For those unfamiliar, DevilDriver is a heavy metal band from 2002 formed in Santa Barbara, California and consisted of Dez Fafara on vocals, Mike Spreitzer and Neal Tiemann on guitars, Austin D’Amond on drums, and Diego Ibarra on bass. The only original member that is still a part of the band today, though, is vocalist Fafara.
DevilDriver debuted their music in 2002 with their self-titled album, then known as Deathride. Three years later in 2005, the band decided to change their name to DevilDriver and released an all new album under their new name and continued to release five more albums all through 2016, an extremely hard feat to do.
Presently, DevilDriver have announced their new upcoming full-length studio album Outlaws ‘Til The End: Vol 1 will be released this summer in July through the legendary Napalm Records. You can pre-order the album here with more formats of the forthcoming album coming soon.
Today, through a press release, DevilDriver have announced the release of a second video from a set of interviews in support of the band’s new album. This new video is called “Is This A Country Album?” and features the band members alongside John Carter Cash, Randy Blythe (from Lamb of God), Lee King (of Fear), Hank3, Wednesday 13, and Fear Factory’s Burton Bell all discussing the album and the possible reception the new record will experience. See the interviews below in order.
You can also check out the first single of Outlaws ‘Til The End: Vol 1 in which DevilDriver plays a slaying rendition of Hank3’s song “Country Heroes” in which Hank3 himself plays along with the band.
The video features the heavy hitting cover of “Country Heroes” and is accompanied by a graphic and lyric video. As the music plays on, a hellscape of a broken-down country burns in the background as horses, two-headed snakes, crows, and goats with glowing eyes and fiery nostrils claim the land that once belonged to us humans. About halfway through the piece, Hank3 (I believe) slays a beautifully played slide guitar solo that really brings the heavy metal song into a realm of peace for a brief moment. And if you wanted to learn the words to the song have no fear! The entire video also served as a lyric video featuring old-timey font reminiscent of the film Wild Wild West. Check out the whole tracklist below as well as the song credits to each piece. And if the interviews and cover have enticed you as much as it did me then see below if DevilDriver will visit a city near you on their small tour in the United States.
DEVILDRIVER Outlaws ‘Til The End: Vol. 1 track listing:
- “Country Heroes”
Written by Hank Williams III
Performed by Hank3 & Dez Fafara
- “Whiskey River”
Written by Johnny Bush and Paul Stroud; recorded by Willie Nelson
Performed by Randy Blythe, Mark Morton of Lamb of God & Dez Fafara
- “Outlaw Man”
Written by David Blue; recorded by the Eagles
Performed by Dez Fafara & Neal Tiemann of DEVILDRIVER
- “Ghost Riders in the Sky”
Written by Stan Jones
Performed by John Carter Cash, Ana Cristina Cash, Randy Blythe & Dez Fafara
- “I’m the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)”
Written by Bobby Bobby Borchers, Wayne Kemp, Mack Vickery; recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Performed by Dez Fafara & DEVILDRIVER
- “If Drinking Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will)”
Written by Harlan Sanders, Rick Beresford; recorded by George Jones
Performed by Wednesday13 & Dez Fafara
- “The Man Comes Around”
Written by Johnny Cash
Performed by Lee Ving of Fear & Dez Fafara
- “A Thousand Miles From Nowhere”
Written by Dwight Yoakam
Performed by Dez Fafara & Neal Tiemann of DEVILDRIVER
- “Copperhead Road”
Written by Steve Earle
Performed by Brock Lindow of 36 Crazyfists & Dez Fafara
- “Dad’s Gonna Kill Me”
Written by Richard Thompson
Performed by Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory & Dez Fafara
- “A Country Boy Can Survive”
Written by Hank Williams Jr.
Performed by Dez Fafara & DEVILDRIVER
- “The Ride”
Written by J.B. Detterline Jr., Gary Gentry; recorded by David Allan Coe
Performed by Lee Ving of Fear & Dez Fafara
Upcoming DEVILDRIVER performances:
7/10 – Chesterfield, MI @ Diesel
7/12 – Oshkosh, WI @ Rock USA
7/13 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge
7/14 – Battle Creek, MI @ Music Factory
7/15 – Mansfield, OH @ The World-Famous Historic Ohio State Reformatory, Home of the “Shawshank Prison” – INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival
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