DevilDriver - Clouds Over California: Studio Albums 2003-2011

DevilDriver - Clouds Over California : The Studio Albums 2003 - 2011

Few musicians manage to make a worldwide impact with their music. Fewer still manage to pull that trick off twice - but Dez Fafara, the leader of DevilDriver, is one of this elite number. Formed in Santa Barbara, CA in 2002 when vocalist & frontman Dez Fafara`s previous band Coal Chamber were winding down, the five piece have since become a constant and dynamic force in the metal world over the best part of the last two decades. Now this deluxe collection of their first five albums entitled 'Clouds Over California` documents their meteoric rise and is available in deluxe splatter LP.

DevilDriver`s first, self-titled album 'DevilDriver` had established a successful, groove-heavy precedent on its release in 2003 - but when the Californian quintet got together to compose material for the follow-up album two years later, their music had evolved to an unexpected degree, the result was 'The Fury Of Our Makers Hand`. 2007`s 'The Last Kind Words` was recorded as the, then DevilDriver line-up reached the apogee of its powers, ranging from mercilessly fast extreme metal, to subtler, slower territory and all points between. When 'Pray For Villains` was recorded and released in 2009 the album was a deliberate attempt by DevilDriver to step back a little, inject some textures into the songs and allow the music to breathe, while still staying true to their sound. Their fifth album, 2011`s 'Beast` made a clear statement of intent. It`s predecessor was deliberately more introspective so the intention was to amp everything up tenfold this time by getting visceral and violent again.

LP Box Set

• DevilDriver (White / Orange / Brown Splatter LP)
• The Fury In Our Maker`s Hand (Blue / Orange Splatter 2LP)
• The Last Kind Words (Yellow / Beige / Green splatter 2LP)
• Pray For Villains (White / Red / Black splatter 2LP)
• Beast (Purple and Green Swirl 2LP)
• 20 page book with liner notes by Dez Fafara

Devildriver

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

The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand

1. End Of The Line
2. Driving Down The Darkness
3. Grinf**ked
4. Hold Back The Day
5. Sin & Sacrifice
6. Ripped Apart
7. Pale Horse Apocalypse
8. Just Run
9. Impending Disaster
10. Bear Witness Unto
11. Before The Hangman's Noose
12. The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand

The Last Kind Words

1. Not All Who Wander Are Lost
2. Clouds Over California
3. Bound By The Moon
4. Horn Of Betrayal
5. These Fighting Words
6. Head On To Heartache (Let Them Rot)
7. Burning Sermon
8. Monsters Of The Deep
9. Tirades Of Truth
10. When Summoned
11. The Axe Shall Fall

Pray For Villains

1. Pure Sincerity
2. Fate Stepped In
3. Back With A Vengeance
4. I've Been Sober
5. Resurrection Blvd.
6. Forgiveness Is A Six Gun
7. Waiting For November
8. It's In The Cards
9. Another Night In London
10. Bitter Pill
11. Teach Me To Whisper
12. I See Belief

Beast

1. Dead To Rights
2. Bring The Fight (To The Floor)
3. Hardened
4. Shitlist
5. Talons Out (Teeth Sharpened)
6. You Make Me Sick
7. Coldblooded
8. Blur
9. The Blame Game
10. Black Soul Choir
11. Crowns Of Creation
12. Lend Myself To The Night