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DevilDriver
DevilDriver is an American heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002, consisting of vocalist Dez Fafara, lead guitarist Mike Spreitzer, drummer Davier Pérez, bassist Jon Miller and rhythm guitarist Alex Lee. The band was originally named Deathride, however, due to copyright issues and the name being taken by several bands, the band changed its name to DevilDriver. Biography Deathride era, self-titled debut (2002–2004) Fafara hosted several barbecues after moving from Orange County to Santa Barbara and would jam with musicians he met, which led to the formation of the band. "I met Evan we struck up a friendship and started jamming," said Fafara. Guitarist Evan Pitts met Fafara in a restaurant and gave him his phone number for a jam session, while John Boecklin who originally played 2nd guitar then went to playing drums, met Fafara at a bar. The band was originally known as Deathride, but later changed their name to DevilDriver because Fafara felt t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Pitts
DevilDriver is an American heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002, consisting of vocalist Dez Fafara, lead guitarist Mike Spreitzer, drummer Davier Pérez, bassist Jon Miller and rhythm guitarist Alex Lee. The band was originally named Deathride, however, due to copyright issues and the name being taken by several bands, the band changed its name to DevilDriver. Biography Deathride era, self-titled debut (2002–2004) Fafara hosted several barbecues after moving from Orange County to Santa Barbara and would jam with musicians he met, which led to the formation of the band. "I met Evan we struck up a friendship and started jamming," said Fafara. Guitarist Evan Pitts met Fafara in a restaurant and gave him his phone number for a jam session, while John Boecklin who originally played 2nd guitar then went to playing drums, met Fafara at a bar. The band was originally known as Deathride, but later changed their name to DevilDriver because Fafara felt th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Spreitzer
Michael Colin Spreitzer (born February 10, 1981) is an American musician, producer, mixing engineer, and the lead guitarist of heavy metal band DevilDriver. He is the second-longest lasting member following the departures of all original members except vocalist Dez Fafara. He replaced original lead guitarist Evan Pitts in 2004. Spreitzer co-wrote and performed on DevilDriver's albums '' The Fury of Our Maker's Hand'' (2005), ''The Last Kind Words'' (2007), '' Pray for Villains'' (2009), '' Beast'' (2011) ''Winter Kills'' (2013) '' Trust No One'' (2016), '' Outlaws 'til the End: Vol. 1'' (2018), and ''Dealing with Demons Vol. 1'' (2020). Biography In 2001, Spreitzer joined a local heavy metal band from Santa Barbara called Grolby alongside future DevilDriver band mates John Boecklin, Jon Miller, and Jeff Kendrick. Unfortunately, Grolby broke up eight months after Spreitzer joined. At this point, Spreitzer went on to form an industrial metal band called No Love Lost with frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dez Fafara
Bradley James "Dez" Fafara (born May 12, 1966) is an American heavy metal vocalist who performs in the bands DevilDriver and Coal Chamber. Early life Fafara is of Portuguese and Sicilian descent. His father, Tiger Fafara, and his late uncle, Stanley Fafara, were child actors on the '' Leave It to Beaver'' television sitcom. He has had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder his whole life. Fafara adopted the nickname "Dez" in honor of Dez Cadena, vocalist and guitarist for Black Flag and an early influence on Fafara. Career Coal Chamber Fafara released a total of 5 albums with Coal Chamber. Four of the albums, ''Coal Chamber'' (1997), which went gold, ''Chamber Music'' (1999), and '' Dark Days'' (2002), consisted of new material. An album of remixes, rarities, and b-sides, titled '' Giving the Devil His Due'' (2003) and a "Best Of" (2004) were also released. Coal Chamber disbanded in 2003, shortly after Fafara formed his current band DevilDriver. On September 26, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand
''The Fury of Our Maker's Hand'' is the second studio album by American heavy metal band DevilDriver, released on June 28, 2005. It's the first DevilDriver album to feature guitarist Mike Spreitzer. The album entered the Billboard charts at number 117, with sales of 10,402. A special edition of the album was released on October 31, 2006. It contained six bonus tracks and an additional DVD with the band's four music videos. A music video was produced for the song "Hold Back the Day", which found airplay on MTV2's ''Headbangers Ball''. It featured stylistic elements, primarily background visuals such as a female mannequin head, highly reminiscent of Black Sabbath's video for " Paranoid". The song "Driving Down the Darkness" was featured in the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of '' Scrubs''. Notes * "Unlucky 13" and "Guilty as Sin" were tracks recorded during the sessions for ''The Fury of Our Maker's Hand''. * "Digging Up the Corpses" is an outtake from their self-titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal Chamber
Coal Chamber is an American nu metal band formed by Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón in Los Angeles, California in 1993. Prior to Coal Chamber, the two had also created the band She's in Pain, in 1992. The original lineup also consisted of bassist Rayna Foss and drummer Jon Tor. Mike Cox replaced Tor on drums shortly afterwards, and thus the Coal Chamber lineup was complete. After signing to Roadrunner Records, they released their debut album, '' Coal Chamber'', in 1997. ''Chamber Music'' followed two years later and featured the band's only charting single in the US, "Shock the Monkey". Their third album, '' Dark Days'', was released in the spring of 2002. Nadja Peulen temporarily replaced Foss on bass for touring commitments, before joining on a permanent basis in 2002. Coal Chamber disbanded in 2003, after ten years together, and then reunited in 2011, with the lineup of Fefara, Cox, and Rascón, along with Chela Rhea Harper on bass. Peulen rejoined the band on bass in 2016, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DevilDriver (album)
''DevilDriver'' is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band DevilDriver, the new band of former Coal Chamber singer Dez Fafara. In comparison to the other albums by DevilDriver, it is musically simpler, and Fafara sings in a different style. The album's cover art features the Cross of Confusion, the band's logo. Music videos were produced for "Nothing's Wrong?" and "I Could Care Less," the singles released off of the album, and found extensive airplay on programs such as ''Headbangers Ball'' and ''Uranium''. The song "Devil's Son" was featured in the tenth episode of the sixth season of '' Scrubs''. "Swinging the Dead" is featured on the ''Freddy vs. Jason'' soundtrack. Track listing Singles *"Nothing's Wrong?" *"I Could Care Less" *"Swinging the Dead" Personnel *Dez Fafara - vocals *Evan Pitts - lead guitar *Jeff Kendrick - rhythm guitar *Jon Miller - bass *John Boecklin DevilDriver is an American heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, formed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Tiemann
Neal Tiemann (born December 22, 1982) is an American musician, currently the lead guitarist and songwriter of the rock band the Midwest Kings (MWK). He is a former rhythm guitarist for heavy metal band DevilDriver, and served as the lead guitarist for David Cook's band The Anthemic from 2008 to 2011. He spent most of 2009 on the Declaration Tour with Cook and served as the tour's music director. Tiemann played guitar on Cook's major label debut album '' David Cook'' (2008) as well as his independently released '' Analog Heart'' (2006). He has also played on Burn Halo's 2009 '' self-titled album'' and Bryan Jewett's album ''A Brief Look at the New You''. Tiemann and the rest of The Anthemic worked on Cook's second album, '' This Loud Morning'' (2011). In January 2020, he was recruited as a touring lead guitarist for premiere deathcore band Carnifex, later officially joining in 2022. Early career: 2001–2008 * Midwest Kings * David Cook – '' Analog Heart'' *Bryan Jewett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groove Metal
Groove metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that began in the early 1990s. The genre achieved success in the 1990s and continued having success in the 2000s. Inspired by thrash metal and traditional heavy metal, groove metal features raspy singing and screaming, down-tuned guitars, heavy guitar riffs, and syncopated rhythms. Unlike thrash metal, groove metal is usually slower and also uses elements of traditional heavy metal. Pantera are often considered the pioneers of groove metal, and groove metal expanded in the 1990s with bands like White Zombie, Machine Head, and Sepultura. The genre continued in the 2000s with bands like Lamb of God, DevilDriver, and Five Finger Death Punch. Characteristics Groove metal is heavily influenced by thrash metal, but is focused more on heaviness as opposed to speed, even though fast songs are still common within the genre. Emphasis lies in heavy guitar riffs, often accompanied by syncopated rhythms, and guitar solos are commonpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine Head (band)
Machine Head is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Robb Flynn, who remains the only original member of the band. Machine Head's aggressive musicianship made it one of the pioneering bands in the new wave of American heavy metal. Its current lineup comprises Flynn, bassist Jared MacEachern, lead guitarist Wacław Kiełtyka and drummer Matt Alston. Bassist Adam Duce, lead guitarists Logan Mader, Ahrue Luster and Phil Demmel, and drummers Tony Costanza, Chris Kontos and Dave McClain are former members of the band; Mader and Kontos toured with the band in 2019 and 2020 as part of the 25th anniversary tour for its first album, '' Burn My Eyes'' (1994). Machine Head's first four albums earned the band a growing fan base in Europe, however the band would not have success in the United States until later releases. The band drew controversy with its fourth album, ''Supercharger'' (2001), which was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. History The label was launched in 1980 in the Netherlands. Roadrunner's initial business was importing North American metal-band recordings into Europe. In 1986, Roadrunner opened its US headquarters in New York City and later opened offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Denmark, Russia and Canada. Early successes included albums from King Diamond (the first Roadrunner artist to enter the Billboard Top 200 albums chart) and Annihilator. The label also handled early Metallica releases in the Scandinavian region. The end of the 1980s saw the release of two albums that are now considered classics of their respective genres: Obituary's '' Slowly We Rot'' and Sepultura's ''Beneath the Remains''. The 1990s saw the arrival of acts such as Life of Agony, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Wolves
Bad Wolves is an American heavy metal band formed in 2017. Initially finding fame from their first single, a cover of the Cranberries' 1994 hit "Zombie", the band proceeded to find further success with a number of songs topping the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock songs chart, including " Remember When", "Killing Me Slowly", and " Sober". The band has released three studio albums, ''Disobey'' (2018), '' N.A.T.I.O.N.'' (2019) and '' Dear Monsters'' (2021). In January 2021, original lead vocalist Tommy Vext left the band and was replaced by Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz. Tensions ensued between Vext and the band, resulting in legal proceedings including Better Noise Music. History Formation and ''Disobey'' (2017–2019) In July 2014, Boecklin started writing the music that would become the band's debut album and during 2016 entered AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida, with producer Mark Lewis. Bad Wolves was founded in 2017 by drummer John Boecklin (ex-DevilDriver), vocalist Tommy Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later expanded its roster by adding gothic metal, symphonic metal, power metal, doom metal, metalcore and nu metal bands, as well as stoner rock acts Monster Magnet, Karma to Burn, and Brant Bjork, and even folk bands like Ye Banished Privateers. Napalm has its own publishing house named Iron Avantgarde Publishing. In November 2020, Napalm acquired the German record label SPV GmbH. Roster *1914 *8kids *Æther Realm * Accept *Ad Infinitum *Adept * Agathodaimon *The Agonist *Ahab *Alestorm *Alien Weaponry * Alissa *Alter Bridge *Amberian Dawn * Andrew W.K. * Angus McSix * Arkona *Audrey Horne * Battlelore * Batushka * Be'lakor * Before The Dawn *Beyond the Black * Black Mirrors *Bloodbath * Bloody Hammers * Bodom After Midnight * Bokassa *Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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