DEVILDRIVER: “OWLS ARE METAL AS FUCK”

Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 1:15pm by Axl Rosenberg

Here’s the cover art the new DevilDriver album, Pray for Villians – both the regular and special editions. It’s certainly… different.

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77 COMMENTS on “DEVILDRIVER: “OWLS ARE METAL AS FUCK””

  1. Mancubus says:

    Owl ist krieg!

  2. Fink says:

    That second owl has a vagina in the middle of its face.

  3. Produced by Jacob Bannon says:

    Pray For Talent

  4. The Roan says:

    awesome artwork for such a terrible band

    • earth2tom says:

      I obviously have taste, as I listen to Cynic, Meshuggah, and Brittney Spears, and I can easily say that Devildriver is the super shit and not, indeed, terrible like you suggest. Their first couple of albums were kinda rough around the edges, but the last album was heavy, tight, groovy, and established the Devildriver sound. It was what the new Lamb of God album should have sounded like.

  5. Ryd1ZZ says:

    Not a huge fan of DD but the artwork is pretty cool.

  6. jonowev says:

    Cool as hell.

  7. Beered says:

    The second one kind of reminds me of the cover for The Famine: The Raven and the Reaping (which you all need to check out if ya know what’s good for ya, grindcore with a Southern metal flavor). Same artist maybe?

    • Jackson says:

      great band, not sure I would describe them like that but then again not sure exactly how I would describe them

    • TWOAF says:

      Woah! Thanks mate. I like them a lot. never heard of them before.

      Not grindcore though. Far from it.

    • HOPKINS: CHRISTIAN FINDER GENERAL says:

      WARNING! WARNING!

      CHRISTIAN BULLSHIT ALERT!

      I SMELL CHRISTIANS!

      CHECKED OUT THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR THE FAMINE… ALL THE RELATED BANDS ARE CHRISTIAN BANDS, SO STRONGLY SUSPECT THEY ARE TOO…

      REMEMBER: CHRISTIANS ARE NOT METAL.

      CHRISTIANITY IS GAY.

      JESUS IS A CUNT.

      FUCK ALL CHRISTIANS. ALL CHRISTIANS MUST FUCK OFF.

      YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

      • Mancubus says:

        Whoa what’s with he hate, man? I’m a pagan, I dislike the church strongly but about half of my family’s Christian. Hate the beliefs, not the people.

      • Shiv says:

        You’re so edgy I literally can’t believe it

      • Noel says:

        your a fag. grow up. and anyone who considers themselves “pagan” in 2009 is a tool. that means you,buddy below me.

      • Killbaby388 says:

        Hey FUCK YOU! Christian dickfinder or sucker general asshole!!! I wish you would come and find me!! I’m a christian and I’ll kick the shit out of you and take you to hell to deliver you to the devil myself!!! Cocksucker general pussy!! FUCK YOU!!! Do you even know why they call themselves devildriver?? I do!!! Look it up and tell me! Maybe I’ll let you live if you get the answer right! Don’t fuck with us christians!!!! We’ll have your ass!! Take you out saw style BITCH!!! I never said I was a role model christian!!

        DEVILDRIVER RULES!!!!!
        WHAT’S UP DEZ??????!!!!!!!!!

  8. Colin says:

    Why does everyone here hate Devildriver? They’re awesome

    • The Roan says:

      because they are indeed not awesome

      • metalguy says:

        most people hate them cuz dez was in a nu-metal band and this band has some nu- metal influences. if you dont like them thats fine but you shouldnt steriotype nothing against you roan i just felt like saying it here

        • groverXIII says:

          No, most people hate them because they’re crappy, generic metalcore.

          • devildriver676 says:

            well actually, why don’t you sit back and listen to the music. you wouldn’t call them metalcore if you knew what metalcore was. they’re surely a blend of death metal and melodic groove metal.
            you should give them more credit for the fact that they don’t sound like any other band and have not fallen into the trap of conventional every-day metal. don’t keep your head in the sand for I fear that you might die not giving your ears the pleasure of DevilDriver.
            no hard feelings, just keep it metal

          • groverXIII says:

            Oh, I’ve listened to DevilDriver… and I can’t really agree that they ‘don’t sound like any other band’. In fact, they sound like Dez realized nu metal was finished and latched onto metalcore (minus teh clean vocals) instead.

      • Colin says:

        Wow! Thanks for that incredibly insightful piece of information!

        As that guy said, they aren’t metal core, and the labeling/deciding not to like them because of that labeling is retarded.

        And Dez being in Coal Chamber is totally unrelated. This sounds NOTHING like nu metal.

        • groverXIII says:

          Actually, I labeled them metalcore because that’s what they sound like. Coincidentally, I don’t like them because I listened to them and realized that if they didn’t have the vocalist from Coal Chamber they would have gotten lost a long time ago alongside all the other generic, mediocre metalcore bands out there.

  9. Reaper-X says:

    So, how many licks does it take?

  10. cink says:

    DD bore me. They are listenable though. Got a few standout tracks but otherwise their catalogue is samey.

  11. Matt says:

    As a fan of both Devildriver and woodland critters, I like it. Especially the special edition artwork. Native American influences in the album maybe?

  12. Hooligan6989 says:

    lol that’s fuckin’ sweet! i didn’t know owls could be metal, but they definitely are now. lol

  13. Shiv says:

    First one is a blatant rip-off of Converge’s “No Heroes,” an album/band that far surpasses anything DevilDriver could possibly achieve.

    • devildriver676 says:

      you honestly think that converge has anything on DD??
      I had never heard of them before I saw this comment and decided to look them up; I couldn’t be more displeased with the unoriginality and disgusting vocal style. I mean, I don’t know how many people can listen to that with the option of DD in hand.
      in my opinion, I would never choose them over DD in a million years

      • Shiv says:

        Unoriginality? Converge are the pioneers of the genre that bands like DD ruined. Sorry they don’t sound commercial and accessible enough for you, but without Converge DD probably wouldn’t exist as you know them.

      • Nelson Mandella says:

        hahahahahaha devildriver676 is obviously Dez Fafara himself!

        Fuck Dez you fucking stupid cunt.

        P.S. I saw Dez Fafara in person once and the guy is lterally less than like 5 feet tall, no joke the guy is a fucking midget.

  14. Aaron says:

    Awful fucking covers. I am really looking forward to this album though.

  15. metalguy says:

    album cover looks really amateur

  16. hackman says:

    I honestly can’t understand how anyone likes this band. Dez is a royal douche and the band sucks donkey dick. Not even these bad ass owls could change my mind.

  17. \m/Eluveitie\m/ says:

    Rush – Fly By Night

  18. groverXIII says:

    I suppose as long as people are buying Affliction t-shirts and getting tribal armband tattoos, DevilDriver will have a market.

    • earth2tom says:

      Your clever, but I wear a suit and tie everyday, have no tribal tats, and still manage to be part of the market for DD. I just happen to judge music by it’s most important ingredient, which we all know is the actual music and not the fads that it spawns. There was a time, like a year ago, when people wouldn’t have been caught dead in tight pants and converse high tops. Fuck fashion! Long live music.

      • Nelson Mandella says:

        You wear a suit and tie everyday!!!!

        HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        You’re a Cunt.

      • groverXIII says:

        I’ve judged DevilDriver by their music… it’s the kind of stuff that the people I described listen to. Just because you listen to it too means nothing except that you’re a fan of an extremely average band.

    • Colin says:

      How do you even come up with that stereotype? I’ve yet to see 1 type of person constantly replicated among devildriver crowds.

      Unlike the popular crap like fashion core, people don’t listen to this based on apparel.

  19. ozzyzak says:

    The first cover looks pretty fucking sweet. Second one is way lame though.

  20. taog36 says:

    wow people amaze me with how dumb they are, mindlessly calling anyting they dont like metalcore. devildriver has no whiney ass clean vocals and no breakdowns. they are new wave, or groove metal, or even just metal but theres no “hardcore” in their music to get the sufex of core added on there.

    anyways about the albumes, i dont like them, dont match their previus 3 albume covers, wheres the devildriver symbol at? look at the progress they have been making from their first 3 albumes, if they continue to follow that curve, this will be an amazing cd

    • earth2tom says:

      Agree in totality. It is also funny to me that the same people that bitch about Dez’s roots in Nu-Metal will be first in line, when Nu-Metal enters it’s nostalgic era and becomes cool again, saying that they liked Dez better before he sold out and went all metal.

    • Colin says:

      Agreed

  21. Sammy says:

    You guys need a new headline writer. Do you have a template that says, “___________ is metal as fuck”?

  22. Nate L. says:

    i’m excited

  23. DemonicLemming says:

    First cover is sort of interesting, second is just….no. Don’t give a flying fuck about the personality of the members, I just like the music Devildriver makes.

  24. uLy says:

    that first cover is pretty nice

  25. ughhh says:

    owls ARE metal as fuck!

  26. terrybeans84 says:

    good band. I enjoy these guys alot. At the 04 ozzfest these guys had the biggest pit out of anyone on the second stage and I do realize that Slipknot and Lamb of God were on second stage this year.

  27. COSK! says:

    I dont know about devil driver, but owls are metal as fuck. just sayin.

  28. Aya says:

    Like their music.
    Uh, the artwork, why does Mogwai come to my mind? lol

  29. Scott Danger says:

    I’ve heard of jackelopes, but a bull-owl [haha, should be called a bowel]? Dunno. Still really badass. As for Devildriver, I never got into it. Maybe it’ll be alright?

  30. goatlady says:

    I can’t believe, all these bullshit comments, and not one person said “O RLY?”

    And I thought this was the internet.

  31. Carnage9 says:

    definitely better than their other artwork. that shit was boring.

  32. Cowboy From Hell says:

    Wow. I really used to love this site, but now i realize that all it seems to be anymore is some lame ass site where we have douche ass music snobs who hate on any band who changes their sound a little or maybe even decides to look a bit different. As a Conservative, and a staunch lifelong Metalhead it pains me to say this but WTF!!!! can we not just cut the gradeschool bullshit and learn to appreciate the fucking musicianship anymore. you people are fucking jokes!!!!

    • Cowboy From Hell says:

      Whups..Meant to say it pains me to say to fellow Metalheads…you assholes are still fucking jackasses…

  33. Killbaby388 says:

    All I can say is that DEVILDRIVER RULES!!!! I’m going on forty and I’ve always been a metalhead but very picky in what I listen to! You got to have something different for each band. Not the same old metallica shit. At least Dave mustaine is getting back to Megadeth roots. Devildriver is truly unique! There is no label you can put on their music. It’s metal but what category. There is none for Devildriver. Just KICK ASS BANG YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE STAGE METAL!!!!! There is not a better band out there!!! Cavalera Conspiracy or Chimaira might rank close, but there is no one better todat in metal than Devidriver!!!! Dez, Hit me up man! I would like to work some shows.
    Later metalheads. Keep metal alive!!!

  34. Brutaldeth says:

    Fuck all the haters, DevilDriver kicks ass!

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