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Dez Fafara’s post-Coal Chamber existence begins promisinglyenough with Nothing’ Wrong, the leadoff track to DevilDriver’seponymous debut. His bellow is appropriately menacing, the twinguitars stutter and roar, and drummer John Boecklin bashes out ahyperkinetic drumbeat. It seems a bit overdone, but still genuineenough for enjoyment (or wall punching). However, this changes withthe album’s second track and single, I Could Care Less. While itsverses ring true, the song’s chorus and twisting main guitar hookseem lifted from one or another of the post-grunge howlers who makea living crying about a paucity of childhood hugs. Does a hard bandsuch as DevilDriver need to concern itself with such nods toaccessibility? From its witchy moniker and the black arts runesoozing from the liner notes, it would seem Dez and his minionswould rather devour their blustery competition, and wash them downwith a fine Chianti. Instead, DevilDriver is marred by anintangible sense of methodical assembly. Cry For Me Sky (Eulogy ofthe Scorned) and What Does It Take (To Be A Man) seem to break downinto distinct units — the grandiose lyrics, the animalistic bleats,the monolithic guitar chords splintered by traditionalist peels andsqueals. The bits and pieces have resonance, but they’re rarelyable to unite in a menacing or even very affecting way.Fortunately, there’s the modernized death metal churn of Die (AndDie Now) and Swinging The Dead, and frequently unchecked tenets ofthrash that keep the record moving fast and loose. These elementshelp to redeem DevilDriver’s debut and suggest that, with less ofan eye on the mainstream and more musings on what the idol Baphometmight contribute as a coordinating producer, the band’s next trickcould be magnificently horrifying.

Track list:
1. Nothing’s Wrong
2. I Could Care Less
3. Die (And Die Now)
4. I Dreamed I Died
5. Cry For Me Sky (Eulogy Of The Scorned)
6. The Mountain
7. Knee Deep
8. What Does It Take (To Be A Man)
9. Swinging The Dead
10. Revelation Machine
11. Meet The Wretched
12. Devil’s Son

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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