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. Feat.Dez Fafara (Coal Chamber).
DevilDriver: Dez Fafara (vocals); Evan Pitts, Jeffrey Kendrick (guitar); Jon Miller, John Boecklin (bass). Recorded at Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, California and Castle Oaks Studios, Calabasas, Califonia. Personnel: B. Dez Fafara (vocals); Jeffrey Kendrick, Evans Pitts (guitar); John Boecklin (drums). Audio Mixer: Greg Reely. Dez Fafara's post-Coal Chamber existence begins promisingly enough with "Nothing's Wrong," the leadoff track to DevilDriver's eponymous debut. His bellow is appropriately menacing, the twin guitars stutter and roar, and drummer John Boecklin bashes out a hyperkinetic drumbeat. It seems a bit overdone, but still genuine enough for enjoyment (or wall punching). However, this changes with the album's second track and single, "I Could Care Less." While its verses ring true, the song's chorus and twisting main guitar hook seem lifted from one or another of the post-grunge howlers who make a living crying about a paucity of childhood hugs. Does a hard band such as DevilDriver need to concern itself with such nods to accessibility? From its witchy moniker and the black arts runes oozing from the liner notes, it would seem Dez and his minions would rather devour their blustery competition, and wash them down with a fine Chianti. Instead, DevilDriver is marred by an intangible sense of methodical assembly. "Cry for Me Sky (Eulogy of the Scorned)" and "What Does It Take (To Be a Man)" seem to break down into distinct units -- the grandiose lyrics, the animalistic bleats, the monolithic guitar chords splintered by traditionalist peels and squeals. The bits and pieces have resonance, but they're rarely able to unite in a menacing or even very affecting way. Fortunately, there's the modernized death metal churn of "Die (And Die Now)" and "Swinging the Dead," and frequently unchecked tenets of thrash that keep the record moving fast and loose. These elements help to redeem DevilDriver's debut and suggest that, with less of an eye on the mainstream and more musings on what the idol Baphomet might contribute as a coordinating producer, the band's next trick could be magnificently horrifying. ~ Johnny Loftus Dez Fafara's post-Coal Chamber existence begins promisingly enough with "Nothing's Wrong," the leadoff track to DevilDriver's eponymous debut. His bellow is appropriately menacing, the twin guitars stutter and roar, and drummer John Boecklin bashes out a hyperkinetic drumbeat. It seems a bit overdone, but still genuine enough for enjoyment (or wall punching). However, this changes with the album's second track and single, "I Could Care Less." While its verses ring true, the song's chorus and twisting main guitar hook seem lifted from one or another of the post-grunge howlers who make a living crying about a paucity of childhood hugs. Does a hard band such as DevilDriver need to concern itself with such nods to accessibility? From its witchy moniker and the black arts runes oozing from the liner notes, it would seem Dez and his minions would rather devour their blustery competition, and wash them down with a fine Chianti. Instead, DevilDriver is marred by an intangible sense of methodical assembly. "Cry for Me Sky (Eulogy of the Scorned)" and "What Does It Take (To Be a Man)" seem to break down into distinct units -- the grandiose lyrics, the animalistic bleats, the monolithic guitar chords splintered by traditionalist peels and squeals. The bits and pieces have resonance, but they're rarely able to unite in a menacing or even very affecting way. Fortunately, there's the modernized death metal churn of "Die (And Die Now)" and "Swinging the Dead," and frequently unchecked tenets of thrash that keep the record moving fast and loose. These elements help to redeem DevilDriver's debut and suggest that, with less of an eye on the mainstream and more musings on what the idol Baphomet might contribute as a coordinating producer, the band's next trick could be magnificently hCMJ (11/3/03, p.24) - "...[Dez] Fafara ditches most of the nu-metal shenanigans of Coal Chamber; instead, he opts for an impressive brew of black metal and metalcore..." Devildriver Music Review Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)    List All Reviews big f&%ing great wao better than coal chamber really really heavy with a great voice loudly, he scream in every song they are the devil son's. Submitted by suferzell (san miguel, El Salvadro)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Freakin Awesome Finally Dez is doing what he does best which is screaming his lungs out. I Love It Submitted by implastered (McPherson, KS, USA)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
COAL CHAMBER MAKE OVER Dez is back, with his new band Coal Chamber, since the demise of his old band , he has pulled together a great cd. Heavier than Coal Chamber was making the step in the right direction.If you like true heavy metal this is a cd for you. Submitted by a reviewer (Montegut LA)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Great Cd great metal in here. Fav songs are Cry for me Sky, Die (and die now), and Meet the Wretched
no song to go wrong with here Submitted by dgfootball14 (East Longmeadow, MA, USA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Neat Metal Great stuff. Submitted by Johnny (California) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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Alice In Chains: Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell (vocals, guitar); Michael Starr (bass); Sean Kinney (drums). Additional personnel: Tom Araya (background vocals). Recorded in 1992. Dirt is Alice in Chains' major artistic statement and the closest they ever came to recording a flat-out masterpiece. It's a primal, sickening howl from the depths of Layne Staley's heroin addiction, and one of the most harrowing concept albums ever recorded. Not every song on Dirt is explicitly about heroin, but Jerry Cantrell's solo-written contributions (nearly half the album) effectively maintain the thematic coherence -- nearly every song is imbued with the morbidity, self-disgust, and/or resignation of a self-aware yet powerless addict. Cantrell's technically limited but inventive guitar work is by turns explosive, textured, and queasily disorienting, keeping the listener off balance with atonal riffs and off-kilter time signatures. ...
| | VH1 Presents The Corrs Live In Dublin CD (2002)
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$6.39 The Corrs: Jim Corr (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Sharon Corr (vocals, violin); Andrea Corr (vocals, tin whistle); Caroline Corr (vocals, drums, bodhran, percussion). Recorded at Ardmore Studios in Dublin, Ireland in January 2002. You knew the Corrs had made it when they played the final JFK Awards ceremony of the Clinton administration. Playing it would have been achievement enough, but their status as a happening thing was cemented at the end of the ceremony, during the encores, when everybody was taking their final bows. Bill moseyed up over to Andrea, put his arm around her, and when she was looking away, sized her up -- at precisely the same moment Chuck Berry was checking her out. If that doesn't mean that you've broken America, entering its pop culture, I don't know what does, expect for maybe a VH1-endorsed piece of product like Live in Dublin. Lo and behold, that's exactly what the Corrs received in the spring of 2002, a year and a half after "In Blue" and its accompanying single "Breathless" broke down the doors in America for the U.S. Only two songs on this set list are shared with In Blue, but that doesn't mean that the group returns to their ...
| | Chimaira Impossibility Of Reason CD (2003)
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$13.25 This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Chimaira: Mark Hunter (vocals); Rob Arnold, Matt DeVries (guitar); Jim LaMarca (bass); Andols Herrick (drums); Chris Spicuzza. Producers: Ben Schigel, Mark Hunter, Rob Arnold. Recorded at Spider Studios, Strongville, Ohio. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Mark Hunter (vocals); Rob Arnold (guitar); Andols Herrick (drums). Audio Mixer: Colin Richardson. Recording information: Spider Studios, Strongsville, OH. Photographer: Todd Bell. The Impossibility of Reason is the debut Roadrunner full-length for Chimaira, a Cleveland sextet that likes to think of itself as advance scouts of the NWOAHM, or New Wave of American Heavy Metal, a metal movement to rival the British heavy metal onslaught that conquered the world in the 1980s. And while almost two decades of metal ...
| | Mudvayne Lost And Found CD (2005)
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$8.99 Mudvayne: Chad Gray (vocals); Greg Tribbett (guitar); Ryan Martinie (bass guitar); Matt McDonough (drums). It's been three years for Mudvayne, three years when metal started to reject its "rap" and "nu" prefixes. At first, Lost and Found reflects that realignment. Vocalist Chad Gray and his mates have nixed the nicknames and makeup for their third Epic full-length, and they try to focus on songs instead of heavy music shtick. However, they equate getting real with the melodramatic plead that interrupts the razor-sharp main part of "Choices," and Gray can't overcome lines like "IMN"'s "No one/No one could ever understand/This life." The song is about suicide, which is very serious. But yelling "F*ck this sh*t!" over thudding rhythms just isn't very powerful anymore. They nail it on opener "Determined" -- one of Mudvayne's all-time strongest tracks, it's a fist-swinging blast of modernized thrash. But Lost and Found soon falls into the familiar, busting no-one-understands-me lyrics and matching moments of refreshing rawness to stretches of stereotypical "corporate metal," a non-genre that's risen ...
| | DevilDriver Fury Of Our Maker's Hand CD (2005)
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$14.99 DevilDriver: Mike Spreitzer, Jeff Kendrick (guitar); Jon Miller (bass guitar); John Boecklin (drums); Dez Fafara. Personnel: Dez Fafara (vocals); John Boecklin (guitar, drums); Jon Miller , Michael Spreitzer, Jeffrey Kendrick (guitar). Audio Mixer: Colin Richardson. Photographer: P.R. Brown. Its nods to post-grunge melodic accessibility and generally workmanlike sound hurt DevilDriver's 2003 debut, and the murkiness of frontman Dez Fafara's relationship with his previous group Coal Chamber didn't necessarily help. There was promise amidst DevilDriver's riffs and runs, but harnessing it was the problem. 2005's Fury of Our Maker's Hand is the solution. DevilDriver has amplified every facet of their sound. They've turned their backs on the kind of plodding melodic obviousness that kills credibility on the raging metal side, instead hardwiring a vicious catchiness right into the guitar lines and ...
| | DevilDriver Last Kind Words CD (2007)
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$13.79 UK pressing of the 2007 release from this Hardcore Metal band formed by former Coal Chamber vocalist Dez Fafara. Their third album overall, Last Kind Words features 11 tracks including 'Not All Who Wander Are Lost', 'Bound By The Moon' and 'Clouds Over California'. Roadrunner.
DevilDriver: Dez Fafara (vocals); Jeffrey Kendrick (guitar); John Boechlin, Michael Spreitzer, Jon Miller (bass guitar); John Boecklin (drums). Additional personnel: Dominic Camardella (Hammond b-3 organ); Simon Blade Fafara (background vocals). For their third full-length, DevilDriver storms ahead with their compound of old-school thrash, death, and groove metal stylings. Vocalist Dez Yet Farfara and company offer up a fair share of melodic playing and hooky riffs without sacrificing the band's trademark aggression ...
| | Cemetary Sweetest Tragedies CD (1999)
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| | Rebecca Pidgeon Raven CD (1994) (Import)
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| | M O D Rhythm Of Fear CD (1992)
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| | Jeanie Lambe Blue Noise Session CD (1999) (Import) Germany
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| | Mekong Delta Dances Of Death (And Other Walking Shado CD (2009) (Import) Germany
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| | Trapt CD (2002) Edited; Enhanced CD
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$10.25 Trapt: Chris Brown (vocals, guitar); Simon Ormandy (guitar); Peter Charell (bass); Aaron Montgomery (drums). Recorded at the Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Chris Brown (vocals, guitar); Simon Ormandy (guitar); Aaron Montgomery (drums); Anthony "Fu" Valcic, Ben Kaplan (programming). Audio Mixer: Andy Wallace. Recording information: Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Photographers: Larry Sultan; Christopher Wray-McCann. Trapt, yet another nu-metal entry from southern California, proffers an eponymous major-label debut that is as enthusiastic as it is plagiaristic. There is an organic feel to the disc that separates it from their more angst-ridden peers, specifically those who rely on electronic gadgetry over a simple guitar-bass-drums setup, though the congenial feel fits in alongside Incubus, especially with a propensity toward pensive moments that evoke a softer image than most, one that would fit into emo if the band wasn't so obviously aesthetically a rock band; "These Walls" actually sounds like Nickelback at its most adult rock-radio-friendly, for example. Trapt isn't original, per se, as much as it does a good job melding its pronounced influences more seamlessly than most; the band would get a better recommendation if the record had songs that stood out a bit more. ~ Brian O'Neill Bridging the gap between nu metal and alternative hard rock, Trapt capitalize on the momentum of said genres early-'00s success with their self-titled major label debut. With roots that reach to early-'90s hard rock (Metallica/Soundgarden) and branch into contemporary music (311, Hoobastank, Korn), TRAPT offers a diverse rock palette. Control room whiz/creative speller GGGarth (Rage Against The Machine, Chevelle) dials in chunky low-register guitar tones and punchy drum sounds that convey Trapt's songs with the perfect balance of polish and grit. Radio-made ...
| | Jorn Unlocking The Past CD (2007) (Import) Import; Italy
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$13.15 Released in concert with Jorn's other early-2007 album, The Gathering, Unlocking the Past refines and extended the concept of that album, which found the Norwegian power metal singer reinterpreting material from his own early solo albums. Unlocking the Past, however, is an album of classic ...
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