Fury of Our Maker's Hand

DevilDriver | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B0009MWBCE
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,814 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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

Editorial Reviews

Japanese pressing includes two bonus tracks. Warner 2009. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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35 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An intense "fury" of modern thrash metal, June 29, 2005

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A. Stutheit "Teyad" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fury of Our Maker's Hand (Audio CD)

DevilDriver really didn't get off on the right foot as a new band. For those of you who don't know, they were originally Dez Fafara's side project; Dez spent time with his side project, but his main attention was on Coal Chamber. Luckily for DevilDriver, it was only a matter of time before they released their debut, Coal Chamber split up, and Dez focused on DevilDriver. But Dez had a hard time making a clean slate with his new band and putting his old one behind him. First of all, he developed a feud with the bassist of his former band, Rayna and her husband, Sevendust's drummer Morgan Rose. And DevilDriver's self-titled debut was heavier and faster than anything CC ever made, but it also, inevitably, drew comparisons. Even though it was tinged with thrash, it still had nu-metal influence. Then in 2004, Dez and Co. released "Digging Up the Corpses" for the "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" soundtrack; this b-side was not at all impressive. So, DD would have to do a lot of work to get the publicity Coal Chamber had.

Now we have "Fury of Our Maker's Hand," an album which should step out of Coal Chamber's shadow and cut all of Dez's ties to his past. Even though I still don't understand why Coal Chamber couldn't just evolve and become heavier (as heavy as DevilDriver), this group's sophomore release is definitely better than their 2003 debut. "Fury" is sinister, energetic and explosive. The guitar work is fierce and pummeling. Mike Spreitzer and Jeff Kendrick are amazingly good for rather small time, unknown guitarists. And the production is clearer; making the guitars crisp and articulate. Next, the deft drum work makes the beats thump. Finally, Dez foams at the mouth with rage throughout every track. These things make "FoOMH" a blizzard of savage thrash metal.

Musically, this band is kind of like old school Sepultura meets Lamb of God. What prevents DevilDriver from being a typical metalcore or death metal band is the vocals. Dez doesn't exactly sing cleanly, like many popular metal bands (i.e. Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall). On the contrary, he puts his fast, born to snarl voice to good use on most of this album. But his vocals aren't monstrous enough (like Lamb of God's Randy Blythe) to make Devildriver death metal.

Highlights include:

"End of the Line" has a peaceful intro, with guitars that could be acoustics. The pounding drums eventually come in and turbo charge the beat, making it a whiplash speed. Then Dez lets out two of his patented, creepy, devilish growls. This song, the album's first single, then continues to hit hard and sound awesome with heavy, rhythmic riffs. "End of the Line" would also make for a good DevilDriver concert starter.
"Driving Down the Darkness" has chugging guitars and drums, but this changes to a lurching beat with stop-start drums. I enjoy the part of this song where one guitarist plays a blistering fast riff, which, at first, is only audible in one headphone. Like "End of the Line," this song is very catchy and should make a great mosh pit.
"Hold Back the Day" has another deceptively slow intro, but the power chords kick in around the 30 second mark. The guitars play more thrashy, searing riffs and the drums create a good give and take. This song's chorus is very catchy (thanks mostly because of Dez's vocal hooks), and it ends with a little bit of feedback from the drums.
"Ripped Apart" has another fast opening guitar riff and pounding drums. The usual wall of impenetrable music is created for most of this song, but it ends with more light, acoustic-sounding guitar work (which I believe was included solely to break up the monotony between tracks.
"Just Run" has more Sepultura style guitar and drum work, and "Impending Disaster" is another exciting track. It has a very fast beat coupled with propulsive guitar riffs and almost machine gun double bass drumming.
"Before the Hangman's Noose" has pounding, punching guitar riffs which create a staccato, almost bobbing beat at times. Dez spouts sayings like "It's a good day to die" and "All hell breaks loose" from his gut, but my favorite part of this song is when the beat builds (like it's running uphill), and then it shoots downhill with some tumbling, cascading riffs.
Finally, the title track has buzzsaw riffs which are so fast, they kind of sound like helicopter blades.

But, unfortunately, (since pretty much all of these songs are equally as dark), "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand" does have some overkill. Other than some soft intros and outros to break up the monotony, about every song picks up where the last one left off. And I would have liked if this disc had some more breakdowns. This doesn't really drag this album down, but a band that's as heavy as DevilDriver must be able to make some killer breakdowns, but this disc has only a couple of them (as in "End of the Line"), and only a few other surprises.

My final grievance with this album is that Dez's vocals are barely different from when he debuted with Coal Chamber in 1997. Granted, they are faster, here, and a snarly voice does go best with this type of music. And I'm not asking Dez to croon or even sing cleanly, but I think "Fury of Our Maker's Hand" would have less overkill if the vocals were a bit more multi-faceted.

So, what we have here is an album which should make for some great mosh pits at DevilDriver's live shows. This is an album that is full of thrashy, blistering guitar riffs which flow like water from a faucet. "Fury of Our Maker's Hand" is definitely a step above this band's debut, and it may not be the best or most innovative album of the year, but it does make for a VERY entertaining listen. And you don't have to buy into Dez's supposed Wiccan religion and gothic attitude to enjoy DevilDriver's new sound, so don't take this C.D. (or anything Dez says) too seriously.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen up kids, May 14, 2006

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J. Patterson (Upstate, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fury of Our Maker's Hand (Audio CD)

Ok, so i only need to say this once...this album is amazing. the noodle man was right, its pure brutal metal. Dez's voice is angry, evil and even energetic at times. Yes, i said it, Energetic. The band is solid and show just how much they have progressed from their self titled CD that it makes me wonder what they hell they will do next. The re-release of this CD On Halloween 06' should be intresting in that dez has said on Sirius's Hard Attack Channel that some of the songs will tweaked a bit and may contain bonus tracks. Basicly kids, these guys know what they are doing, they know how to please the metal community and they know what we all are begging for. So do yourself a favor and pick up this cd and climb inside the mastermind that is Devildriver.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So wicked it makes me feel like I'm doing something bad buy listening to it!, May 17, 2006

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A. Garcia (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fury of Our Maker's Hand (Audio CD)

Hell Yes this CD Kicks A$$! I picked up this CD on a recommendation of a good friend that has the same taste in music. I was hooked after the first time I listened to it. If you liked the original Coal Chamber, you will be very happy with this release.

The vocals are true to Dez's style and the riffs are a lot heavier than Coal Chamber. Some of the highlight tracks on this CD are: GRINFU@KED, loud and angry from the start. RIPPED APART, sounds a bit like Slipknot but still a good track. DRIVING DOWN THE DARKNESS, medium speed but good rhythm and drum line.

For comparison, some of the other bands I listen to are: Slayer, Lamb of God, Tool, Ministry, Shadows Fall, & Pantera.