобрительный гогот, таки возвышается поверх этой череды альбомов "гордым утёсом в океане вяло плещущихся фекалий" (© известный бывший старший оперуполномоченный). |
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killing me - Killing me - Killing you - - So go fuck yourself anyway - Keep this hunger - - There's nothing wrong - With how I
live my life today - There's nothing wrong - So go fuck yourself anyway - - Why can't you see you're in my way?
2. I Could Care Less
- Every time you speak my name - My image it just burns away - Every time you speak my name - My image it just burns away - -
Gimme that - - I could care less than for your grandiosity - I had to skin the cat for curiosity - I could care less than for
your sickening, pompous ways - Every time you speak my name my image burns away - - I could care less - - Don't you know our
lives are on trial now - And if we lose we're going straight to Hell - - Gimme that - - You must excuse me I'm just really not
myself - Woke up today inside, inside of someone else - I could care less than for your sickening, pompous ways - Every time you
speak my name my image burns away - - I could care less - - Don't you know our lives are on trial now - And if we lose we're
going straight to Hell - Straight to Hell - - I could care less - Straight to Hell
3. Die (And Die Now)
- Blood is my life - Blood is the road - Every time I have to write another hate song - This is the last great hate song - -
Scorned is this life - Scarred is my soul - Every time I have to write another hate song - This is the last great hate song - -
Let's get it out, let's get it straight - I wish you were dead - - Don't mistake kindness for weakness - Front and center for
another ass-kicking - Don't mistake
survival for forgiveness - Front and center for another ass-whooping - I am the dog that forever bites back - Forever on attack,
watching my back - I am the dog that forever bites back - Forever on attack, watching my back - - Die and die now - I wish you
were dead - - Feast on life - The beast, the road - Every time I have to write another hate song - This is the last great hate
song - - Let's get it out, let's get it straight - I wish you were dead - - Don't mistake mercy for forgiveness - Front and
center for another life lesson - Don't forgive, damn sure don't forget - Damn sure won't forget - I am the dog that forever bites back - Forever on
attack, watching my back - I am the dog that forever bites back - Forever on attack, watching my back - - Die and die now - I
wish you were dead - Die... - - Curses from my life - Curses from my soul - This is the last great hate song - This is the last
great hate song - - Damn sure won't forget...die - Damn sure won't forget...die - Damn sure won't forget...die - Damn sure won't
forget...die
4. I Dreamed I Died
Destroy all
Destroy all or nothing
I dreamed I died, ended up at the gates of Heaven
Greeted by a man Saint Someone, said how's the ride son?
It's been alright, at times a little rough, why am I here?
You did alright, lived a little dark and that's alright
'Cause we made the darkside and the rightside is to have no fear, no fear
My whole life flashed in front of me
I saw everything that I was and what I had done
Even let me look back on some good times for a little fun
Yes, a little fun
And then I heard "Damn boy, you done good,
Did the every little thing that you could."
And then I heard "Damn boy, you done good - Damn good!"
When you hear the call, bury them all
Destroy all or nothing
When I hear the call, I will bury them all
I will destroy all or nothing
When the sky opened up and the clouds parted clear
There wasn't any doubt to why I was here
And I knew I'd done a good job, the best job that I could do
So now it was time to move on, to get on, to get back
To the question of why I was here and what I had learned, no fear
My whole life flashed in front of me
I saw everything that I was and what I had done
Even let me look back on some good times for a little fun
Yes, a little fun
And then I heard "Damn boy you done good,
Did every little thing that you could."
And then I heard "Damn boy you done good - Damn good!"
When you hear the call, bury them all
Destroy all or nothing
When I hear the call, I will bury them all
I will destroy all or nothing
My whole life
My whole life (flashed)
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My whole life flashed in front of my eyes
(My whole life) flashed (My whole life) in front of my eyes
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Goddamn, wake up, bad dream
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Goddamn, wake up, bad dream, bad dream
When you hear the call, bury them all
Destroy all or nothing
When I hear the call, I will bury them all
I will destroy all or nothing
5. Cry For Me Sky (Eulogy Of The Scorned)
- Right! - Let's move, move! - - In this life I've known nothing but seeds you've sown - I've walked the highways and I've
combed the side roads - It's been a joy of highs, oh the pain of lows - I met the Devil at the heart of the crossroads - I share
a soul with a hunting hound - My blood's a red river that flows through every town - No - Have you ever felt like I have? - - Cry
for me sky - Cry for me, scorned, scorned - - Live this life insane, nothing but pouring rain - I'm an outlaw, it's amazing I'm
sane - Born and dressed in black, my soul is fighting back - Fueling Hell and raising cain, cain, cain - No - Have you ever felt
like I have? - - Cry for me sky - - Right - Get the fuck up, get up... - - When I'm a ghost and gone, I'll be remembered strong -
By all I've met, by friends and family - When I'm lowered down, six feet in the ground - There won't be a sound except for crows
wailing - - Cry for me sky
6. The Mountain
- Storm coming in me, bad weather just makes me breathe - Watch as the sky turns grey, life ebbs and flows away - Wait, before I
go, I'll make them all eat crow - Play the hand life deals, everything my way, now kneel - I'm a tree, roots firm in dirt, I've
had my share of hurt - Move fast 'cause the time is short, 'cause the time is short - - Don't ask me to lose 'cause I'm born now
to win - And I'm building this mountain from outside within - All you outsiders, you haters and liars - Your time is just
counting so come meet the mountain - - Storm, strength coming on strong, rain wash away life's wrongs - Willing straight from the
start, strike fear into their heart - Sometimes you wish you'd never been born but then here comes the storm - And just as the
sky turns black, the voices say attack - Move fast 'cause the time is short, 'cause the time is short - Move fast 'cause the time
is short, 'cause the time is short - - Don't ask me to lose 'cause I'm born now to win - And I'm building this mountain from outside
within - - All you outsiders, you haters and liars - Your time is just counting so come meet the mountain - - Come meet the mountain
- - Falling, life - Life ebbs and flows away - Don't ask me to lose 'cause I'm born now to win - And I'm building this mountain from
outside within - All you haters and liars just come meet the mountain
7. Knee Deep
- What do I have to do...for this? - - I love this, please push me harder - I just keep getting meaner - I'm growing from the pain
- How about you! Shit - - Life, it's hard, it makes me stronger - A warrior seeking victory - I'll push it 'til the end, push it
'til the end - Push it 'til the end, shit the end, shit the end - - Knee deep in the shit - All together in the pit - All forever
in the shit for this - - Pirate, poet, fucking killer - It's all what you've made me - What has life made you - Made you, shit -
- Life, chalk it up to desire - Of which I've had my fill - I just keep pushing forward, keep pushing forward still - Keep
pushing forward still, shit, still, shit, still - - Knee deep in the shit - All together in the pit - All forever in the shit for
this - - So if you feel the need, bring it, bring it - And if you just want to spit it out, bring it, bring it - And if you just
see your way clear then, bring it, bring it - - Knee deep in the shit - All together in the pit - All forever in the shit for
this - - Knee deep in the shit - For this - Knee deep in the shit - For this
8. What Does It Take (To Be A Man)
- On a day-to-day there's no way most men make it through - I got to tell you now - Family tied to me, I'm doing just what I got
to do - I got to tell you now - All a man's got is his word and to keep himself free - Do with your life what you will, stay away
from my family - Born blue collar been working since I was thirteen - My father was up at five and broke his back to keep us
clean - My mother sweated and slaved and suffered for the family - So when you push me don't think that I won't shove - I got to
tell you now - - What does it take to be a man, what does it take!?! - - On a day-to-day there's no way most men make it through
- I got to tell you now - Family tied to me, I'm doing just what I got to do - I got to tell you now - When I was a young man I
was told to take a stand - And damn it boy, you better stick to a plan - So on a day-to-day you better walk a man's path - Learn
how to walk a man's mile, get that game face smile - Don't put up with people who get in your way - And when you push don't think
that I won't shove - I got to tell you now - - What does it take to be a man, what does it take!?! - - Work!!! - - What does it
take to be a man, what does it take!?!
9. Swinging The Dead
Swinging the dead - - Get it up, pick it up, chilling thrilling sounds of the rock 'n roll haunted - It's the graveyard sound
with the monster thrash for the demon haunted - Get it up, dig 'em up, chilling thrilling sounds of the rock 'n roll haunted -
It's the graveyard sound, it's the graveyard sound for the evil-hearted - Ride if you like, ride if you like - - Swinging the
dead, swinging the dead - Deathride - - Go - - Pick it up, fuck it up, this swinging sound it's got them moving - It's the
graveyard sound, it's the evil sound, this demon's got heart - Pick it up, fuck it up, this swinging sound it's got them moving -
You scream for blood, you scream for flesh, just keep the bodies - Moving - - Swinging the dead, swinging the dead - Deathride -
- Go and swing it!! - - Get it, up pick it up, chilling thrilling sounds of the rock 'n roll haunted - It's the graveyard sound
with the monster thrash for the demon haunted - Pick it up, fuck it up, this swinging sound it's got them moving - You scream for
blood, you scream for flesh, keep the bodies moving - Ride if you like, ride if you like, deathride - - Swinging the dead, swinging
the dead - Deathride
10. Revelation Machine
- Don't you worry about their kind - They'll be gone long after time - We'll be here, yes we'll be fine, we'll be fine - All the
treasure that they sought - Has led them, bled them, just fear not - All their souls, their souls were bought, ours were not -
When they think your scene - All they think, the green - Don't you know just what I mean, just what I mean - All the treasure
that they sought - Has led them, bled them, just fear not - All their souls, their souls were bought, ours were not - Revelation
machine --- move - Revelation machine --- get up and move - - We are bringing what is raw - We are bringing tooth and claw - Oh
your show, yes that I saw, yes that I saw - But after two times it got old - Yes the story it got cold - After two times it got
old, bought and sold - Join me now in saying fuck - Join me now in saying you - Join me know in saying fuck you, fuck you - All
the treasure that they sought - Has led them, bled them, just fear not - All their souls, their souls were bought, ours were
not - - Revelation machine --- move - Revelation machine --- get up and move - Revelation, revelation, revelation, revelation
- Come, here, with, me, now, it's, the trip, it's so good - Come here with me now - Come here with me now - - Revelation,
revelation, revelation - Revelation machine --- move - Revelation machine --- get up and move - Revelation, revelation, revelation,
revelation
11. Meet The Wretched
Meet the wretched - It's calling, calling - - So, you're bored and you're sitting - Your soul is fitting - Let's go to town and
meet the wretched - I hear, they say, night time is calling - The sky is falling - Let's go to town and meet the wretched - Every
time we go to town we're taking what they're giving - Let's go downtown and take a drink, we're taking shit from no one - - To
fight to win to gain ground, gain ground - To kick up dust and gain ground, gain ground - To fight to win to gain ground, gain
ground - Come and meet the - Come and meet the wretched tonight - - So you're bored, of home you tire - Then let's conspire -
Let's go downtown and meet the wretched - See, I told you, it's what we desire - All Hell fire - Let's go downtown and meet the
wretched - Every time we go to town we're taking what they're giving - Let's go downtown and take a drink, we're taking shit from
no one - - To fight to win to gain ground, gain ground - To kick up dust and gain ground, gain ground - To fight to win to gain
ground, gain ground - Come and meet the - Come and meet the wretched tonight - - Sell our souls for a good time tonight - We're
here to drink, we're here to fight - We'll set our wicked nature free - We'll fuck the moon and mourn the stars tonight - Mourn
the stars tonight - We'll get so high we'll commune with the beast - We'll go so big there'll be nothing left of us - For the
mourning - - Go and meet the wretched - Go and meet the wretched - Wretched, wretched - - It's in the air, we may die tonight
- I'm living my life fast and free - It's in the air, we may die tonight - So tonight it's fast as fuck - - Go and meet the
wretched - Go and meet the wretched - Wretched, wretched - - Fast --- as fuck - The wretched
12. Devil's Son
- Fire - - I am the one, I am the one that you need - I am the one, I am the one that you need - I am the one, I am the one - -
The Devil's son has just begun - To shine, to shine - - I am the one to do the deed, I am - I am the one to do the deed - I am
the one to do the deed - I am the one - - I am the one, I am the one that you need - I am the one, I am the one Two - I am the
one, I am the one - I am the one - - The Devil's son has just begun - To shine, to shine, to shine - - What's left unsaid - Yeah
things come around - This is the one this is - - This is the one this is - - The Devil's son has just begun - To shine, to shine,
to shine - - Fire